Social structure of a semi-free ranging group of mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx): A social network analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Bret, Céline ^a,b,c   Sueur, Cédric ^a,b,c   Ngoubangoye, Barthélémy ^d   Verrier, Delphine ^a,b   Deneubourg, Jean Louis ^c   Petit, Odile ^a,b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^d CENTRE INTERNATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉDICALES DE FRANCEVILLE   (Gabon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; MALE; MANDRILLUS; MANDRILLUS SPHINX; NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; SEX RATIO; SIMULATION; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; MALE; MANDRILLUS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE;

EID: 84892391179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083015     Document Type: Article

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