The relationship between stem and branch wood specific gravity and the ability of each measure to predict leaf area.

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  American-Eurasian journal of botany

• Publication date

  2008-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.3732/ajb.95.4.516PMID 21632377
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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