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 …

Animals with close social relationships often have similar microbiomes. These socially
structured microbiomes can arise through multiple mechanisms that are often difficult to …

Highlights•Prey face trade-offs across multiple stages of the antipredator response.•We
explore repeatability of antipredator responses and correlations between stages.•Human …

Social group structure is highly variable and can be important for nearly every aspect of
behavior and its fitness consequences. Group structure can be modeled using social …

Social interactions present opportunities for both information and infection to spread through
populations. Social learning is often proposed as a key benefit of sociality, while infectious …

Social structure can emerge from hierarchically embedded scales of movement, where
movement at one scale is constrained within a larger scale (eg among branches, trees …

Anthropogenic disturbances are widely recognized for their far-reaching consequences on
the survival and reproduction of wildlife, but we understand comparatively little about their …

This open access book reviews the importance of ecological functioning within rangelands
considering the complex inter-relationships of production agriculture, ecosystem services …

Sensory integration theory predicts natural selection should favour adaptive responses of
animals to multiple forms of information, yet empirical tests of this prediction are rare …

Dietary flexibility allows animals to respond adaptively to food pulses in the environment.
Here we document the novel emergence of widespread hunting of California voles and …