Comparative transitive and temporal orderliness in dominance networks

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 511-520

  McDonald, David B ^a   Shizuka, Daizaburo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Orderly; Self organizing; Social network; Triad census

Indexed keywords

AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; ANT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMINANCE; ELEPHANT; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; SELF ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 84876532567     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/ars192     Document Type: Article

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