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Author Ginsberg, J.R. openurl 
  Title Social behavior and mating strategies of an arid adapted equid: the Grevy's zebra. Type Manuscript
  Year 1987 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 2295  
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Author Croft, D. P.; James, R..; Krause, J. (eds) url  isbn
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  Title Exploring Animal Social Networks Type Book Whole
  Year 2008 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
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  Publisher Princton University Press Place of Publication (down) Princton Editor Croft, D. P.; James, R..; Krause, J.  
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  ISSN ISBN 9780691127521 Medium  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5139  
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Author Croft, D. P.; James, R..; Krause, J. url  openurl
  Title Comparing Networks Type Book Chapter
  Year 2008 Publication Exploring Animal Social Networks Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 141-162  
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  Abstract Social network analysis is used widely in the social sciences to study interactions among people, groups, and organizations, yet until now there has been no book that shows behavioral biologists how to apply it to their work on animal populations. Exploring Animal Social Networks provides a practical guide for researchers, undergraduates, and graduate students in ecology, evolutionary biology, animal behavior, and zoology.

Existing methods for studying animal social structure focus either on one animal and its interactions or on the average properties of a whole population. This book enables researchers to probe animal social structure at all levels, from the individual to the population. No prior knowledge of network theory is assumed. The authors give a step-by-step introduction to the different procedures and offer ideas for designing studies, collecting data, and interpreting results. They examine some of today's most sophisticated statistical tools for social network analysis and show how they can be used to study social interactions in animals, including cetaceans, ungulates, primates, insects, and fish. Drawing from an array of techniques, the authors explore how network structures influence individual behavior and how this in turn influences, and is influenced by, behavior at the population level. Throughout, the authors use two software packages--UCINET and NETDRAW--to illustrate how these powerful analytical tools can be applied to different animal social organizations.

Darren P. Croft is lecturer in animal behavior at the University of Wales, Bangor. Richard James is senior lecturer in physics at the University of Bath. Jens Krause is professor of behavioral ecology at the University of Leeds.

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“Exploring Animal Social Networks shows behavioral biologists how to apply social network theory to animal populations. In doing so, Croft, James, and Krause illustrate the connections between an animal's individual behaviors and how these, in turn, influence and are influenced by behavior at the population level. . . . Valuable for readers interested in using quantitative analyses to study animal social behaviors.”--Choice

“[T]his volume provides an engaging, accessible, and timely introduction to the use of network theory methods for examining the social behavior of animals.”--Noa Pinter-Wollman, Quarterly Review of Biology

“The book is a useful 'handbook' providing detailed, stepwise procedures sufficient to allow the reader to address a broad range of questions about social interactions. . . . The book includes numerous examples of the kind of research questions one might ask, and, thus, it allows the reader to find the analysis that best fits the data set to be analyzed. Thus, even readers with minimal prior knowledge of social network analysis will be able to apply this approach. And if further assistance is needed, the authors provide numerous references to specific procedures that have been used by others.”--Thomas R. Zentall, PsycCRITIQUES

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“An important and timely addition to the literature. This book should be readily accessible to researchers who are interested in animal social organization but who have little or no experience in conducting network analysis. The book is well-written in an engaging style and contains a good number of examples drawn from a range of taxonomic groups.”--Paul R. Moorcroft, Harvard University

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Table of Contents:

Preface vii

Chapter 1: Introduction to Social Networks 1

Chapter 2: Data Collection 19

Chapter 3: Visual Exploration 42

Chapter 4: Node-Based Measures 64

Chapter 5: Statistical Tests of Node-Based Measures 88

Chapter 6: Searching for Substructures 117

Chapter 7: Comparing Networks 141

Chapter 8: Conclusions 163

Glossary of Frequently Used Terms 173

References 175

Index 187

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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 4955  
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Author Rubenstein, D. I., openurl 
  Title Ecology and sociality in horses and zebras Type Book Chapter
  Year 1986 Publication Ecological Aspects of Social Evolution Abbreviated Journal Ecological Aspects of Social Evolution  
  Volume Issue Pages 282-302  
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  Publisher Princeton University Press Place of Publication (down) Princeton, NJ. Editor Rubenstein, D. I. ; Wrangham, R. W.  
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Author Ginsberg, J.R. openurl 
  Title Social organisation and mating strategies of an arid adapted equid: The Grevy`s zebra. Type Manuscript
  Year 1988 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
  Volume Issue Pages 268 pp  
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  Publisher Princeton University Place of Publication (down) Princeton Editor  
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Author Camazine, S.; Deneubourg, J.L.; Franks, N.R.; Sneyd, J.; Theraula, G.; Bonabeau, E. isbn  openurl
  Title Self-Organization in Biological Systems Type Book Whole
  Year 2003 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
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  Publisher Princeton University Press Place of Publication (down) Princeton Editor  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5143  
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Author Tschudin, A. openurl 
  Title Relative Neocortex Size and Its Correlates in Dolphins: Comparisons with Humans and Implications for Mental Evolution Type Manuscript
  Year 1999 Publication Abbreviated Journal  
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  Publisher University of Natal Place of Publication (down) Pietermaritzburg, South Africa Editor  
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Author Watt, L. M.; McDonnell, S. M. openurl 
  Title Demonstration of Concept Formation in the Horse. Type Report
  Year 2001 Publication Equine Behavior Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, August 2001 Interim Report. Abbreviated Journal  
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  Publisher University of Pennsylvania Place of Publication (down) Philadephia Editor  
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  Call Number Equine Behaviour @ team @ Serial 5449  
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Author Tizard I. openurl 
  Title An introduction to veterinary immunology. Type Book Whole
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  Publisher WB Saunders Co. Place of Publication (down) Philadelphia Editor  
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Author Mccort Wd, openurl 
  Title The behavior and social organization of feral asses on Ossabaw Island, Georgia PhD thesis, Pensylvania State U Type Manuscript
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  Notes from Professor Hans Klingels Equine Reference List Approved no  
  Call Number Serial 1375  
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