Temporal changes in the social structure of a captive colony of the Damaraland mole-rat, Cryptomys damarensis: The relationship of sex and age to dominance and burrow-maintenance activity

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 244, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 313-321

  Gaylard, A ^a   Harrison, Y ^a   Bennett, N C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Cryptomys; Dominance; Mole rat; Social

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; DAMARALAND MOLE-RAT; DOMINANCE; EUSOCIALITY; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; WORKER;

CRYPTOMYS DAMARENSIS;

EID: 0031901731     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095283699800301X     Document Type: Article

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