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Fig. 6 | BMC Ecology and Evolution

Fig. 6

From: Spatial population genetic structure and colony dynamics in Damaraland mole-rats (Fukomys damarensis) from the southern Kalahari

Fig. 6

Colony fission in response to rainfall. Y-axis values are shown as relative values, for each of three measurements (rainfall, number of colonies and mean colony size), i.e. as a proportion of the highest value in each given measurement category, e.g. in 2005 mean colony size was half (0.5) that of 2004. Colony numbers increase and sizes decrease with increasing annual rainfall between 2004 and 2006, indicative of colony fission along with subsequent colony growth through reproduction

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