The role of energy in ecological processes has hitherto been considered primarily from the
standpoint that energy supply is limited. That is, traditional resource‐based ecological and …

Huddling can be defined as “an active and close aggregation of animals”. It is a cooperative
group behaviour, permitting individuals involved in social thermoregulation to minimize heat …

Social organisation in animals takes many forms. It includes assemblages of territorial
animals, dominance hierarchies and social groups, among other things. The basic tenet that …

The author shares some lessons learned from a lifetime of working with and thinking about
groups. Three types of groups are described, including the impact they have on the …

The Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau, with low precipitation, low oxygen partial pressure, and
temperatures routinely dropping below− 30° C in winter, presents several physiological …

In this review I show that four major kinds of theoretical approaches have been used to
explain the scaling of metabolic rate in cells, organisms and groups of organisms in relation …

Background Huddling is highly evolved as a cooperative behavioral strategy for social
mammals to maximize their fitness in harsh environments. Huddling behavior can change …

It has been argued that mice should be housed at 30° C to best mimic the thermal conditions
experienced by humans, and that the current practice of housing mice at 20–22° C impairs …

I question the widely accepted view that female small mammals are territorial to defend food,
and suggest that theoretical and empirical evidence are more compatible with a pup …

Nest or roost temperature (T roost) is thought to impact reproductive fitness in many
endotherms but few studies have directly tested the hypothesis that naturally occurring …