Stronger social bonds do not always predict greater longevity in a gregarious primate

The next step for stress research in primates: To identify relationships between glucocorticoid secretion and fitness

(2017) Jacinta C. Beehner et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Female sociality and sexual conflict shape offspring survival in a Neotropical primate

(2017) Urs Kalbitzer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Family network size and survival across the lifespan of female macaques

(2017) L. J. N. Brent et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Effects of group size and contest location on the outcome and intensity of intergroup contests in wild blue monkeys

(2016) Allison M. Roth et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

A cost of being amicable in a hibernating mammal

(2016) Wei Jenny Yang et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Safety in numbers: the dilution effect and other drivers of group life in the face of danger

(2016) Jussi Lehtonen et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Agonism and dominance in female blue monkeys

(2015) Keren Klass et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

The effects of social network position on the survival of wild Barbary macaques,Macaca sylvanus

(2015) Julia Lehmann et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Sex-based differences in the adaptive value of social behavior contrasted against morphology and environment

(2015) E. Vander Wal et al.   ECOLOGY

Social integration confers thermal benefits in a gregarious primate

(2015) Richard McFarland et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Selection for territory acquisition is modulated by social network structure in a wild songbird

(2015) D. R. Farine et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Optimal group size in a highly social mammal

(2015) A. Catherine Markham et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Maternal kin bias in affiliative behavior among wild adult female blue monkeys

(2014) Marina Cords et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Families hunt more successfully: effect of group composition on hunting and communal feeding

(2014) Jasmin Ruch et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Sociality increases juvenile survival after a catastrophic event in the feral horse (Equus caballus)

(2014) C. M. V. Nunez et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Communal nursing in wild house mice is not a by-product of group living: Females choose

(2014) Andrea Weidt et al.   NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN

Social affiliation matters: both same-sex and opposite-sex relationships predict survival in wild female baboons

(2014) E. A. Archie et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Finding a dominance order most consistent with a linear hierarchy: an improved algorithm for the I&SI method

(2013) Volker S. Schmid et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Group size but not dominance rank predicts the probability of conception in a frugivorous primate

(2013) Su-Jen Roberts et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Network structure and prevalence of Cryptosporidium in Belding’s ground squirrels

(2013) Kimberly L. VanderWaal et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Coping with the cold: predictors of survival in wild Barbary macaques, Macaca sylvanus

(2013) R. McFarland et al.   Biology Letters

Social Evolution: Reciprocity There Is

(2013) Michael Taborsky   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Social competition and its consequences in female mammals

(2013) T. Clutton-Brock et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Genetic origins of social networks in rhesus macaques

(2013) Lauren J. N. Brent et al.   Scientific Reports

Exploring Foraging Decisions in a Social Primate Using Discrete-Choice Models

(2012) Harry H. Marshall et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Antipredator and social monitoring functions of vigilance behaviour in blue monkeys

(2012) Kaitlyn M. Gaynor et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Social attributes and associated performance measures in marmots: bigger male bullies and weakly affiliating females have higher annual reproductive success

(2012) Tina W. Wey et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Fitness benefits of coalitionary aggression in male chimpanzees

(2012) Ian C. Gilby et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Early Social Networks Predict Survival in Wild Bottlenose Dolphins

(2012) Margaret A. Stanton et al.   PLoS One

Social bonds affect anti-predator behaviour in a tolerant species of macaque, Macaca nigra

(2012) J. Micheletta et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Adaptive Prolonged Postreproductive Life Span in Killer Whales

(2012) E. A. Foster et al.   SCIENCE

Evaluating the suitability of planted forests for African forest monkeys: a case study from Kakamega forest, Kenya

(2011) Peter J. Fashing et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Social behavior, foraging strategies, and fecal glucocorticoids in female blue monkeys (Cercopithecus mitis): potential fitness benefits of high rank in a forest guenon

(2011) Steffen Foerster et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PRIMATOLOGY

Spatial movements and social networks in juvenile male song sparrows

(2011) Christopher N. Templeton et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Primates and the Evolution of Long, Slow Life Histories

(2011) James Holland Jones   CURRENT BIOLOGY

PHENOTYPIC ASSORTMENT MEDIATES THE EFFECT OF SOCIAL SELECTION IN A WILD BEETLE POPULATION

(2011) Vincent A. Formica et al.   EVOLUTION

Fitness consequences of social network position in a wild population of forked fungus beetles (Bolitotherus cornutus)

(2011) V. A. FORMICA et al.   JOURNAL OF EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Hypothesis testing in animal social networks

(2011) Darren P. Croft et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Low Demographic Variability in Wild Primate Populations: Fitness Impacts of Variation, Covariation, and Serial Correlation in Vital Rates

(2010) William F. Morris et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Female chacma baboons form strong, equitable, and enduring social bonds

(2010) Joan B. Silk et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

Strong and Consistent Social Bonds Enhance the Longevity of Female Baboons

(2010) Joan B. Silk et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Social Bonds Enhance Reproductive Success in Male Macaques

(2010) Oliver Schülke et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Fitness costs of reproduction depend on life speed: empirical evidence from mammalian populations

(2010) Sandra Hamel et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Heritable victimization and the benefits of agonistic relationships

(2010) A. J. Lea et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Simple means to improve the interpretability of regression coefficients

(2010) Holger Schielzeth   Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Social Relationships and Mortality Risk: A Meta-analytic Review

(2010) Julianne Holt-Lunstad et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Optimal group size, dispersal decisions and postdispersal relationships in female African lions

(2009) Kimberly L. VanderWaal et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Social bonds between unrelated females increase reproductive success in feral horses

(2009) E. Z. Cameron et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The benefits of social capital: close social bonds among female baboons enhance offspring survival

(2009) J. B. Silk et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Network scaling reveals consistent fractal pattern in hierarchical mammalian societies

(2008) R. A. Hill et al.   Biology Letters

Focused grooming networks and stress alleviation in wild female baboons

(2008) Roman M. Wittig et al.   HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR

Reciprocal Affiliation Among Adolescent Rats During a Mild Group Stressor Predicts Mammary Tumors and Lifespan

(2008) Jason R. Yee et al.   PSYCHOSOMATIC MEDICINE