Short communication, Note
First quantitative description of sentinel posts in wild meerkats
Mićo Tatalović
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Abstract
Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) are small, cooperative, carnivorous mammals that engage in sentinel behaviour in which an individual keeps guard from an elevated post while the rest of the group is foraging. I present the first quantitative description of where and how high meerkats guard.
Keywords
sentinel behaviour; sentinel post; vigilance; meerkat
Hrčak ID:
94514
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2012.
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