Everybody loses: intraspecific competition induces tragedy of the commons in Allenby's gerbils
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2015Journal title
EcologyVolume
96Issue
1Begin page
54End page
61
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http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1890/14-0130.1/abstractAbstract
Interference competition may lead to a tragedy of the commons in which individuals driven by self‐interest reduce the fitness of the entire group. We investigated this hypothesis in Allenby's gerbils, Gerbillus andersoni allenbyi , by comparing foraging behaviors of single vs. pairs of gerbils....Type
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© 2015 by the Ecological Society of Americaae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1890/14-0130.1
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