Band structure and failures of reproductive suppression in a cooperatively breeding carnivore, the slender-tailed meerkat (Suricata suricatta)

Behaviour

Volumn 134, Issue 11-12, 1997, Pages 827-848

  Doolan, Sean P ^a,b   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Earthwatch Europe   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0031532558     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853997x00179     Document Type: Article

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