Following Darwin's original insights regarding sexual selection, studies of intrasexual
competition have mainly focused on male competition for mates; by contrast, female …

Dispersal is ubiquitous throughout the tree of life: factors selecting for dispersal include kin
competition, inbreeding avoidance and spatiotemporal variation in resources or habitat …

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 …

Bullying appears to be ubiquitous across cultures, involving hundreds of millions of
adolescents worldwide, and has potentially serious negative consequences for its …

In most social mammals, some females disperse from their natal group while others remain
and breed there throughout their lives but, in a few, females typically disperse after …

How can the stunning diversity of social systems and behaviours seen in nature be
explained? Drawing on social evolution theory, experimental evidence and studies …

Individual foraging specialisation has important ecological implications, but its causes in
group‐living species are unclear. One of the major consequences of group living is …

Conflict between groups is a notable feature of many animal societies. Recent theoretical
models suggest that violent intergroup conflict can shape patterns of within-group …

Assessing the role of local populations in a landscape context has become increasingly
important in the fields of conservation biology and ecology. A growing number of studies …

In cooperative breeding systems, dominant breeders sometimes tolerate unrelated
individuals even if they inflict costs on the dominants. According to the 'pay-to …