The social network structure of a wild meerkat population: 2. Intragroup interactions

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-95

  Madden, Joah R ^a,c   Drewe, Julian A ^a,d   Pearce, Gareth P ^a,b   Clutton Brock, Tim H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dominance; Grooming; Intragroup interactions; Meerkats; Social networks

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; ECTOPARASITE; FITNESS; GROOMING; GROUP SIZE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; LEARNING; SEX RATIO; SMALL MAMMAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; WILD POPULATION;

SURICATA SURICATTA;

EID: 77952669804     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-009-0820-8     Document Type: Article

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