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Clutton-Brock index — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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Clutton-Brock index

Scope: methodological

Papers: 3 | Mentions: 3

Local Knowledge Graph (Top 65 entities)

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Knowledge graph centered on Clutton-Brock index with 65 nodes and 154 connections. Top connected: Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory, Gothic, Marmota, Marmota flaviventris, Callospermophilus lateralis.

Definition

A method for calculating dominance based on an individual's relative number of wins or losses that is tolerant of missing pair-wise interactions and weights wins highly

Related Terms (1)

Clutton-Brock index

Publications (3)

Early play may predict later dominance relationships in yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

2013Proceedings of the Royal Society B

Functional relationships between early play behavior and adult dominance roles in yellow-bellied marmots (<i>Marmota flaviventris</i>)

Correlates and consequences of dominance in a social rodent

Related Concepts (10)

social dominance

phenomenon3 shared papers

practice hypothesis of play

hypothesis2 shared papers

affiliative relationships

phenomenon1 shared paper

antisocial behavior

phenomenon1 shared paper

play behavior

phenomenon1 shared paper

reproductive skew

phenomenon1 shared paper

life history stages

framework1 shared paper

Dispersal

process1 shared paper

social subordination hypothesis

hypothesis1 shared paper

body condition

measurement1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Crocuta crocuta

Hyaenidae3 papers

Marmota flaviventris

Sciuridae3 papers

Marmota

Sciuridae3 papers

Cervus elaphus

Cervidae3 papers

Belding's ground squirrel

Sciuridae2 papers

Callospermophilus lateralis

Sciuridae2 papers

Equus caballus

Canis lupus

Parus major

Marmota marmota

Sciuridae1 paper