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Mammal prevalence after the fire catastrophe in northeastern Pantanal, Brazil

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Deus, Filipe Ferreira de, Burs, Kathrin, Fieker, Carolline Zatta, Tissiani, Ana Silvia de Oliveira, Marques, Marinêz Isaac, Schuchmann, Karl-L. (2023): Mammal prevalence after the fire catastrophe in northeastern Pantanal, Brazil. Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 63: 1-10, DOI: 10.11606/1807-0205/2023.63.022, URL: https://www.revistas.usp.br/paz/article/view/205535

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