Analyzing Animal Societies : Quantitative Methods for Vertebrate Social Analysis /

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Animals lead rich social lives. They care for one another, compete for resources, and mate. Within a society, social relationships may be simple or complex and usually vary considerably, both between different groups of individuals and over time. These social systems are fundamental to biological or...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Whitehead, Hal (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2008]
Temas:
SCIENCE / General.
animal societies, social behavior, competition, mating, biology, science, nonfiction, grooming, bats, chimps, dolphins, birds, models, amphibians, invertebrates, ungulates, cetaceans, primates, vertebrates, hinde, ecology, ethology, classification, data, relationships, interaction, association, dominance hierarchies, groups, units, communities, tiers, roles, conflict, cooperation.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Conventions and Abbreviations
  • 1: Analyzing Social Structure
  • 2: Technical Matters
  • 3: Observing Interactions and Associations: Collecting Data
  • 4: Describing Relationships
  • 5: Describing and Modeling Social Structure
  • 6: Comparing Societies
  • 7: What Determines Social Structure, and What Does Social Structure Determine?
  • 8: The Way Forward
  • 9: Appendices
  • References
  • Index

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