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Raptor Pit Mortality in Mongolia and a Call to Identify and Modify Death Traps Wherever they Occur

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    David H. Ellis & Catherine H. Ellis

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    Terry B. Roundy

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Ellis, D.H., Roundy, T.B. & Ellis, C.H. Raptor Pit Mortality in Mongolia and a Call to Identify and Modify Death Traps Wherever they Occur. AMBIO 39, 349–351 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-010-0046-z

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