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Use of handheld X-ray fluorescence as a non-invasive method to distinguish between Asian and African elephant tusks
We describe the use of handheld X-ray fluorescence, for elephant tusk species identification. Asian (n = 72) and African (n = 85) elephant tusks were scanned and we utilized the species differences in elemental composition to develop a functional model differentiating between species with high preci...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4838944/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27097717 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep24845 |