Greetings promote cooperation and reinforce social bonds among spotted hyaenas

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 401-415

  Smith, Jennifer E ^a,b   Powning, Katherine S ^a   Dawes, Stephanie E ^a   Estrada, Jillian R ^a   Hopper, Adrienne L ^a   Piotrowski, Stacey L ^a   Holekamp, Kay E ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alliance; Association index; Coalition; Dominance hierarchy; Fission fusion society; Honest signalling; Kinship; Multimodal signalling

Indexed keywords

COALIFICATION; DOMINANCE; FELID; HONEST SIGNALING; KIN SELECTION; KINSHIP; LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CONFLICT;

KENYA;

ANIMALIA; CROCUTA CROCUTA;

EID: 78751613107     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.11.007     Document Type: Article

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