Social interactions are ubiquitous across the animal kingdom. A variety of ecological and
evolutionary processes are dependent on social interactions, such as movement, disease …

Energy metabolism has received much attention as a potential driver of repeatable among‐
individual differences in behaviour (animal personality). Several factors have been …

Cooperation and cheating are widespread evolutionary strategies. While cheating confers
an advantage to individual entities within a group, competition between groups favors …

Reproduction is a fundamental feature of life, it is the way life persists across the ages. This
book offers new, wider vistas on this fundamental biological phenomenon, exploring how it …

Group living animals invariably risk resource competition. Cooperation in foraging, however,
may benefit individuals in groups by facilitating an increase in dietary niche. To test this, we …

Background Spiders are predaceous arthropods that are capable of subduing and
consuming relatively large prey items compared to their own body size. For this purpose …

Maternal stress during reproduction can influence how offspring respond to stress later in
life. Greater lifetime exposure to glucocorticoid hormones released during stress is linked to …

The social environment (especially interactions with other conspecifics) experienced by
animals is a key factor influencing their behaviour and even fitness. Traditionally intersexual …

Spiders are ancient and highly successful predators, which use venom for both predation
and defense. Their venoms are complex mixtures of potent biological molecules, emerging …

Animals can adjust reproductive strategies in favour of corporation or competition in
response to local population size and density, the two key factors of social environments …