The scaling of social interactions across animal species

Abstract Social animals self-organise to create groups to increase protection against predators and productivity. One-to-one interactions are the building blocks of these emergent social structures and may correspond to friendship, grooming, communication, among other social relations. These structu...

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Main Authors: Luis E. C. Rocha, Jan Ryckebusch, Koen Schoors, Matthew Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92025-1