Fission-fusion social systems as a strategy for coping with ecological constraints: A primate case
Fission-fusion social systems, in which members of a social community form frequently changing subgroups, occur in a number of mammalian taxa. Such systems are assumed to be a response to the costs of grouping, but evidence to support this hypothesis is limited. We use a linear programming approach...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Sprog: | English |
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2007
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