Social network theory: new insights and issues for behavioral ecologists
| Autor: | Katherine A. McHugh, Andrew Sih, Sean F. Hanser |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
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0106 biological sciences
Mate choice Behavioural sciences Biology 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Social group Behavioral syndrome 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 050102 behavioral science & comparative psychology Social behavior Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Dominance hierarchies Evolutionary Biology Social network business.industry Ecology 05 social sciences Life Sciences Social learning Behavioural Sciences Social dynamics Cooperation Animal ecology Social network theory Animal Science and Zoology Social competence business Zoology Cognitive psychology |
| Zdroj: | Sih, Andrew; Hanser, Sean F.; & McHugh, Katherine A.(2009). Social network theory: new insights and issues for behavioral ecologists. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 63(7), pp 975-988. doi: 10.1007/s00265-009-0725-6. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/1r2695pp |
| Popis: | Until recently, few studies have used social network theory (SNT) and metrics to examine how social network structure (SNS) might influence social behavior and social dynamics in non-human animals. Here, we present an overview of why and how the social network approach might be useful for behavioral ecology. We first note four important aspects of SNS that are commonly observed, but relatively rarely quantified: (1) that within a social group, differences among individuals in their social experiences and connections affect individual and group outcomes; (2) that indirect connections can be important (e.g., partners of your partners matter); (3) that individuals differ in their importance in the social network (some can be considered keystone individuals); and (4) that social network traits often carry over across contexts (e.g., SN position in male–male competition can influence later male mating success). We then discuss how these four points, and the social network approach in general, can yield new insights and questions for a broad range of issues in behavioral ecology including: mate choice, alternative mating tactics, male–male competition, cooperation, reciprocal altruism, eavesdropping, kin selection, dominance hierarchies, social learning, information flow, social foraging, and cooperative antipredator behavior. Finally, we suggest future directions including: (1) integrating behavioral syndromes and SNT; (2) comparing space use and SNS; (3) adaptive partner choice and SNS; (4) the dynamics and stability (or instability) of social networks, and (5) group selection shaping SNS. |
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