Herd composition, kinship and fission-fusion social dynamics among wild giraffe

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 206-216

  Bercovitch, Fred B ^a,b   Berry, Philip S M ^c  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Giraffe Conservation Foundation   (United Kingdom)

^c not available   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Fission fusion; Giraffa camelopardalis; Giraffe; Kinship; Social association index; Social systems

Indexed keywords

KINSHIP; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNGULATE; WILD POPULATION;

LUANGWA VALLEY; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALIA; GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS; GIRAFFIDAE;

EID: 84876426660     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aje.12024     Document Type: Article

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