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Castleberry, N.L., Castleberry, S.B. (2008). Food Selection and Caching Behavior. In: Peles, J.D., Wright, J. (eds) The Allegheny Woodrat. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-36051-5_6

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