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. 2012 Jul 5;367(1597):1782-4.
doi: 10.1098/rstb.2011.0294.

The social network and communicative complexity: preface to theme issue

Todd M Freeberg  1 , Terry J Ord, Robin I M Dunbar
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The social network and communicative complexity: preface to theme issue

Todd M Freeberg et al. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. .

Abstract

The complex social worlds of many animal species may be linked to complex communicative systems in those species. We now have evidence in diverse taxa and in different communicative modalities suggesting that complexity in social groups can drive complexity in signalling systems. The aim of this theme issue is to develop the theory behind this link between social complexity and communicative complexity, and to provide an overview of the lines of research testing this link.

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