Association of seasonal reproductive patterns with changing food availability in an equatorial carnivore, the spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta)

Journal of Reproduction and Fertility

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 87-93

  Holekamp, K E ^a   Szykman, M ^a   Boydston, E E ^a   Smale, L ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BREEDING; CARNIVORE; CIRCANNUAL RHYTHM; CONCEPTION; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GESTATION PERIOD; KENYA; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TIME; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; CROCUTA CROCUTA; HYAENA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033047232     PISSN: 00224251     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/jrf.0.1160087     Document Type: Article

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