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Grimm, N.B., Grove, J.M., Pickett, S.T., Redman, C.L. (2008). Integrated Approaches to Long-Term Studies of Urban Ecological Systems. In: Marzluff, J.M., et al. Urban Ecology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73412-5_8

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