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Toshihiko Hara, Makoto Kimura, Kihachiro Kikuzawa, Growth Patterns of Tree Height and Stem Diameter in Populations of Abies Veitchii, A. Mariesii and Betula Ermanii, Journal of Ecology, Vol. 79, No. 4 (Dec., 1991), pp. 1085-1098
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