Leopard Panthera pardus density in southern Mozambique: evidence from spatially explicit capture–recapture in Xonghile Game Reserve

Paolo Strampelli; Leah Andresen; Kristoffer T. Everatt; Michael J. Somers; J. Marcus Rowcliffe

doi:10.1017/S0030605318000121

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