Costs and strategies of communal den use vary by rank for spotted hyaenas, Crocuta crocuta

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 149-156

  White, Paula A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

communal denning; Crocuta crocuta; reproductive costs and benefits; social rank and reproductive strategies; spotted hyaena

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CANID; COLONIAL BREEDING; DEN; MATERNAL CARE; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANIMALIA; CROCUTA; CROCUTA CROCUTA; HYAENA;

EID: 33845742522     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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