Height-related growth declines in ponderosa pine are not due to carbon limitation.

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• Publication year

  2009

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  Plant, Cell and Environment

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  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2008.01896.xPMID 19021883
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