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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The Royal Society
2019-09-01
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Series: | Royal Society Open Science |
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Online Access: | https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.190904 |