Severe mammal declines coincide with proliferation of invasive Burmese pythons in Everglades National Park

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

• Publication date

  2012-01-30

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1073/pnas.1115226109PMID 22308381PMCID PMC3289325
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