Movement of fishes in the aquatic realm is fundamental to their ecology and survival.
Movement can be driven by a variety of biological, physiological and environmental factors …

Spatial and social behaviour are fundamental aspects of an animal's biology, and their
social and spatial environments are indelibly linked through mutual causes and shared …

The scientific study of networks-computer, social, and biological-has received an enormous
amount of interest in recent years. However, the network approach has been applied to the …

Many species exhibit fission–fusion dynamics, yet the factors that influence the frequent
changes in group size and membership in these species have not been widely studied …

Social structure is a fundamental component of a population that drives ecological and
evolutionary processes ranging from parasite transmission to sexual selection …

Mixed-species social aggregations are common across taxa. There are two, nonexclusive,
hypotheses typically proposed to explain the formation of social groups: increased predator …

It is increasingly recognized that association patterns of most gregarious animals are
nonrandom. However, nonrandom patterns can emerge in any population that exhibits …

Highlights•We review the application of social network theory to non-human animals.•Social
network theory provides a framework to link individuals to populations.•Questions can be …

Highlights•The giraffes' social network and patterns of association were stable over
time.•The mean path length between any two giraffes was less than two.•Both sexes …

In several group-living species, individuals' social preferences are thought to be influenced
by cooperation. For some societies with fission–fusion dynamics, sex-specific association …