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Website: http://www.ieu.uzh.ch/en/staff/phd/gall-gabriella.html Contact: gabriella.gall@yahoo.de   Group coordination during foraging in meerkats (Suricata suricatta)   Animals living in cohesive groups need to coordinate their activities, for example when making decisions about their foraging destination or timing of travel. Thereby individual group members need to compromise to overcome potential conflicts of interest.…

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Website: http://www.ieu.uzh.ch/en/staff/postdocs/goncalves.html Contact: ines.goncalves@ieu.uzh.ch   Activational and maternal effects on meerkat vocal communication   In social species like meerkats, animals form complex relationships and social structures that require sustained communication between group members in order to be maintained. Animal vocalisations, like human voices, can provide a plethora of information regarding…

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