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Impacts of atmospheric pollution on the plant communities of British acid grasslands. / Payne, R.; Stevens, Carly; Dise, N. B. et al.
In: Environmental Pollution, Vol. 159, No. 10, 2011, p. 2602-2608.

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Payne, R, Stevens, C, Dise, NB, Gowing, DJG, Pilkington, MG, Phoenix, GK, Emmett, BA & Ashmore, MR 2011, 'Impacts of atmospheric pollution on the plant communities of British acid grasslands', Environmental Pollution, vol. 159, no. 10, pp. 2602-2608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.009

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Payne, R., Stevens, C., Dise, N. B., Gowing, D. J. G., Pilkington, M. G., Phoenix, G. K., Emmett, B. A., & Ashmore, M. R. (2011). Impacts of atmospheric pollution on the plant communities of British acid grasslands. Environmental Pollution, 159(10), 2602-2608. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.009

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Payne R, Stevens C, Dise NB, Gowing DJG, Pilkington MG, Phoenix GK et al. Impacts of atmospheric pollution on the plant communities of British acid grasslands. Environmental Pollution. 2011;159(10):2602-2608. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2011.06.009

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Payne, R. ; Stevens, Carly ; Dise, N. B. et al. / Impacts of atmospheric pollution on the plant communities of British acid grasslands. In: Environmental Pollution. 2011 ; Vol. 159, No. 10. pp. 2602-2608.

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AU - Emmett, B.A.

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