How to Study Socially Monogamous Behavior in Secretive Animals? Using Social Network Analyses and Automated Tracking Systems to Study the Social Behavior of Prairie Voles

How to Study Socially Monogamous Behavior in Secretive Animals? Using Social Network Analyses and Automated Tracking Systems to Study the Social Behavior of Prairie Voles

Accurately recording the social and mating behavior of wild animals is necessary to test hypotheses regarding the evolution of monogamous behavior but documenting the behavior of most wild animals is challenging. Social network analyses can use patterns of spatial and temporal co-occurrence to descr...

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Main Authors: Anne C. Sabol, Nancy G. Solomon, Ben Dantzer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
association index
social monogamy
social network analyses
RFID system
social behavior
vole
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2018.00178/full

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