The number of subordinates moderates intrasexual competition among males in cooperatively breeding meerkats

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1631, 2008, Pages 209-216

  Kutsukake, Nobuyuki ^a,b,c   Clutton Brock, Tim H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggression; Biological market; Cooperative breeding; Intrasexual competition; Meerkats Suricata suricatta

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BREEDING POPULATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); INTRASEXUAL INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SMALL MAMMAL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AGGRESSION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

MAMMALIA; SURICATA SURICATTA;

EID: 36448992961     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2007.1311     Document Type: Article

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