A note on sex ratios and sex combinations in Serengeti spotted hyaenas: Siblicide and sub-binomial variance

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 153-158

  James, William H ^a   Hofer, Heribert ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Univ Zurich Max Planck Inst F V   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Crocuta; Litter size; Sex ratio; Siblicide; Sub binomial variance

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; LITTER SIZE; SEX RATIO; SIBLICIDE;

CROCUTA;

EID: 0032741232     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1591(99)00054-4     Document Type: Article

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