In social species, conspecific outsiders present various threats to groups and their members. These out-group threats are predicted to affect subsequent within-group interactions (e.g. affiliation and
Partner preference, partner huddle time, and novel huddle time from voles across ages with the additional variable of whether or not they were reproductively successful.
Supplement to: Kleineidam CJ, Heeb EL, Neupert S (2017) Social interactions promote adaptive resource defence. Video files of single trials. Videos were recorded at 300 frames per sec.
Selection due to social interactions comprises competition over matings (sexual selection stricto sensu) plus other forms of social competition and cooperation. Sexual selection explains sex differenc
The collective behaviour of social groups is often strongly influenced by one or few individuals, termed here ‘keystone individuals’. We examined whether the influence of keystone individuals on colle
