Association patterns among male and female spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) reflect male mate choice

By M. Szykman, A. Engh, Russell C. Van Horn, S. Funk, K. Scribner, Kay E. Holekamp. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2001

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology

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Social and ecological determinants of fission-fusion dynamics in the spotted hyaena (2008, background): “Among nonkin, hyaenas prefer to join subgroups containing potential mates (Szykman et al. 2001) and same-sexed social companions who are higher ranking than, but close in rank to, themselves (Smith et al. 2007).”
Kin discrimination in the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta): nepotism among siblings (2004, background): “In addition, since association patterns reveal adaptive preferences for social partners in the fission-fusion society typical of spotted hyenas (Holekamp et al. 1997a; Szykman et al. 2001), we expected association patterns would vary among kin classes if kin were able to recognize one another.”
Alliances II. Rates of encounter during resource utilization: a general model of intrasexual alliance formation in fission–fusion societies (2005, background): “Females are dominant to males so these associations might reflect choice by males, females or both (Szykman et al. 2001).”
Patterns of alliance formation and postconflict aggression indicate spotted hyaenas recognize third-party relationships (2005, background): “Further evidence that males can distinguish between females based on their ranks comes from the fact that immigrant males who are relatively recent arrivals to the clan do not appear to distinguish between high- and low-ranking females, indicating that it may take them some time to learn the females”
Sexual selection in females (2009, background): “…reproductive success, as the characteristics of females that they prefer are often correlated with individual differences in fecundity or with the proximity of females to conception (McLennan 1995; Berglund et al. 1997; Jones et al. 2001; Szykman et al. 2001; Ruscio & Adkins-Regan 2003; see below).”
Rank-related partner choice in the fission–fusion society of the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) (2007, methodology): “Crocuta clans are fission–fusion societies in which individuals travel, rest, and forage in subgroups that frequently change in size and composition (Kruuk 1972; Mills 1990), so preferences for social partners among Crocuta are revealed by how often they occur in subgroups with particular conspecifi”
Reproductive skew among males in a female-dominated mammalian society (2002, background): “, 2001), since estrus is asynchronous in female hyenas, and 60% of fertile periods do not overlap at all with those of any other females (Szykman et al., 2001).”