A reverse-engineering approach to identifying which compounds to bioassay for signalling activity in the scent marks of african wild dogs (lycaon pictus)

Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 12

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 417-432

  Apps, Peter ^a   Mmualefe, Lesego ^a   McNutt, J Weldon ^a  

^a BOTSWANA PREDATOR CONSERVATION TRUST   (Botswana)

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EID: 84879552948     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/9781461459279     Document Type: Chapter

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