Observing the unwatchable: Integrating automated sensing, naturalistic observations and animal social network analysis in the age of big data

JE Smith, N Pinter‐Wollman - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
In the 4.5 decades since Altmann (1974) published her seminal paper on the methods for
the observational study of behaviour, automated detection and analysis of social interaction …

Multilayer and multiplex networks: An introduction to their use in veterinary epidemiology

AC Kinsley, G Rossi, MJ Silk… - Frontiers in veterinary …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Contact network analysis has become a vital tool for conceptualizing the spread of
pathogens in animal populations and is particularly useful for understanding the implications …

Deep learning‐based methods for individual recognition in small birds

AC Ferreira, LR Silva, F Renna… - Methods in Ecology …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Individual identification is a crucial step to answer many questions in evolutionary biology
and is mostly performed by marking animals with tags. Such methods are well‐established …

[HTML][HTML] Rhesus macaques build new social connections after a natural disaster

C Testard, SM Larson, MM Watowich, CH Kaplinsky… - Current biology, 2021‏ - cell.com
Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of weather-related disasters such
as hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and droughts. Understanding resilience and vulnerability to …

A guide to sampling design for GPS‐based studies of animal societies

P He, JA Klarevas‐Irby, D Papageorgiou… - Methods in Ecology …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
GPS‐based tracking is widely used for studying wild social animals. Much like traditional
observational methods, using GPS devices requires making a number of decisions about …

Permutation tests for hypothesis testing with animal social network data: Problems and potential solutions

DR Farine, GG Carter - Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Permutation tests are widely used to test null hypotheses with animal social network data,
but suffer from high rates of type I and II error when the permutations do not properly …

Network structure of resource use and niche overlap within the endophytic microbiome

M Michalska-Smith, Z Song, SA Spawn-Lee… - The ISME …, 2022‏ - academic.oup.com
Endophytes often have dramatic effects on their host plants. Characterizing the relationships
among members of these communities has focused on identifying the effects of single …

Cooperative breeding and the emergence of multilevel societies in birds

E Camerlenghi, A McQueen, K Delhey… - Ecology …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Multilevel societies (MLSs), where social levels are hierarchically nested within each other,
are considered one of the most complex forms of animal societies. Although thought to …

Conducting social network analysis with animal telemetry data: applications and methods using spatsoc

AL Robitaille, QMR Webber, EV Wal - BioRxiv, 2018‏ - biorxiv.org
We present spatsoc: an R package for conducting social network analysis with animal
telemetry data. Animal social network analysis is a method for measuring relationships …

Measuring social networks in primates: wearable sensors versus direct observations

V Gelardi, J Godard… - … of the Royal …, 2020‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Network analysis represents a valuable and flexible framework to understand the structure
of individual interactions at the population level in animal societies. The versatility of network …