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The Tortoise Teaches Social Structure: A Publication by Pratha Sah

Pratha Sah focuses on the role of burrowing and social behavior of the desert tortoise in her article “Inferring social structure and its drivers from refuge use in the desert tortoise, a relatively solitary species”. Along with the rest of her research team, the article was recently published in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. To learn more about the role of social structures and networks in the context of wildlife epidemiology, take a look at the fascinating article!