Centrality Measures | Definition |
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Assortativity | A comparison of an animal’s characteristic of interest (i.e., sex, SVL, etc.) with the average of the same characteristic for that animal’s associates. Values range from − 1 to 1. Negative values indicate that animals tend to associate with individuals possessing dissimilar characteristics, whereas positive values indicate a tendency to associate with similar individuals. Values near zero indicate random mixing or no tendency to associate with individuals based on similarity in specific characteristics. |
Betweenness | The number of shortest social paths between all possible pairs of animals that pass through a focal animal. |
Degree | The number of animals that interacted with a specific individual. |
Strength | The total number of interactions for each individual. |