An understanding of animal behaviour is important if conservation initiatives are to be
effective. However, quantifying the behaviour of wild animals presents significant …

Behavioural ecologists are increasingly using social network analysis to describe the social
organisation of animal populations and to test hypotheses. However, the statistical analysis …

Ants live in organized societies with a marked division of labor among workers, but little is
known about how this division of labor is generated. We used a tracking system to …

Social animals live and interact together, forming complex relationships and social structure.
These relationships can have important fitness consequences, but most studies do not …

Social network analysis has achieved remarkable popularity in disease ecology, and is
sometimes carried out without investigating spatial heterogeneity. Many investigations into …

Capture‐recapture methods are frequently employed to estimate abundance of cetaceans
using photographic techniques and a variety of statistical models. However, there are many …

Social network theory has made major contributions to our understanding of human social
organisation but has found relatively little application in the field of animal behaviour. In this …

Highlights•I describe a new method incorporating weighted edges to measure network
assortment.•This method is more robust than binary or threshold measures in simulated …

In animal communication research, vocal labeling refers to incidents in which an animal
consistently uses a specific acoustic signal when presented with a specific object or class of …

Until recently, few studies have used social network theory (SNT) and metrics to examine
how social network structure (SNS) might influence social behavior and social dynamics in …