Spatial ecology of cheetahs on north-central Namibian farmlands
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Brown hyaena feeding ecology on Namibian farmlands
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Zoology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0952-8369,1469-7998
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00375.x