Reproductive competition favours solitary living while ecological constraints impose group-living in African striped mice.

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• Publication year

  2010

• Venue

  Journal of Animal Ecology

• Publication date

  2010-05-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01651.xPMID 20059610
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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