PUBLICATIONS OF THE KALAHARI MEERKAT PROJECT – M E E R K A T S
1998
Clutton-Brock, T.H., Gaynor, D., Kansky, R., MacColl, A.D.C., McIlrath, G., Chadwick, P., Brotherton, P.N.M., O’Riain, J.M., Manser, M. and Skinner, J.D. (1998a) Costs of cooperative behaviour in suricates (Suricata suricatta). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B. 265: 185-190
Clutton-Brock, T.H., Brotherton, P.N.M., Smith, R., McIlrath, G.M., Kansky, R., Gaynor, D., O’Riain, J.M. and Skinner, J.D. (1998b) Infanticide and expulsion of females in a cooperative mammal. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B. 265: 2291-2295
Manser, M.B. (1998) The evolution of auditory communication in suricates Suricata suricatta. PhD thesis: University of Cambridge
Table of Contents
1999
Clutton-Brock, T.H., MacColl, A.D.C., Chadwick, P., Gaynor, D., Kansky, R. and Skinner, J.D. (1999a) Reproduction and survival of suricates (Suricata suricatta) in the southern Kalahari. African Journal of Ecology 77: 69-80
Clutton-Brock, T.H., O’Riain, M.J., Brotherton, P.N.M., Gaynor, D., Kansky, R., Griffin, A.S. and Manser, M. (1999b) Selfish sentinels in cooperative mammals. Science 284:1640-1644
Clutton-Brock, T.H., Gaynor, D., McIlrath, G.M., MacColl, A.D.C., Kansky, R., Chadwick, P., Manser, M., Brotherton, P.N.M. and Skinner, J.D. (1999c.) Predation, group size and mortality in a cooperative mongoose, Suricata suricatta. Journal of Animal Ecology. 68: 672-683
Courchamp, F., Clutton-Brock, T H. and Grenfell, B. (1999b) Inverse density dependence and the Allee effect. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14: 375-415
Manser, M.B. (1999) Response of foraging group members to sentinel calls in suricates, Suricata suricatta. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 266: 1013-1019
2000
Clutton-Brock, T.H., Brotherton, P.N.M., O’Riain, M.J., Griffin, A.S., Gaynor, D., Sharpe, L., Kansky, R., Manser, M. and McIlrath, G.M. (2000) Individual contributions to babysitting in a cooperative mongoose, Suricata suricatta. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 267: 301-305
Manser, M.B. and Avey, G. (2000) The effect of pup vocalisations on food allocation in a cooperative mammal, the meerkat (Suricata suricatta). Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 48: 429-437
O’Riain, M.J., Bennett, N.C., Brotherton, P.N.M., McIlrath, G.M. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2000) Reproductive suppression and inbreeding avoidance in wild populations of cooperatively breeding meerkats (Suricata suricatta). Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology. 48: 471-477
Barnard, J.A. (2000) Costs and benefits of group foraging in cooperatively breeding meerkats. PhD thesis: University of Cambridge
2001
White, S.M. (2001) Juvenile development and conflicts of interest in meerkats. PhD thesis: University of Cambridge
Brotherton, P.N.M., Clutton-Brock, T.H., O’Riain, M.J., Gaynor, D., Sharpe, L., Kansky, R. and McIlrath, G.M. (2001) Offspring food allocation by parents and helpers in a cooperative mammal. Behavioural Ecology 12: 590-599
Clutton-Brock, T.H., Brotherton, P.N.M., O’Riain, M.J., Griffin, A.S., Gaynor, D., Kansky, R., Sharpe, L. and McIlrath, G.M. (2001a) Contributions to cooperative rearing in meerkats, Suricata suricatta. Animal Behaviour 61: 705-710
Clutton-Brock, T.H., Brotherton, P.N.M., Russell, A.F., O’Riain, M.J., Gaynor, D., Kansky, R., Griffin, A., Manser, M., Sharpe, L., McIlrath, G.M., Small, T., Moss, A. and Monfort, S. (2001b) Cooperation, control, and concession in meerkat groups. Science 291: 478-481
Clutton-Brock, T.H., Russell, A.F., Sharpe, L.L., Brotherton, P.N.M., McIlrath, G.M., White, S. and Cameron, E.Z. (2001c) Effects of helpers on juvenile development and survival in meerkats. Science 293: 2446-2449
Manser, M.B. (2001) The acoustic structure of suricates’ alarm calls varies with predator type and the level of response urgency. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 268: 2315-2324
Manser, M.B., Bell, M.B. and Fletcher, L.B. (2001) The information that receivers extract from alarm calls in suricates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 268: 2485-2491
Moss, A.M., Clutton-Brock, T.H. and Monfort, S.L. (2001) Longitudinal gonadal steroid excretion in free-living male and female meerkats (Suricata suricatta). General and Comparative Endocrinology 122: 158-171
2002
Manser, M.B., Seyfarth, R.M. and Cheney, D.L. (2002) Suricate alarm calls signal predator class and urgency. TRENDS in Cognitive Sciences 6: 55-57
Clutton-Brock, T.H., Russell, A.F., Sharpe, L.L., Young, A.J., Balmforth, Z. and McIlrath, G.M. (2002) Evolution and development of sex differences in cooperative behavior in meerkats. Science 297: 253-256
Russell, A.F., Clutton-Brock, T.H., Brotherton, P.N.M., Sharpe, L.L., McIlrath, G.M., Dalerum, F.D., Cameron, E.Z. and Barnard, J.A. (2002) Factors affecting pup growth and survival in cooperatively breeding meerkats Suricata suricatta. Journal of Animal Ecology 71: 700-709
Sharpe, L.L., Clutton-Brock, T.H., Brotherton, P.N.M., Cameron, E.Z. and Cherry, M.I. (2002) Experimental provisioning increases play in free-ranging meerkats. Animal Behaviour 64: 113-121
