The realized (observed) value of Landau's dominance hierarchy index is examined. Under a model of constant pairwise dominance probabilities, the observed index is shown to be a strongly consistent estimator of the underlying (true) index. However, a large number of encounters between animals is show
A note on the dominance hierarchy index
β Scribed by Max D. Morris; C. Alex McMahan
- Book ID
- 112754391
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1980
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 275 KB
- Volume
- 42
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1522-9602
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