How can social network analysis contribute to social behavior research in applied ethology?

Applied Animal Behaviour Science

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 152-161

  Makagon, Maja M ^a   McCowan, Brenda ^a,b   Mench, Joy A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal groups; Social behavior; Social networks; Social structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; DOMINANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GROUP BEHAVIOR; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; NETWORK ANALYSIS; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84860243337     PISSN: 01681591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2012.02.003     Document Type: Article

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