Analyzing animal societies : quantitative methods for vertebrate social analysis / Hal Whitehead.
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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Table of Contents:
- 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.