Highlights•We review the mathematical formalism of multilayer networks for animal
behaviour.•It allows the investigation of new research questions in animal social …

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 …

While direct influences of the environment on population growth and resilience are well
studied, indirect routes linking environmental changes to population consequences are less …

Analysing social networks is challenging. Key features of relational data require the use of
non‐standard statistical methods such as develo** system‐specific null, or reference …

Host social structure is fundamental to how infections spread and persist, and so the
statistical modelling of static and dynamic social networks provides an invaluable tool to …

We describe a conceptual framework integrating animal personalities, movement ecology,
social networks and parasite transmission. For directly transmitted parasites, parasite …

The social environment is both an important agent of selection for most organisms, and an
emergent property of their interactions. As an aggregation of interactions among members of …

Sister city relationships bolster trust and facilitate deeper interactions between international
cities, acting as key enablers for transnational cooperation. However, less is known about …

Taking the patent data in the field of nano energy from 2000 to 2018 as an example, this
paper divides organizations' network capital into four dimensions (ie, knowledge …

Previous studies have used complex network theory to examine the characteristics of
China's High-Speed Rail (HSR). Nevertheless, little attention is paid to China's HSR …