Maternal effects on offspring social status in spotted hyenas

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 478-483

  East, Marion L ^a   Höner, Oliver P ^a   Wachter, Bettina ^a   Wilhelm, Kerstin ^a   Burke, Terry ^b   Hofer, Heribert ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

"rank inheritance."; Androgens; Behavioral support; Genetic effects; Maternal effects; Spotted hyena

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANDROGEN; CARNIVORE; FITNESS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MAMMAL; MATERNAL EFFECT; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION;

CROCUTA CROCUTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 66149129198     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arp020     Document Type: Article

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