Giraffe social preferences are context dependent
The dynamic nature of animal societies often hides multiple layers of complexity. The field of animal behaviour is rapidly advancing with the development of increasingly sophisticated analytical methods that allow scientists to identify complex and nuanced drivers of social patterns. The resurgent interest in giraffe sociality illustrates this by challenging the early view that individuals […]
Correcting for the impact of gregariousness in social network analyses
The social network approach provides a set of statistical tools to analyse associations between individuals. The ‘half-weight index’ (HWI), the association index most commonly used in social network analyses, does not take into account differences between the gregariousness of individuals. Thus, the HWI may not be a good measure of relationships between individuals: it could […]