Extending the role of social networks to study social organization and interaction structure of animal groups

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 365-370

  Hock, Karlo ^a   Fefferman, Nina H ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CORRELATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STANDARDIZATION; TERMINOLOGY;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84856544856     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.048.0604     Document Type: Article

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