The use of multilayer network analysis in animal behaviour

KR Finn, MJ Silk, MA Porter, N Pinter-Wollman - Animal behaviour, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•We review the mathematical formalism of multilayer networks for animal
behaviour.•It allows the investigation of new research questions in animal social …

How demographic processes shape animal social networks

D Shizuka, AE Johnson - Behavioral Ecology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Demographic processes play a key role in shaping the patterns of social relations among
individuals in a population. Social network analysis is a powerful quantitative tool for …

Social consequences of rapid environmental change

DT Blumstein, LD Hayes, N Pinter-Wollman - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - cell.com
While direct influences of the environment on population growth and resilience are well
studied, indirect routes linking environmental changes to population consequences are less …

A guide to choosing and implementing reference models for social network analysis

EA Hobson, MJ Silk, NH Fefferman… - Biological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Analysing social networks is challenging. Key features of relational data require the use of
non‐standard statistical methods such as developing system‐specific null, or reference …

The application of statistical network models in disease research

MJ Silk, DP Croft, RJ Delahay… - Methods in Ecology …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Host social structure is fundamental to how infections spread and persist, and so the
statistical modelling of static and dynamic social networks provides an invaluable tool to …

Evolving connections: Understanding the dynamics behind the Sino-foreign sister city network

G Wu, X Li, Z Hu - Cities, 2024 - Elsevier
Sister city relationships bolster trust and facilitate deeper interactions between international
cities, acting as key enablers for transnational cooperation. However, less is known about …

Integrating social networks, animal personalities, movement ecology and parasites: a framework with examples from a lizard

A Sih, O Spiegel, S Godfrey, S Leu, CM Bull - Animal behaviour, 2018 - Elsevier
We describe a conceptual framework integrating animal personalities, movement ecology,
social networks and parasite transmission. For directly transmitted parasites, parasite …

Social traits, social networks and evolutionary biology

DN Fisher, AG McAdam - Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The social environment is both an important agent of selection for most organisms, and an
emergent property of their interactions. As an aggregation of interactions among members of …

Unraveling the dynamic changes of high-speed rail network with urban development: Evidence from China

Z Hu, G Wu, Y Han, Y Niu - Socio-Economic Planning Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Previous studies have used complex network theory to examine the characteristics of
China's High-Speed Rail (HSR). Nevertheless, little attention is paid to China's HSR …

Network capital, exploitative and exploratory innovations——from the perspective of network dynamics

Z Zhang, T Luo - Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 2020 - Elsevier
Taking the patent data in the field of nano energy from 2000 to 2018 as an example, this
paper divides organizations' network capital into four dimensions (ie, knowledge …