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Spotted Hyena (Crocuta crocuta) Yawning Jamie B. Tanner

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

Hyena Research featured on Journal of Zoology Podcast

06/04/09

Lab alumnus Joseph Klowowski was interviewed by Lucinda Haines at the Journal of Zoology.   Check out the J-Zo podcast from May 2009: http://www.wiley.com/bw/podcast/jzo.asp, where they discuss Joe and Kay's paper "Ecological and anthropogenic influences on space use by spotted hyaenas" (free to read on-line)

MSU News features our research

03/26/09

The weekly "MSU News" has a feature article about our labs work and the results published by Heather Watts, Jamie Tanner, and Kay Holekamp.  See the article "MSU News: Studies of hyena skull development put teeth into new female dominance theory" 

 

LINK:

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

holekamp@msu.edu

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

 

Research Supported by

National Science Foundation nsv.gov Kenya Wildlife Service (logo)
MSU Zoology