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Seven years ago I put forward the hypothesis that social behavior plays an essential part in the natural regulation of animal numbers [7]; some of you are I know familiar with the general outline of the hypothesis.
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Wynne-Edwards, V.C. (1971). Space Use and the Social Community Animals and Men. In: Esser, A.H. (eds) Behavior and Environment. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1893-4_20
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