Advances in New Zealand mammalogy 1990–2000: Feral ferret

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 185-203

  Clapperton, B K ^a  

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DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2001.9517647     Document Type: Article

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