Acorn germination and seedling survival of Q. variabilis: effects of cotyledon excision

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Issue		Ann. For. Sci. Volume 67, Number 7, October-November 2010


Article Number		711
Number of page(s)		7
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/forest/2010036
Published online		05 October 2010

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