Socioecological variables predict telomere length in wild spotted hyenas

Biology Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Lewin, Nora ^a   Treidel, Lisa A ^b   Holekamp, Kay E ^a   Place, Ned J ^c   Haussmann, Mark F ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Dominance hierarchy; Spotted hyena; Telomere length

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; BIOMARKER; CARNIVORE; CHROMOSOME; DOMINANCE; PREY AVAILABILITY; SENESCENCE; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; CROCUTA CROCUTA; MAMMALIA;

AGING; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENETICS; HYENA; KENYA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TELOMERE;

AGING; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HYAENIDAE; KENYA; MALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; TELOMERE;

EID: 84946590095     PISSN: 17449561     EISSN: 1744957X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0991     Document Type: Article

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