Location and group size influence decisions in simulated intergroup encounters in banded mongooses

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 493-500

  Furrer, Roman D ^a   Kyabulima, Solomon ^b   Willems, Erik P ^a   Cant, Michael A ^c   Manser, Marta B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Queen Elizabeth National Park   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

banded mongooses; group decision; group size; intergroup encounter; Mungos mungo; territory

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; GROUP SIZE; SMALL MAMMAL; TERRITORIALITY; TERRITORY;

CARNIVORA; MUNGOS MUNGO;

EID: 79955383692     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr010     Document Type: Article

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