The strength of weak ties and helminth parasitism in giraffe social networks

Behavioral Ecology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1190-1197

  Vanderwaal, Kimberly L ^a,d   Obanda, Vincent ^b   Omondi, George P ^c   McCowan, Brenda ^d   Wang, Hui ^a,d   Fushing, Hsieh ^a,e   Isbell, Lynne A ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

^c Wildlife Management Department Ol Pejeta Conservancy   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e AMGEN INC   (United States)

Author keywords

African ecosystems; animal behavior; centrality; contact rates; disease ecology; epidemiology; parasite transmission; ranging behavior; social network analysis; social structure; wildlife

Indexed keywords

DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NETWORK ANALYSIS; PARASITE; PARASITISM; PATHOGEN; RANGE SIZE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; UNGULATE;

AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS; GIRAFFIDAE; VERMES;

EID: 84979289558     PISSN: 10452249     EISSN: 14657279     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arw035     Document Type: Article

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