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Necks and networks: a preliminary study of population structure in the reticulated giraffe ( Giraffa camelopardalis reticulata de Winston).
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African Journal of Ecology . Sep2009, Vol. 47 Issue 3, p374-381. 8p. 3 Diagrams, 2 Graphs. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- This paper describes a method of scoring the neck pattern of reticulated giraffes as a simple code that can be searched for in an Excel spreadsheet. This enables several hundred individual giraffe to be recognized and repeatedly found within a database. Possible sources of error are described and quantified. Data on group size, dispersal within groups and social network patterns are described. The latter is facilitated using Ucinet 6.85 for Windows, a software package that helps to visualize and analyse such networks. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *GIRAFFES
*NECK
*GIRAFFA
*SOCIAL networks
*COMPUTER software
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 01416707
- Volume :
- 47
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- African Journal of Ecology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 43751526
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.00984.x