The use of social and contact networks to answer basic and applied questions about
infectious disease transmission in wildlife and livestock is receiving increased attention …

1. Heterogeneity in the ability of hosts to transmit pathogens is among the most fundamental
concepts in disease dynamics and has major implications for disease control strategies. 2 …

Although network analysis has drawn considerable attention as a promising tool for disease
ecology, empirical research has been hindered by limitations in detecting the occurrence of …

Animal societies can be organised in multiple hierarchical tiers [1]. Such multilevel societies,
where stable groups move together through the landscape, overlap** and associating …

Multilevel societies (MLSs), stable nuclear social units within a larger collective
encompassing multiple nested social levels, occur in several mammalian lineages. Their …

Experimental laboratory evidence suggests that animals with disrupted social systems
express weakened relationship strengths and have more exclusive social associations, and …

In various animal species conspecifics aggregate at slee** sites. Such aggregations can
act as information centres where individuals acquire up‐to‐date knowledge about their …

Animal movement behaviours are shaped by diverse factors, including resource availability
and human impacts on the landscape. We generated home range estimates and daily …

Multi-host wildlife pathogens are an increasing concern for both wildlife conservation and
livestock husbandry. Here, we combined social network theory with microbial genetics to …

Fission–fusion dynamics hypothetically enable animals to exploit dispersed and ephemeral
food resources while minimizing predation risk. Disentangling factors affecting group size …