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SOE: Fachverband Physik sozio-ökonomischer Systeme
SOE 8: Poster
SOE 8.20: Poster
Monday, March 16, 2015, 18:00–20:00, Poster E
Estimating Social Networks of Killer-Whales — •Sarah Hallerberg1, Yvonne Radstake1, Heike Vester2, and Marc Timme1 — 1Network Dynamics, Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization, 37077 Göttingen — 2Ocean Sounds, Sauoya 01, 8312 Henningsvaer, Norway
Estimating social networks of animals becomes a challenging task if the animals under study are living in the wild and are visuable only for very short moments. We estimate the social network of a group of killer whales based on a database of pictures, taken while the animals breach the ocean surface for breathing. We are especially interested in identifying leader-follower relationships between individual whales.