Scantlebury, M., Russell, A.F., McIlrath, G.M., Speakman, J.R. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2002) The energetics of lactation in cooperatively breeding meerkats Suricata suricatta. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 269: 2147-2153
Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2002-September). Meerkats stand tall. National Geographic Magazine. 52-73
2003
Young, A.J. (2003) Subordinate tactics in cooperative meerkats: breeding, helping and dispersal. PhD thesis: University of Cambridge
Sharpe, L.L. and Cherry, M.I. (2003) Social play does not reduce aggression in wild meerkats. Animal Behaviour 66: 989-997
Russell, A.F., Sharpe, L.L., Brotherton, P.N.M. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2003) Cost minimization by helpers in cooperative vertebrates. PNAS 100: 3333-3338
Carlson, A.A., Nicol, L., Young, A.J., Parlow, Al.F. and McNeilly, A.S. (2003) Radioimmunoassay of prolactin for the meerkat (Suricata suricatta), a cooperatively breeding carnivore. General and Comparative Endocrinology 130: 148-156
Russell, A.F., Brotherton, P.N.M., McIlrath, G.M., Sharpe, L.L. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2003) Breeding success in cooperative meerkats: effects of helper number and maternal state. Behavioural Ecology 14: 486-492
Griffin, A.S., Pemberton, J.M., Brotherton, P.N.M., McIlrath, G.M., Gaynor, D., Kansky, R. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2003) A genetic analysis of breeding success in the cooperative meerkat (Suricata suricatta). Behavioral Ecology 14: 472-480
Clutton-Brock, T.H., Russell, A.F. and Sharpe, L.L. (2003) Meerkat helpers do not specialise in particular activities. Animal Behaviour 66: 531-540
2004
Sharpe, L.L. (2004) Play and social relationships in the meerkat Suricata suricatta. PhD thesis: University of Stellenbosch
Clutton-Brock, T.H., Russell, A.F. and Sharpe, L.L. (2004) Behavioural tactics of breeders in cooperative meerkats. Animal Behaviour 68: 1029-1040
Carlson, A.A., Young, A.J., Russell, A.F., Bennett, N.C., McNeilly, A.S. and Clutton-Brock, T H. (2004) Hormonal correlates of dominance in meerkats (Suricata suricatta). Hormones and Behavior 46: 141-150
Russell, A.F., Carlson, A.A., McIlrath, G.M., Jordan, N.R. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2004) Adaptive size modification by dominant female meerkats. Evolution 58: 1600-1607
Manser, M.B. and Bell, M.B. (2004) Spatial representation of shelter locations in meerkats (Suricata suricatta). Animal Behaviour 68: 151-157
Manser, M.B. and Fletcher, L.B. (2004) Vocalise to localise – A test on functionally referential alarm calls. Interaction Studies 5: 325-342
Scantlebury, M., Clutton-Brock, T.H., and Speakman J.R. (2004) Energetics of cooperative breeding in meerkats Suricata suricatta. International Congress Series.1275: 367-274.
2005
Stephens, P.A., Russell, A.F., Young, A.J., Sutherland, W.J. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2005) Dispersal, eviction and conflict in meerkats (Suricata suricatta): An evolutionarily stable strategy model. American Naturalist 165: 120-135
Clutton-Brock, T.H., Russell, A.F., Sharpe, L.L. and Jordan, N.R. (2005) ‘False-feeding’ and aggression in meerkat societies. Animal Behaviour 69: 1273-1284
Young, A.J., Carlson, A.A. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2005) Trade-offs between extra-territorial prospecting and helping in a cooperative mammal. Animal Behaviour 70:829-837
Sharpe, L.L. (2005) Play fighting does not affect subsequent fighting success in wild meerkats. Animal Behaviour 69: 1023-1029
Sharpe, L.L. (2005) Play does not enhance social cohesion in a cooperative mammal. Animal Behaviour 70: 551-558
Sharpe, L.L. (2005) Frequency of social play does not affect dispersal partnerships in wild meerkats. Animal Behaviour 70: 559-569
Hollén, L. and Manser, M.B. (2005) Studying alarm call communication in meerkats. Cognition, Brain, Behaviour, Vol. IX(3): 525-538
Graw, B. (2005) Mobbing behaviour in meerkats (Suricata suricatta). MSc Thesis: Zoological Institute, University of Zurich
Furrer, R. (2005) Alarm calls in Cape ground squirrels. MSc Thesis: Zoological Institute, University of Zurich
Jordan, N. (2005) Olfactory communication in meerkats. MSc Thesis: University of Stellenbosch
2006
Carlson, A.A., Manser, M.B., Young, A.J., Russell, A.F., Jordan, N.R., McNeilly, A.S. and Clutton-Brock, T H. (2006) Cortisol levels are positively associated with pup-feeding rates in male meerkats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273: 571-577
Kutsukake, N. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2006) Aggression and submission reflect reproductive conflict between females in cooperatively breeding meerkats Suricata suricatta. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 59: 541-548
Carlson, A.A., Russell, A.F., Young, A.J., Jordan, N.R., McNeilly, A.S., Parlow, Al F. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2006) Elevated prolactin levels immediately precede decisions to babysit by male meerkat helpers. Hormones and Behavior 50: 94-100
Thornton, A. and Mcauliffe, K. (2006) Teaching in wild meerkats. Science 313: 227-229.
