Gone girl: Richardson's ground squirrel offspring and neighbours are resilient to female removal

Within matrilineal societies, the presence of mothers and female kin can greatly enhance survival and reproductive success owing to kin-biased alarm calling, cooperation in territory defence, protection from infanticidal conspecifics, joint care of young and enhanced access to resources. The removal...

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Main Authors: Angela R. Freeman, Thomas J. Wood, Kevin R. Bairos-Novak, W. Gary Anderson, James F. Hare
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2019-09-01
Series:Royal Society Open Science
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.190904