A social network perspective on measurements of dominance hierarchies

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 925-934

  Shizuka, Daizaburo ^a   McDonald, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Imputation; Landau's h; Orderliness; Peck order; Random network; Social structure; Triad census

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; ALGORITHM; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GROUP SIZE; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; INDEX METHOD; ONTOGENY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84858753898     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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