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Variation in the Deterioration of Fossil Resins and Implications for the Conservation of Fossils in Amber

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Bisulca, Christina, Nascimbene, Paul C., Elkin, Lisa, Grimaldi, David A. (2012): Variation in the Deterioration of Fossil Resins and Implications for the Conservation of Fossils in Amber. American Museum Novitates 2012 (3734): 1-20, DOI: 10.1206/3734.2, URL: http://www.bioone.org/doi/abs/10.1206/3734.2

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