Investigating food preference in zoo‐housed meerkats

Authors: Bridget W Brox, Katheryn Edwards, Natasha A Buist, Anne C Macaskill

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: food preference, group-housed, meerkat, zoo welfare

2021

Investigating food preference in zoo‐housed meerkats

Authors: Bridget W Brox, Katheryn Edwards, Natasha A Buist, Anne C Macaskill

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: meerkat, preference

2021

Beyond aggression: Androgen-receptor blockade modulates social interaction in wild meerkats

Authors: Javier delBarco-Trillo, Lydia K. Greene, Ines Braga Goncalves, Miriam Fenkes, Jillian H. Wisse, Julian A. Drewe, Marta B. Manser, Tim Clutton-Brock, Christine M. Drea

Publication/Journal: Hormones and Behavior

Keywords: aggression, antiandrogen, behavioral neuroendocrinology, communication, cooperative breeder, field experiment, flutamide, prosocial behavior, subordinate male, testosterone

2016

The effects of olfactory stimulation on the behaviour of captive meerkats (Suricata suricatta)

Authors: Sophie Myles, V. Tamara Montrose

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research

Keywords: behavior, meerkats, olfactory enrichment

2015

A multi-enclosure study investigating the behavioural response of meerkats to zoo visitors

Authors: Sally L. Sherwen, Michael J. L. Magrath, Kym L. Butler, Clive J. C. Phillips, Paul H. Hemsworth

Publication/Journal: Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Keywords: animal welfare, human-animal interactions, meerkats, visitor behaviour, zoo visitors

2014

Factors predicting the frequency, likelihood and duration of allonursing in the cooperatively breeding meerkat

Authors: K. J. MacLeod, J. F. Nielsen, T. H. Clutton-Brock

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: allolactation, helper, meerkat, suricata suricatta

2013

Meerkat helpers increase sentinel behaviour and bipedal vigilance in the presence of pups

Authors: Peter Santema, Tim Clutton-Brock

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: cooperative breeding, helping, meerkat, sentinel, suricata suricatta, vigilance

2013

No evidence for adaptive sex ratio variation in the cooperatively breeding meerkat, Suricata suricatta

Authors: K. J. MacLeod, T. H. Clutton-Brock

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: maternal dominance, meerkat, offspring sex ratio variation, suricata suricatta

2013

Mongoose, Meerkat, & Fossa (Herpestidae/Eupleridae) Care Manual

Authors: AZA Small Carnivore TAG

Publication/Journal:

Keywords: aza, care manual, fossa, meerkat, mongoose

2011

Biochemical and physiological observations in meerkats (Suricata suricatta) at two zoos during a dietary transition to a diet designed for insectivores

Authors: Lori D. Gutzmann, H. Karl Hill, Elizabeth A. Koutsos

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cholesterol, nutrition, serum chemistries, suricata suricatta, taurine, weight loss

2009