Endocrine Research Laboratory, University of Pretoria, South Africa http://www2.up.ac.za/zoology/old_zoology/staff.php?person=211 Contact: jscheun@zoology.up.ac.za Hormonal correlates of dominance structure in meerkats Although I am interested in a variety of fields such as conservation and general ecology, my main focus lies with the study of the endocrine activity present in different species.…
Royal Veterinary Collage, University of London http://www.rvc.ac.uk/about/our-people/stuart-patterson#tab-research Contact: spatterson@rvc.ac.uk A Targeted Approach to Controlling Tuberculosis in Wild Meerkats Whilst there may be good reasons for controlling some diseases of wildlife (e.g. zoonotic risk to people, livestock health, conservation, or welfare), achieving this is often problematic, with difficulties relating…
Current affiliation: CNRS Researcher, Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolution, Montpellier; http://www.cefe.cnrs.fr/fr/recherche/ee/esp/777-c/2673-elise-huchard Contact: ehuchard@gmail.com The evolution of mammalian social and mating systems I am interested in the evolution of mammalian social and mating systems. At the interface between sexual and kin selection, a major axis of my work explores…
Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan; http://sites.lsa.umich.edu/dantzerlab/ Contact: dantzer@umich.edu Meerkats and stress Like many social animals, meerkats exhibit extensive individual-variation in the expression of cooperative (or helping) behaviour where some individuals exhibit consistently more cooperative behaviour than others. Meerkats also exhibit changes (plasticity) in their…