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List of works by Kay E Holekamp

A seasonal feast: long-term analysis of feeding behaviour in the spotted hyaena (Crocuta crocuta)

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Antibodies to canine and feline viruses in spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) in the Masai Mara National Reserve.

scientific article published in January 2004

Applications of conceptual models from lifecourse epidemiology in ecology and evolutionary biology

Associations between infection and steroid hormone levels in spotted hyenas

scientific article published in 2022

Behavioural structuring of relatedness in the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) suggests direct fitness benefits of clan-level cooperation.

scientific article published in February 2004

Body site-specific microbiota reflect sex and age-class among wild spotted hyenas

scientific article published on 01 February 2020

Brain Size and Social Complexity: A Computed Tomography Study in Hyaenidae

scientific article published on February 17, 2011

Brain size predicts problem-solving ability in mammalian carnivores.

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Brains, brawn and sociality: a hyaena's tale

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Can hyena behaviour provide information on population trends of sympatric carnivores?

scientific article published on 29 July 2019

Characterization of Toll-like receptors 1-10 in spotted hyenas

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Complete Genome Sequence of the Crocuta crocuta Papillomavirus Type 1 (CcrPV1) from a Spotted Hyena, the First Papillomavirus Characterized in a Member of the Hyaenidae

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Coprologic survey of parasites of spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) in the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

scientific article published in January 2003

Courtship and mating in free-living spotted hyenas

Development of a hyena immunology toolbox

scientific article published on 2 November 2011

Developmental constraints on behavioural flexibility

scientific article (publication date: 19 May 2013)

Do female hyaenas choose mates based on tenure?

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Early life relationships matter: Social position during early life predicts fitness among female spotted hyenas

scientific article published on 23 June 2020

Early life social and ecological determinants of global DNA methylation in wild spotted hyenas

scientific article published on 12 August 2019

Early-life social experience affects offspring DNA methylation and later life stress phenotype

scientific article published on 20 July 2021

Effects of dispersal status on pituitary and gonadal function in the male spotted hyena

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Effects of prenatal treatment with antiandrogens on luteinizing hormone secretion and sex steroid concentrations in adult spotted hyenas, Crocuta crocuta

scientific article published in November 2002

Epigenetics and the maintenance of developmental plasticity: extending the signalling theory framework.

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Evidence for a bacterial mechanism for group-specific social odors among hyenas

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Fecal glucocorticoids reflect socio-ecological and anthropogenic stressors in the lives of wild spotted hyenas

scientific article (publication date: February 2009)

Greetings promote cooperation and reinforce social bonds among spotted hyaenas

article published in 2011

Hyena societies

scientific article published on 01 August 2007

Inferring longitudinal hierarchies: Framework and methods for studying the dynamics of dominance

scientific article published on 20 February 2019

Innovative problem solving by wild spotted hyenas

scientific article published on August 8, 2012

Innovative problem-solving in wild hyenas is reliable across time and contexts

scientific article published on 03 August 2020

Integrating distance sampling and presence-only data to estimate species abundance

scientific article published on 24 September 2020

It takes two to tango: including a female perspective in reproductive biology

scientific article published on 23 July 2020

Juvenile rank acquisition is associated with fitness independent of adult rank

scientific article published on 04 March 2020

Lifetime selection on a hypoallometric size trait in the spotted hyena

scientific article published on 16 March 2011

Limited social learning of a novel technical problem by spotted hyenas

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Lions, hyenas and mobs (oh my!).

scientific article published on 29 June 2016

Long-distance communication facilitates cooperation among wild spotted hyaenas, Crocuta crocuta.

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Markedly Elevated Antibody Responses in Wild versus Captive Spotted Hyenas Show that Environmental and Ecological Factors Are Important Modulators of Immunity

scientific article published on 7 October 2015

Multiple Determinants of Whole and Regional Brain Volume among Terrestrial Carnivorans

scientific article published on June 13, 2012

Multispecies hierarchical modeling reveals variable responses of African carnivores to management alternatives

scientific article published on 29 January 2019

Non-invasive measurement of fecal estrogens in the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta).

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Non-invasive monitoring of fecal androgens in spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta).

scientific article published on January 2004

Ontogenetic change in skull morphology and mechanical advantage in the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta).

scientific article published in March 2010

Ontogenetic relationships between cranium and mandible in coyotes and hyenas

scientific article published on 11 April 2011

Ontogeny of sexual size dimorphism in the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)

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Papillomavirus-associated cutaneous papillomas in a population of wild spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta).

scientific article published in July 2013

Plasma glucocorticoid concentrations and body mass in ground squirrels: seasonal variation and circannual organization

scientific article published on 19 December 2005

Post-weaning maternal effects and the evolution of female dominance in the spotted hyena

scientific article (publication date: 22 June 2009)

Proactive behavior, but not inhibitory control, predicts repeated innovation by spotted hyenas tested with a multi-access box.

scientific article published on 6 March 2018

Questioning the social intelligence hypothesis

scientific article published on 22 December 2006

Rank-dependent social inheritance determines social network structure in spotted hyenas

scientific article published on 16 July 2021

Rank-related partner choice in the fission–fusion society of the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta)

scientific article published in 2006

Reconciliation in the Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta)

Reproduction within a hierarchical society from a female's perspective

scientific article published on 15 July 2020

Sex and the Frontal Cortex: A Developmental CT Study in the Spotted Hyena

scientific article published on November 17, 2010

Social alliances improve rank and fitness in convention-based societies

scientific article published on 11 March 2019

Social intelligence in the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta).

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Society, demography and genetic structure in the spotted hyena.

scientific article published on 31 August 2011

Socioecological predictors of immune defences in wild spotted hyenas

scientific article published on 29 February 2016

Socioecological variables predict telomere length in wild spotted hyenas

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Spotted hyenas

scientific article published on November 2006

Symbiotic bacteria appear to mediate hyena social odors

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Taxonomic, Genomic, and Functional Variation in the Gut Microbiomes of Wild Spotted Hyenas Across 2 Decades of Study

scientific article published on 23 February 2023

The anti-androgen combination, flutamide plus finasteride, paradoxically suppressed LH and androgen concentrations in pregnant spotted hyenas, but not in males

scientific article (publication date: February 2011)

The evolution of general intelligence in all animals and machines

scientific article published in January 2017

The evolution of intelligence in mammalian carnivores

scientific article published on 21 April 2017

The evolution of matrilineal social systems in fissiped carnivores

scientific article published on 15 July 2019

Topological effects of network structure on long-term social network dynamics in a wild mammal.

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Toxoplasma gondii infections are associated with costly boldness toward felids in a wild host

Validation and effects of drying and prey hair on fecal hormone concentrations in spotted hyenas

scientific article published in 2022

Virtual endocasts: an application of computed tomography in the study of brain variation among hyenas

scientific article published on May 1, 2011