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  1. Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, S-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden

    Love Dalén & Anders Angerbjörn

  2. Archaeological Research Laboratory, Stockholm University, S-106 91, Stockholm, Sweden

    Anders Götherström

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Dalén, L., Götherström, A. & Angerbjörn, A. Identifying species from pieces of faeces. Conservation Genetics 5, 109–111 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:COGE.0000014060.54070.45

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