Climate-growth variability in Quercus ilex L. west Iberian open woodlands of different stand density

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Issue		Ann. For. Sci. Volume 66, Number 8, December 2009


Article Number		802
Number of page(s)		12
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/forest/2009080
Published online		25 November 2009

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