Contributions to cooperative rearing in meerkats

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

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Trade-offs between extraterritorial prospecting and helping in a cooperative mammal (2005, background): “Indeed, previous results suggest that compensation of this kind is likely, as meerkat helpers contribute more to pup care when helper numbers are limited (Clutton-Brock et al. 2001a).”
Cooperative breeding and its significance to the demographic success of humans. (2010, background): “Although uncommon, cooperative breeding occurs across diverse mammalian taxa: predominantly wild canids, foxes, meerkats, rodents, and several species of primates, including humans (Brown 1987, Clutton-Brock et al. 2001, Emlen 1991[1978], Nicolson 1987).”
Experimental evidence for social transmission of food acquisition techniques in wild meerkats (2009, methodology): “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.”
Behavioural tactics of breeders in cooperative meerkats (2004, background): “Groups of meerkats consist of 2e40 individuals and include a dominant female, who produces up to four litters of three to eight pups per year (Clutton-Brock et al. 2001b; Russell et al. 2003a), and a dominant male who is the father of almost all of her Correspondence: T. H. Clutton-Brock,…”
A genetic analysis of breeding success in the cooperative meerkat (Suricata suricatta) (2003, background): “Successful breeding by meerkats is completely reliant on helping from other members of the group, who help feed and guard the young at the burrow while the rest of the group spend the day foraging elsewhere in the territory (Clutton-Brock et al., 1998b, 1999c, 2001).”