Lutermann, HeikeBennett, Nigel C.Speakman, John R.Scantlebury, Michael2018-03-162018-03-162013-02-25Lutermann, H, Bennett, N C, Speakman, J R & Scantlebury, M 2013, 'Energetic Benefits of Sociality Offset the Costs of Parasitism in a Cooperative Mammal', PloS ONE, vol. 8, no. 2, e57969, pp. 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.00579691932-6203http://hdl.handle.net/2164/10180We thank the owners for access to their property for animal capture and KwaZulu-Natal Nature Conservation Service for issuing the capture permit. This research was funded by the NRF-SAR Chair for Mammalian Behavioural Ecology and Physiology to NCB and University of Pretoria PDRF's to MS and HL. Many assistants were involved with fieldwork but we would especially like to thank Marietjie Oosthuizen and Craig Jackson for their help. This research was funded by the Department of Science and Technology/National Research Foundation-South African Research Chairs Initiative Chair for Mammalian Behavioural Ecology and Physiology to N.C.B. and University of Pretoria Postdoctoral Research Fellowships to M.S. and H.L. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.8280490engQH301 BiologyGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesGeneral Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular BiologyGeneral MedicineQH301Journal article10.1371/journal.pone.0057969http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84874383706&partnerID=8YFLogxK82