Host-associated microbiomes play an increasingly appreciated role in animal metabolism,
immunity and health. The microbes in turn depend on their host for resources and can be …

In the 4.5 decades since Altmann (1974) published her seminal paper on the methods for
the observational study of behaviour, automated detection and analysis of social interaction …

Social network analysis has achieved remarkable popularity in disease ecology, and is
sometimes carried out without investigating spatial heterogeneity. Many investigations into …

1. Heterogeneity in the ability of hosts to transmit pathogens is among the most fundamental
concepts in disease dynamics and has major implications for disease control strategies. 2 …

Highlights•We review the mathematical formalism of multilayer networks for animal
behaviour.•It allows the investigation of new research questions in animal social …

Though epidemiology dates back to the 1700s, most mathematical representations of
epidemics still use transmission rates averaged at the population scale, especially for …

Animal behaviour and the ecology and evolution of parasites are inextricably linked. For this
reason, animal behaviourists and disease ecologists have been interested in the …

It has been a long time since the world has experienced a pandemic with such a rapid
devastating impact as the current COVID‐19 pandemic. The causative agent, severe acute …

Contact networks, behavioral interactions, and shared use of space can all have important
implications for the spread of disease in animals. Social networks enable the quantification …

Species interaction networks, which play an important role in determining pathogen
transmission and spread in ecological communities, can shift in response to agricultural …