Black pine (Pinus nigra Arn.) growth divergence along a latitudinal gradient in Western Mediterranean mountains

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Issue		Ann. For. Sci. Volume 67, Number 4, June 2010


Article Number		401
Number of page(s)		13
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/forest/2009121
Published online		11 March 2010

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