Ebensperger, L.A. et al.: Communal Burrowing in the Hystricognath Rodent, Octodon degus: A Benefit of Sociality?

Luis A. Ebensperger; Francisco Bozinovic: Communal Burrowing in the Hystricognath Rodent, Octodon degus: A Benefit of Sociality?
In: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology Vol. 47, No. 5 (Apr., 2000), pp. 365-369.

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Zitat :: We examined the hypothesis that a main benefit of group-living in the semifossorial rodent, Octodon degus (Rodentia: Octodontidae), is to decrease individual cost of burrow construction. We contrasted the digging behavior of groups of three same-sex, adult-sized individuals with that of solitary degus....

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