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All issues Volume 67 / No 2 (March-April 2010) Ann. For. Sci., 67 2 (2010) 211 References
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Ann. For. Sci.
Volume 67, Number 2, March-April 2010
Article Number 211
Number of page(s) 6
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/forest/2009104
Published online 01 February 2010
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