An analytical framework for quantifying and testing patterns of temporal dynamics in social networks

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-96

  Hobson, Elizabeth A ^a   Avery, Michael L ^b   Wright, Timothy F ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Association strength; Monk parakeet; Multiscale approach; Myiopsitta monachus; Network formation; Social structure; Temporal analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; ANIMAL; DATA PROCESSING; SIZE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STABILIZATION; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMALIA; MYIOPSITTA; MYIOPSITTA MONACHUS; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 84872340721     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.10.010     Document Type: Article

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