Modelling the profile and internal structure of tree stem. Application to Cedrus atlantica (Manetti)

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Issue		Ann. For. Sci. Volume 59, Number 1, January-February 2002


Page(s)		63 - 80
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/forest:2001006

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