Experimental provisioning increases play in free-ranging meerkats

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 113-121

  Sharpe, L L ^a   Clutton Brock, T H ^b   Brotherton, P N M ^b   Cameron, E Z ^c   Cherry, M I ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; MAMMAL; NUTRITION; PLAY;

ANIMALIA; SURICATA SURICATTA;

EID: 0036380569     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2002.3031     Document Type: Article

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