Grouping increases the ability of the social rodent, Octodon degus, to detect predators when using exposed microhabitats

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• Publication year

  2002

• Venue

  Oikos

• Publication date

  2002-09-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1034/J.1600-0706.2002.980313.X
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