Animal tracking and biologging devices record large amounts of data on individual
movement behaviors in natural environments. In these data, movement ecologists often view …

Dispersal is a process of central importance for the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of
populations and communities, because of its diverse consequences for gene flow and …

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 …

Sociality is believed to have evolved as a strategy for animals to cope with their
environments. Yet the genetic basis of sociality remains unclear. Here we provide evidence …

Estimating heritability of traits in wild populations is a major prerequisite to understand their
evolution. Until recently, most heritability estimates had been obtained using parent …

On the US east coast, Eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) aquaculture has grown
substantially over the last century. As aquaculture expands into previously unexploited …

Linear mixed‐effects models are frequently used for estimating quantitative genetic
parameters, including the heritability, as well as the repeatability, of traits. Heritability acts as …

Our understanding of demographic processes is mainly based on analyses of traits from the
adult component of populations. Early‐life demographic traits are poorly known mainly for …

A consequence of the assumptions of the infinitesimal model, one of the most important
theoretical foundations of quantitative genetics, is that phenotypic traits are predicted to be …

There is growing evidence that behavioral tendencies, or “personalities,” in animals are an
important aspect of their biology, yet their evolutionary basis is poorly understood …