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Adaptive potential in forest tree populations: what is it, and how can we measure it?

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Scotti, I. Adaptive potential in forest tree populations: what is it, and how can we measure it?. Ann. For. Sci. 67, 801 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1051/forest/2010053

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