Bumblebees are major pollinators of crops and wildflowers in northern temperate regions.
Knowledge of their ecology is vital for the design of effective management and conservation …

A fatal transmissible tumor spread between individuals by biting has emerged in the
Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii), a carnivorous marsupial. Here we provide genetic …

Species' distribution modelling relies on adequate data sets to build reliable statistical
models with high predictive ability. However, the money spent collecting empirical data …

A growing literature now documents the presence of fine‐scale genetic structure in wild
vertebrate populations. Breeding population size, levels of dispersal and polygyny—all …

Highlights•Female eastern grey kangaroos are philopatric.•Association strength is
significantly related to home range overlap.•We simulated null associations based on …

Little is known about the determinants of females' social interactions in species with fission–
fusion social organization, in which individuals associate with different individuals at …

The monsoon tropics of northern Australia are a globally significant biodiversity hotspot, but
its phylogeography is poorly known. A major challenge for this region is to understand the …

Nonrandom patterns of mating and dispersal create fine‐scale genetic structure in natural
populations—especially of social mammals—with important evolutionary and conservation …

The brush‐tailed rock‐wallaby (Petrogale penicillata) is an endangered species in
southeastern Australia and many of the remaining populations are declining. The steep …

Highlights•Wild female eastern grey kangaroos belong to stable social communities.•These
social communities overlap considerably in their home ranges.•Females socially assort by …