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Records the "peck order" of a flock of 32 White Leghorn hens studied in 1946. A tie from hen a to b means that hen a can peck hen b. The author claims that temporal changes are rare; once a hen dominates another, that pattern persists.

Usage

hens

Format

igraph object

Source

http://moreno.ss.uci.edu/data.html#hens

References

Guhl, A. M., 1953. Social Behavior of the Domestic Fowl. Manhattan, Kansas: Kansas State College, Agricultural Experiment Station, Technical Bulletin 73.