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The usefulness of different wood species for bow manufacturing

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|Dec 2016

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ffp-2016-0021 | Journal eISSN: 2199-5907 | Journal ISSN: 0071-6677
Language: English
Page range: 183 - 187
Submitted on: Jul 6, 2016
Accepted on: Sep 2, 2016
Published on: Dec 30, 2016
Published by: Forest Research Institute
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2016 Waldemar Moliński, Przemysław Mania, Gabriel Tomczuk, published by Forest Research Institute
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