Social Network Analyses - Analysis of social contacts in confined indoor environments.
The aim of this repository is to collect the analyses performed by the CSI:DT research group to better understand social interactions and animal movement in dairy cows. The focus of this repository will be on R, using a variety of functions and packages to study animal movement, social behavior and time budgets in dairy cows.
Core methods to analyse social contact data:
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scripts/stERGM_tutorial.Rmd
: This stERGM tutorial replicates the analysis performed in Marina et al. (2023), Rmarkdown version. -
scripts/stERGM_tutorial.html
: This stERGM tutorial replicates the analysis performed in Marina et al. (2023), html version.
Animal raw and processed files:
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data/raw/Phenotypes_LateLactationGroup.csv
: Information about the dairy cows. -
data/raw/Interactiondata/
: This folder contains the adjacency matrices, computed independently for each functional area ("FeedingArea","RestingArea") and each day (i.e., 24 h) of the 14 days considered in this study using position data. -
data/raw/Relationshipdata/
: This folder contains the kindergarten effect matrix, the lactational effect matrix and the additive relationship matrix calculated from the pedigree. -
data/processed/Figure1.jpg
: Schematic map of the free-stall barn.
Output obtained from the analyses:
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output/Figure2_FA.gif
: Animated transition between the social networks detected in the feeding area. -
output/Figure2_RA.gif
: Animated transition between the social networks detected in the resting area.
- Lars Rönnegård (DU & SLU): Principal investigator.
- Per Peetz Nielsen (RISE)
- Carsten Kirkeby (KU)
- Volker Krömker (KU)
- Freddy Fikse (Växa Sverige)
- Anna Skarin (SLU)
- Moudud Alam (DU)
- Keni Ren (SLU)
- Maya Katrin Gussmann (KU)
- Svenja Woudstra (KU)
- Ida Hansson (SLU)
- Hector Marina (SLU)
Pull requests are welcome. Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.