Note: [Projektlaufzeit: 09.10.2008 - 13.06.2009] , Unterschiede zwischen dem gedruckten Dokument und der elektronischen Ressource können nicht ausgeschlossen werden

Note: Cover -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Section 1 Introduction to Animal Social Networks -- 1 General introduction -- Jens Krause, Richard James, Daniel W. Franks, and Darren P. Croft -- What is a social network and why is it important? -- Book structure and content -- 2 A networks primer -- Richard James -- Basics -- Measuring network structure -- Node-based measures of structure -- Network-level measures of structure -- Clusters or communities -- Model networks and network models -- Section 2 Patterns and Processes in Animal Social Networks -- 3 Assortment in social networks and the evolution of cooperation -- Darren P. Croft, Mathew Edenbrow, and Safi K. Darden -- Introduction to cooperation -- Theoretical work on the evolution of cooperation in structured populations -- Pathways to assortment by cooperation in social networks -- Non-random distribution of individuals in space and time -- Social structuring in the absence of spatial segregation -- Spatial and temporal assortment by simple behavioural rules -- Conditional cooperation -- Cooperation in social networks: conclusions and future directions -- Acknowledgements -- 4 Mating behaviour: sexual networks and sexual selection -- Grant C. McDonald and Tommaso Pizzari -- Introduction -- Sexual selection -- Sexual selection in structured populations -- The logic of sexual networks -- Intrasexual interactions and the measurement of sexual selection -- Precopulatory selection -- Postcopulatory selection -- Intersexual interactions, mating patterns, and the operation of selection -- Mating system ecology -- Individual network measures -- Sexual selection and sexual networks: conclusions -- Acknowledgements -- 5 Quantifying diffusion in social networks: a Bayesian approach -- Glenna Nightingale, Neeltje J. Boogert, Kevin N. Laland, and Will Hoppitt. , Introduction to social transmission in groups of animals -- Network-based diffusion analysis -- Why do we need Bayesian network-based diffusion analysis? -- Simulated diffusion data -- Previous formulation of time of acquisition diffusion analysis -- Bayesian formulation of time of acquisition diffusion analysis -- Likelihood function for time of acquisition diffusion analysis -- Prior specification -- Generating posteriors using updating methods -- Model discrimination -- Results -- Posterior parameter estimates -- Markov chain Monte Carlo replication -- Model discrimination -- A Bayesian approach to quantifying diffusion on social networks: conclusions and future directions -- Acknowledgements -- 6 Personality and social network analysis in animals -- Alexander D. M. Wilson and Jens Krause -- Introduction to personality and social network analysis in animals -- Network consistency and 'keystone' individuals -- Fitness consequences of network positions -- Networks and behavioural types -- Networks and personality from a developmental perspective -- Personality and social network analysis in animals: conclusions and future directions -- Acknowledgements -- 7 Temporal changes in dominance networks and other behaviour sequences -- David B. McDonald and Michael E. Dillon -- Introduction to the analysis of temporal changes in networks -- Network formulation and triad census approach -- Ranking algorithms -- R scripts for analysing dominance data -- Differences among ranking algorithms -- Effect of contest order on Elo ranking -- Comparing contest and outcome adjacency matrices over time -- Analysing the contest matrix by quartiles -- Analysing the outcome matrix by quartiles -- Experimental and modelling approaches: conclusions and future directions -- Acknowledgements -- 8 Group movement and animal social networks. , Nikolai W. F. Bode, A. Jamie Wood, and Daniel W. Franks -- Introduction to group movement and animal social networks -- Population level -- Group level -- Individual level -- Group movement and animal social networks: conclusions and future directions -- Acknowledgements -- 9 Communication and social networks -- Peter K. McGregor and Andrew G. Horn -- Introduction to communication and social networks -- Communication and network approaches -- Signals, information, and communication -- Information exchange and communication networks -- Receiver diversity and communication in networks -- Empirical successes of the communication network approach -- Eavesdropping -- Audience effects -- Alarm call spread -- Linking communication networks to social networks -- Signals as methodological tools for studying social networks -- Mapping communication