The Socioecology of Network Scaling Ratios in the Multilevel Society of Hamadryas Baboons (Papio hamadryas hamadryas)

International Journal of Primatology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1069-1080

  Schreier, Amy L ^a   Swedell, Larissa ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Clans; Hamadryas baboons; Hierarchical society; Multilevel social organization; Scaling ratio

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ELEPHANT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; PRIMATE; SCALE EFFECT; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ELEPHANTIDAE; HAMADRYAS; MAMMALIA; OMUS; ORCINUS ORCA; PAPIO; PAPIO HAMADRYAS; PAPIO HAMADRYAS HAMADRYAS;

EID: 84866742084     PISSN: 01640291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10764-011-9572-1     Document Type: Article

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