One-mode, undirected network of frequent associations in a dolphin pod (Lusseau et al. 2003)

Source: R/data_ison.R

These data contain the frequent associations between the 62 dolphins of a pod of dolphins living off Doubtful Sound, New Zealand. Additional information can be found in the literature cited below.

data(ison_dolphins)

Format

#> # A labelled, undirected network of 62 nodes and 159 ties
#> # A tibble: 62 x 1
#>   name
#>   <chr>
#> 1 Beak
#> 2 Beescratch
#> 3 Bumper
#> 4 CCL
#> 5 Cross
#> 6 DN16
#> # i 56 more rows
#> # A tibble: 159 x 2
#>    from    to
#>   <int> <int>
#> 1     4     9
#> 2     6    10
#> 3     7    10
#> 4     1    11
#> 5     3    11
#> 6     6    14
#> # i 153 more rows

References

Lusseau, David, K. Schneider, O. J. Boisseau, P. Haase, E. Slooten, and S. M. Dawson. 2003. "The bottlenose dolphin community of Doubtful Sound features a large proportion of long-lasting associations", Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 54, 396-405.

Lusseau, David. 2003. "The emergent properties of a dolphin social network", Proc. R. Soc. London B 270(S): S186-S188. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2003.0057

Lusseau, David. 2007. "Evidence for social role in a dolphin social network". Evolutionary Ecology 21: 357–366. doi:10.1007/s10682-006-9105-0