No evidence for avoidance of visibly diseased conspecifics in the highly social banded mongoose (Mungos mungo)

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 371-381

  Fairbanks, Bonnie M ^a,b   Hawley, Dana M ^b   Alexander, Kathleen A ^a,c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b St Marks School of Texas   (United States)

^c Center for African Resources: Animals Communities and Land use (CARACAL)   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Banded mongoose; Behavior; Disease; Disease avoidance; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925503129     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: 14320762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-014-1849-x     Document Type: Article

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