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Table 5 Ego-network statistics.

From: The dynamics of social networks among female Asian elephants

  

Size

Ties

Pairs

Density

2-Step Reach

T1

Mean

8.6

30.7

51

0.77

23.2

 

SD

6.1

32.4

63.9

0.23

16

 

BM1

7.1

23.6

35.4

0.82

16.7

D1

Mean

12.6

55.5

100.4

0.7

41.1

 

SD

7.5

48.9

114.7

0.21

23.8

 

BM1

10.2

40.3

68.3

0.74

30.7

W1

Mean

11.4

45.2

74.1

0.71

36

 

SD

5.5

34.6

71.9

0.2

19.5

 

BM1

8.7

29.7

45.2

0.76

23.7

D2

Mean

12.9

63.7

106.9

0.72

40.6

 

SD

7.8

66.9

127.3

0.19

24.3

 

BM1

10.4

46

73.6

0.74

30.2

W2

Mean

7.5

19.8

31.9

0.75

20.7

 

SD

3.8

18

35.3

0.22

10.9

 

BM1

6

14

20.7

0.79

14.1

  1. 1BM is the mean of the bootstrap distribution
  2. 'Size' is the number of the subject's (ego's) direct companions, i.e., those individuals seen in a group with her at least once. 'Ties' is the number of ties between a subject's direct companions. 'Pairs' is the number of potential ties in the ego-network, i.e., the number of ties that would exist if all of subject's direct companions were also each other's direct companions. 'Density' is the ratio of actual to potential connections in the ego-network (Ties/Pairs), indicating how well-connected companions are to each other. '2-Step Reach' is the number of individuals within two degrees of separation from the subject, i.e., the number of friends and friends of friends. For each season, the first column shows the ego-network statistic, i.e., the mean of the distribution of ego-network measures across 88 residents; the second column shows the standard deviation of this distribution, and the third column shows the expected value of the ego-network statistic derived from 1000 bootstrap samples. Bootstrap distributions were generated as described in Methods. The bootstrap distributions for the Size, Ties, Pairs and 2-Step Reach statistics are shifted towards lower values with respect to the actual values in all seasons, and the bootstrap distribution of the Density statistic is shifted towards higher values in all seasons. All bootstrap distributions are significantly different from each other across seasons (Wilcoxon rank sum test, P < 0.001).