Spatial representation of shelter locations in meerkats, Suricata suricatta

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 151-157

  Manser, Marta B ^a,b   Bell, Matthew B ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d Univ Zürich Irchel ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SIGNAL; ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; ESCAPE BEHAVIOR; ORIENTATION;

CARNIVORA; HERPESTIDAE; SURICATA SURICATTA;

EID: 3042783334     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2003.10.017     Document Type: Article

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