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Akodon montensis (Thomas, 1913) (Muridae) as a disperser of endozoochoric seeds in a coastal swamp forest of southern Brazil

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    Graciela Bernardi Horn, Andreas Kindel & Sandra Maria Hartz

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Horn, G.B., Kindel, A. & Hartz, S.M. Akodon montensis (Thomas, 1913) (Muridae) as a disperser of endozoochoric seeds in a coastal swamp forest of southern Brazil. Mamm Biol 73, 325–329 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mambio.2007.10.008

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