ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2024
The ecology of ageing in wild societies: linking age structure and social behaviour.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Ageing effects of social environments in 'non-social' insects.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024Pooled it
- Continent-Wide Drivers of Spatial Synchrony in Breeding Demographic Structure Across Wild Great Tit Populations.Ecology letters · 2025Article
- Age-dependent shaping of the social environment in a long-lived seabird: a quantitative genetic approach.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Understanding age and society using natural populations.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024Article
- The life history of harvester ant colonies.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024Review
- The concept of critical age group for density dependence: bridging the gap between demographers, evolutionary biologists and behavioural ecologists.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Social ageing and higher-order interactions: social selectiveness can enhance older individuals' capacity to transmit knowledge.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024Article
- Behavioral plasticity shapes population aging patterns in a long-lived avian scavenger.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024Article
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Abstract
The age of individuals has consequences not only for their fitness and behaviour but also for the functioning of the groups they form. Because social behaviour often changes with age, population age structure is expected to shape the social organization, the social environments individuals experience and the operation of social processes within populations. Although research has explored changes in individual social behaviour with age, particularly in controlled settings, there is limited understanding of how age structure governs sociality in wild populations. Here, we synthesize previous research into age-related effects on social processes in natural populations, and discuss the links between age structure, sociality and ecology, specifically focusing on how population age structure might influence social structure and functioning. We highlight the potential for using empirical data from natural populations in combination with social network approaches to uncover pathways linking individual social ageing, population age structure and societal functioning. We discuss the broader implications of these insights for understanding the social impacts of anthropogenic effects on animal population demography and for building a deeper understanding of societal ageing in general.This article is part of the discussion meeting issue 'Understanding age and society using natural populations'.
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