Spatial grouping in behaviourally solitary striped hyaenas, Hyaena hyaena

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1131-1142

  Wagner, Aaron P ^a   Frank, Laurence G ^b   Creel, Scott ^c  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hyaena hyaena; polyandry; resource dispersion; social evolution; sociality; spatial ecology; striped hyaena

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CARNIVORE; EVOLUTION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GROUP BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAMMAL; POLYANDRY; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TRADE-OFF;

HYAENA; HYAENA HYAENA; HYAENA HYAENA HYAENA;

EID: 39549119347     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.08.025     Document Type: Article

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