Factors predicting the frequency, likelihood and duration of allonursing in the cooperatively breeding meerkat

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1059-1067

  MacLeod, K J ^a   Nielsen, J F ^b,c   Clutton Brock, T H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Allolactation; Helper; Meerkat; Suricata suricatta

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING POPULATION; DOMINANCE; FEMALE; LACTATION; PREGNANCY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SMALL MAMMAL;

SURICATA SURICATTA;

EID: 84886292929     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.09.012     Document Type: Article

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