Radiocollars do not affect the survival or foraging behaviour of wild meerkats

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 274, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 248-253

  Golabek, K A ^a,b,c   Jordan, N R ^b   Clutton Brock, T H ^b  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Energetic costs; Monitoring; Radiotelemetry; Radiotracking; Suricata suricatta; Survival

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; ENERGETICS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; RADIOTELEMETRY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SURVIVAL; TRACKING; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; SURICATA SURICATTA;

EID: 39749196419     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00377.x     Document Type: Article

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