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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

Approach to the estimation of red heart occurrence in Fagus sylvatica based on geometric relationships between branch scar development and knot dimensions

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Pages 448-455 | Received 25 Oct 2004, Published online: 18 Feb 2007

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