Why do male cape ground squirrels live in groups?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 809-817

  Waterman, Jane M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR BEHAVIOUR; CAPE GROUND SQUIRREL; GROUP BEHAVIOUR;

AFRICA, (SOUTHERN);

XERUS INAURIS;

EID: 0031107087     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0346     Document Type: Article

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