The effect of excluding juveniles on apparent adult olive baboons (Papio anubis) social networks.

ABSTRACT: In recent years there has been much interest in investigating the social structure of group living animals using social network analysis. Many studies so far have focused on the social networks of adults, often excluding younger, immature group members. This potentially may lead to a biased view of group social structure as multiple recent studies have shown that younger group members can significantly contribute to group structure. As proof of the concept, we address this issue by investigating social network structure with and without juveniles in wild olive baboons (Papio anubis) at Gashaka Gumti National Park, Nigeria. Two social networks including all independently moving individuals (i.e., excluding dependent juveniles) were created based on aggressive and grooming behaviour. We used

SUBMITTER: Fedurek P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5360227 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature