The function of mobbing in cooperative meerkats

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Chimpanzee helping in collaborative and noncollaborative contexts (2010, background): “…hyaenas, Crocuta crocuta: Smith et al. 2010), allogrooming (e.g. vervet monkeys, Chlorocebus aethiops: Seyfarth & Cheney 1984), cooperative care of offspring (e.g. cichlids, Lamprologus brichardi: Taborsky 1984) and territorial defence (e.g. meerkats, Suricatta suricatta: Graw & Manser 2007).”
Chapter 8 Survivor Signals (2009, background): “In meerkats (Suricata suricatta), mobbing is performed not only to deter predators but also to gather information and to allow young to learn about predators by observing adults, a hypothesis suggested on other occasions (Curio et al., 1978; Graw and Manser, 2007).”
A Comparison of Social Organization in Asian Elephants and African Savannah Elephants (2012, background): “Social facilitation of antipredator behavior includes both dilution (Foster and Treherne 1981; Krause 1993), and cooperation among individuals from one or more social groups in active defense (Arnold 2000; Feh et al. 2001; Graw and Manser 2007).”