Analysis of spatial patterns of oak decline in cork oak woodlands in Mediterranean conditions

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Issue		Ann. For. Sci. Volume 67, Number 2, March-April 2010


Article Number		204
Number of page(s)		10
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/forest/2009097
Published online		01 February 2010

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