Young, A.J. and Clutton-Brock, T. (2006) Infanticide by subordinates influences reproductive sharing in cooperatively breeding meerkats. Biology Letters 2: 385-387
Young, A.J., Carlson, A.A., Monfort, S.L., Russell, A.F., Bennett, N.C. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2006) Stress and the suppression of subordinate reproduction in cooperatively breeding meerkats. PNAS 103:12005-12010
Turbé, A. (2006) Habitat use, ranging behaviour and social control in meerkats. BBSRC studentship. PhD thesis: University of Cambridge
Hollén, L.I. and Manser, M.B. (2006) Ontogeny of alarm call responses in meerkats, Suricata suricatta: the roles of age, sex and nearby conspecifics. Animal Behaviour 72: 1345-1353
Kutsukake, N. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2006) Social function of allo-grooming in cooperatively breeding meerkats Suricata suricatta. Animal Behaviour 72: 1059-1068
Clutton-Brock, T.H., Hodge, S.J., Spong, G., Russell, A.F., Jordan, N.R., Bennett, N.C., Sharpe, L.L. and Manser, M.M. (2006) Intrasexual competition and sexual selection in cooperative mammals. Nature 444: 1065-1068
Hollén, L.I. (2006) Development of alarm-call production, usage and responses in meerkats (Suricata suricatta). PhD thesis: Universität Zurich
Schibler, F.J. (2006) The irrelevance of individual recognition in meerkats’ alarm calls. MSc thesis: Fakultät der Universität Bern
Stütz, A. (2006) Acoustic correlates of behavioural arousal in meerkat (Suricata suricatta) vocalisations. MSc thesis: Universität Zurich
Glaser, A.S. (2006) Prey detection and foraging strategies in meerkats. MSc Thesis: Zoological Institute, University of Zurich
Rasmussen, M.W. (2006) Vocalizations in prospecting meerkats: Is there an audience effect? MSc Thesis: Zoological Institute, University of Zurich
2007
Russell, A. F., Young, A. J., Spong, G, Jordan, N. R. and Clutton-Brock, T. H. (2007) Helpers increase the reproductive potential of offspring in cooperative meerkats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274: 513-520.
Young, A. J., Spong, A. J., and Clutton-Brock, T. H. (2007) Subordinate males prospect for extra-group paternity: alternative reproductive tactics in a cooperative mammal. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274: 1603-1609.
Dalerum, F., Bennett, N.C. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2007) Longitudinal differences in 15N between mothers and offspring during and after weaning in a small cooperative mammal, the meerkat (Suricata suricatta). Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry 21: 1889-1892
Hodge, S.J., Flower, T.P. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2007) Offspring competition and helper associations in cooperative meerkats. Animal Behaviour 74: 957-964
Graw, B. and Manser, M.B. (2007) The function of mobbing in cooperative meerkats. Animal Behaviour 74: 507-517
Jordan, N. (2007) Scent-marking investment is determined by sex and breeding status in meerkats. Animal Behaviour 74: 531-540
Kunc, H.J., Madden, J.R. and Manser, M.B. (2007) Begging signals in a mobile feeding system: the evolution of different call types. American Naturalist 170: 617-624
Hollén, L.I. and Manser, M.B. (2007) Motivation before meaning: motivational information encoded in meerkat alarm calls develops earlier than referential information. American Naturalist 169: 758–767
Ross-Gillespie, A. and Griffin, A.S. (2007) Quick guide: Meerkats. Current Biology 17-12, R442
Jordan, N.R., Cherry, M.I. and Manser, M.B. (2007) Latrine distribution and patterns of use by wild meerkats: implications for territory and mate defence. Animal Behaviour 73: 613-622
Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2007) Sexual selection in males and females. Science 318: 1882-1885
Schibler, F. and Manser, M.B. (2007) The irrelevance of individual discrimination in meerkat alarm calls. Animal Behaviour 74: 1259-1268
Hollén, L.I. and Manser, M.B. (2007) Persistence of alarm-call behaviour in the absence of predators: a comparison between wild and captive-born meerkats (Suricata suricatta). Ethology 113: 1038-1047
Thornton, A. (2007) Social influences on the development of foraging behaviour in meerkats. PhD thesis: University of Cambridge
Thornton, A., Raihani, N.J. and Radford, A.N. (2007) Teachers in the wild: some clarification. Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 11: 272-273
Lienert, R. (2007) Secondary predator cue inspection in meerkats (Suricata suricatta). MSc Thesis: Zoological Institute, University of Zurich
Razumovsky, N. (2007) Behavioural and physiological responses by meerkats (Suricata suricatta) to different levels of predation risk. MSc Thesis: Mammal Research Institute, University of Pretoria.
2008
Hollén, L.I., Clutton-Brock, T. and Manser, M.B. (2008) Ontogenetic changes in alarm-call production and usage in meerkats (Suricata suricatta): adaptations or constraints? Behavioral Ecology and Sociobology 62: 821-829
Golabek, K.A., Jordan, N.R. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2008) Radiocollars do not affect the survival of foraging behaviour of wild meerkats. Journal of Zoology 274: 248-253
Hodge, S.J., Manica, A., Flower, T.P. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2008) Determinants of reproductive success in dominant female meerkats. Journal of Animal Ecology 77: 92-102
Kutsukake, N. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2008) The number of subordinates moderates intrasexual competition among males in cooperatively breeding meerkats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 275: 209-216
Thornton, A. (2008) Early body condition, time budgets and the acquisition of foraging skills in meerkats. Animal Behaviour 75: 951-962
Clutton-Brock, T.H., Hodge, S.J. and Flower, T.P. (2008) Group size and subordinate reproduction in Kalahari meerkats. Animal Behaviour 76: 689-700
Spong, G.F., Hodge, S.J., Young, A.J. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2008) Factors affecting reproductive success of dominant male meerkats. Molecular Ecology 17: 2287-2299
Manser, M.B., Madden, J.R., Kunc, H.P., English, S. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2008) Signals of need in a cooperatively breeding mammal with mobile offspring. Animal Behaviour 76: 1805-1813
Thornton, A. (2008) Variation in contributions to teaching by meerkats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 275: 1745-1751
Thornton, A. (2008) Social learning about novel foods in young meerkats. Animal Behaviour 76: 1411-1421
Hoppitt, W.J.E., Brown, G.R., Kendal, R., Rendell, L., Thornton, A., Webster, M.J. and Laland, K.N. (2008) Lessons from animal teaching. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 23: 486-493
Thornton, A. and Raihani, N.J. (2008) The evolution of teaching. Animal Behaviour. 75: 1823-1836
Thornton, A. (2008) Early condition, time budgets and the acquisition of foraging skills in meerkats. Animal Behaviour, 75: 951-962
English, S., Kunc, H.P., Madden, J.R. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2008) Sex differences in responsiveness to begging in a cooperative mammal. Biology Letters 4: 334-338
Amsler, V. (2008) How urgency levels in alarm calls influence the foragers response in meerkats (Suricata suricatta). MSc Thesis: Zoological Institute, University of Zurich
Ruffner, M. (2008) The function of sunning calls in meerkats. MSc Thesis: Zoological Institute, University of Zurich
Völlmy, I. (2008) Predator-elicited communication in meerkats (Suricata suricatta): Do arousal states influence call production and the response to calls? MSc Thesis: Zoological Institute, University of Zurich
