Social cohesion in yellow-bellied marmots is established through age and kin structuring

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1343-1352

  Wey, Tina W ^a   Blumstein, Daniel T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Affiliation; Agonism; Development; Kinship; Network; Social structure

Indexed keywords

AGE STRUCTURE; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; COLONY STRUCTURE; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; KINSHIP; RODENT; SOCIAL CONFLICT; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMALIA; MARMOTA; MARMOTA FLAVIVENTRIS; SCIURIDAE;

EID: 77957812971     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.03.008     Document Type: Article

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