A seasonal feast: Long-term analysis of feeding behaviour in the spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta)

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 149-160

  Cooper, Susan M ^b   Holekamp, Kay E ^a   Smale, Laura ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Crocuta; Feeding behaviour; Hyaena; Predator; Prey

Indexed keywords

CARNIVORE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD PREFERENCE; PREY AVAILABILITY; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

KENYA;

CROCUTA CROCUTA;

EID: 0033021178     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.1999.00161.x     Document Type: Article

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