Marshall, H. H., Sanderson, J. L., Mwanghuya, F., Businge, R., Kyabulima, S., Hares, M. C., Cant, M. A.
2016
Variable ecological conditions promote male helping by changing banded mongoose group composition
Vitikainen, E. I. K., Cant, M. A., Sanderson, J. L., Mitchell, C., Nichols, H. J., Marshall, H. H., Blount, J. D.
2016
Evidence of oxidative shielding of offspring in a wild mammal
Mitchell J, Cant MA, Vitikainen EIK, Nichols HJ
2017
Smelling fit: scent marking exposes parasitic infection status in the banded mongoose
Mitchell J, Cant MA, Nichols HJ
2017
Pregnancy is detected via odour in a wild cooperative breeder
Marshall HH, Vitikainen EIK, Mwanguhya F, Businge R, Kyabulima S, Hares MC, Inzani E, Kalema-Zikusoka G, Mwesige K, Nichols HJ, Sanderson JL, Tomspon, FJ, Cant, MA
2017
Lifetime fitness consequences of early-life ecological hardship in a wild mammal population
Thompson FJ, Marshall HH, Vitikainen EIK, Young AJ, Cant MA
2017
Individual and demographic consequences of mass eviction in cooperative banded mongooses
Thompson FJ, Cant MA, Marshall HH, Vitikainen EIK, Sanderson JL, Nichols HJ, Gilchrist JS, Bell MBV, Young AJ, Hodge SJ, Johnstone, RA
2017
Explaining negative kin discrimination in a cooperative mammal society
Thompson FJ, Marshall HH, Vitikainen EIK, Cant MA
2017
Causes and consequences of intergroup conflict in cooperative banded mongooses
Vitikainen EIK, Marshall HH, Thompson FJ, Sanderson JL, Bell MBV, Gilchrist JS, Hodge SJ, Nichols HJ, Cant MA
2017
Biased escorts: offspring sex, not relatedness explains alloparental care patterns in a cooperative breeder
Hares MC, Vitikainen EIK, Marshall HH, Thompson FJ, Blount JD, Cant MA
2018
Telomere dynamics in wild banded mongooses: Evaluating longitudinal and quasi-longitudinal markers of senescence
Mitchell J, Kyabulima S, Businge R, Cant MA, Nichols HJ
2018
Kin discrimination via odour in the cooperatively breeding banded mongoose
Sheppard CE, Inger R, McDonald RA, Barker S, Jackson AL, Thompson FJ, Vitikainen EIK, Cant MA, Marshall HH
2018
Intragroup competition predicts individual foraging specialisation in a group-living mammal
Sheppard CE, Marshall HH, Inger R, Thompson FJ, Vitikainen EIK, Barker S, Nichols HJ, Wells DA, McDonald RA, Cant MA
2018
Decoupling of Genetic and Cultural Inheritance in a Wild Mammal
Marshall HH, Griffiths DJ, Mwanguhya F, Businge R, Griffiths AGF, Kyabulima S, Mwesige K, Sanderson JL, Thompson FJ, Vitikainen EIK
2018
Wells DA, Cant MA, Nichols HJ, Hoffman JI
2018
A high-quality pedigree and genetic markers both reveal inbreeding depression for quality but not survival in a cooperative mammal
Vitikainen E, Thompson F, Marshall H, Cant MA
2019
Live long and prosper: durable benefits of early-life care in banded mongooses
Kuijper ALW, Hanson MA, Vitikainen EIK, Marshall HH, Ozanne SE, Cant MA
2019
Developing differences: early-life effects and evolutionary medicine
Marshall, H. H., Inger, R., Jackson, A. L., McDonald, R. A., Thompson, F. J., & Cant, M. A.
2019
Stable isotopes are quantitative indicators of trophic niche
Inzani, E., Marshall, H. H., Thompson, F. J., Kalema-Zikusoka, G., Cant, M. A., & Vitikainen, E. I. K.
2019
Spontaneous abortion as a response to reproductive conflict in the banded mongoose
Preston, E. F. R., Thompson, F. J., Ellis, S., Kyambulima, S., Croft, D. P., & Cant, M. A.
2020
Network-level consequences of outgroup threats in banded mongooses: Grooming and aggression between the sexes
Wells, D. A., Cant, M. A., Hoffman, J. I., & Nichols, H. J.
