Within animal populations there is variation among individuals in their tendency to be social,
where more sociable individuals associate more with other individuals. Consistent inter …

Many animals live in groups and interact with each other, creating an organized collective
structure. Social network analysis (SNA) is a statistical tool that aids in revealing and …

Longitudinal video archives of behaviour are crucial for examining how sociality shifts over
the lifespan in wild animals. New approaches adopting computer vision technology hold …

Social group structure is highly variable and can be important for nearly every aspect of
behavior and its fitness consequences. Group structure can be modeled using social …

For social animals, group social structure has important consequences for disease and
information spread. While prior studies showed individual connectedness within a group has …

Aging brings about notable changes in sociality, with an increasing focus on essential
partners in both humans and nonhuman primates. Several studies have shown that older …

The position an individual holds in a social network is dependent on both its direct and
indirect social interactions. Because social network position is dependent on the actions and …

Human-wildlife encounters are becoming increasingly frequent across the globe, often
leading people to interact with and feed wild animals and impacting animal behaviour and …

Immatures' social development may be fundamental to understand important biological
processes, such as social information transmission through groups, that can vary with age …

Site fidelity—the tendency to reuse familiar spaces—is expected to improve fitness.
Familiarity with the local environment is particularly crucial when resource demands or …