Social preference influences female community structure in a population of wild eastern grey kangaroos

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1031-1040

  Best, Emily C ^a   Seddon, Jennifer M ^a   Dwyer, Ross G ^a   Goldizen, Anne W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community; Fission fusion; Kangaroo; Macropus giganteus; Network analysis; Relatedness; Social preference

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY RESPONSE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; DATA ACQUISITION; FEMALE; HERBIVORE; MAMMAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

MACROPODIDAE; MACROPUS GIGANTEUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84886311572     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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