2020
Inbreeding depresses altruism in a cooperative society
Johnstone, R. A., Cant, M. A., Cram, D., & Thompson, F. J.
2020
Exploitative leaders incite intergroup warfare in a social mammal
Wells, D. A., Cant, M. A., Thompson, F. J., Marshall, H. H., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Hoffman, J. I., & Nichols, H. J.
2021
Extra-group paternity varies with proxies of relatedness in a social mammal with high inbreeding risk
Green, P. A., Briffa, M., & Cant, M. A.
2021
Assessment during intergroup contests
Marshall, H. H., Johnstone, R. A., Thompson, F. J., Nichols, H. J., Wells, D., Hoffman, J. I., . . . Cant, M. A.
2021
A veil of ignorance can promote fairness in a mammal society
Green, P.A., Preston, E.F.R., Nicholl, M.H., Croft, D. P., Thompson, F. J., & Cant, M. A.
2021
Collective defence and behavioural homogeneity during simulated territorial intrusions in banded mongooses (Mungos mungo)
Croft, D. P., Weiss, M. N., Nielsen, M L.K., Grimes, C., Cant, M. A., Ellis, S., . . . Johnstone, R. A.
2021
Kinship dynamics: patterns and consequences of changes in local relatedness
Nichols, H.J., Arbuckle, K., Sanderson, J. L., Vitikainen, E I.K., Marshall, H.H., Thompson, F. J., . . . Wells, D. A.
2021
A double pedigree reveals genetic but not cultural inheritance of cooperative personalities in wild banded mongooses
Khera, M., Arbuckle, K., Hoffman, J.I., Sanderson, J.L., Cant, M.A., & Nichols, H. J.
2021
Cooperatively breeding banded mongooses do not avoid inbreeding through familiarity-based kin recognition
Meniri, M., Evans, E., Thompson, F.J., Marshall, H.H., Nichols, H.J., Lewis, G., Holt, L., Davey, E., Mitchell, C., Johnstone, R.A. and Cant, M.A.
2022
Untangling the oxidative cost of reproduction: An analysis in wild banded mongooses
Green, P., Thompson, F.J., Cant, M.A.
2022
Fighting force and experience combine to determine intergroup contest success in a warlike mammal
Johnstone, R. A., Cant, M. A.
1999/2/7
Reproductive skew and the threat of eviction: a new perspective
Cant, M. A.
1998
A model for the evolution of reproductive skew without reproductive suppression
Johnstone, R. A., Cant, M. A.
1999/1
Indiscriminate infanticide and reproductive skew
Johnstone, R. A., Woodroffe, R., Cant, M. A., Wright, J.
1999/3
Reproductive skew in multi-member groups
Cant, M. A., Johnstone, R. A.
1999/3
Costly young and reproductive skew in animal societies
Cant, M. A.
2000/1
Social control of reproduction in banded mongooses
Cant, M. A., Johnstone, R. A.
2000/3
Power struggles, dominance testing, and reproductive skew
Cant, M. A., Reeve, H. K.
2002/11
Female control of paternity in cooperative breeders
Cant, M. A., Field, J.
2001/9/22
Helping effort and future fitness in cooperative animal societies
Cant, M. A., Field, J.
2005/7
Helping effort in a dominance hierarchy
Cant, M. A., English, S.
2006/7
Stable group size in cooperative breeders: the role of inheritance and reproductive skew
Cant, M. A., Johnstone, R. A.
2006/9/1
Self-serving punishment and the evolution of cooperation
Cant, M. A., Shen, S-F.
2005/11/1
Endogenous timing and competitive interactions among relatives
Buston, P. M., Cant, M. A.
2006/6/23
A new perspective on fish size hierarchies: patterns, causes, and consequences
Cant, M. A., English, S., Reeve, H. K., Field, J.
2006/8/31
Escalated conflict in a social hierarchy
Buston, P. M., Reeve, H. K., Cant, M. A., Vehrencamp, S. L., Emien, S. T.
2007/12
Reproductive skew and the evolution of group dissolution tactics: a synthesis of concession and restraint models
Johnstone, R. A., Cant, M. A.
2008
Sex differences in dispersal and the evolution of helping and harming behavior
Johnstone, R. A., Cant, M. A.
