Moving calls: A vocal mechanism underlying quorum decisions in cohesive groups

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 278, Issue 1711, 2011, Pages 1482-1488

  Bousquet, Christophe A H ^a   Sumpter, David J T ^b   Manser, Marta B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aggregation rule; Foraging patch; Meerkat; Quorum decision; Signal; Vocalization

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; ASSESSMENT METHOD; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DECISION MAKING; DOMINANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; SMALL MAMMAL; VOCALIZATION;

SURICATA SURICATTA;

EID: 79954471836     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.1739     Document Type: Article

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