Tusk or bone? An example of ivory substitute in the wildlife trade

Ethnobiology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 40-44

  Sims, Margaret E ^a   Baker, Barry W ^a   Hoesch, Robert M ^a  

^a US Fish and Wildlife National Forensics Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone; Bos Taurus; Imitation ivory; Wildlife trade

Indexed keywords

EID: 84875033468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21598126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14237/ebl.2.2011.40-44     Document Type: Article

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