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Urbanization and road-use determines Calotropis procera distribution in the eastern Indo-Gangetic plain, India

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Gyan P. Sharma gratefully acknowledges Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India and MK thanks ISRO-SAC (Space Application Centre) for funding support.

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  1. Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Conservation Ecology and Entomology, Stellenbosch University, Private Bag X1, Matieland, 7602, South Africa

    Gyan P. Sharma

  2. Department of Botany, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, India

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Sharma, G.P., Kumar, M. & Raghubanshi, A.S. Urbanization and road-use determines Calotropis procera distribution in the eastern Indo-Gangetic plain, India. AMBIO 39, 194–197 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-010-0026-3

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