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Population Control in Animals

Unlike man, most animals maintain fairly constant population levels. A new hypothesis suggests that they do so by forms of social behavior that limit reproduction to avoid overexploitation of food resources

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 211 Issue 2This article was originally published with the title “Population Control in Animals” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 211 No. 2 (), p. 68
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0864-68