Urbanisation and development

Silent Summer: The State of Wildlife in Britain and Ireland

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 72-83

  Gaston, Kevin J ^a   Evans, Karl L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84872786843     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511778230.008     Document Type: Chapter

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