Dropping dead: causes and consequences of vulture population declines worldwide

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• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

• Publication date

  2012-02-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Geography, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2011.06293.xPMID 22175274
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