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First bioacoustic and morphological data for the presence of Pelophylax bedriagae in Bulgaria Cover

First bioacoustic and morphological data for the presence of Pelophylax bedriagae in Bulgaria

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/asn-2018-0008 | Journal eISSN: 2603-347X | Journal ISSN: 2367-5144
Language: English
Page range: 54 - 63
Submitted on: Nov 30, 2017
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Accepted on: Jan 11, 2018
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Published on: Mar 7, 2018
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