Multi-generational persistence of traditions in neighbouring meerkat groups

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1700, 2010, Pages 3623-3629

  Thornton, Alex ^a   Samson, Jamie ^b   Clutton Brock, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Kalahari Meerkat Project   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Culture; Meerkats; Social learning; Suricata suricatta; Traditions

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CULTURE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GROUP BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; IMMIGRANT; MAMMAL; TERRITORY;

SURICATA SURICATTA;

EID: 78650045473     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0611     Document Type: Conference Paper

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