Do networks of social interactions reflect patterns of kinship?

Current Zoology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 319-328

  Madden, Joah R ^a   Nielsen, Johanna F ^b,c   Clutton Brock, Tim H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dominance; Grooming; Kinship; Meerkats; Social network; Social structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872042033     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/58.2.319     Document Type: Article

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