Individual differences can affect how networks respond to demography: a comment on Shizuka and Johnson
Individual differences can affect how networks respond to demography: a comment on Shizuka and Johnson
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个体差异会影响网络对人口统计的反应:对 Shizuka 和 Johnson 的评论
DOI:
10.1093/beheco/arz149
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发表时间:
2019
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
I. Kulahci
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作者:
I. Kulahci
At first glance, it would seem that we already know a lot about how demographic events such as birth, death, and movement influence animal social network structure. After all, population dynamics is a well-studied aspect of animal ecology, and there is increasing empirical and theoretical interest in animal social networks. However, as Shizuka and Johnson (2019) demonstrate, our knowledge of the issues at the intersection of these two fields is actually at infancy. As human-induced mortality rates continue to rise, understanding how animal social networks respond to demographic events is becoming increasingly important (Busson et al. 2019).It is clear from reading Shizuka and Johnson’s stimulating review that predicting if and how networks change after birth, death, and movement is far from trivial. Multiple factors can influence whether demographics have network-wide and long-lasting consequences. For example, different types of integration processes and turnover events can each lead to different outcomes (Shizuka and Johnson 2019). One influential factor that has been mentioned in the review and deserves emphasis is the role that individual behavioral differences play in driving how demographic events shape networks. At a larger scale, species differences can influence not only the rate at which births, deaths, and movement occurs but also if and how animals adjust their social connections after these events. For instance, individuals living in fission–fusion groups usually experience a more dynamic social environment than those living in stable groups and, thus, might be more likely to respond in a way that allows the network to compensate for node losses or introductions. Consequently, demographic events might not have long-lasting and wide-spread consequences in some networks.
影响因子:
2.3
作者:
Turner, Julie W.;Bills, Patrick S.;Holekamp, Kay E.
通讯作者:
Holekamp, Kay E.
影响因子:
2.4
作者:
D. Shizuka;Allison E. Johnson
通讯作者:
D. Shizuka;Allison E. Johnson