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Assessing crown reduction as a strategy to mitigate drought stress during initial development of sessile oak and Norway spruce saplings Cover

Assessing crown reduction as a strategy to mitigate drought stress during initial development of sessile oak and Norway spruce saplings

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|Feb 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/forj-2024-0024 | Journal eISSN: 2454-0358 | Journal ISSN: 2454-034X
Language: English
Page range: 3 - 13
Published on: Feb 6, 2025
Published by: National Forest Centre and Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences
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