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Danger under wheels: mammal roadkills in the threaten lowland Atlantic Forest in southeast Brazil

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Pessanha, Letícia A., Ferreira, Mariana Silva, Bueno, Cecília, Leandro, Francis da S., Gomes, Daniel Faustino (2023): Danger under wheels: mammal roadkills in the threaten lowland Atlantic Forest in southeast Brazil. Iheringia, Série Zoologia (e2023007) 113: 1-8, DOI: 10.1590/1678-4766e2023007, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/1678-4766e2023007

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