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Douglas W. Smith, David R. Trauba, Raymond K. Anderson, Rolf O. Peterson, Black Bear Predation on Beavers on an Island in Lake Superior, The American Midland Naturalist, Vol. 132, No. 2 (Oct., 1994), pp. 248-255
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