Social network modeling: A powerful tool for the study of group scale phenomena in primates

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 73, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 741-747

  Jacobs, Armand ^a,b,c   Petit, Odile ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Computer modeling; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; NOTE; PRIMATE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PRIMATES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALIA; PRIMATES;

EID: 79959558101     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.20932     Document Type: Note

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