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- ↑ Development of European landscapes, conference proceedings, Vol. 1, University of Tartu, Institute of Geography, 2001, pp. 253 and 257.
- ↑ Soil Organisms Vol. 81 (3), 2009, The 14th World Congress of Myriapodology, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Görlitz, p. v.
- ↑ Abhandlungen und Berichte des Naturkundemuseums Görlitz, Vol. 73, Das Museum, 2001, p. 79.