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Research in my laboratory focuses on mammalian behavioral development and its physiological substrates. My students and I are currently investigating how social, ecological, and endocrine variables interact during an individual's early development to influence its subsequent behavior and its reproductive success as an adult.
News
BBC features Kate Shaw's photos, new publication by Jenn Smith
02/02/10
BBC News featured research by doctoral candidate Jennifer Smith, Kay Holekamp, and others regarding their work on spotted hyenas joining forces to cooperatively form a coalition. The article, published in the journal Behavioral Ecology, explains how these animals follow a surprisingly complex set of rules when making decisions about cooperation and how doing so provides them with an evolutionary advantage.
See images by doctoral candidate Kate Shaw in the BBC photo essay:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8485653.stm
Smith, et al, article in Behavioral Ecology:
Evolutionary forces favoring intragroup coalitions among spotted hyenas and other animals
Dr. Holekamp named University Distinguished Professor
07/09/09
http://news.msu.edu/staff-faculty/story/6539/
The title of University Distinguished Professor (UDP) recognizes outstanding achievement in teaching, research, and public service.
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Learn All About Hyenas from the IUCN Hyena family conservation website, sponsored and maintained by our lab.
Kay E. Holekamp
Professor, Department of Zoology,
Program in Ecology, Evolution, Biology & Behavior (EEBB),
Michigan State University
B.A. Smith College, Northampton,MA
Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, CA
Mailing Address
303 Natural Science Building
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1115
Office Phone: (517) 432-3691
Laboratory Phone: (517) 353-3771
Department Fax: (517) 432-278
Field Notes from Kenya
- Who be that?!
- Camp Conditions in the Mara
- What comes of all this field work, anyway?
- My Arrival
- An Introduction
- To the hyena blog faithful...
- Where Have All The Wildebeest Gone?
- Te amo, te odio, te amo, te odio: an ode to Barcelona
- Suffice it to say the short rains have arrived.
- Wanting it Both Ways
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