Society, demography and genetic structure in the spotted hyena

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 613-632

  Holekamp, Kay E ^a   Smith, Jennifer E ^a,b   Strelioff, Christopher C ^a,b,c   Van Horn, Russell C ^d   Watts, Heather E ^a,e  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Michigan State University   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^e LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

dispersal; dominance; genetic diversity; kinship; population bottleneck; sex ratio; social network

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CARNIVORA; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; KENYA; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HYAENIDAE; KENYA; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

CROCUTA CROCUTA; MACACA; MAMMALIA; PAPIO; PRIMATES;

EID: 84862938523     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05240.x     Document Type: Review

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