Costs and benefits of group living in primates: an energetic perspective
AC Markham, LR Gesquiere - … Transactions of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Group size is a fundamental component of sociality, and has important consequences for an
individual's fitness as well as the collective and cooperative behaviours of the group as a …
individual's fitness as well as the collective and cooperative behaviours of the group as a …
Life history and the ecology of stress: how do glucocorticoid hormones influence life‐history variation in animals?
Glucocorticoids hormones (GC s) are intuitively important for mediation of age‐dependent
vertebrate life‐history transitions through their effects on ontogeny alongside underpinning …
vertebrate life‐history transitions through their effects on ontogeny alongside underpinning …
Relationships between endocrine traits and life histories in wild animals: insights, problems, and potential pitfalls
B Dantzer, SE Westrick… - … and Comparative Biology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The endocrine mechanisms causing variation and plasticity in life history traits (eg,
development time, mass at birth/hatching, rate of postnatal growth, age or size at sexual …
development time, mass at birth/hatching, rate of postnatal growth, age or size at sexual …
Drivers of gut microbiome variation within and between groups of a wild Malagasy primate
Background Various aspects of sociality can benefit individuals' health. The host social
environment and its relative contributions to the host-microbiome relationship have emerged …
environment and its relative contributions to the host-microbiome relationship have emerged …
Understanding context dependence in glucocorticoid–fitness relationships: the role of the nature of the challenge, the intensity and frequency of stressors, and life …
LA Schoenle, C Zimmer… - … and comparative biology, 2018 - academic.oup.com
It has been well-established that there is variation in the strength and direction of the
relationship between circulating glucocorticoids (GCs) and fitness. When studies …
relationship between circulating glucocorticoids (GCs) and fitness. When studies …
Reproductive correlates of social network variation in plurally breeding degus (Octodon degus)
Studying the causes and reproductive consequences of social variation can provide insight
into the evolutionary basis of sociality. Individuals are expected to behave adaptively to …
into the evolutionary basis of sociality. Individuals are expected to behave adaptively to …
The importance of the altricial–precocial spectrum for social complexity in mammals and birds–a review
Various types of long-term stable relationships that individuals uphold, including
cooperation and competition between group members, define social complexity in …
cooperation and competition between group members, define social complexity in …
The modulating role of group stability on fitness effects of group size is different in females and males of a communally rearing rodent
LA Ebensperger, LA Correa, C León… - Journal of Animal …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Group size may influence fitness benefits and costs that emerge from cooperative and
competitive interactions in social species. However, evidence from plural breeding …
competitive interactions in social species. However, evidence from plural breeding …
Allonursing in wild and farm animals: Biological and physiological foundations and explanatory hypotheses
D Mota-Rojas, M Marcet-Rius, A Freitas-de-Melo… - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Allonursing and allosuckling are behaviors displayed by some females,
characterized by nursing and feeding non-filial offspring. Although both are costly behaviors …
characterized by nursing and feeding non-filial offspring. Although both are costly behaviors …
Mean ecological conditions modulate the effects of group living and communal rearing on offspring production and survival
LA Ebensperger, Á Villegas, S Abades… - Behavioral …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Sociality and cooperative rearing may have evolved to increase direct fitness when
conditions are challenging to reproduction and/or to reduce environmentally induced …
conditions are challenging to reproduction and/or to reduce environmentally induced …