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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Meerkats"”.
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Population dynamics in meerkats, Suricata suricatta
… Here, I consider these issues as they relate to meerkats, Suricata suricatta, obligate cooperative breeders that inhabit southern Africa. I use mathematical and statistical models, in conjunction with long-term data from a wild meerkat population, to explore population dynamics, group dynamics, …
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Eviction Behaviour in the Kalahari Meerkats
… perspective (evictor) using the Kalahari meerkats (Suricata suricatta). I focus on how eviction behaviour varies with current environmental, social, and individual conditions and determine whether eviction behaviour is personality-driven or context-dependent (Chapter Three). I find no …
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Individual variation in cooperative behaviour in meerkats
… in Chapter 5, I demonstrate that, in female meerkats only, growing up in a group with more helpers is correlated with reduced cooperation later in life. This result suggests the importance of future fitness in influencing current cooperative behaviour, as females raised in larger groups are …
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Extraterritorial prospecting and territory defence in cooperatively breeding meerkats
… ability to closely monitor prospecting males in meerkats, to investigate the causes of individual variation in extraterritorial prospecting effort and aggressive responses to prospector intrusions. In Chapter 3, I show that, as adults, heavier males invest more in prospecting than lighter ones, …
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The acquisition and maintenance of dominance in male and female cooperatively breeding meerkats, Suricata suricatta
… in a population of cooperatively breeding meerkats, Suricata suricatta, located in the Southern Kalahari. In Chapters 3 and 4, I characterise the distinct routes that subordinates of both sexes pursue to acquire dominance. While there is variation in the frequency that certain dominance …
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Food theft by deceptive alarm calls in the fork-tailed drongo
… species, pied babblers (Turdoides bicolor) and meerkats (Suricata suricatta), confirmed that these false alarm calls were deceptive because they were as effective at alerting hosts as true alarms given to approaching predators (Chapter 5). Further playbacks showed that hosts were more likely to …