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Biogeographic patterns in below-ground diversity in New York City's Central Park are similar to those observed globally

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Longitudinal analysis of microbial interaction between humans and the indoor environment

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Digging the New York City Skyline: Soil Fungal Communities in Green Roofs and City Parks

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Distribution of Wild Mammal Assemblages along an Urban–Rural–Forest Landscape Gradient in Warm-Temperate East Asia

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Comparative metagenomic, phylogenetic and physiological analyses of soil microbial communities across nitrogen gradients

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(2010) Sophie S. Parker   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

The influence of patch area and connectivity on avian communities in urban revegetation

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Review series on helminths, immune modulation and the hygiene hypothesis: The broader implications of the hygiene hypothesis

(2008) Graham A. W. Rook   IMMUNOLOGY

Mining microbial genomes for new natural products and biosynthetic pathways

(2008) G. L. Challis   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM

The Microbial Engines That Drive Earth's Biogeochemical Cycles

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Global Change and the Ecology of Cities

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