Modelling the evolution of social structure

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Sutcliffe, A G ^a   Dunbar, R I M ^b   Wang, D ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FORAGING; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; INVESTMENT; LANDSCAPE; MODEL; MORTALITY RISK; PRIMATE; REPRODUCTION; REWARD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STRESS; WELLBEING; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATION; EVOLUTION; HUMAN RELATION; POPULATION DENSITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL HIERARCHY;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; REPRODUCTION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84979266099     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0158605     Document Type: Article

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