Molecular scatology: how to improve prey DNA detection success in avian faeces?

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• Publication year

  2011

• Venue

  Molecular Ecology Resources

• Publication date

  2011-07-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2011.03001.xPMID 21676193
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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