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The importance of interactions in the population ecology of the voleClethrionomys rufocanus

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Ostfeld, R.S. The importance of interactions in the population ecology of the voleClethrionomys rufocanus . Res Popul Ecol 40, 131–133 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02765229

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