Competition for food in meerkats (Suricata suricatta)
In group living species animals commonly compete for limited resources such as food (Darwin 1859). Winning competition for food may be beneficial for an individuals survival or reproductive success (Williams 1966; Clutton-Brock 1988; Metcalfe et al 1995) but conflict with group members may be costly...
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University of Pretoria
2013
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25367 Flower, TP 2007, Competition for food in meerkats (Suricata suricatta), MSc dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25367 > http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06092009-185917/ |