The impacts of environmental predictability on the ecology and evolution of animal
movement have been the subject of vigorous speculation for several decades. Recently, the …

Human activities are the main current driver of global change. From hunter‐gatherers
through to Neolithic societies–and particularly in contemporary industrialised countries …

When individual animals make decisions, they routinely use information produced
intentionally or unintentionally by other individuals. Despite its prevalence and established …

Due to the potentially detrimental consequences of low performance in basic functional
tasks, individuals are expected to improve performance with age and show the most marked …

Uncertainties regarding food location and quality are among the greatest challenges faced
by foragers and communal roosting may facilitate success through social foraging. The …

Over millennia, human intervention has transformed European habitats mainly through
extensive livestock grazing.“Dehesas/Montados” are an Iberian savannah-like ecosystem …

The relative contribution of personal and social information to explain individual and
collective behavior in different species and contexts is an open question in animal ecology …

Social information, acquired through the observation of others, has been documented in a
variety of adaptive contexts. The transmission of social information relies on social …

Competition for limiting natural resources generates complex networks of relationships
between individuals, both at the intra-and interspecific levels, establishing hierarchical …

Seabirds foraging on pelagic fish develop behavioral strategies specifically adapted to
locate inconspicuous prey that are aggregated in spatially dynamic patches. In the marine …