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Cheetah Reunion - The Challenge of Finding Your Friends Again
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, Vol 11, Iss 12, p e0166864 (2016), PLoS ONE
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2016.
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Abstract
- Animals navigate their environment using a variety of senses and strategies. This multiplicity enables them to respond to different navigational requirements resulting from habitat, scale and purpose. One of the challenges social animals face is how to reunite after periods of separation. We explore a variety of possible mechanisms used to reunite the members of a cheetah coalition dispersed within a large area after prolonged separation. Using GPS data from three cheetahs reuniting after weeks of separation, we determined that 1) the likelihood of purely coincidental reunion is miniscule 2) the reunion occurred in an area not normally frequented 3) with very little time spent in the region in advance of the reunion. We therefore propose that timely encounter of scent markings where paths cross is the most likely mechanism used to aid the reunion.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Predation
Social Sciences
lcsh:Medicine
01 natural sciences
Vocalization
Animal navigation
Psychology
lcsh:Science
Animal Signaling and Communication
Mammals
Multidisciplinary
Ecology
Animal Behavior
05 social sciences
Agriculture
Trophic Interactions
Smell
Geography
Community Ecology
Vertebrates
Social animal
Sensory Perception
Research Article
Animal Navigation
Lions
Farms
Internet privacy
010603 evolutionary biology
Animals
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology
Ecosystem
Cheetahs
Behavior
business.industry
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
lcsh:R
Organisms
Biology and Life Sciences
Gps data
Amniotes
Cats
Animal Migration
lcsh:Q
Acinonyx
business
Zoology
Reunion
Neuroscience
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....2c8ab533ff1235f903eb3c403e36f408