The energetics of huddling in two species of mole-rat (Rodentia: Bathyergidae).

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Physiology and Behavior

• Publication date

  2008-01-28

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1016/J.PHYSBEH.2007.08.016PMID 17928015
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