Choosing an appropriate index to construct dominance hierarchies in animal societies: a comparison of three indices

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 631-636

  Bang, Alok ^a   Deshpande, Sujata ^a   Sumana, Annagiri ^b   Gadagkar, Raghavendra ^a,c  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b Indian Institute of Science Education and Research   (India)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

dominance behaviour; dominance hierarchy; dominance index; dominance rank; Ropalidia cyathiformis; Ropalidia marginata; social wasp

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; DOMINANCE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; SOCIAL INSECT; WASP;

ANIMALIA; CERVUS ELAPHUS; INVERTEBRATA; ROPALIDIA; ROPALIDIA CYATHIFORMIS; ROPALIDIA MARGINATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 76449095927     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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