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Density-dependent regulatory mechanisms in the sexual maturation of male red-backed voles

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Original Russian Text © O.A. Zhigalskii, V.P. Mamina, 2015, published in Ekologiya, 2015, No. 6, pp. 473–475.

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Zhigalskii, O.A., Mamina, V.P. Density-dependent regulatory mechanisms in the sexual maturation of male red-backed voles. Russ J Ecol 46, 592–594 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413615060247

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