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- Preface
- Tables
- Figures
- 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Overview
- 1.2 Size Distribution of Spontaneous Human Groups
- 1.3 Struhsaker’s Data on Vervet Monkeys
- 1.4 Statistical Detour
- 2. Compund Truncated Poisson Models
- 2.1 Truncated Negative Binomial Distribution
- 2.2 Variation in Time of Mean Group Size
- 2.3 Variation Among Animals of Mean Group Size
- Appendix to Chapter 2: Fitting the Truncated Negative Binomial
- 3. Combinatorial Models
- 3.1 Distinguishable Individuals, Indistinguishable Groups
- 3.2 Indistinguishable Individuals, Indistinguishable Groups
- 3.3 The Story So Far
- 4. Linear One-Step Transition (LOST) Models
- 4.1 Closed Systems
- 4.2 Equilibrium Solution
- 4.3 Open Systems
- 4.4 Time Scale: Approach to Equilibrium
- Appendix to Chapter 4: Approximating the Variance
- 5. Nursery School Play: LOST Dynamics Found
- 5.1 Cambridge Nursery School
- 5.2 Parting with Partitions
- 5.3 Equilibrium Distributions
- 5.4 Checking the Dynamics
- 5.5 How Open Is This Open System?
- Appendix A to Chapter 5: The Jackknife and Its Applications
- Appendix Β to Chapter 5: Stochastic Simulation and Parameter Stability
- 6. Other Relevant Data
- 6.1 James: The Discrepant Human Data
- 6.2 Lumsden: More Monkey Sleeping Groups
- 6.3 Haight: Passenger Car Occupancy
- 6.4 Do the LOST Models Fail Appropriately?
- 7. Individual Behavior, Social Organization, and Population Ecology
- 7.1 Social Data Reveal Individual Differences
- 7.2 Genetic and Adaptive Implications of Groupings
- 7.3 Noise: An Ecological Limit on Group Size
- 8. Critique and Conclusion
- 8.1 Critique
- 8.2 Conclusion
- References
- Index
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