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Evaluating the behaviour of Andean Flamingos Phoenicoparrus andinus and James’s Flamingos P. jamesi in captivity: comparing species and flocks using multiple methods

Authors: Paul E. Rose

Publication/Journal: Wildfowl

Keywords: aggression, american flamingos, enclosure use, management, social networks, social-structure, time-activity budget

2019


Giraffe social preferences are context dependent

Authors: Zoe Muller, Mauricio Cantor, Innes C. Cuthill, Stephen Harris

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: association index, behavioural state, habitat complexity, Rothschild's giraffe, social affiliation, social network, social-structure

2018


Compassionate Conservation for Yellowstone’s Wolves

Authors: T. Povilitis

Publication/Journal: Natural Areas Journal

Keywords: animal welfare, breeder loss, compassionate conservation, ecology, forestry, management, protection, social-structure, united-states, wildlife, wolf management, wolves, yellowstone

2016


An analytical framework for quantifying and testing patterns of temporal dynamics in social networks

Authors: Elizabeth A. Hobson, Michael L. Avery, Timothy F. Wright

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: association strength, monk parakeet, multiscale approach, myiopsitta monachus, network formation, social-structure, temporal analysis

2013


Structural balance in the social networks of a wild mammal

Authors: Amiyaal Ilany, Adi Barocas, Lee Koren, Michael Kam, Eli Geffen

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: network motif, procavia capensis, rock hyrax, social network, social-structure, structural balance theory

2013


Social bonds and rank acquisition in raven nonbreeder aggregations

Authors: Anna Braun, Thomas Bugnyar

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: corvus corax, dominance, nonbreeder aggregation, raven, social bond, social-structure

2012


How can social network analysis improve the study of primate behavior?

Authors: Cédric Sueur, Armand Jacobs, Frédéric Amblard, Odile Petit, Andrew J. King

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: association, behavioral sampling, interaction, methodology, social system, social-structure

2011


Social network analysis in the study of nonhuman primates: A historical perspective

Authors: Lauren J. N. Brent, Julia Lehmann, Gabriel Ramos-Fernández

Publication/Journal: American Journal of Primatology

Keywords: history of primatology, social behavior, social network analysis, social-structure

2011


Individuals and populations: the role of long-term, individual-based studies of animals in ecology and evolutionary biology

Authors: Tim Clutton-Brock, Ben C. Sheldon

Publication/Journal: Trends in Ecology & Evolution

Keywords: age structure, ecology, evolution, fitness, individual based, life history, social-structure

2010


Relationship between rank and plasma testosterone and cortisol in red deer males (Cervus elaphus)

Authors: Luděk Bartoš, Dieter Schams, George A. Bubenik, Radim Kotrba, Milan Tománek

Publication/Journal: Physiology & Behavior

Keywords: cervus-elaphus, cortisol, dominance, rank, red deer, social-structure, testosterone

2010


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