Diet and prey selectivity of the specialist myrmecophage, Temminck's ground pangolin

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• Publication year

  2016

• Venue

  Journal of Zoology

• Publication date

  2016-03-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/JZO.12302
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