Social inheritance can explain the structure of animal social networks
Social networks have important implications to a variety of ecological and evolutionary processes. Here, Ilany and Akçay develop a social network model and show that inheritance of social contacts leads to networks with properties observed in species such as sleepy lizards and spotted hyenas.
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Main Authors: | Amiyaal Ilany, Erol Akçay |
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Format: | article |
Language: | EN |
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Nature Portfolio
2016
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/b0237dd38c2d4ec09f63bbacb5da3d50 |
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