Sociability as a personality trait in animals: methods, causes and consequences

LA Gartland, JA Firth, KL Laskowski… - Biological …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Within animal populations there is variation among individuals in their tendency to be social,
where more sociable individuals associate more with other individuals. Consistent inter …

How demographic processes shape animal social networks

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

Diversity begets stability: Sublinear growth and competitive coexistence across ecosystems

IA Hatton, O Mazzarisi, A Altieri, M Smerlak - Science, 2024‏ - science.org
The worldwide loss of species diversity brings urgency to understanding how diverse
ecosystems maintain stability. Whereas early ecological ideas and classic observations …

Constructing, conducting and interpreting animal social network analysis

DR Farine, H Whitehead - Journal of animal ecology, 2015‏ - Wiley Online Library
Animal social networks are descriptions of social structure which, aside from their intrinsic
interest for understanding sociality, can have significant bearing across many fields of …

Linking sociality to fitness in primates: a call for mechanisms

J Ostner, O Schülke - Advances in the Study of Behavior, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Within-group variation in sociality has been linked to correlates of fitness across vertebrates.
Individuals that form strong social bonds with a few partners, or are well integrated into a …

Association indices for quantifying social relationships: how to deal with missing observations of individuals or groups

WJE Hoppitt, DR Farine - Animal Behaviour, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Highlights•Association indices are widely used to describe relationships between
individuals.•Indices include built-in assumptions about how animals are observed.•These …

Animal social network theory can help wildlife conservation

L Snijders, DT Blumstein, CR Stanley… - Trends in ecology & …, 2017‏ - cell.com
Many animals preferentially associate with certain other individuals. This social structuring
can influence how populations respond to changes to their environment, thus making …

Estimating the robustness and uncertainty of animal social networks using different observational methods

GH Davis, MC Crofoot, DR Farine - Animal Behaviour, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Social network analysis is quickly becoming an established framework to study the structure
of animal social systems. To explore the social network of a population, observers must …

The neuroethology of friendship

LJN Brent, SWC Chang, JF Gariépy… - Annals of the New York …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Friendship pervades the human social landscape. These bonds are so important that
disrupting them leads to health problems, and difficulties forming or maintaining friendships …

Hunter-gatherer social networks and reproductive success

AE Page, N Chaudhary, S Viguier, M Dyble… - Scientific reports, 2017‏ - nature.com
Individuals' centrality in their social network (who they and their social ties are connected to)
has been associated with fertility, longevity, disease and information transmission in a range …