Manipulating grooming by decreasing ectoparasite load causes unpredicted changes in antagonism

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1660, 2009, Pages 1263-1268

  Madden, Joah R ^a,b   Clutton Brock, Tim H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Ectoparasites; Grooming; Meerkats; Social networks; Stress

Indexed keywords

ALTRUISM; ANTAGONISM; CARNIVORE; ECTOPARASITE; GROOMING; MAMMAL; RECIPROCITY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPARASITE; GROOMING; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STATUS; SURICATA SURICATTA;

PRIMATES; SURICATA SURICATTA;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; ECTOPARASITIC INFESTATIONS; GROOMING; HERPESTIDAE; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 66149187093     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1661     Document Type: Article

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