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Thomas P. Hodgman, Daniel J. Harrison, Donald D. Katnik, Kenneth D. Elowe, Survival in an Intensively Trapped Marten Population in Maine, The Journal of Wildlife Management, Vol. 58, No. 4 (Oct., 1994), pp. 593-600
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