Seasonal changes in the structure of rhesus macaque social networks

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 349-359

  Brent, Lauren J N ^a,b   MacLarnon, Ann ^a   Platt, Michael L ^b   Semple, Stuart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROEHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Network topology; Rhesus macaques; Social network analysis; Social structure

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BREEDING SEASON; DATA SET; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SPREAD; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MATING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOPOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; MACACA MULATTA;

EID: 84874000626     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1455-8     Document Type: Article

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