Caregivers recognize and bias response towards individual young in a cooperative breeding mammal, the banded mongoose

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 275, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-46

  Gilchrist, J S ^a,b   Otali, E ^c   Mwanguhya, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Kibale Chimpanzee Project   (Uganda)

^d Banded Mongoose Research Project   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Communal breeding; Cooperation; Helping; Individual recognition; Kin discrimination; Mungos mungo

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BREEDING; FITNESS; JUVENILE; KIN RECOGNITION; PARENTAL CARE; SMALL MAMMAL;

CARNIVORA; MAMMALIA; MUNGOS MUNGO;

EID: 42549130284     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00405.x     Document Type: Article

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