Living in the city: can anyone become an ‘urban exploiter'?

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• Publication year

  2007

• Venue

  Journal of Biogeography

• Publication date

  2007-04-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01638.x
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