Explaining negative kin discrimination in a cooperative mammal society
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Thompson, F. J., Cant, M. A., Marshall, H. H., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Sanderson, J. L., Nichols, H. J., …Johnstone, R. A. (2017)
Explaining negative kin discrimination in a cooperative mammal society. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(20), 5207-5212. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1612235114
Kin selection theory predicts that, where kin discrimination is possible, animals should typically act more favorably toward closer genetic relatives and direct aggression tow...
In defence of the grey squirrel, Britain’s most unpopular invader
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Gilchrist, J. (2017)
In defence of the grey squirrel, Britain’s most unpopular invader. https://theconversation.com/in-defence-of-the-grey-squirrel-britains-most-unpopular-invader-73983
Evidence of oxidative shielding of offspring in a wild mammal
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Vitikainen, E. I. K., Cant, M. A., Sanderson, J. L., Mitchell, C., Nichols, H. J., Marshall, H. H., …Blount, J. D. (2016)
Evidence of oxidative shielding of offspring in a wild mammal. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 4, Article 58. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2016.00058
Oxidative damage has been proposed as a potential mechanism underlying a life history tradeoff between survival and reproduction. However, evidence that reproduction is associ...
Cooperative behaviour in cooperative breeders: Costs, benefits, and communal breeding.
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Gilchrist, J. (2007)
Cooperative behaviour in cooperative breeders: Costs, benefits, and communal breeding. Behavioural Processes, 76, 100-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.beproc.2006.12.013
[Critical review of: R. Bergmüller, R. Johnstone, A. Russell and R. Bshary, Integrating cooperative breeding into theoretical concepts of cooperation, Behav. Process. 76 (2) 2...
Why chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii ) mothers are less gregarious than nonmothers and males: the infant safety hypothesis.
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Otali, E. & Gilchrist, J. (2006)
Why chimpanzee ( Pan troglodytes schweinfurthii ) mothers are less gregarious than nonmothers and males: the infant safety hypothesis. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 59, 561-570. doi:10.1007/s00265-005-0081-0. ISSN 14320762
Socialization of young is an important component of maternal care in social mammals. It is therefore perplexing that female chimpanzees with dependent offspring spend more tim...
Pup escorting in the communal breeding banded mongoose: behavior, benefits and maintenance.
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Gilchrist, J. (2004)
Pup escorting in the communal breeding banded mongoose: behavior, benefits and maintenance. Behavioral ecology official journal of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology. 15, 952-960. doi:10.1093/beheco/arh071. ISSN 1465-7279
In cooperatively breeding species, helpers typically provide food to offspring, and distribute food throughout the brood or litter. However, in the communal breeding banded mo...
The effects of refuse-feeding on home-range use, group size, and intergroup encounters in the banded mongoose.
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Gilchrist, J. & Otali, E. (2002)
The effects of refuse-feeding on home-range use, group size, and intergroup encounters in the banded mongoose. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 80, 1795-1802. doi:10.1139/z02-113. ISSN 0008-4301
The effects of food availability and distribution on population dynamics have been the subject of numerous experimental studies, but no study has quantified the effects of a c...