Indirectly connected: Simple social differences can explain the causes and apparent consequences of complex social network positions

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 284, Issue 1867, 2017, Pages

  Firth, Josh A ^a,b   Sheldon, Ben C ^a   Brent, Lauren J N ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MERTON COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complex behaviour; Individual variation; Network structure; Simulation models; Social cognition; Sociality

Indexed keywords

COGNITION; COMPLEXITY; FITNESS; HERITABILITY; LIFE HISTORY; SIMULATION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL NETWORK; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DOMINANT-SUBORDINATE RELATIONSHIP; GENETIC SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; DOMINANCE-SUBORDINATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SELECTION, GENETIC; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85034442192     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.1939     Document Type: Article

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