wolf {netregR}R Documentation

Wolf network data set

Description

A data set measuring dominance and its behavioral measures in a captive wolf pack.

Format

A data set with three variables

wolf

16 x 16 numeric matrix of dominance measures

wolf_age_diff

16 x 16 numeric matrix of difference in ages (column less row)

wolf_same_sex

16 x 16 numeric matrix of indicators of same sex

Details

This is data on a captive family of wolves in Arnheim, Germany. The 16 wolves studied here were housed in a large wooded enclosure and observed in 1978. This matrix displays deference acts. The number in a cell represents the number of occasions on which the row wolf was seen to exhibit a "low posture" display directed toward the column wolf. The behavior could involve approach or retreat, but the fact that it was performed in "low posture" suggests that it was deferent. Data obtained March 20, 2018 from http://moreno.ss.uci.edu/data.html#wolf.

Source

http://moreno.ss.uci.edu/data.html#wolf

References

Jan A. R. A. M. van Hooff and Joep A. B. Wensing, "Dominance and its behavioral measures in a captive wolf pack," Chapter 11 in Harry Frank, ed., Man and Wolf. Dordrecht: Junk, 1987, pp. 219-252.

Examples

data("wolf")


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