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W. D. Oliff, The Mortality, Fecundity and Intrinsic Rate of Natural Increase of the Multimammate Mouse, Rattus (Mastomys) natalensis (Smith) in the Laboratory, Journal of Animal Ecology, Vol. 22, No. 2 (Nov., 1953), pp. 217-226
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