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Author (up) Singh,M.; Singh,M.; Sharma, A. K.; Krishna B. A.
Title Methodological considerations in measurement of dominance in primates Type Journal Article
Year 2003 Publication CURRENT SCIENCE Abbreviated Journal CURRENT SCIENCE
Volume 84 Issue 5 Pages 709-713
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Abstract The strength of dominance hierarchy in a group of

animals needs to be quantitatively measured since it

influences many other aspects of social interactions.

This article discusses three attempts made by previous

researchers to measure the strength of hierarchy. We

propose a method which attempts to rectify the lacunae

in the previous attempts. Data are used from a

group of Japanese macaques housed in a colony. A

method to calculate strength of hierarchy has been

illustrated and a procedure has been suggested to

normalize the dominance scores in order to place the

ranks of individuals on an interval scale.
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Publisher Biopsychology Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Mysore, Mysore 570 006, India Place of Publication Editor
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Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 2860
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