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Dwarf mongooses adjust space use, information provisioning & resource defence dependent on the relative group size of neighbours to help mitigate threats from both well-matched competitors and more dangerous larger rivals #conflict #mammals @bristolbiosci.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dwarf mongooses pre-emptively alter their behaviour relative to the threat posed by different rival groups - Nature Ecology & EvolutionUsing 10 years of GPS data and behavioural observations, the authors show that wild dwarf mongooses pre-emptively alter their behaviours, including space use and sentinel calling, in relation to the l...www.nature.com