What is a subgroup? How socioecological factors influence interindividual distance

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1308-1315

  Aureli, Filippo ^a,b   Schaffner, Colleen M ^a,c   Asensio, Norberto ^d   Lusseau, David ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

fission ; fusion; modeling approach; social system; socioecology; spatial distance; subgroup.

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GPS; PRIMATE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOBIOLOGY; WILD POPULATION;

EID: 84867790237     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars122     Document Type: Article

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