Modelling animal group fission using social network dynamics

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Sueur, Cédric ^a,b,c   Maire, Anaïs ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GROUP DYNAMICS; GROUP FISSION; GROUP FUSION; GROUP STRUCTURE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; CATERING SERVICE; MACACA; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FOOD SUPPLY; MACACA; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84901306185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0097813     Document Type: Article

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