Friendship is the single most important factor influencing our health, well-being, and
happiness. Creating and maintaining friendships is, however, extremely costly, in terms of …

Primate socioecological studies have attempted to derive general frameworks using the
average behavioural traits of species or genera to place them into categories. However, with …

Socioecological models assume that primates adapt their social behavior to ecological
conditions, and predict that food availability and distribution, predation risk and risk of …

Reproductive performance is the currency of evolution. All things being equal, an organism
should reproduce as often as possible. The puzzling questions in evolutionary biology …

The influence of diet and food distribution on the socioecology of group-living species has
long been debated, particularly for primates. It has typically been assumed that folivorous …

Mammal social groups vary considerably in size from single individuals to very large herds.
In some taxa, these groups are extremely stable, with at least some individuals being …

Evaluating the factors influencing the patterns of female dispersal in mammals is critical to
understanding its importance for male and female reproductive strategies and the evolution …

Narrow riparian woodlands along non-perennial streams have made it possible for vervet
monkeys to penetrate the semi-arid karoo ecosystem of South Africa, whilst artificial water …

In mammals with female philopatry, co‐resident females inevitably compete with each other
for resources or reproductive opportunities, thereby reducing the kin‐selected benefits of …

Like other animals, primates respond to predation using behavioural adaptations. Hence,
they should optimise their escape strategy under the risk of predation, and flee at a distance …