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Research Gaps in Animal Social Network Analysis

March 2019

Project: MEE & JAE Joint Special Feature on Animal Social Networks

Authors:

Damien R. Farine

University of Zurich

Sebastian Sosa Orozco

University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study

David M P Jacoby

Lancaster University

Mathieu Lihoreau

French National Centre for Scientific Research

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https://methodsblog.com/2019/03/26/research-gaps-in-animal-social-network-analysis/ Here at Methods in Ecology & Evolution and the Journal of Animal Ecology we are excited by the new directions that the next decade of research into animal social networks will bring. We hope to encourage new advances in the study of animal social networks by calling for high-quality papers for a cross-journal Special Feature on animal social networks. Below, Damien Farine and the Special Feature Guest Editors have reviewed some areas of animal social network research that deserve particular attention.

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