Responses of wood anatomy and carbon isotope composition of Quercus pubescens saplings subjected to two consecutive years of summer drought

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Issue		Ann. For. Sci. Volume 67, Number 8, December 2010


Article Number		809
Number of page(s)		8
Section		Original articles
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/forest/2010045
Published online		28 October 2010

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