The accuracy of scat identification in distribution surveys: American mink, Neovison vison, in the northern highlands of Scotland

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 56 Số 3 - Trang 377-384 - 2010
Lauren A. Harrington1, Andrew L. Harrington1, Joelene Hughes1, David Stirling2, David W. Macdonald1
1University of Oxford.
2Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh

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