networks as social networks -- Communication networks and information flow -- Communication and social networks: conclusions and future directions -- 10 Disease transmission in animal social networks -- Julian A. Drewe and Sarah E. Perkins -- Introduction to disease transmission networks -- The use of animal social networks to study infectious disease transmission -- Networks and disease management -- Collecting social network data to study disease transmission -- How many host-parasite associations should be included in a transmission network? -- Sampling considerations and the boundary effect -- Weighted or unweighted networks: capturing transmission processes? -- Choice of time interval for constructing parasite transmission networks -- Data analysis: which network measures are relevant to disease transmission? -- Network centrality and disease transmission -- Relationships between network measures and host attributes -- Disease transmission network dynamics. , Host and parasite-driven parameters in transmission networks -- Effects of infection on networks -- Disease transmission in animal social networks: conclusions and future directions -- 11 Social networks and animal welfare -- Brianne A. Beisner and Brenda McCowan -- Introduction to the use of social network analysis in animal welfare -- Physical health in animal social networks -- Disease transmission in animal networks -- Psychological and social health in animal networks -- Social aggression in animal social networks -- Social stress and health in animal social networks -- Social network analysis in animal welfare: conclusions and future directions -- Acknowledgements -- Section 3 Taxonomic Overviews of Animal Social Networks -- 12 Primate social networks -- Sally Macdonald and Bernhard Voelkl -- Introduction to social network analysis in primatology -- Why is social network analysis useful for primatologists? -- A brief history of social network analysis in primatology -- Levels of primate social network analysis -- Primate social network analysis at the individual level -- Primate social network analysis at the subgroup level -- Primate social network analysis at the group level -- Potential pitfalls and limitations in primate social networks -- Group size in primate networks -- Observation frequency in primate social networks -- Specificity in primate social networks -- Intraspecific variability in primate social networks -- Social network analysis in primatology: conclusions and future directions -- Acknowledgements -- 13 Oceanic societies: studying cetaceans with a social networks approach -- Shane Gero and Luke Rendell -- Introduction to network analysis of cetacean societies -- Oceanic social networks -- Studying cetaceans using a social network approach -- Identifying individuals in cetacean social networks. , Interactions between individuals in cetacean social networks -- Contributions from studies on cetaceans -- Methodological advances in studying cetacean social networks -- Cetacean networks and management: resilience and survival -- Social roles and decision making in cetacean social networks -- Drivers of network structure in cetacean societies -- Cultural transmission and cetacean social networks -- Social networks and communication networks among cetaceans -- Current challenges and avenues for inquiry concerning cetacean social networks -- Linking cetacean social networks with vocal complexity -- Cetacean social network analysis: beyond associations -- Collective motion and decision making in cetacean societies -- Network analysis of cetacean societies: conclusions and future directions -- Acknowledgements -- 14 The network approach in teleost fishes and elasmobranchs -- Jens Krause, Darren P. Croft, and Alexander D. M. Wilson -- Introduction to networks in teleost fishes and elasmobranchs -- Population structure of teleost fishes and elasmobranchs -- Techniques for identifying individuals in teleost fishes and elasmobranchs -- Guppies and sticklebacks-a case study -- Outlook for population applications of social network studies -- Familiarity and site fidelity in teleost fish and elasmobranchs -- Cooperation in teleost fishes -- Fish cognition and social learning -- Collective behaviour and social networks in teleost fishes -- Application of social network analysis to welfare in teleost fishes -- Network analysis of teleost fishes and elasmobranchs: conclusions and future directions -- Acknowledgements -- 15 Social networks in insect colonies -- Dhruba Naug -- Introduction -- Social interactions and their proximate basis -- Structure of the colony interaction network -- Function of the colony interaction network. , Information collection and transfer.