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P. H. Leslie, R. M. Ranson, The Mortality, Fertility and Rate of Natural Increase of the Vole (Microtus agrestis) as Observed in the Laboratory, Journal of Animal Ecology, Vol. 9, No. 1 (May, 1940), pp. 27-52
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