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Sampling mammalian carnivores in western Thailand: Issues of rarity and detectability

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Chutipong, Wanlop, Lynam, Antony J., Steinmetz, Robert, Savini, Tommaso, Gale, George A. (2014): Sampling mammalian carnivores in western Thailand: Issues of rarity and detectability. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 62: 521-535, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.5354365

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