Kidnapping and infanticide between groups of banded mongooses

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 315-318

  Müller, Corsin A ^a   Bell, Matthew B V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Group augmentation; Infanticide; Kidnapping; Mungos mungo

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INFANTICIDE; MAMMAL;

CARNIVORA; MUNGOS MUNGO;

EID: 67349087931     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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