Contrasting context dependence of familiarity and kinship in animal social networks

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 993-1001

  Kurvers, Ralf H J M ^a,b   Adamczyk, Vena M A P ^a   Kraus, Robert H S ^a,c   Hoffman, Joseph I ^d   van Wieren, Sipke E ^a   van der Jeugd, Henk P ^e   Amos, William ^f   Prins, Herbert H T ^a,g   Jonker, Rudy M ^a,d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^c SENCKENBERG RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^d BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Barnacle goose; Branta leucopsis; Food sharing; Inbreeding avoidance; Kin recognition; Kinship; Sexual selection

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; FAMILIARITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INBREEDING AVOIDANCE; KIN RECOGNITION; KINSHIP; LIFE CYCLE; MATE CHOICE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; WATERFOWL;

ANIMALIA; ANSER; BRANTA LEUCOPSIS; THORACICA;

EID: 84886255633     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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