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Social stress, mortality and aggression in colonies and burrowing habitats.

Behav Processes

August 1985

Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii, USA; Department of Physiology, John A. Burns School of medicine University of Hawaii, USA.

High mortality was found within six mixed-sex groups of Long-Evans rats living in burrowing habitats with 58% of subordinate males dying within 4 mo. of group formation. By contrast, no subordinate deaths occured during this time in six identical adult groups(3 males and 3 females) housed in similar (1 m square) colony cages without burrows.

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