The social environment of animals influences individual social decisions, which in turn feeds
back on the social environment. The two halves of this feedback loop are rarely studied in …

Highlights•Wild squirrels are adapted for a diversity of complex food-hoarding
economies.•Economic decisions in apparently solitary species are driven by social …

Long‐term studies of wild animals provide the opportunity to investigate how phenotypic
plasticity is used to cope with environmental fluctuations and how the relationships between …

One of the outstanding questions in evolutionary biology is the extent to which mutually
beneficial interactions and kin selection can facilitate the evolution of cooperation by …

Dispersal is nearly universal; yet, which sex tends to disperse more and their success
thereafter depends on the fitness consequences of dispersal. We asked if lifetime fitness …

The effect of the social environment on individual state or condition has largely focused on
glucocorticoid levels (GCs). As metabolic hormones whose production can be influenced by …

Animal sociality plays a crucial organisational role in evolution. As a result, understanding
the factors that promote the emergence, maintenance, and diversification of animal societies …

Territories are typically defined as spatially exclusive areas that are defended against
conspecifics. Given the spatial nature of territoriality, it is inherently density dependent, but …

Highlights•The social system of estuarine crocodiles is split into distinct communities.•
Association rate, transitivity and modularity peak during the dry season.•The social system …

Gut microbiomes are diverse ecosystems whose drivers of variation remain largely
unknown, especially in time and space. We analysed a dataset with over 900 red squirrel …