Density-dependent effects on body size, Philopatry, and dispersal in the Damaraland mole-rat (Fukomys damarensis)

Population density may exert changes in a variety of behavioural and physiological characters in animals. However, the effects of density-dependence and dispersal are poorly studied in subterranean rodents due to the difficulties involved in observing such effects in wild populations. Using the coop...

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Main Author: Finn, Kyle T
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: Rhodes University 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10962/50495