Using thin-layer chromatography of fecal bile acids to study the leopard (Panthera pardus ciscaucasica) population

Biology Bulletin

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 361-366

  Khorozyan, I G ^a   Cazon, A ^b   Malkhasyan, A G ^c   Abramov, A V ^a  

^a ZOOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SALTA   (Argentina)

^c Nork Clinic attached to the Psychiatric Medical Center   (Armenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELIDAE; PANTHERA; PANTHERA PARDUS;

EID: 34547100750     PISSN: 10623590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1062359007040085     Document Type: Article

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