Kinship, association, and social complexity in bats

The role of habitat configuration in shaping social structure: a gap in studies of animal social complexity

(2019) Peng He et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

A framework for studying social complexity

(2019) Peter M. Kappeler   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Association indices for quantifying social relationships: how to deal with missing observations of individuals or groups

(2018) William J.E. Hoppitt et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Long-term roosting data reveal a unimodular social network in large fission-fusion society of the colony-living Natterer’s bat (Myotis nattereri)

(2018) Veronika M. Zeus et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Social place-cells in the bat hippocampus

(2018) David B. Omer et al.   SCIENCE

Social structure of the harem-forming promiscuous fruit bat, Cynopterus sphinx , is the harem truly important?

(2018) Kritika M. Garg et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Estimating pairwise relatedness in a small sample of individuals

(2017) J Wang   HEREDITY

Unraveling the disease consequences and mechanisms of modular structure in animal social networks

(2017) Pratha Sah et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Measuring the robustness of network community structure using assortativity

(2016) Daizaburo Shizuka et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Common vampire bat contact calls attract past food-sharing partners

(2016) Gerald G. Carter et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Non-kin cooperation in bats

(2016) Gerald S. Wilkinson et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Group size, survival and surprisingly short lifespan in socially foraging bats

(2016) Yann Gager et al.   BMC ECOLOGY

From resource to female defence: the impact of roosting ecology on a bat's mating strategy

(2016) Linus Günther et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Measuring social complexity

(2015) Thore J. Bergman et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Network analysis reveals cryptic seasonal patterns of association in Gould’s wattled bats ( Chalinolobus gouldii) roosting in bat-boxes

(2015) Lisa N. Godinho et al.   BEHAVIOUR

Ecological Knowledge, Leadership, and the Evolution of Menopause in Killer Whales

(2015) Lauren J.N. Brent et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Constructing, conducting and interpreting animal social network analysis

(2015) Damien R. Farine et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Female natal philopatry and gene flow between divergent clades of pallid bats (Antrozous pallidus)

(2015) Bryan D. Arnold et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Infectious disease transmission and contact networks in wildlife and livestock

(2015) M. E. Craft   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Repeatability in the contact calling system of Spix's disc-winged bat (Thyroptera tricolor)

(2015) G. Chaverri et al.   Royal Society Open Science

Social Grooming in Bats: Are Vampire Bats Exceptional?

(2015) Gerald Carter et al.   PLoS One

Revisiting non-offspring nursing: allonursing evolves when the costs are low

(2014) K. J. MacLeod et al.   Biology Letters

Long-Lasting, Kin-Directed Female Interactions in a Spatially Structured Wild Boar Social Network

(2014) Tomasz Podgórski et al.   PLoS One

Sympatric Woodland Myotis Bats Form Tight-Knit Social Groups with Exclusive Roost Home Ranges

(2014) Tom A. August et al.   PLoS One

Vampire Bat Rabies: Ecology, Epidemiology and Control

(2014) Nicholas Johnson et al.   Viruses-Basel

Suppressing subordinate reproduction provides benefits to dominants in cooperative societies of meerkats

(2014) M. B. V. Bell et al.   Nature Communications

Social networks in primates: smart and tolerant species have more efficient networks

(2014) Cristian Pasquaretta et al.   Scientific Reports

Social networks, long-term associations and age-related sociability of wild giraffes

(2013) Kerryn D. Carter et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Female northern myotis (Myotis septentrionalis) that roost together are related

(2013) Krista J. Patriquin et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Female-biased dispersal in a bat with a female-defence mating strategy

(2013) Martina Nagy et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

When genes move farther than offspring: gene flow by male gamete dispersal in the highly philopatric bat speciesThyroptera tricolor

(2013) M. R. Buchalski et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Social Calls Produced within and near the Roost in Two Species of Tent-Making Bats, Dermanura watsoni and Ectophylla alba

(2013) Erin H. Gillam et al.   PLoS One

Resolving the roles of immunity, pathogenesis, and immigration for rabies persistence in vampire bats

(2013) J. C. Blackwood et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Food sharing in vampire bats: reciprocal help predicts donations more than relatedness or harassment

(2013) G. G. Carter et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Animal social network inference and permutations for ecologists inRusingasnipe

