Measures of sociality: two different views of group size

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 715-721

  Reiczigel, Jeno ^a   Lang, Zsolt ^b   Rózsa, Lajos ^c,d   Tóthmérész, Béla ^e  

^a SZENT ISTVÁN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Nomogram Ltd   (Hungary)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ADVANCED STUDY   (Hungary)

^e UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

crowding; Flocker 1.0; group size; sociality; statistical tools; typical group size

Indexed keywords

GROUP SIZE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOFTWARE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 38749140237     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.05.020     Document Type: Note

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