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All issues Volume 67 / No 3 (May 2010) Ann. For. Sci., 67 3 (2010) 302 References
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Ann. For. Sci.
Volume 67, Number 3, May 2010
Article Number 302
Number of page(s) 16
Section Original articles
DOI https://doi.org/10.1051/forest/2009109
Published online 18 February 2010
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