ArticlePhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2019
Using social network analysis of mixed-species groups in African savannah herbivores to assess how community structure responds to environmental change.
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- Using Social Network Analysis to Assess 'Groupness' in a Mixed-Species Zoo Exhibit of Tufted Capuchins (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2024Article
- Indirect genetic effects for social network structure inPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2023Article
- Mixed-species bird flocks re-assemble interspecific associations across an elevational gradient.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2022Article
- Refining the stress gradient hypothesis for mixed species groups of African mammals.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- The role of habitat configuration in shaping animal population processes: a framework to generate quantitative predictions.Oecologia · 2021Article
- Mixed company: a framework for understanding the composition and organization of mixed-species animal groups.Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society · 2020Review
- Social Experience of Captive Livingstone's Fruit Bats (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2020Article
- Alarm communication networks as a driver of community structure in African savannah herbivores.Ecology letters · 2020Article
- Integrating models of human behaviour between the individual and population levels to inform conservation interventions.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2019Article
- Integrating behaviour and ecology into global biodiversity conservation strategies.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2019Article
- Linking behaviour to dynamics of populations and communities: application of novel approaches in behavioural ecology to conservation.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2019Article
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Abstract
The dynamics of wildlife populations often depend heavily on interspecific interactions and understanding the underlying principles can be an important step in designing conservation strategies. Behavioural ecological studies can here provide useful insights into the structure and function of communities and their likely response to environmental changes. In this study of the Masai Mara herbivore community, we use a social network approach to investigate social affinities between species and how these change over the year in response to seasonal changes in ecological conditions. We find that even though social networks were correlated across different ecological conditions, for half the species dyads in the community, the strength of social affinities responded to changes in rainfall and/or the presence of migratory wildebeest. Several species consequentially adopted more or less central positions in the network depending on the ecological conditions. The findings point out interspecific social links that are likely to be attenuated or strengthened as a consequence of human-induced environmental changes and therefore call for particular attention from conservation managers. The eco-evolutionary ramifications of the perturbations of social affinities still require further study. This article is part of the theme issue 'Linking behaviour to dynamics of populations and communities: application of novel approaches in behavioural ecology to conservation'.
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