(2013) Damien R. Farine   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Learned vocal group signatures in the polygynous bat Saccopteryx bilineata

(2012) Mirjam Knörnschild et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

A call-and-response system facilitates group cohesion among disc-winged bats

(2012) Gloriana Chaverri et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Male greater sac-winged bats gain direct fitness benefits when roosting in multimale colonies

(2012) Martina Nagy et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

A Quantitative Index of Sociality and Its Application to Group-Living Spiders and Other Social Organisms

(2012) Leticia Avilés et al.   ETHOLOGY

Complex patterns of male alliance formation in a dolphin social network

(2012) Joanna Wiszniewski et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Migration and dispersal patterns of bats and their influence on genetic structure

(2012) Caroline Moussy et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

Social complexity as a proximate and ultimate factor in communicative complexity

(2012) T. M. Freeberg et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Adult Vampire Bats Produce Contact Calls When Isolated: Acoustic Variation by Species, Population, Colony, and Individual

(2012) Gerald G. Carter et al.   PLoS One

Long-Distance and Frequent Movements of the Flying-Fox Pteropus poliocephalus: Implications for Management

(2012) Billie J. Roberts et al.   PLoS One

Life histories and the evolution of cooperative breeding in mammals

(2012) D. Lukas et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Social networks predict patch discovery in a wild population of songbirds

(2012) L. M. Aplin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

All-offspring natal philopatry in a Neotropical bat

(2011) Gloriana Chaverri et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Strong individual signatures and weaker group signatures in contact calls of Spix’s disc-winged bat, Thyroptera tricolor

(2011) Erin H. Gillam et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Individual specific contact calls of pallid bats (Antrozous pallidus) attract conspecifics at roosting sites

(2011) Bryan D. Arnold et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

The evolution of social philopatry and dispersal in female mammals

(2011) T. H. CLUTTON-BROCK et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The cost of dominance: suppressing subordinate reproduction affects the reproductive success of dominant female banded mongooses

(2011) M. B. V. Bell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Bats are able to maintain long-term social relationships despite the high fission-fusion dynamics of their groups

(2011) G. Kerth et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Adaptive Suppression of Subordinate Reproduction in Cooperative Mammals

(2010) Tim H. Clutton‐Brock et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Similar is not the same: Social calls of conspecifics are more effective in attracting wild bats to day roosts than those of other bat species

(2010) Caroline Regina Schöner et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Do social networks of female northern long-eared bats vary with reproductive period and age?

(2010) Krista J. Patriquin et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Comparative social network analysis in a leaf-roosting bat

(2010) Gloriana Chaverri   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Social calls used by a leaf-roosting bat to signal location

(2010) G. Chaverri et al.   Biology Letters

Development of Social Structure in a Captive Colony of the Common Vampire Bat, Desmodus rotundus

(2010) Shi-Ryong Park   ETHOLOGY

coancestry: a program for simulating, estimating and analysing relatedness and inbreeding coefficients

(2010) JINLIANG WANG   Molecular Ecology Resources

Communally breeding bats use physiological and behavioural adjustments to optimise daily energy expenditure

(2010) Iris Pretzlaff et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

The social dynamics of southern resident killer whales and conservation implications for this endangered population

(2009) K.M. Parsons et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Pup guarding by greater spear-nosed bats

(2009) Kirsten M. Bohn et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

SOCPROG programs: analysing animal social structures

(2009) Hal Whitehead   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

The roosting spatial network of a bird-predator bat

(2009) Miguel A. Fortuna et al.   ECOLOGY

The relative roles of kinship and reciprocity in explaining primate altruism

(2009) Gabriele Schino et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Chemically-Mediated Roostmate Recognition and Roost Selection by Brazilian Free-Tailed Bats (Tadarida brasiliensis)

(2009) Amy C. Englert et al.   PLoS One

Where sociality and relatedness diverge: the genetic basis for hierarchical social organization in African elephants

(2009) G. Wittemyer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Causes and Consequences of Sociality in Bats

(2008) Gerald Kerth   BIOSCIENCE

Sex-biased gene flow and colonization in the Formosan lesser horseshoe bat: inference from nuclear and mitochondrial markers

(2007) S.- F. Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Contrasted patterns of mitochondrial and nuclear structure among nursery colonies of the bat Myotis myotis

(2003) V. Castella et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY