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Thinning effects on stand formation and modifications of a young pine/birch forest: a boreal zone case study Cover

Thinning effects on stand formation and modifications of a young pine/birch forest: a boreal zone case study

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|Oct 2019

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/ffp-2019-0019 | Journal eISSN: 2199-5907 | Journal ISSN: 0071-6677
Language: English
Page range: 197 - 210
Submitted on: Apr 3, 2019
Accepted on: Jun 30, 2019
Published on: Oct 7, 2019
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