2009/8
Cant, M. A., Johnstone, R. A.
2009/6
How threats influence the evolutionary resolution of within-group conflict
Cant, M. A.
2010/8/20
The role of threats in animal cooperation
Abbot, P., Abe, J., Alcock, J., Alizon, S., Alpedrinha, J. A., Andersson, M., Andre, J. B., van Baalen, M., Balloux, F., Balshine, S.
2011/3/22
Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality
Jansen, D. A., Cant, M. A., Manser, M. B.
2012/12
Segmental concatenation of individual signatures and context cues in banded mongoose (Mungos mungo) close calls
Johnstone, R. A., Cant, M. A., Field, J.
2012/2/22
Sex-biased dispersal, haplodiploidy and the evolution of helping in social insects
Cant, M. A.
2012/2/1
Suppression of social conflict and evolutionary transitions to cooperation
Cant, M. A., Vitikainen, E., Nichols, H. J.
2013/1/1
Demography and social evolution of banded mongooses
Port, M., Cant, M. A.
2013/10/23
Longevity suppresses conflict in animal societies
Cant, M. A., Young, A. J.
2013/12/5
Resolving social conflict among females without overt aggression
Cant, M. A.
2006/2
A tale of two theories: parent-offspring conflict and reproductive skew
Gilchrist, J. S., Otali, E.
2002/10
The effects of refuse-feeding on home-range use, group size, and intergroup encounters in the banded mongoose
Cant, M. A., Otali, E., Mwanguhya, F.
2001/6/14
Eviction and dispersal in co-operatively breeding banded mongooses (Mungos mungo)
Waldick, R. C., Johnson, P., Pemberton, J.
2003/3/4
Indentification and characterization of 14 polymorphic microsatellite loci for a member of the Herprestidae (Mungos mungo)
Cant, M. A., Otali, E., Mwanguhya, F.
2002/6/6
Fighting and mating between groups in a cooperatively breeding mammal, the banded mongoose
Otali, E., Gilchrist, J. S.
2004/6/1
The effects of refuse feeding on body condition, reproduction, and survival of banded mongooses
Cant, M. A.
2003/2/17
Patterns of helping effort in co-operatively breeding banded mongooses (Mungos mungo)
Gilchrist, J. S., Otali, E., Mwanghuya, F.
2004/9/23
Why breed communally? Factors affecting fecundity in a communal breeding mammal: the banded mongoose (Mungos mungo)
Gilchrist, J. S.
2006/7/26
Reproductive success in a low skew, communal breeding mammal: the banded mongoose, Mungos mungo
Gilchrist, J. S.
2006/7
Female eviction, abortion, and infanticide in banded mongooses (Mungos mungo): implications for social control for reproduction and synchronized parturition
Hodge, S. J.
2005/9/29
Helpers benefit offspring in both the short and long-term in the cooperatively breeding banded mongoose
Gilchrist, J. S., Russell, A. F.
2007/1/30
Who cares? Individual contributions to pup care by breeders vs non-breeders in the cooperatively breeding banded mongoose (Mungos Mungo)
Hodge, S. J.
2007/10
Counting the costs: the evolution of male-biased care in the cooperative breeding banded mongoose
Muller, C. A., Manser, M. B.
2007/1/16
Nasty neighbours’ rather than ‘dear enemies’ in a social carnivore
Muller, C. A., Manser, M. B.
2008/5
Mutual recognition of pups and providers in the cooperatively breeding banded mongoose
Muller, C. A., Manser, M. B.
2008/1/14
Scent-marking and intrasexual competition in a cooperative carnivore with low reproductive skew
Muller, C. A., Manser, M. B.
2008/3
The information banded mongooses extract from heterospecific alarm calls
Gilchrist, J. S.
2008/7/22
Aggressive monoplization of mobile carers by young of a cooperative breeder
Gilchrist, J. S., Otali, E., Mwanghuya, F.
2008/2/13
Caregivers recognise and bias response towards individual young in a cooperative breeding mammal the banded mongoose
Muller, C. A., Bell, M. B. V.
2009/7
Kidnapping and infanticide between groups of banded mongooses
Bell, M. B. V.
2008/3/10
Strategic adjustment of begging effort by banded mongoose pups
Furrer, R. D., Manser, M. B.
