Publications

East ML, Höner OP, Wachter B, Wilhelm K, Burke T, Hofer H 2009. Maternal effects on offspring social status in spotted hyenas. Behavioral Ecology 20: 478-483.

Speck S, Höner OP, Wachter B, Fickel J (2008). Characterization of Streptococcus equi subsp. ruminatorum isolated from spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta) and plains zebras (Equus burchelli), and identification of a M-like protein (SrM) encoding gene. Veterinary Microbiology 128: 148-159.

Höner OP, Wachter B, East ML, Streich WJ, Wilhelm K, Burke T, Hofer H (2008). Do female hyaenas choose mates based on tenure? Reply. Nature 454: E2-E2. doi:10.1038/nature07123.

Höner OP, Wachter B, East ML, Streich WJ, Wilhelm K, Burke T, Hofer H (2007). Female mate-choice drives the evolution of male-biased dispersal in a social mammal. Nature 448: 798-801.

Höner OP, Wachter B, Speck S, Wibbelt G, Ludwig A, Fyumagwa RD, Wohlsein P, Lieckfeldt D, Hofer H, East ML (2006). Severe Streptococcus infection in spotted hyenas in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania. Veterinary Microbiology 115: 223-228.

Höner OP, Wachter B, East ML, Runyoro VA, Hofer H (2005). The effect of prey abundance and foraging tactics on the population dynamics of a social, territorial carnivore, the spotted hyena. Oikos 108: 544-554.

East ML, Möstl K, Benetka V, Pitra C, Höner OP, Wachter B, Hofer H (2004). Coronavirus infection of spotted hyenas in the Serengeti ecosystem. Veterinary Microbiology 102: 1-9.

Goymann W, East ML, Wachter B, Höner OP, Möstl E, Hofer H (2003). Social status does not predict corticosteroid levels in post-dispersal male spotted hyenas. Hormones and Behaviour 43: 474-479.

Wachter B, Höner OP, East ML, Golla W, Hofer H (2002). Low aggression levels and unbiased sex ratios in a prey-rich environment: no evidence of siblicide in Ngorongoro spotted hyenas (Crocuta crocuta). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 52: 348-356.

Höner OP, Wachter B, Hofer H, East ML (2002). The response of spotted hyenas to long-term changes in prey populations: functional response and interspecific kleptoparasitism. Journal of Animal Ecology 71: 236-246.

Goymann W, East ML, Wachter B, Höner OP, Möstl E, Van’t Hof J, Hofer H (2001). Social, state-dependent and environmental modulation of faecal corticosteroid levels in free-ranging female spotted hyenas. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 268: 2453-2459.

Höner OP, Leumann L, Noë R (1997). Dyadic associations of red colobus and diana monkey groups in the Taï National Park, Ivory Coast. Primates 38: 281-291.