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

Animal societies are shaped both by social processes and by the physical environment in
which social interactions take place. While many studies take the observed patterns of inter …

Animal social networks are descriptions of social structure which, aside from their intrinsic
interest for understanding sociality, can have significant bearing across many fields of …

Highlights•Association indices are widely used to describe relationships between
individuals.•Indices include built-in assumptions about how animals are observed.•These …

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 …

Social network analysis is quickly becoming an established framework to study the structure
of animal social systems. To explore the social network of a population, observers must …

Understanding how animals interact with their physical and social environment is a major
question in ecology, but separating between these factors is often challenging. Observed …

Social relationships have been shown to significantly impact individual and group success
in wild animal populations, but are largely ignored in farm animal management. There are …

The increased popularity and accessibility of social network analysis has improved our
ability to test hypotheses about complex animal social structures. To gain a deeper …

GPS‐based tracking is widely used for studying wild social animals. Much like traditional
observational methods, using GPS devices requires making a number of decisions about …