#Pregnancy reduces concurrent #PupCare behaviour in #meerkats, generating differences between #dominant and #subordinate #females

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"Pregnancy, particularly at late stages of gestation, reduces contributions to cooperative pup care; these reductions are eliminated when food available to pregnant females is experimentally supplemented and pregnancy effects account for differences between dominants and subordinates in 2 of 3 cooperative behaviours examined"

https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1365-2656.13963