Constructing, conducting and interpreting animal social network analysis

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1144-1163

  Farine, Damien R ^a,b,c   Whitehead, Hal ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fission fusion dynamics; Group living; Methods; Social behaviour; Social dynamics; Social network analysis; Social organisation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; FUTURE PROSPECT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOFTWARE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ECOLOGY; ETHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; ETHOLOGY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOFTWARE;

EID: 84939158709     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.12418     Document Type: Article

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