No apparent benefits of allonursing for recipient offspring and mothers in the cooperatively breeding meerkat

1. Cooperative behaviours by definition are those that provide some benefit to another individual. Allonursing, the nursing of non-descendent young, is often considered a cooperative behaviour and is assumed to provide benefits to recipient offspring in terms of growth and survival, and to their mot...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of animal ecology 2015-07, Vol.84 (4), p.1050-1058
Hauptverfasser: MacLeod, Kirsty J., McGhee, Katie E., Clutton-Brock, Tim H.
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