Social networks in primates: Smart and tolerant species have more efficient networks

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Pasquaretta, Cristian ^a,b   Levé, Marine ^a,b,c   Claidiere, Nicolas ^d   Van De Waal, Erica ^d,e   Whiten, Andrew ^d,e   MacIntosh, Andrew J J ^f,g   Pelé, Marie ^h   Bergstrom, Mackenzie L ⁱ   Borgeaud, Christele ^e,j   Brosnan, Sarah F ^k   Crofoot, Margaret C ^l,m   Fedigan, Linda M ⁱ   Fichtel, Claudia ^n,o   Hopper, Lydia M ^k,p,q   Mareno, Mary Catherine ^q   Petit, Odile ^a,b,r   Schnoell, Anna Viktoria ^o   Di Sorrentino, Eugenia Polizzi ^s   Thierry, Bernard ^a,b   Tiddi, Barbara ^n,o   Sueur, Cédric ^a,b,r   more..

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^e Inkawu Vervet Project   (South Africa)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^h Research and Consultancy Agency in Animal Wellbeing and Behaviour   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

^k GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

ⁿ GERMAN PRIMATE CENTER   (Germany)

^o UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^p Lincoln Park Zoo   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^s INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; NATURAL SELECTION; NEOCORTEX; PRIMATE; SOCIAL LEARNING; SOCIAL NETWORK; SPECIES; ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; LEMURIDAE; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; LEMUR; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84929361303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07600     Document Type: Article

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