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AnalyzingAnimalSocieties AnalyzingAnimalSocieties QuantitativeMethodsforVertebrateSocialAnalysis HalWhitehead TheUniversityofChicagoPress :: ChicagoandLondon HalWhiteheadistheUniversityResearchProfessorintheDepartmentof BiologyatDalhousieUniversityinHalifax,NovaScotia.Heisauthorof SpermWhales:SocialEvolutionintheOcean(2003)andcoeditorof CetaceanSocieties:FieldStudiesonDolphinsandWhales(1999),both publishedbytheUniversityofChicagoPress. TheUniversityofChicagoPress,Chicago60637 TheUniversityofChicagoPress,Ltd.,London (cid:1)c 2008byTheUniversityofChicago Allrightsreserved.Published2008 PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica 17161514131211100908 12345 isbn-13:978-0-226-89521-5(cloth) isbn-13:978-0-226-89523-9(paper) isbn-10:0-226-89521-1(cloth) isbn-10:0-226-89523-8(paper) LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Whitehead,Hal. Analyzinganimalsocieties:quantitativemethodsforvertebratesocial analysis/HalWhitehead. p. cm. Includesbibliographicalreferences. isbn-13:978-0-226-89521-5(cloth:alk.paper) isbn-10:0-226-89521-1(cloth:alk.paper) isbn-13:978-0-226-89523-9(pbk.:alk.paper) isbn-10:0-226-89523-8(pbk.:alk.paper) 1. Vertebrates— Behavior—Mathematicalmodels. 2. Animalsocieties—Mathematical models. 3. Socialbehaviorinanimals—Mathematicalmodels. I. Title. ql751.65.m3w48 2008 591.7(cid:2)82—dc22 2007042457 (cid:1)∞ Thepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsof theAmericanNationalStandardforInformationSciences—Permanence ofPaperforPrintedLibraryMaterials,ansiz39.48-1992. Tomyparents,DenisandFrankieWhitehead Contents Acknowledgments ix ConventionsandAbbreviations xi 1:AnalyzingSocialStructure 1 1.1:Introduction 1 1.2:WhatIsSocialStructure? 3 1.3:WhySocialStructureIsImportant 4 1.4:ConceptualizingAnimalSocieties: ABriefHistory 4 1.5:EthologyandBehavioralEcology 10 1.6:Hinde’sEthologicalConceptualFramework ofSocialStructure 11 1.7:OtherDefinitionsandConceptsofSocial Structure 15 1.8:ElementsandMeasuresofSocialStructure 16 1.9:TheFunctionalWhyQuestions,andEcology 20 1.10:ExamplesofSocialAnalyses 21 1.11:ProblemswithAnalyzingSocialStructure 23 2:TechnicalMatters 25 2.1:ModesofScientificEnquiry 25 2.2:BasicDescriptiveStatistics 28 2.3:PrecisionofStatistics:Bootstrapsand Jackknives 30 2.4:HypothesisTesting 33 2.5:DataMatrices 35 2.6:Ordination 38 2.7:Classification 41 2.8:ModelFittingandSelection:theMethodof LikelihoodandtheAkaikeInformationCriterion 44 2.9:ComputerPrograms 46 3:ObservingInteractionsandAssociations: CollectingData 53 3.1:TypesofBehavior 53 3.2:Interactions 55 3.3:Associations 56 3.4:Groups 58 3.5:IdentifyingIndividuals 61 3.6:ClassData 63 3.7:CollectingSocialData 64 3.8:DataFormats 71 3.9:SamplingPeriods 79 3.10:AttributesofDataSets 80 3.11:HowLargeaDataSetIsNeededforSocial Analysis? 81 box3.1:PrecisionandPowerofSocialAnalysis 86 4:DescribingRelationships 87 4.1:Relationships 87 4.2:NonsocialMeasuresofRelationship 88 4.3:SocialAttributesofIndividuals,Including Gregariousness 90 4.4:RatesofInteraction 95 4.5:AssociationIndices 97 box4.1:ChoosinganAssociationIndex: Recommendations 103 4.6:TemporalPatterningofInteractions/ Associations 104 4.7:RelativeRelationships:Multivariate DescriptionofRelationships 109 4.8:TypesofRelationships 110 4.9:“Special”Relationships:PermutationTests forPreferred/AvoidedCompanionships 122 4.10:QuantifyingtheStrengthofaRelationship andtheBond 130 4.11:RelationshipsbetweenClasses 135 box4.2:DescribingRelationships: Recommendations 142 5:DescribingandModelingSocialStructure 143 box5.1:OmittingIndividualsfromAnalysesof SocialStructure 144 5.1:AttributesofSocialStructure 146 5.2:Single-MeasureDisplaysofSocialStructure 148 box5.2:VisualDisplaysofSocialStructure: GeneralGuidelines 167 5.3:NetworkAnalysis 168 box5.3:NetworkAnalyses:Recommendations 184 5.4:DominanceHierarchies 186 box5.4:AnalyzingDominanceHierarchies: Recommendations 194 5.5:AddingTime:LaggedAssociationRates 195 box5.5:LaggedAssociationRates: RecommendationsandExtensions 211 5.6:MultivariateMethods 214 5.7:DelineatingGroups,Units,Communities, andTiers 222 box5.6:RecommendationsforPopulation Division 236 box5.7:DescribingSocialStructure: Recommendations 238 6:ComparingSocieties 241 6.1:ComparingSocialStructures 241 6.2:ClassifyingSocialStructures 242 6.3:HowComplexIsMySociety? 244 7:WhatDeterminesSocialStructure,andWhat DoesSocialStructureDetermine? 251 7.1:TheIndividualinSociety:Roles 252 7.2:TheDyadinSociety:Conflict 256 7.3:TheDyadinSociety:Cooperation 258 box7.1:QuantitativeMethodsintheBehavioral EcologyofSocialSystems 265 7.4:EnvironmentalDeterminantsofSocial Systems 269

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Animals lead rich social lives. They care for one another, compete for resources, and mate. Within a society, social relationships may be simple or complex and usually vary considerably, both between different groups of individuals and over time. These social systems are fundamental to biological or

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