Social Behavior

Recent Papers

Elder Barn Owl Nestlings Flexibly Redistribute Parental Food according to Siblings’ Need or in Return for Allopreening

Pauline Ducouret, Andrea Romano, Amélie N. Dreiss, Patrick Marmaroli, Xavier Falourd, Manon Bincteux, and Alexandre Roulin

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The Benefits of Help in Cooperative Birds: Nonexistent or Difficult to Detect?

Philip A. Downing, Ashleigh S. Griffin, and Charlie K. Cornwallis

Blurb: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/June-Downing.html

Evolutionary Pathways to Communal and Cooperative Breeding in Carnivores

Valentine Federico, Dominique Allainé, Jean-Michel Gaillard, and Aurélie Cohas

Survival Benefits of Group Living in a Fluctuating Environment

Sarah Guindre-Parker and Dustin R. Rubenstein

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/June-Guindre-Parker.html

Increased Levels of Perceived Competition Decrease Juvenile Kin-Shoaling Preferences in a Cichlid Fish

Timo Thünken, Saskia Hesse, and Denis Meuthen

Ecological Transitions in Grouping Benefits Explain the Paradox of Environmental Quality and Sociality

Mark Liu (劉彥廷), Shih-Fan Chan (詹仕凡), Dustin R. Rubenstein, Syuan-Jyun Sun (孫烜駿), Bo-Fei Chen (陳伯飛), and Sheng-Feng Shen (沈聖峰)

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When Do Individuals Maximize Their Inclusive Fitness?

Laurent Lehmann and François Rousset

Symposium

Deconstructing Evolutionary Game Theory: Coevolution of Social Behaviors with Their Evolutionary Setting

Erol Akçay

Social Games and Genic Selection Drive Mammalian Mating System Evolution and Speciation

Barry Sinervo, Alexis S. Chaine, and Donald B. Miles

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Feb-Sinervo.html

Integrating Fitness Components Reveals That Survival Costs Outweigh Other Benefits and Costs of Group Living in Two Closely Related Species

Lyanne Brouwer, Andrew Cockburn, and Martijn van de Pol

Blog: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/Feb-Brouwer.html

Testosterone Modulates Status-Specific Patterns of Cooperation in a Social Network

T. Brandt Ryder, Roslyn Dakin, Ben J. Vernasco, Brian S. Evans, Brent M. Horton, and Ignacio T. Moore

Queen Execution, Diploid Males, and Selection For and Against Polyandry in the Brazilian Stingless Bee Scaptotrigona depilis

Ayrton Vollet-Neto, Vera L. Imperatriz-Fonseca, and Francis L. W. Ratnieks

Early sibling conflict may ultimately benefit the family

Alyssa Laney Smith, Daniel Z. Atwater, and Ragan M. Callaway

Blurb: https://amnat.org/an/newpapers/Oct-Smith.html

Individual Variation in the Social Plasticity of Water Dragons

Kasha Strickland and Céline H. Frère

Resolving the Paradox of Environmental Quality and Sociality: The Ecological Causes and Consequences of Cooperative Breeding in Two Lineages of Birds

Yu-Heng Lin (林宇恆), Shih-Fan Chan (詹仕凡), Dustin R. Rubenstein, Mark Liu (劉彥廷), and Sheng-Feng Shen (沈聖峰)

The Evolution of Indiscriminate Altruism in a Cooperatively Breeding Mammal

Chris Duncan, David Gaynor, Tim Clutton-Brock, and Mark Dyble

Blurb: https://amnat.org/an/newpapers/JuneDuncan.html

Assessing Behavioral Associations in a Hybrid Zone through Social Network Analysis: Complex Assortative Behaviors Structure Associations in a Hybrid Quail Population

David M. Zonana, Jennifer M. Gee, Eli S. Bridge, Michael D. Breed, and Daniel F. Doak

Blurb: https://amnat.org/an/newpapers/JuneZonana.html

Habitat Saturation Results in Joint-Nesting Female Coalitions in a Social Bird

Sahas Barve, Walter D. Koenig, Joseph Haydock, and Eric L. Walters

Blurb: https://amnat.org/an/newpapers/JuneBarve.html

Assortative Mating by an Obliquely Transmitted Local Cultural Trait Promotes Genetic Divergence: A Model
D. Justin Yeh
Lay summary: https://www.amnat.org/an/newpapers/JanYeh.html