Does anal gland scent signal identity in the spotted hyaena?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 707-715

  Burgener, Nicole ^a,b   Dehnhard, Martin ^a   Hofer, Heribert ^a   East, Marion L ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

ANOSIM; Crocuta crocuta; fission fusion; individual recognition; olfactory communication; PERMDISP2; RELATE; scent marking; spotted hyaena; status signalling

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; CARNIVORE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAMMAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NATIONAL PARK; OLFACTORY CUE; RECOGNITION; SCENT MARKING; SECRETION; SIMILARITY INDEX; SOCIAL NETWORK; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

CROCUTA CROCUTA; HYAENA;

EID: 59849105771     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.11.022     Document Type: Article

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