Variant forms of conformity and over-imitation have become prominent in the research
literatures on the transmission of culture, because each displays particularly high levels of …

Highlights•We review previous studies on innovation across nonhuman taxa.•We conduct a
meta-analysis to assess interindividual differences in innovation.•More neophilic, more …

Individuals join a group when the benefits of doing so outweigh the disadvantages.
Typically, groups are composed by individuals of the same species, as sharing the benefits …

Many animals form social groups, but the adaptive value of being gregarious often differs
between individuals. It has been suggested that individuals who gain fewer benefits may …

Impacts of fisheries-induced evolution may extend beyond life history traits to more cryptic
aspects of biology, such as behaviour and physiology. Understanding roles of physiological …

Populations of animals are composed of individuals that differ in ecologically relevant
behaviors. Building evidence also suggests that individuals occupy different social niches …

Numerous studies have reported functional improvements in collective behaviour with
increasing group size, however, the possibility that such improvements may saturate or even …

Responding to the information provided by others is an important foraging strategy in many
species. Through social foraging, individuals can more efficiently find unpredictable …

Chemical pollution of aquatic environments has been increasing in recent times, causing
great damage to the ecosystems and to the fishery sector. Pollutants can negatively alter an …

Lanchester's laws of combat are a mathematical framework describing the relative
contributions of individual fighting ability and group size to overall group fighting ability …