Social networks, long-term associations and age-related sociability ofwild giraffes

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 901-910

  Carter, Kerryn D ^a   Brand, Rachel ^b   Carter, John K ^a   Shorrocks, Bryan ^c   Goldizen, Anne W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Giraffe Conservation Foundation   (Namibia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Association pattern; Fission fusion; Giraffa camelopardalis; Giraffe; Half weight index; Lagged association rate; Social network analysis; Sociality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; CONNECTIVITY; DISPERSAL; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; MALE; NATIONAL PARK; NETWORK ANALYSIS; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNGULATE; WILD POPULATION;

ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK; NAMIBIA;

ANIMALIA; GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS; GIRAFFIDAE;

EID: 84886311689     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.08.002     Document Type: Article

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