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Body-size shifts in aquatic and terrestrial urban communities

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Merckx, Thomas, Souffreau, Caroline, Kaiser, Aurélien, Baardsen, Lisa F., Backeljau, Thierry, Bonte, Dries, Brans, Kristien I., Cours, Marie, Dahirel, Maxime, Debortoli, Nicolas, De Wolf, Katrien, Engelen, Jessie M. T., Fontaneto, Diego, Gianuca, Andros T., Govaert, Lynn, Hendrickx, Frederik, Higuti, Janet, Lens, Luc, Martens, Koen, Matheve, Hans, Matthysen, Erik, Piano, Elena, Sablon, Rose, Schön, Isa, Van Doninck, Karine, De Meester, Luc, Van Dyck, Hans·2018·Nature
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Authors
Merckx, T., Souffreau, C., Kaiser, A., Baardsen, L. F., Backeljau, T., Bonte, D., Brans, K. I., Cours, M., Dahirel, M., Debortoli, N., De Wolf, K., Engelen, J. M. T., Fontaneto, D., Gianuca, A. T., Govaert, L., Hendrickx, F., Higuti, J., Lens, L., Martens, K., Matheve, H., Matthysen, E., Piano, E., Sablon, R., Schön, I., Van Doninck, K., De Meester, L., & Van Dyck, H.
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Nature
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
2018-05-23
Volume
558
Issue
7708
Pages
113-116
ISSN
  • 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
  • 1476-4687
DOI
10.1038/s41586-018-0140-0
OpenAlex
W2803633933
Cited by
296
References
5
FWCI
22.12
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
bronze
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Merckx, T., Souffreau, C., Kaiser, A., Baardsen, L. F., Backeljau, T., Bonte, D., Brans, K. I., Cours, M., Dahirel, M., Debortoli, N., De Wolf, K., Engelen, J. M. T., Fontaneto, D., Gianuca, A. T., Govaert, L., Hendrickx, F., Higuti, J., Lens, L., Martens, K., . . . Van Dyck, H. (2018). Body-size shifts in aquatic and terrestrial urban communities. Nature. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-018-0140-0

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