Hair characteristics of four Indian bear species

Science and Justice

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 8-15

  Sahajpal, V ^a   Goyal, S P ^a   Jayapal, R ^a   Yoganand, K ^a   Thakar, M K ^b  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bears; Forensic; Hair characteristics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEAR; CROSS SECTION INDEX; CUTICLE; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HAIR COLOR; INDIA; MEDULLARY INDEX; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PARAMETER; SCALE COUNT INDEX; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; THICKNESS;

ANIMALS; HAIR; INDIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; URSIDAE;

EID: 44449131429     PISSN: 13550306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scijus.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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