Interspecific associations of Cape ground squirrels with two mongoose species: Benefit or cost?

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1675-1683

  Waterman, Jane M ^a   Roth, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cynictis pencillatus; Mixed species groups; Mutualism; Suricata suricatta; Suricate; Xerus inauris; Yellow mongoose

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BURROWING ORGANISM; COMMENSAL; HABITAT STRUCTURE; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; MUTUALISM; RODENT; THERMOREGULATION; VIGILANCE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BITIS ARIETANS; CARNIVORA; CYNICTIS; CYNICTIS PENICILLATA; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA; SCIURIDAE; SPERMOPHILUS; SURICATA SURICATTA; VERTEBRATA; XERUS INAURIS;

EID: 34547671886     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0398-y     Document Type: Article

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