Post-weaning maternal effects and the evolution of female dominance in the spotted hyena

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 276, Issue 1665, 2009, Pages 2291-2298

  Watts, Heather E ^a,b   Tanner, Jaime B ^a,c   Lundrigan, Barbara L ^a   Holekamp, Kay E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Female dominance; Life history; Mammals; Skull; Spotted hyena

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; EVOLUTION; MAMMAL; MATERNAL EFFECT; MATURATION; MORPHOMETRY; SKULL; SURVIVAL; WEANING;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROCUTA CROCUTA; DOMINANCE BEHAVIOR; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE DOMINANCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL MATURITY; SKULL DEVELOPMENT; WEANING; WOLF;

CROCUTA CROCUTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 66849119255     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0268     Document Type: Article

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