Social network analysis of animal behaviour : a promising tool for the study of sociality

By Tina W. Wey, Daniel T. Blumstein, Weiwei Shen, Ferenc Jordán. 2008

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Sociology and Political Science

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Sociality increases juvenile survival after a catastrophic event in the feral horse (Equus caballus) (2015, positive): “However, our research highlights the importance of degree, conceptually the simplest measure of animal sociality (Wey et al. 2008), to the survival of young animals.”
Organization of Group Members at Departure Is Driven by Social Structure in Macaca (2008, background): “…1992), researchers have rarely applied network metrics in studies of nonhuman societies (Croft et al. 2005; Krause et al. 2007; Lusseau et al. 2006; Wey et al. 2008; Whitehead 1997; Wittemeyer et al. 2005) and even less in primatology (Flack et al. 2006; Kappeler and van Schaik 2002; Mitani and…”
Where Next? Group Coordination and Collective Decision Making by Primates (2011, methodology): “Social networkmetrics are a powerful tool to analyze individual associations (Croft et al. 2008; Sueur et al. 2011a; Wey et al. 2008; Whitehead 2008).”
Trends and perspectives on the use of animal social network analysis in behavioural ecology: a bibliometric approach (2019, positive): “A wide range of social network metrics and association indices exist (for definitions see Tables 1, 2; Silk et al., 2017; Wey, Blumstein, Shen, & Jord an, 2008), many of which are used as individual-based proxies for animal social interaction, or association and can be used in statistical models.”
Structural balance in the social networks of a wild mammal (2013, methodology): “Published Croft et al. 2008; Wey et al. 2008; Krause et al. 2009).”
The dynamics of animal social networks: analytical, conceptual, and theoretical advances (2014, positive): “We hope to reenergize the use of social network theory in behavioral ecology by moving forward from introducing basic network methods (Wey et al. 2008) and highlighting technical constraints (Croft et al.”
The social network structure of a wild meerkat population: 1. Inter-group interactions (2009, methodology): “…subtly different in the short term (3 months) but such differences decreased over longer timescales (12 to 24 months) illustrates the importance of careful and meaningful definition of data in network analysis in a way that reflects a biologically relevant level of resolution (Wey et al. 2008).”
A review of camera trapping for conservation behaviour research (2017, background): “Social species, that is, those that interact and/or live together, often exhibit complex inter-group relationships and social structure (Rowell 1966; Creel et al. 1997; Archie et al. 2006; Wolf et al. 2007; Wey et al. 2008), that are susceptible to rapid change via the social displacement or death o”
Time allocation and the evolution of group size (2008, positive): “Sociality is described in myriad ways (e.g. number of individuals, Bekoff et al. 1981; Dunbar 1992a; Deaner et al. 2000; number of roles, Blumstein & Armitage 1998; Shultz & Dunbar 2006; strength of social bonds, Stanford 1998; Henzi et al. 2000; Silk et al. 2003; the complexity of relationships, Hi”
Animal social networks: an introduction (2009, background): “Readers are referred to books by Whitehead (2008) and Croft et al. (2008), plus a number of recent reviews, including those by Krause et al. (2007) and Wey et al. (2008) .”
Selective mimetism at departure in collective movements of Macaca tonkeana: an experimental and theoretical approach (2009, result): “Affiliative relationships seem to be a key characteristic of the cohesion and the stability of groups (Wey et al. 2008), whereas groups split if cohesion mechanisms are only based on kinship, as the kinship hypothesis showed in the present study.”