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AlertnessCynomys ludovicianusPrairie dogDemographyPsychologyBiologyEcologySociology
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John L. Hoogland
(1979).
The effect of colony size on individual alertness of prairie dogs (Sciuridae: Cynomys spp.).
Animal Behaviour
, 27
, 394-407.
https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-3472(79)90174-x
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- 10.1016/0003-3472(79)90174-x