Young A.J., Monfort S.L. and Clutton-Brock T.H. (2008) Physiological suppression among female meerkats: a role for subordinate restraint due to the threat of infanticide? Hormones and Behavior 53:131-139
2009
Thornton, A. and Hodge, S.J. (2009) The development of foraging microhabitat preferences in meerkats. Behavioral Ecology 20: 103-110
Drewe, J.A., Foot, A.K., Sutcliffe, R.L. and Pearce, G.P. (2009) Pathology of Mycobacterium bovis infection in wild meerkats (Suricata suricatta) Journal of Comparative Pathology 140: 12-24
Cross, P.C., Drewe, J., Patrek, V., Pearce, G., Samuel, M.D. and Delahay, R.J. (2009) Wildlife population structure and parasite transmission: Implications for disease management. In Management of Disease in Wild Mammals (ed R.J. Delahay) pp.9-29. Japan: Springer
Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2009) Sexual selection in females. Animal Behaviour 77: 3-11
Madden, J.R. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2009) Manipulating grooming by decreasing parasite load causes unpredicted changes in antagonism. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276: 1263-1268
Clutton-Brock, T. and McAuliffe, K. (2009) Female mate choice in mammals. The Quarterly Review of Biology 84: 3-27
Drewe, J.A., Madden, J.R. and Pearce, G.P. (2009) The social network structure of a wild meerkat population: 1. Inter-group interactions. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 63: 1295-1306.
Madden, J.R., Drewe, J.A., Pearce, G.P. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2009) The social network structure of a wild meerkat population: 2. Intra-group interactions. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64:81-95
Thornton, A. and Malapert, A. (2009) Experimental evidence for social transmission of food acquisition techniques in wild meerkats. Animal Behaviour 78: 255-264
Madden, J.R., Kunc, H-J.P., English, S., Manser, M.B. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2009) Do meerkat (Suricata suricatta) pups exhibit strategic begging behaviour and so exploit adults that feed at relatively high rates? Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 63: 1259-1268
Madden, J.R., Kunc, H-J.P. Kunc., English, S. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2009) Why do meerkat pups stop begging? Animals Behaviour: 78: 85-89
Thornton, A. and Malapert, A. (2009) The rise and fall of an arbitrary tradition: an experiment with wild meerkats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276:1269-1276
Drewe, J.A., Dean, G.S., Michel, A.L. and Pearce, G.P. (2009) Accuracy of three diagnostic tests for determining Mycobacterium bovis infection status in live-sampled wild meerkats (Suricata suricatta). Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation 21: 31-39
Drewe, J.A. (2009) Social networks and infectious disease transmission: Epidemiology of tuberculosis in wild meerkats. PhD thesis: University of Cambridge.
Manser, M.B. (2009) The generation of functionally and motivational vocal signals in mammals. In Handbook of Mammalian Vocalization (ed S.M. Brudzynski) pp. 477-486. Oxford: Academic Press
Manser, M.B. (2009) What do functionally referential alarm calls refer to? In Cognitive Ecology (ed R. Dukas and J.M. Ratcliffe) University of Chicago Press, Chicago pp. 229-248
Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2009) Structure and function in mammalian societies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 364: 3229-3242
Madden, J.R., Kunc, H.P., English, S., Manser, M.B. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2009) Calling in the gap: competition or cooperation in littermates’ begging behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276: 1255-1262
Hodge, S. J., Thornton, A., Flower, T. P. and Clutton-Brock, T. H. (2009) Food limitation increases aggression in juvenile meerkats. Behavioral Ecology
Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2009) Cooperation between non-kin in animal societies. Nature 462:51-57
Furrer R and Manser MB (2009) ‘The evolution of urgency-based and functionally referential alarm calls in ground-dwelling species.’ American Naturalist 173: 400-410
Le Roux A, Cherry M, Gygax L and Manser MB (2009) Vigilance behaviour and fitness consequences between a solitary and a group foraging mammal. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 63: 1097-1107
Kutsukake, N. and Clutton-Brock T.H. (2009) Grooming and the value of social relationships in cooperatively breeding meerkats. Animal Behaviour 79: 271-279
Sharp, S.P. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2009) Reproductive senescence in a cooperatively breeding mammal. Journal of Animal Ecology 79: 176-183
Zöttl, M. (2009) Costs and benefits of recruitment calling in meerkats (Suricata suricatta). MSc Thesis: University of Vienna and University of Zurich
Young A.J. and Monfort S.L. (2009) Stress and the costs of extra-territorial prospecting in a social mammal. Biology Letters 5: 439-441
2010
Clutton-Brock, T.H. and Sheldon, B.C. (2010) The Seven Ages of Pan. Science 327: 1207-1208
Drewe, J.A. (2010) Who infects whom? Social networks and tuberculosis transmission in wild meerkats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277: 633—642
Candea, M. (2010) “I fell in love with Carlos the meerkat”: engagement and detachment in human-animal relations. American Ethnologist 37:241-258
Thornton, A., Samson, J. and Clutton-Brock T. (2010) Multi-generational persistence of traditions in neighbouring meerkat groups. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 277: 3623-3629./doi 10.1098/rspb.2010.0611
Clutton-Brock, T. and Sheldon, B.C. (2010) Individuals and populations: the role of long-term, individual-based studies in ecology and evolutionary biology. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 25: 562-573
Clutton-Brock, T.H., Hodge, S.J., Flower, T.P., Spong, G.F. and Young, A.J. (2010) Adaptive suppression of subordinate reproduction in cooperative mammals. American Naturalist 176: 664-673
Townsend S.W., Hollén L.I. and Manser M.B. (2010) Meerkat close calls encode group significant signatures, but fail to discriminate. Animal Behaviour 80: 133-138
Michel, V. (2010) How meerkats use heterospecific vocalizations to avoid predation. MSc Thesis: Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Zurich
English, S. Nakagawa, S. and Clutton-Brock, T. H. (2010). Consistent individual differences in cooperative behaviour in meerkats (Suricata suricatta). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 23: 1597-1604
Reber, S. A. (2010) Discrimination of close calls is related to conflict situations in female meerkats. MSc Thesis: Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Zurich
Madden, J.R. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2010) Experimental peripheral administration of oxytocin elevates a suite of cooperative behaviours in a wild social mammal. Proceedings of the Royal Society B/doi 10/1098/rspb.2010.1675
Bousquet, C. (2010) Group decision making in meerkats. PhD Thesis: Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Zurich
Manser, M.B. (2010) The generation of functionally and motivational vocal signals in mammals. In Handbook of Mammalian Vocalization (ed S.M. Brudzynski) pp. 477-486. Oxford: Academic Press
Wadewitz, P. (2010) Olfactory discrimination of predators and conspecifics in meerkats (Suricata suricatta). MSc Thesis: Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Zurich
Thornton, A. and Raihani, N. J. (2010) Identifying teaching in wild animals. Learning and Behavior, 38, 297-309.
