Patterns of association among female spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-64

  Holekamp, Kay E ^a   Cooper, Susan M ^a   Katona, Catherine I ^a   Berry, Nancy A ^a   Frank, Laurence G ^b   Smale, Laura ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

association patterns; Crocuta; dominance; hyena; kinship

Indexed keywords

CROCUTA; CROCUTA CROCUTA;

EID: 0031003298     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1382638     Document Type: Article

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