Organic carbon hidden in urban ecosystems

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Edmondson, Jill L ^a   Davies, Zoe G ^b   McHugh, Nicola ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^c   Leake, Jonathan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84871809017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00963     Document Type: Article

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