2009/7
Banded mongoose recruitment calls convey information about risk and not stimulus type
Muller, C. A., Cant, M. A.
2010/7/13
Imitation and traditions in wild banded mongooses
Mueller, C. A.
2010/3
Do anvil-using banded mongooses understand means-end relationships? A field experiment
Hodge, S. J., Bell, M. B. V., Mwanhuya, F., Kyabulima, S., Waldick, R., Russell, A. F.
2009/5/11
Maternal weight, offspring competition and the evolution of communal breeding
Hodge, S. J., Bell, M. B. V., Cant, M. A.
2010/8/4
Reproductive competition and the evolution of extreme birth synchrony in a cooperative mammal
Cant, M. A., Hodge, S. J., Bell, M. B. V., Gilchrist, J. S., Nichols, H. J.
2010/3/17
Reproductive control via eviction (but not the threat of eviction) in banded mongooses
Jordan, N. R., Mwanguhya, F., Kyabulima, S., Ruedi, P., Cant, M. A.
2010/1
Scent marking within and between groups in banded mongooses
Jordan, N. R., Furrer, R., Kyabulima, S., Ruedi, P., Cant, M. A.
2011/1/1
Scent marking in wild banded mongooses: 2. Intrasexual marking and competition between males
Nichols, H. J., Amos, W., Cant, M. A., MBV, B., Hodge, S. J.
2010/10
Top males gain high reproductive success by guarding more successful females in a cooperatively breeding mongoose
Jordan, N. R., Mwanguhya, S., Reudi, P., Cant, M. A.
2011/1/1
Scent marking in wild banded mongooses: 3. Intrasexual marking in females
Bell, M. B. V., Nichols, H. J., Gilchrist, J. S., Cant, M. A., Hodge, S. J.
2011/7/13
The cost of dominance: suppressing subordinate reproduction affects the reproductive success of dominant female banded mongooses
Furrer, R., Kyabulima, S., Willems, E., Cant, M. A., Manser, M.
2011/3/9
Location and group size influence decisions in simulated inter-group encounters in banded mongooses
Jordan, N. R., Manser, M. B., Mwanguhya, F., Kyabulima, S., Ruedi, P., Cant, M. A.
2011/1/1
Scent marking in wild banded mongooses: 1. Sex-specific scent & overmarking
Nichols, H. J., Bell, M. B. B., Hodge, S. J., Cant, M. A.
2012/5/1
Resource limitation moderates the adaptive suppression of subordinate breeding in a cooperatively breeding mongoose
Bell, M. B. V.
2010/9/1
Sex and age influence responses to changes in the cost of cooperative care in a social carnivore
Nichols, H. J., Amos, W., Bell, M. B. V., Mwanguhya, F., Kyabulima, S., Cant, M. A.
2012/6/1
Food availability shapes patterns of helping effort in a cooperative mongoose
McAuliffe, K., Thornton, A.
2012/3/26
How do banded mongoose locate and select anvils for cracking encased food items?
Furrer, R. D., Kunc, H. P., Manser, M.B.
2012
Variable initiators of group departure in a cooperative breeder: the influence of sex, age, state and foraging success
Nichols, J. J., Jordan, N. R., Jamie, G. A., Cant, M. A., Hoffman, J. I.
2012/11
Fine-scale spatiotemporal patterns of genetic variation reflect budding dispersal coupled with strong natal philopatry in a cooperatively breeding mammal
Sanderson, J. L., Young, A. J., Hodge, S. J., Kyabulima, S., Walker, S. L., Cant, M. A.
2014/12
Hormonal mediation of a carry-over effect in a wild cooperative mammal
Jansen, D. A. W. A. M., Cant, M. A., Manser, M. B.
2013/11
Testing for vocal individual discrimination in adult banded mongooses
Cant, M. A., Nichols, H. J., Johnstone, R. A., Hodge, S. J.
2014/1/7
Policing of reproduction by hidden threats in a cooperative mammal
Blount, J. D., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Stott, I., Cant, M. A.
2016/5
Oxidative shielding and the cost of reproduction
Bell, M. B. V., Cant, M. A., Borgeaud, C., Thavarajah, N., Samson, J., Clutton-Brock, T. H.
2014/7/22
Suppressing subordinate reproduction provides benefits to dominants in cooperative societies of meerkats
Sanderson, J. L., Cant, M. A., Nichols, H. J.
