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Diet of the black rat (Rattus rattus) in a Canary laurel forest: species identification based on morphological markers and DNA sequences

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Pomeda-Gutiérrez, Fernando, Medina, Félix M., Nogales, Manuel, Vargas, Pablo (2021): Diet of the black rat (Rattus rattus) in a Canary laurel forest: species identification based on morphological markers and DNA sequences. Journal of Natural History 55 (9-10): 629-648, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2021.1915400, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2021.1915400

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