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Self-grooming in meadow voles

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  1. Deparment of Biology, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, 38152

    Michael H. Ferkin

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  1. Department of Zoology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, 97331, USA

    Robert T. Mason

  2. Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR, 97361, USA

    Michael P. LeMaster

  3. State University of New York, ESF 1 Forestry Drive, Syracuse, NY, 13210, USA

    Dietland Müller-Schwarze

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Ferkin, M.H. (2005). Self-grooming in meadow voles. In: Mason, R.T., LeMaster, M.P., Müller-Schwarze, D. (eds) Chemical Signals in Vertebrates 10. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-25160-X_9

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