Structural balance in the social networks of a wild mammal

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1397-1405

  Ilany, Amiyaal ^a,b   Barocas, Adi ^a,c   Koren, Lee ^d   Kam, Michael ^e   Geffen, Eli ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b University of Tennessee and National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^d BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Network motif; Procavia capensis; Rock hyrax; Social network; Social structure; Structural balance theory

Indexed keywords

MAMMAL; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL NETWORK; THEORETICAL STUDY; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PROCAVIA CAPENSIS; PROCAVIIDAE;

EID: 84879275188     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.03.032     Document Type: Article

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