The efficacy of using Passive Integrated Transponder (PIT) tags without anaesthetic in free-living frogs

Australian Zoologist

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-142

  Christy, Michelle T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 0001373232     PISSN: 00672238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7882/AZ.1996.004     Document Type: Article

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