Artificial light alters natural regimes of night-time sky brightness

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Davies, Thomas W ^a   Bennie, Jonathan ^a   Inger, Richard ^a   Gaston, Kevin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84877765580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01722     Document Type: Article

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