English, S. (2010) Individual variation in helping behaviour in meerkats. PhD thesis: University of Cambridge
2011
Townsend S.W. and Manser M.B. (2011) The function of non-linear phenomena in meerkat alarm calls. Biology Letters 7: 47-49
Bousquet C.A.H., Sumpter D.J.T. and Manser M.B. (2011) Moving calls: a vocal mechanism underlying quorum decisions in cohesive groups. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 278: 1482-1488
Flower, T. (2011) Fork-tailed drongos use deceptive mimicked alarm calls to steal food. Proceedings of the Royal Society B doi10.1098/rspb.2010.1932
Bateman, A.W., Coulson, T. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (March 2011) What do simple models reveal about the population dynamics of a cooperatively breeding species? Oikos doi 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18952.x
Madden, J.R., Drewe, J.A., Pearce, G.P. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (April 2011) The social network structure of a wild meerkat population: 3. Position of individuals within networks. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 65: 1857-1871/doi 10.1007/s00265-011-1194-2
Townsend, S.W., Zöttl, M. and Manser, M.B. (2011) All clear? Meerkats attend to contextual information in close calls to coordinate vigilance. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 65: 1927-1934/doi 10.1007/s00265-011-1202-6
Mares, R., Young, A.J., Levesque, D.L., Harrison, N. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2011) Responses to intruder scents in the cooperatively breeding meerkat: sex and social status differences and temporal variation. Behavioral Ecology 22: 594-600/doi 10.1093/beheco/arr021
Sharp, S.P. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2011) Competition, breeding success and ageing rates in female meerkats. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24: 1756-1762 /doi 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02304.x
Drewe, J.A., Eames, K.T.D., Madden, J.R. and Pearce, G.P. (August 2011) Integrating contact network structure into tuberculosis epidemiology in meerkats in South Africa: Implications for control. Preventive Veterinary Medicine 101: 113-120
Sharp, S.P. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2011) Reluctant challengers: why do subordinate female meerkats rarely displace their dominant mothers? Behavioral Ecology 22: 1337-1343/doi 10.1093/beheco/arr138
Bousquet C.A.H. and Manser M.B. (2011) Resolution of experimentally induced symmetrical conflicts of interest in meerkats. Animal Behaviour 81: 1101-1107
Townsend S.W., Allen C and Manser M.B. (online Oct 2011) A simple test of vocal individual recognition in meerkats. Biology Letters/doi 10.1098/rsbl.2011.0844
Engesser, S. (2011) Function of ‘close’ calls in a group foraging carnivore, Suricata suricatta. MSc thesis: Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Zurich
Fenkes, M. (2011) Comparative analysis of volatile components in the anal gland secretion of three sympatric but socially different mongoose species (Galerella sanguinea, Cynictis penicillata, Suricata suricatta). MSc Thesis: University of Potsdam
Lukas, D. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (December 2011) Group structure, kinship, inbreeding risk and habitual female dispersal in plural-breeding mammals. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 1337-1343/doi 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02385.x
Thornton, A. and Clutton-Brock, T. (February 2011) Social learning and the development of individual and group behaviour in mammal societies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 366: 978-987
2012
Clutton-Brock, T.H. and Lukas, D (2012) The evolution of social philopatry and dispersal in female mammals. Molecular Ecology 21: 472-492
Santema, P. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (March 2012) Dominant female meerkats do not use aggression to elevate work rates of helpers in response to increased brood demand. Animal Behaviour/doi 10.1016/j.anbehav.2011.12.032
Barrette, M-F., Monfort, S.L., Festa-Bianchet, M., Clutton-Brock, T.H. and Russell, A.F. (2012) Reproductive rate, not dominance status, affects fecal glucocorticoid levels in breeding female meerkats. Hormones and Behavior 61: 463-471/doi 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.12.005
English, S., Bateman, A.W. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (May 2012) Lifetime growth in wild meerkats: Incorporating life history and environmental factors into a standard growth model. Oecologia 169: 143-153
Lukas, D and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2012) Cooperative breeding and monogamy in mammalian societies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B/doi 10.1098/rspb.2011.2468
Madden, J.R., Nielsen, J.F. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2012) Do networks of social interactions reflect patterns of kinship? Current Zoology 58: 319-328
Bateman, A.W., Ozgul, A., Coulson, T. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2012) Density dependence in group dynamics of a highly social mongoose, Suricata suricatta. Journal of Animal Ecology 81: 628-639
Mares, R., Young, A.J. and Clutton-Brock T.H. (2012) Individual contributions to territory defence in a cooperative breeder: weighing up the benefits and costs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 279: 3989-3995
Nielsen, J.F., English, S., Goodall-Copestake, W.P., Wang, J., Walling, C.A., Bateman, A.W., Flower, T.P., Sutcliffe, R.L., Samson, J., Thavarajah, N.K., Kruuk, L.E.B., Clutton-Brock, T.H. and Pemberton, J.M. (2012) Inbreeding and inbreeding depression of early life traits in a cooperative mammal. Molecular Ecology 21: 2788-2804
Hoppitt, W., Samson, J., Laland, K. N. and Thornton, A. (2012) Identification of learning mechanisms in a wild meerkat population. PloS ONE 7: e42044
Thornton, A. and Samson, J. (2012) Innovative problem-solving in wild meerkats. Animal Behaviour 83: 1459-1468
Thornton, A. and McAuliffe, K. (2012) Teaching can teach us a lot. Animal Behaviour 83: 6-e9.
