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Alcoforado, M.J., Andrade, H. (2008). Global Warming and the Urban Heat Island. In: Marzluff, J.M., et al. Urban Ecology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-73412-5_14

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