Group size differences may mask underlying similarities in social structure: a comparison of female elephant societies

S Nandini, P Keerthipriya, T N C Vidya and Louise BarrettHandling Editor

Behavioral Ecology, 2018, vol. 29, issue 1, 145-159

Abstract: We studied the social structure of female Asian elephants in southern India and compared it with those of a Sri Lankan population and an African savannah elephant population. While there were social differences between the Asian and African populations using previous methods, all 3 populations showed basic similarities using a newer network method. The discrepancy across analyses partly stemmed from differences in average group size between populations, which variously affected different association and network statistics.

Keywords: Asian elephant; association network; female social structure; fission–fusion; group size; Kabini elephant population; Louvain community detection; multilevel societies; Nagarahole-Bandipur; southern India (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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