Townsend, S. W., Rasmussen, M., Clutton-Brock, T., and Manser, M. B. (2012). Flexible alarm calling in meerkats: the role of the social environment and predation urgency. Behavioral Ecology 23: 1360-1364
Fletcher, C. (2012) Macro-geographical variation in the close calls of meerkats (Suricata suricatta). MSc thesis: University of Zurich.
Gall, G. (2012) Assessments of spatio-temporal shifts in meerkats. MSc thesis: University of Zurich.
Karp, D. (2012) The function of non-linearities in meerkat alarm calls. MSc thesis: University of Zurich.
Zemihn, M. (2012) The function of lost calls in meerkats (Suricata suricatta). MSc Thesis: University of Zurich
Ritter, N. (2012) The influence of social and ecological factors on meerkat sentinel calls and leadership in risky situations in meerkats. MSc Thesis: Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Zurich
Mares R. (2012) Extra-territorial prospecting and territory defence in cooperatively breeding meerkats. PhD thesis: University of Cambridge
2013
Leclaire, S., Nielsen, J.F., Thavarajah, N.K., Manser, M.B. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (February 2013) Odour-based kin discrimination in the cooperatively breeding meerkat. Biology Letters 9/doi:10.1098/rsbl.2012.1054
Sharp, S.P., English, S. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2013) Maternal investment during pregnancy in wild meerkats. Evolutionary Ecology 27: 1033-1044/doi: 10.1007/s10682-012-9615-x
Santema, P. and Clutton-Brock, T. (2013) Meerkat helpers increase sentinel behaviour and bipedal vigilance in the presence of pups. Animal Behaviour
MacLeod, K.J. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2013) No evidence for adaptive sex ratio variation in the cooperatively breeding meerkat, Suricata suricatta. Animal Behaviour/doi org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.028
Reber, S.A., Townsend, S.W. and Manser, M.B. (2013) Social monitoring via close calls in meerkats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280/doi org/10.1098/rspb.2013.1013
MacLeod, K.J., Nielsen, J.F. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2013) Factors predicting the frequency, likelihood and duration of allonursing in the cooperatively breeding meerkat, Animal Behaviour/doi org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.09.012
Zöttl, M., Lienert, R., Clutton-Brock, T., Millesi, E. and Manser, M.B. (2013) The effects of recruitment to direct predator cues on predator responses in meerkats. Behavioral Ecology 24: 198-204
Townsend, S.W. and Manser, M.B. (2013) Functionally referential communication in mammals: the past, present and the future. Ethology 119: 1-11
Santema, P., Teitel, Z., Manser, M., Bennett, N. and Clutton-Brock, T. (2013) Effects of cortisol administration on cooperative behavior in meerkat helpers. Behavioral Ecology 24: 1122-1127
Perony, N. and Townsend, S.W. (2013). Why Did the Meerkat Cross the Road? Flexible Adaptation of Phylogenetically-Old Behavioural Strategies to Modern-Day Threats. PloS one 8: e52834
Leclaire, S., Nielsen, J.F., Sharp, S.P. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2013) Mating strategies in dominant meerkats: evidence for extra‐pair paternity in relation to genetic relatedness between pair mates. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, online
English, S., Huchard, E., Nielsen, J.F. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2013) Early growth, dominance acquisition and lifetime reproductive success in male and female cooperative meerkats. Ecology and Evolution 3: 4401-4407
Clutton-Brock, T. and Huchard, E. (February 2013) Social competition and its consequences in female mammals. Thomas Henry Huxley Review; Journal of Zoology 289: 151-171
Clutton-Brock, T.H. and Huchard, E. (2013) Social competition and selection in males and females. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 368:
Heldstab, S. (2013) The function of bolthole renovations in meerkats. MSc Thesis: Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Zurich
Mausbach, J. (2013) Does the production of close calls in meerkats correlate to glucocorticoids and life history traits? MSc Thesis: Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Zurich
Steinert, L. (2013) The influence of predator species behaviour and location on anti-predator behaviors of meerkats (Suricata suricatta). MSc Thesis: Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Zurich
Bateman, A., Ozgul, A. Nielsen, J., Coulson, T. and Clutton-Brock, T. (2013) Social structure mediates environmental effects on group size in an obligate cooperative breeder, Suricata suricatta. Ecology 94: 587-597
Parsons, S.D.C., Drewe, J.A., Gey van Pittius, N.C., Warren, R.M. and van Helden, P.D. (2013) Novel cause of tuberculosis in meerkats, South Africa. Emerging Infectious Diseases 19: 2004-2007.
Bateman, A. (2013) Population dynamics and the Allee effect in meerkats. PhD thesis: University of Cambridge.
Santema, P. (2013) Hormonal correlates of cooperative behaviour. PhD thesis: University of Cambridge.
