Intraspecific variation in growth and allocation patterns in seedlings of Pinus pinaster Ait. submitted to contrasting watering regimes: can water availability explain regional variation?

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Issue		Ann. For. Sci. Volume 67, Number 5, July-August 2010


Article Number		505
Number of page(s)		8
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/forest/2010007
Published online		29 April 2010

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