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Tag: Animal Social Networks

#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post

“Home sweet home”: how limiting between-group interactions of young individuals can favour epidemic fade-out in social species

This blog post is provided by L Marescot, M Franz, S Benhaiem, H Hofer, C Scherer, M L East, and S Kramer-Schadt and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the paper “‘Keeping the kids at home’ can limit the persistence of contagious pathogens in social animals” which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology. In 2015, Stephanie Kramer-Schadt, head of the Ecological Dynamics Department and Marion East, head of the … Continue reading “Home sweet home”: how limiting between-group interactions of young individuals can favour epidemic fade-out in social species

Beth PrestonAugust 6, 2021October 27, 2021Leave a comment
Guest post, Special features

Editor round-up: Animal Social Networks Issue

The final blog for the Journal of Animal Ecology’s Animal Social Network Special Issue, this blog post is provided by Sebastian Sosa, one of the editors of the special issue. Over the last 50 years, Social Network Analysis (SNA) has become a multidisciplinary toolbox that allows researchers to study natural or artificial interconnected systems, at the microscopic1 or macroscopic scale2. The use of SNA in … Continue reading Editor round-up: Animal Social Networks Issue

Beth PrestonJanuary 27, 2021March 26, 2021Leave a comment
#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post, Special features

The molecular drivers of social network dynamics

The fourth in the behind-the-scenes series for the Journal of Animal Ecology’s Animal Social Network Special Issue, this blog post is provided by Ben Vernasco and Roslyn Dakin and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Testosterone‐mediated behaviour shapes the emergent properties of social networks“, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology Animal Social Networks Special Issue. Hiking through dense Amazonian rainforest, you … Continue reading The molecular drivers of social network dynamics

Beth PrestonJanuary 25, 2021April 6, 2021Leave a comment
#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post, Special features

Integrating new technological advances and classical ecological methods to uncover the secret lives of social animals

This blog post is provided by Jennifer Smith and Noa Pinter-Wollman and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Observing the unwatchable: Integrating automated sensing, naturalistic observations and animal social network analysis in the age of big data“, which was recently published in Journal of Animal Ecology Animal Social Networks Special Issue. In recent decades, technology has radically changed our lives, with new applications and tools … Continue reading Integrating new technological advances and classical ecological methods to uncover the secret lives of social animals

Beth PrestonJanuary 20, 2021November 23, 2021Leave a comment
#StoryBehindThePaper, Guest post, Special features

Growing up hyena

The first in the behind-the-scenes series for the Journal of Animal Ecology’s Animal Social Network Special Issue, this blog post is provided by Julie Turner (@WanderingBiol) and tells the #StoryBehindThePaper for the article “Early‐life relationships matter: Social position during early life predicts fitness among female spotted hyenas“, which was recently published in the Journal of Animal Ecology Animal Social Networks Special Issue. Do you ever … Continue reading Growing up hyena

Beth PrestonJanuary 18, 2021November 23, 2021Leave a comment
Announcements, Special features

Animal Social Networks Joint Special Issue is out now!

The January issue of Journal of Animal Ecology is out now, and includes the Animal Social Networks Special Feature. Joint with the Journal of Methods in Ecology and Evolution there was an open call for papers surrounding the topics of Animal Social Networks and their applications, and these papers are now released together across the two journals in the first issue of 2021. Over the … Continue reading Animal Social Networks Joint Special Issue is out now!

Beth PrestonJanuary 11, 2021April 6, 20213 Comments

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