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Use of space by the marsupials Gracilinanus microtarsus (Gardner and Creighton, 1989) and Marmosops incanus (Lund, 1840) in an Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil
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Passamani, Marcelo, Rosa, Clarissa Alves da (2014): Use of space by the marsupials Gracilinanus microtarsus (Gardner and Creighton, 1989) and Marmosops incanus (Lund, 1840) in an Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil. Journal of Natural History 49 (19-20): 1225-1234, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2014.981311, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.981311
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