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Social hierarchy in animals

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http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85123947
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85123947#concept

Variants

Dominance organization in animals
Hook order
Peck order
Peck right hierarchy
Pecking order
Rank order (Social hierarchy in animals)

Broader Terms

Narrower Terms

Queens (Insects)

Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

Social hierarchy in animals

Sources

found: Immelmann, K. Worterbuch der Verhaltensforschung. English. A Dictionary of ethnology, 1989(peck order, pecking order; older terms for what is today more often referred to as rank order; "peck right hierarchy". Rank order has an entry also.)

LC Classification

QL775

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Change Notes

2001-05-30: new
2001-07-05: revised

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