Collecting and preparing mammal hairs for identification with optical microscopy;Coleta e preparação de pêlos de mamíferos para identificação em microscopia óptica

Revista Brasileira de Zoologia

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 274-278

  Quadros, Juliana ^a   Monteiro Filho, Emygdio L De A ^b  

^a Universidade Federal do Paraná ^*  (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Diet; Ecology; Mastozoology; Taxidermy; Tricology

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

EID: 33646853669     PISSN: 01018175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0101-81752006000100022     Document Type: Article

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