Kinship Shapes Affiliative Social Networks but Not Aggression in Ring-Tailed Coatis

Ben T. Hirsch; Margaret A. Stanton; Jesus E. Maldonado

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0037301

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Kinship Shapes Affiliative Social Networks but Not Aggression in Ring-Tailed Coatis

Ben T. Hirsch ,

* E-mail: hirschb@si.edu

Affiliations School of Environment and Natural Resources, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama, Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C., United States of America
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Margaret A. Stanton,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., United States of America
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Jesus E. Maldonado

Affiliations Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States of America
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Kinship Shapes Affiliative Social Networks but Not Aggression in Ring-Tailed Coatis

Ben T. Hirsch,
Margaret A. Stanton,
Jesus E. Maldonado

Published: May 18, 2012
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0037301

About the Authors

Ben T. Hirsch

* E-mail: hirschb@si.edu

Affiliations School of Environment and Natural Resources, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama City, Panama, Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Margaret A. Stanton

Affiliation Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Jesus E. Maldonado

Affiliations Center for Conservation and Evolutionary Genetics, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BTH. Performed the experiments: BTH. Analyzed the data: BTH MAS JEM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BTH MAS JEM. Wrote the paper: BTH MAS JEM.

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