2014
Thavarajah, N.K., Fenkes, M. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2014) The determinants of dominance relationships among subordinate females in the cooperatively breeding meerkat. Behaviour 151: 89-102
English, S., Bateman, A.W., Mares, R., Ozgul, A. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2014) Maternal, social and abiotic environment effects on growth vary across life stages in a cooperative mammal. Journal of Animal Ecology 83: 332-342
MacLeod, K.J. and Lukas, D. (2014) Revisiting non-offspring nursing: allonursing evolves when the costs are low. Biology Letters 10: 20140378/doi org/10.1098/rsbl.2014.0378
Huchard, E., Charmantier, A., English, S., Bateman, A., Nielsen, J.F. and Clutton-Brock, T. (2014) Additive genetic variance and developmental plasticity in growth trajectories in a wild cooperative mammal. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27: 1893-1904
Carter, A.J., English, S. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2014) Cooperative personalities and social niche specialization in female meerkats. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27: 815-825
Mares, R., Bateman, A.W., English, S., Clutton-Brock, T.H. and Young, A.J. (2014) Timing of predispersal prospecting is influenced by environmental, social and state-dependent factors in meerkats. Animal Behaviour 88: 185-193
Bateman, A.W., Lewis, M.A., Gall, G., Manser, M.B. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2014) Territoriality and home-range dynamics in meerkats, Suricata suricatta, a mechanistic modelling approach. Journal of Animal Ecology/doi 10.1111/1365-2656.12267
Bell, M.B.V., Cant, M.A., Borgeaud, C., Thavarajah, N., Samson, J. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2014) Suppressing subordinate reproduction provides benefits to dominants in cooperative societies of meerkats. Nature Communications 5:4499/doi: 10.1038/ncomms5499
Ozgul, A., Bateman, A.W., English, S., Coulson, T. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2014) Linking body mass and group dynamics in an obligate cooperative breeder. Journal of Animal Ecology 83: 332-342/doi:10.1111/1365-2656.12239
Karp, D., Manser MB, Wiley, EM and Townsend, SW (2014) Nonlinearities in meerkat alarm calls prevent receivers from habituating. Ethology 120: 189-196.
Manser, M.B., Jansen, D.A., Hollén, L.I., Graw, B., Bousquet, C.A., Furrer, R.D. and le Roux, A. (2014) Vocal complexity in meerkats and other mongooses. Advances in the Study of Behavior 46: 281-310.
Townsend, S.W., Charlton, B.D. and Manser M.B. (2014) Acoustic cues to identity and predator context in meerkat barks. Animal Behaviour 94: 143-149.
Voellmy, I.E., Braga Goncalves, I., Barrette, M-F., Monfort, S.L. and Manser M.B. (2014) Mean fecal glucocorticoid metabolites correlate with vigilance, whereas immediate cortisol levels better reflect acute anti-predator responses in meerkats. Hormones and Behavior 66: 759-765.
Leclaire, S., Nielsen, J.F., and Drea, C.M. (2014) Bacterial communities in meerkat anal scent secretions vary with host sex, age, and group membership. Behavioral Ecology 25: 996-1004/doi10.1093/beheco/aru074.
MacLeod, K. (2014) Offspring sex ratio variation and development in a cooperative breeder. PhD thesis: University of Cambridge.
MacLeod, K.J., and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2014) Low costs of allonursing in meerkats: mitigation by behavioral change? Journal of Behavioral Ecology 26: 697-705
2015
MacLeod, K.J. McGhee, K.E. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2015) No apparent benefits of allonursing for recipient offspring and mothers in the cooperatively breeding meerkat. Journal of Animal Ecology/doi 10.1111/1365-2656.12343
Dippenaar, A., Parsons, S.D.C., Sampson, S.L., van der Merwe, R.G., Drewe, J.A., Abdallah, A.M., Siame, K.K., van Pittius, N.C.G., van Helden, P.D., Pain, A. and Warren, R.M. (2015) Whole genome sequence analysis of Mycobacterium suricattae. Tuberculosis 95: 682-688.
2016
Smyth, K.N. and Drea, C.M. (2016) Patterns of parasitism in the cooperatively breeding meerkat: a cost of dominance for females. Behavioral Ecology 27: 148-157/doi 10.1093/beheco/arv132
delBarco-Trillo, J, Greene, L.K., Goncalves, I.B., Fenkes, M., Wisse, J.H., Drewe, J.A., Manser, M.B., Clutton-Brock, T. and Drea, C. (2016) Beyond aggression: Androgen-receptor blockade modulates social interaction in wild meerkats. Hormones and Behavior 78: 95-106
Clutton-Brock, T. and Manser, M. (2016) Meerkats: cooperative breeding in the Kalahari. In: Cooperative Breeding in Vertebrates (eds W.D. Koenig and J.L. Dickinson) Cambridge University Press pp. 294-317
Braga Goncalves, I., Heistermann, M., Santema, P., Dantzer, B., Mausbach, J., Ganswindt, A. and Manser, M.B. (2016) Validation of a fecal glucocorticoid assay to assess adrenocortical activity in meerkats using physiological and biological stimuli. PLoS ONE 11(4): e0153161/doi: 10.1371/journal.prone.0153161
Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2016) Mammal Societies John Wiley and Sons
Allen, W.L., Dubuc, C. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2016) Measuring camouflage to understand the role of predation in meerkat societies. Perception 45: 364-365
Huchard, E., English, S., Bell, M.B.V., Thavarajah, N. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2016) Competitive growth in a cooperative mammal. Nature 533: 532-534
Davies, C.S., Smyth, K.N., Greene, L.K., Walsh, D.A., Mitchell, J., Clutton-Brock, T. and Drea, C.M. (2016) Exceptional endocrine profiles characterise the meerkat: sex, status, and reproductive patterns. Nature-Scientific Reports/doi: 10.1038/srep35492
Smyth, K.N., Greene, L.K., Clutton-Brock, T. and Drea, C.M. (2016) Androgens predict parasitism in female meeerkats: a new perspective on a classic trade-off. Biology Letters 12: 20160660
Dubuc, C., English, S., Thavarajah, N., Dantzer, B., Sharp, S.P., Spence-Jones, H.C., Gaynor, D. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2016) Increased food availability raises eviction rate in a cooperative breeding mammal. Biology Letters 13: 20160961
2017
Clarke, C., Patterson, S.J., Drewe, J.A., van Helden, P.D., Miller, M.A. and Parsons, S.D.C. (2017) Development and evaluation of a diagnostic cytokine-release assay for Mycobacterium suricattae infection in meerkats (Suricata suricatta). BMC Veterinary Research 13/doi 10.1186/s12917-016-0927
Patterson, S., Drewe, J.A., Pfeiffer, D.U. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2017) Social and environmental factors affect tuberculosis related mortality in wild meerkats. Journal of Animal Ecology 86: 442-450
Rauber, R. and Manser, M.B. (2017) Discrete call types referring to predation risk enhance the efficiency of the meerkat sentinel system. Nature/Scientific Reports 7:44436
Dubuc, C., English, S., Thavarajah, N., Dantzer, B., Sharp, S.P., Spence-Jones, H.C., Gaynor, D. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2017) Increased food availability raises eviction rate in a cooperative breeding mammal. Biology Letters doi: org/10.1098/rsbl.2016.0961
Gall, G.E.C. and Manser, M.B. (2017) Group cohesion in foraging meerkats: follow the moving ‘vocal hot spot’. Royal Society Open Science 4: 170004
Gall, G.E.C., Strandburg-Peshkin, A., Clutton-Brock, T. and Manser, M.B. (2017) As dusk falls: collective decisions about the return to sleeping sites in meerkats. Animal Behaviour 132: 91-99.
