Responses to olfactory stimuli in spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta): II. Discrimination of conspecific scent

Journal of Comparative Psychology

Volumn 116, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 342-349

  Drea, Christine M ^a,b   Vignieri, Sacha N ^a   Kim, Sharon H ^a   Weldele, Mary L ^a   Glickman, Stephen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BLOOD; CARNIVORA; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; FEMALE; MALE; ODOR; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARNIVORA; CUES; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MALE; ODORS; PROGESTERONE; SMELL;

EID: 85047668715     PISSN: 07357036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.116.4.342     Document Type: Article

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