Assessing pellet group count methods to estimate Persian fallow deer abundance (Case study: Dashte-e-Naz Wildlife Refuge)
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Authors
1 Associate Professor, Department of Environment Science, Faculty of Natural Resources, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan
2 Graduate student , Department of Environment Science, Faculty of Natural Resources, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan
3 PhD, Department of Environment Science, Faculty of Natural Resources, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan
4 Assistant Professor, Department of Environment Science, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Science, Tarbiat Modares University
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