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Social network analysis of animal behaviour: a promising tool for the study of sociality

Authors: Wey, T.; Blumstein, D. T.ORCID; Shen, W.; Jordan, F.
Year: 2008
Journal: Animal Behaviour, Vol. 75, pp. 333-344
Publisher: UNKNOWN
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2007.06.020
Keywords: ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR, QUANTIFYING SOCIALITY, SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS, SOCIAL STRUCTURE

Abstract

A prospective overview of social network analysis' general utility for the study of animal social behaviour is provided and relevance and constraints of some network measures are highlighted.

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