Communal nesting is unrelated to burrow availability in the common warthog

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 87-94

  White, Angela M ^a   Cameron, Elissa Z ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

common warthog; communal nesting; cooperative breeding; ecological constraints; habitat choice; Phacochoerus africanus; reproductive strategies; site selection; sociality

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BROOD REARING; BURROW; COLONIAL BREEDING; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; PIG; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SITE SELECTION; SLEEP;

PHACOCHOERUS; PHACOCHOERUS AFRICANUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 57449110520     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.08.030     Document Type: Article

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