Photosynthetic temperature adaptation of Pinus cembra within the timberline ecotone of the Central Austrian Alps

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


Article Number		201
Number of page(s)		8
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/forest/2009094
Published online		01 February 2010

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