@article{10_2140_agt_2008_8_2049, author = {Ebert, Johannes and Giansiracusa, Jeffrey}, title = {On the homotopy type of the {Deligne{\textendash}Mumford} compactification}, journal = {Algebraic and Geometric Topology}, pages = {2049--2062}, year = {2008}, volume = {8}, number = {4}, doi = {10.2140/agt.2008.8.2049}, url = {http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.2140/agt.2008.8.2049/} }