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Diet selection, commonness, and rarity in a pair of smooth-toothed pocket gophers

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Brito, Brittany T, Bjornlie, Nichole L, Carling, Matthew D, Goheen, Jacob R (2023): Diet selection, commonness, and rarity in a pair of smooth-toothed pocket gophers. Journal of Mammalogy 104 (5): 915-928, DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyad052, URL: https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyad052

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