'False feeding' and aggression in meerkat societies

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1273-1284

  Clutton Brock, T H ^a,b   Russell, A F ^a,c   Sharpe, L L ^d   Jordan, N R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^d STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FOOD PROVISIONING; PARENTAL CARE; SEXUAL SELECTION;

SURICATA SURICATTA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 20444426550     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.10.006     Document Type: Article

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