Are road kills valid indicators of armadillo population structure?

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 53-59

  Loughry, W J ^a   McDonough, Colleen M ^a  

^a VALDOSTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DASYPUS NOVEMCINCTUS;

EID: 0030019263     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426871     Document Type: Article

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