Exploring the bark thickness-stem diameter relationship: clues from lianas, successive cambia, monocots and gymnosperms.

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• Publication year

  2017

• Venue

  New Phytologist

• Publication date

  2017-07-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/nph.14628PMID 28631326
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