Group cohesion in foraging meerkats: follow the moving ‘vocal hot spot’
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Group cohesion in foraging meerkats: follow the moving ‘vocal hot spot’
Group coordination, when 'on the move' or when visibility is low, is a challenge faced by many social living animals. While some animals manage to maintain cohesion solely through visual contact, the mechanism of group cohesion through other modes of communication, a necessity when visual contact is reduced, is not yet understood. Meerkats (Suricata suricatta), a small, social carnivore, forage...
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عنوان ژورنال: Royal Society Open Science
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2054-5703
DOI: 10.1098/rsos.170004