Validation of an automated data collection method for quantifying social networks in collective behaviours

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1379-1391

  Nomano, Fumiaki Y ^a   Browning, Lucy E ^b,c   Nakagawa, Shinichi ^d   Griffith, Simon C ^e   Russell, Andrew F ^f  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective behaviour; Cooperative breeding; Hierarchical model; PIT tag; Social network

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; AVIFAUNA; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DATA ACQUISITION; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; MONITORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL NETWORK;

ANIMALIA; AVES;

EID: 84904567418     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-014-1757-0     Document Type: Article

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