Social grou** is omnipresent in the animal kingdom. Considerable research has focused
on understanding how animal groups form and function, including how collective behaviour …

There has been considerable interest among biologists in the phenomenon of non‐human
animal personality in recent years. Consistent variations among individuals in their …

Social organisation in animals takes many forms. It includes assemblages of territorial
animals, dominance hierarchies and social groups, among other things. The basic tenet that …

Fish travel in schools, birds migrate in flocks, honeybees swarm, and ants build trails. How
and why do these collective behaviors occur? Exploring how coordinated group patterns …

As a ripple of light the fish turn. Like some animate fluid, the school glides and turns again.
The synchrony of motion is captivating. A similar integration of behavior can be seen in a …

The scientific study of networks-computer, social, and biological-has received an enormous
amount of interest in recent years. However, the network approach has been applied to the …

This book celebrates the guppy's unique contribution to evolutionary ecology. Ever since
Caryl Haskins described guppy populations as a'natural experiment'because of the way …

Behavioural variation is known to occur between individuals of the same population
competing for resources. Individuals also vary with respect to their boldness or shyness. An …

The social fine structure of a population plays a central role in ecological and evolutionary
processes. Whilst many studies have investigated how morphological traits such as size …

Predation is thought to shape the macroscopic properties of animal groups, making moving
groups more cohesive and coordinated. Precisely how predation has shaped individuals' …