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Temporal interactions among carnivores in an anthropized landscape of the coastal mountain range in southern Chile Cover

Temporal interactions among carnivores in an anthropized landscape of the coastal mountain range in southern Chile

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|Jan 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/foecol-2025-0002 | Journal eISSN: 1338-7014 | Journal ISSN: 1336-5266
Language: English
Page range: 14 - 21
Submitted on: Apr 28, 2024
Accepted on: Aug 23, 2024
Published on: Jan 28, 2025
Published by: Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Forest Ecology
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