2015/11/1
Adjustment of costly extra-group paternity according to inbreeding risk in a cooperative mammal
Nichols, H. J., Cant, M. A., Hoffman, J., Sanderson, J.
2014/12/31
Evidence for frequent incest in a cooperatively breeding mammal
Sanderson, J. L., Stott, I., Young, A. J., Vitikainen, E., Hodge, S. J., Cant, M. A.
2015/9/1
The origins of consistent individual differences in cooperation in wild banded mongooses
Sanderson, J. L., Wang, J., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Cant, M. A., Nichols, H. J.
2015/6/11
Banded mongooses avoid inbreeding when mating with members of the same group
Graham Birch, Hazel J. Nichols, Francis Mwanguhya, Jonathan D. Blount and Michael A. Cant
2025
Strategic use of male alternative reproductive tactics in cooperatively breeding banded mongoose groups
Monil Khera, Kevin Arbuckle, Francis Mwanguhya, Michael A Cant, Hazel J Nichols
2025
Reproduction is driven by seasonal environmental variation in an equatorial mammal, the banded mongoose (Mungos mungo)
Graham Birch, Michael A. Cant, Hazel J. Nichols, Magali Meniri, Robert Businge, Francis Mwanguhya & Jonathan D. Blount
2025
Indirect evidence of an early mating advantage in wild cooperatively breeding male banded mongooses
Graham Birch, Hazel J. Nichols, Francis Mwanguhya, Faye J. Thompson, Michael A. Cant and Jonathan D. Blount
2024
Lifetime trajectories of male mating effort under reproductive conflict in a cooperatively breeding mammal
P.A. Green, D.W.E. Sankey, T. Collins, F. Mwanguhya, H.J. Nichols, M.A. Cant, F.J. Thompson
2025
Fitness incentives to male fighters undermine fighting performance in intergroup contests
Monil Khera, Kevin Arbuckle, Francis Mwanguhya, Solomon Kyabulima, Kenneth Mwesige, Robert Businge, Jonathan D. Blount, Michael A. Cant and Hazel J. Nichols
2023
Small increases in ambient temperature reduce offspring body mass in an equatorial mammal
C. Shelafoe, F. J. Thompson, F. Mwanguhya, S. Kyabulima, R. Businge, K. Mwesige, J. L. Sanderson, M. A. Cant, H. H. Marshall & E. I. K. Vitikainen
2023
Caregiver's cognitive traits are associated with pup fitness in a cooperatively breeding mammal
E. I. K. Vitikainen, M. Meniri, H. H. Marshall, F. J. Thompson, R. Businge, F. Mwanguhya, S. Kyabulima, K. Mwesige, S. Ahabonya, J. L. Sanderson, G. Kalema-Zikusoka, J. I. Hoffman, D. Wells, G. Lewis, S. L. Walker, H. J. Nichols, J. D. Blount and M. A. Cant
2023
The social formation of fitness: lifetime consequences of prenatal nutrition and postnatal care in a wild mammal population
Samuel Ellis, Rufus A. Johnstone, Michael A. Cant, Daniel W. Franks, Michael N. Weiss, Susan C. Alberts, Kenneth C. Balcomb, Claire H. Benton, Lauren J. N. Brent, Catherine Crockford, Eve Davidian, Richard J. Delahay, David K. Ellifrit, Oliver P. H�ner, Magali Meniri, Robbie A. McDonald, Hazel J. Nichols, Faye J. Thompson, Linda Vigilant, Roman M. Wittig, Darren P. Croft
2022
Patterns and consequences of age-linked change in local relatedness in animal societies
Birch G, Meniri M, Mitchell C, Mwanguhya F, Businge R, Ahabyona S, Nichols HJ, Cant MA, Blount JD
2024
Variation in Lipid Peroxidation in the Ejaculates of Wild Banded Mongooses (Mungos mungo): A Test of the Oxidative Shielding Hypothesis
Arasco AG, Manser M, Wtson SK, Kyabulima S, Radford AN, Cant MA, Garcia M
2022
Testing the acoustic adaptation hypothesis with vocalizations from three mongoose species
Cant MA, Johnstone RA, Russell AF
2009
Reproductive conflict and the evolution of menopause

