Preliminary data on the genetic structure of puma (Puma concolor) populations in Argentina

CASTILLO, DIEGO; LUCHERINI, MAURO; GALLO, ORLANDO; GUERISOLI, MARIA DE LAS MERCEDES; GODINHO, RAQUEL; CASANAVE, EMMA

Moscow

Congreso; 97th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogy; 2017

University of Idaho

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