Aggression and submission reflect reproductive conflict between females in cooperatively breeding meerkats Suricata suricatta

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 541-548

  Kutsukake, N ^a,b   Clutton Brock, T H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggression; Cooperative breeding; Eviction; Meerkats; Reproductive conflict; Reproductive suppression

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE; MAMMAL; POPULATION REGULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

SURICATA SURICATTA;

EID: 30944453308     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0079-7     Document Type: Article

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