Cooperative problem solving in a social carnivore

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 967-977

  Drea, Christine M ^a,b,c   Carter, Allisa N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cooperation; Crocuta crocuta; group hunting; intelligence; primate; social cognition; spotted hyaena

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; CARNIVORE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GROUP BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

CROCUTA CROCUTA; HYAENA; PRIMATES;

EID: 70349169557     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.06.030     Document Type: Article

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