Contributions to cooperative rearing in meerkats

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 705-710

  Clutton Brock, T H ^a   Brotherton, P N M ^a   O'Riain, M J ^b   Griffin, A S ^c   Gaynor, D ^b   Kansky, R ^b   Sharpe, L ^b   McIlrath, G M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; KINSHIP;

SURICATA SURICATTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034971615     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2000.1631     Document Type: Article

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