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From continents to islands: tracking the red deer (Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758) and its "troublesome cousin", the wapiti (Cervus canadensis Erxleben, 1777), in Europe
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Croitor, Roman, Crégut-Bonnoure, Évelyne (2025): From continents to islands: tracking the red deer (Cervus elaphus Linnaeus, 1758) and its "troublesome cousin", the wapiti (Cervus canadensis Erxleben, 1777), in Europe. Anthropozoologica 60 (11): 143-163, DOI: 10.5252/anthropozoologica2025v60a11, URL: https://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/anthropozoologica2025v60a11.pdf
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