Social network analysis resolves temporal dynamics of male dominance relationships

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 935-945

  Bierbach, David ^a   Oster, Sophie ^b   Jourdan, Jonas ^b   Arias Rodriguez, Lenin ^c   Krause, Jens ^a,d   Wilson, Alexander D M ^a,e   Plath, Martin ^b  

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

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ AUTÓNOMA DE TABASCO   (Mexico)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atlantic molly; Dominance hierarchy; Phenotypic polymorphism; Poecilia mexicana; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMORPHISM; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; TELEOST; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

POECILIA; POECILIA MEXICANA;

EID: 84901203242     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-014-1706-y     Document Type: Article

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