Social structure of a semi-free ranging group of mandrills (Mandrillus sphinx): a social network analysis.

The difficulty involved in following mandrills in the wild means that very little is known about social structure in this species. Most studies initially considered mandrill groups to be an aggregation of one-male/multifemale units, with males occupying central positions in a structure similar to th...

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Main Authors: Céline Bret, Cédric Sueur, Barthélémy Ngoubangoye, Delphine Verrier, Jean-Louis Deneubourg, Odile Petit
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3858359?pdf=render