Offspring food allocation by parents and helpers in a cooperative mammal

By P. Brotherton, T. H. Clutton-Brock, M. O'Riain, D. Gaynor, L. Sharpe, R. Kansky, G. Mcilrath. 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Social Psychology

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Experimental evidence for social transmission of food acquisition techniques in wild meerkats (2009, background): “This pattern is likely to result not because the young have a greater capacity for social learning, but because they are dependent on adults for food and protection (Brotherton et al. 2001; Clutton-Brock et al. 2001) and so are more likely to attend to and learn from them.”
Contributions to cooperative rearing in meerkats (2001, background): “In some cooperative birds, younger helpers contribute little unless food is plentiful ( Boland et al. 1997 ).”
Vocal Complexity in Meerkats and Other Mongoose Species (2014, background): “In meerkats, pups are fed by all adults when they forage with the group from the age of 4–12 weeks on (Brotherton et al., 2001), and here individual differences in their vocalizations seem to play a less important role than the advertisement of hunger level.”
The social network structure of a wild meerkat population: 1. Inter-group interactions (2009, background): “Previous work suggests that in meerkats, sexes differ in their behaviours (Brotherton et al. 2001; Kutsukake and Clutton-Brock 2006; Hodge et al. 2007), and so, we expected that different ratios of group members may explain differing measures of network structure, specifically that as groups become ”
Breeding success in cooperative meerkats: effects of helper number and maternal state (2003, background): “, 1998) and are then fed invertebrates and small vertebrates by helpers while they follow the group during their subsequent two months of dependence (Brotherton et al., 2001).”
Factors affecting pup growth and survival in co-operatively breeding meerkats (2002, background): “2001a), and male pups do not remain in such close contact to group members as female pups (Brotherton et al. 2001).”
Behavioural tactics of breeders in cooperative meerkats (2004, background): “(Brotherton et al. 2001; Clutton-Brock et al. 2001c).”
Innovative problem solving in wild meerkats (2012, background): “Meerkats are cooperatively breeding mongooses that live in groups comprising a dominant pair, which monopolize reproduction, and a variable number of helpers of both sexes, which assist in rearing the young (Brotherton et al. 2001).”