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group size effects — RMBL Knowledge Commons

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group size effects

Scope: population ecology

Papers: 3 | Mentions: 3

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Knowledge graph centered on group size effects with 50 nodes and 145 connections. Top connected: Marmota flaviventris, phenological mismatch, Rushes, mark-recapture (Sciuridae), Social group size predicts the evolution of indivi.

Definition

Changes in social behavior and group dynamics that result from variation in the number of individuals in a social group

Related Terms (3)

group sizedemographic variationgroup composition

Publications (3)

Group size affects social relationships in yellow-bellied marmots <i>(Marmota flaviventris)</i>

2015Behavioral Ecologycentral

Social group size predicts the evolution of individuality

2011Current Biologycentral

Social effects on emergence from hibernation in yellow-bellied marmots

2009Journal of Mammalogymeasured

Related Concepts (10)

alarm communication

process1 shared paper

social network analysis

framework1 shared paper

phenological mismatch

phenomenon1 shared paper

phenotypic plasticity

process1 shared paper

kin selection

theory1 shared paper

winter survival

process1 shared paper

centrality measures

metric1 shared paper

antipredator behavior

process1 shared paper

Social Security Hypothesis

hypothesis1 shared paper

flight initiation distance

measurement1 shared paper

Frequently Associated Species

Marmota flaviventris

Sciuridae4 papers

Gallus gallus

Phasianidae1 paper

Canis lupus

Cynomys leucurus

Sciuridae1 paper

Cynomys gunnisoni

Sciuridae1 paper

Rushes

prairie dogs

Hirundo rustica

Hirundinidae1 paper

Cliff swallow

Barn swallow