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2016 Guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists for the use of wild mammals in research and education

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Sikes, Robert S. (2016): 2016 Guidelines of the American Society of Mammalogists for the use of wild mammals in research and education. Journal of Mammalogy 97 (3): 663-688, DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyw078, URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyw078

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