Dantzer, B. Bennett, N.C. and Clutton-Brock, T.H. (2017) Social conflict and costs of cooperation in meerkats are reflected in measures of stress hormones. Behavioral Ecology 28: 1131-1141
Cram, D.L., Monaghan, P., Gillespi, R. and Clutton-Brock, T. (2017) Effects of early-life competition and maternal nutrition on telomere lengths in wild meerkats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 284: 20171383
Mausbach, J., Goncalves, I.B., Heistermann, M., Ganswindt, A. and Manser, M.B. (2017) Meerkat close calling patterns are linked to sex, social category, season and wind, but not fecal glucocorticoid metabolite concentrations. PLOS ONE 12: e0175371
Dantzer, B., Braga Goncalves, I., Spence-Jones, H.C., Bennett, N.C., Heistermann, M., Ganswindt, A., Dubuc, C., Gaynor, D., Manser, M.B. and Clutton-Brock, T. (2017) The influence of stress hormones and aggression on cooperative behaviour in subordinate meerkats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20171248
Wyman, M.T., Rivers, P.R., Muller, C., Toni, P. and Manser, M.B. (2017) Adult meerkats modify close call rate in the presence of pups. Current Zoology 63: 349-355
Gillis-Germitsch, N., Manser, M.B., Hilbe, M. and Schnyder, M. (2017) Meerkats (Suricata suricatta), a new definitive host of the canid nematode Angiostrongylus vasorum. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife (doi: 10.1016/j.ijppaw.2017.10.002)
2018
Dimac-Stohl, K.A., Davies, C.S., Grebe, N.M., Stonehill, A.C., Greene, L.K., Mitchell, J., Clutton-Brock, T. and Drea, C.M. (in press) Incidence and biomarkers of pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, and neonatal loss during an environmental stressor: implications for female reproductive suppression in the cooperatively breeding meerkat. Physiology and Behavior
Gall, G., Clutton-Brock, T. and Manser, M.B. (submitted/Behavioral Ecology Sociobiology) Spatial structure of foraging meerkat groups reflects social competition among group members.
Dubuc C, Scheun J, Huchard E, Dantzer B, Gaynor D, Drea C, Heistermann M, Ganswindt A, Clutton-Brock TH. (submitted) Steroid hormones and competitive growth in wild meerkats.
Cozzi, G., Maag, N., Börger, L., Manser, M., Clutton-Brock, T. and Ozgul, A. (submitted) Socially informed dispersal in a territorial cooperative breeder. Ecology Letters
Bateman, A.W., Ozgul, A., Krkoek, M. and Clutton-Brock, T. (in prep) Matrix models of hierarchical demography: Linking group- and population-level dynamics in cooperative breeders
Dubuc, C., Schuen, J., Drea, C.M., Heistermann, M., Ganswindt, A. and Clutton-Brock T.H. (in prep) Competitive growth in wild meerkats is associated with increases in skeletal growth and reductions in body condition, but not with changes in hormonal levelsDimac-Stohl, K.A., Davies, C.S., Grebe, N.M., Stonehill, A.C., Greene, L.K., Mitchell, J., Clutton-Brock, T. and Drea, C.M. (in press) Incidence and biomarkers of pregnancy, spontaneous abortion, and neonatal loss during an environmental stressor: implications for female reproductive suppression in the cooperatively breeding meerkat. Physiology and Behavior
Gall, G., Clutton-Brock, T. and Manser, M.B. (submitted/Behavioral Ecology Sociobiology) Spatial structure of foraging meerkat groups reflects social competition among group members.
Dubuc C, Scheun J, Huchard E, Dantzer B, Gaynor D, Drea C, Heistermann M, Ganswindt A, Clutton-Brock TH. (submitted) Steroid hormones and competitive growth in wild meerkats.
Cozzi, G., Maag, N., Börger, L., Manser, M., Clutton-Brock, T. and Ozgul, A. (submitted) Socially informed dispersal in a territorial cooperative breeder. Ecology Letters
Bateman, A.W., Ozgul, A., Krkoek, M. and Clutton-Brock, T. (in prep) Matrix models of hierarchical demography: Linking group- and population-level dynamics in cooperative breeders
Dubuc, C., Schuen, J., Drea, C.M., Heistermann, M., Ganswindt, A. and Clutton-Brock T.H. (in prep) Competitive growth in wild meerkats is associated with increases in skeletal growth and reductions in body condition, but not with changes in hormonal levels