Courtship and mating in free-living spotted hyenas

Behaviour

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 815-846

  Szykman, Micaela ^a,b   Van Horn, Russell C ^a,c   Engh, Anne L ^a   Boydston, Erin E ^a,d   Holekamp, Kay E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d USGS Western Ecological Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Courtship; Crocuta; Mating; Sexual behavior; Spotted hyena

Indexed keywords

CROCUTA; CROCUTA CROCUTA;

EID: 34548766667     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: 1568539X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853907781476418     Document Type: Article

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