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Retraction Note: Lichens reveal the quality of indoor air in Selangor, Malaysia

Ecological Processes volume 12, Article number: 16 (2023) Cite this article

The Original Article was published on 05 January 2021

Retraction: Ecological Processes (2021) 10:3 https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-020-00274-1

The Editors-in-Chief have retracted this article because it contains material that substantially overlaps with the following article (Paoli et al. 2019).

Mohd Talib Latif, Kadaruddin Aiyub, and Mohd Shahrul Mohd Nadzir agree to this retraction. Azlan Abas, Sytty Mazian Mazlan, and Norhayati Muhammad have not responded to any correspondence from the publisher about this retraction.

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  • Paoli L, Fačkovcová Z, Guttová A, Maccelli C, Kresáňová K, Loppi S (2019) Evernia goes to school: bioaccumulation of heavy metals and photosynthetic performance in lichen transplants exposed indoors and outdoors in public and private environments. Plants 8:125. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants8050125

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  1. Centre for Research in Development, Social and Environment (SEEDS), Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia

    Azlan Abas & Kadaruddin Aiyub

  2. Research Centre for Sustainability Science and Governance, Institute of Environment and Development (LESTARI), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia

    Sytty Mazian Mazlan

  3. Department of Environmental Science and Natural Resources, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia

    Mohd Talib Latif & Mohd Shahrul Mohd Nadzir

  4. Panel On Food Technology, Faculty of Applied Science and Technology, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Batu Pahat, Malaysia

    Norhayati Muhammad

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Abas, A., Mazlan, S.M., Latif, M.T. et al. Retraction Note: Lichens reveal the quality of indoor air in Selangor, Malaysia. Ecol Process 12, 16 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13717-023-00428-x

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