All Outputs (5)

Coupled information networks drive honeybee (Apis mellifera) collective foraging (2023)
Journal Article
J. Hasenjager, M., Hoppitt, W., Cunningham‐Eurich, I., R. Franks, V., & Leadbeater, E. (2023). Coupled information networks drive honeybee (Apis mellifera) collective foraging. Journal of Animal Ecology, https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.14029

Collective behaviour by eusocial insect colonies is typically achieved through multiple communication networks that produce complex behaviour at the group level but often appear to provide redundant or even competing information. A classic example o... Read More about Coupled information networks drive honeybee (Apis mellifera) collective foraging.

Parental breeding decisions and genetic quality predict social structure of independent offspring (2023)
Journal Article
R. Franks, V., Thorogood, R., & Brekke, P. (2023). Parental breeding decisions and genetic quality predict social structure of independent offspring. Molecular Ecology, 32(17), 4898-4910. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17066

Across the animal kingdom, newly independent juveniles form social associations that influence later fitness, mate choice and gene flow, but little is known about the ontogeny of social environments, particularly in wild populations. Here we test whe... Read More about Parental breeding decisions and genetic quality predict social structure of independent offspring.

Foraging behaviour alters with social environment in a juvenile songbird (2020)
Journal Article
Franks, V., G. Ewen, J., McCready, M., & Thorogood, R. (2020). Foraging behaviour alters with social environment in a juvenile songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 287(1939), https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2020.1878

Early independence from parents is a critical period where social information acquired vertically may become outdated, or conflict with new information. However, across natural populations, it is unclear if newly independent young persist in using in... Read More about Foraging behaviour alters with social environment in a juvenile songbird.

Analysing age structure, residency and relatedness uncovers social network structure in aggregations of young birds (2020)
Journal Article
Franks, V., G. Ewen, J., McCready, M., Marcus Rowcliffe, J., Smith, D., & Thorogood, R. (2020). Analysing age structure, residency and relatedness uncovers social network structure in aggregations of young birds. Animal Behaviour, 166, 73-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.06.005

Animal sociality arises from the cumulative effects of both individual social decisions and environmental factors. While juveniles' social interactions with parents prior to independence shape later life sociality, in most bird and mammal species at... Read More about Analysing age structure, residency and relatedness uncovers social network structure in aggregations of young birds.

Changes in social groups across reintroductions and effects on post‐release survival (2019)
Journal Article
R. Franks, V., E. Andrews, C., G. Ewen, J., McCready, M., A. Parker, K., & Thorogood, R. (2020). Changes in social groups across reintroductions and effects on post‐release survival. Animal Conservation, 23(4), 443-454. https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12557

Reintroductions, essential to many conservation programmes, disrupt both abiotic and social environments. Despite growing recognition that social connections in animals might alter survival (e.g. social transmission of foraging skills, or transmissio... Read More about Changes in social groups across reintroductions and effects on post‐release survival.