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Understanding the link between individual behaviour and population organization and functioning has long been central to ecology and evolutionary biology. Behaviour is a response to intrinsic and extrinsic factors including individual state, ecological factors or social interactions. Within a group, each individual can be seen as part of a network of social interactions varying in strength, type and dynamic. The structure of this network can deeply impact the ecology and evolution of individuals, populations and species. Within a group social interactions can take many forms and may significantly affect an individual’s fitness. These interactions may result in complex systems at the group-level, such as in the case of collective decisions (to migrate, to build nest or to forage). Among them, social transmission of information has been studied mostly in vertebrates: fish, birds and mammals including humans. In insects, social learning has been unambiguously demonstrated in social Hymenoptera but this probably reflects limited research effort and recent evidence show that even non-eusocial insects such as Drosophila, cockroaches and crickets can copy the behaviour of others. Compared to individual learning, which requires a trial and error period every generation, social learning can potentially result in the stable transmission of behaviours across generations, leading to cultural traditions in some species. The study of the processes which may facilitate or prevent this transmission and the analyses of the relationship between social network structure and efficiency of social transmission became these recent years an emerging and promising field of research. The goal of this research topic is to present the genetic and socio-environmental factors affecting social interaction and information or pathogen transmission with the integration of experimental approaches, social network analyses and modelling. Importantly, we aim to understand whether a relationship between social network structures and dynamics can reflect the efficiency of social transmission, i.e. can we use social network analysis to predict the social transmission of information or of pathogen, collective decision-making and ultimately the evolutionary trajectory of a group?

Social behavior in animals. --- Animal societies. --- Insects --- social network analysis --- Social transmission --- Primates --- Social Behaviour --- network dynamics --- Epidemiology --- sociality --- methodology

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'Men' presents an approach to understanding the human male by drawing upon life history and evolutionary theory. It provides a new understanding of human male physiology and applies it to contemporary health issues such as prostate cancer, testosterone replacement therapy, and the development of a male contraceptive.

Men. --- Men --- Human evolution. --- Society. --- Evolution (Biology) --- Physical anthropology --- Evolutionary psychology --- Human beings --- Andrology --- Human males --- Males --- Effeminacy --- Masculinity --- Physiology. --- Origin --- men --- biology --- Adaptation --- Natural selection --- life cycle --- health --- Human behaviour --- social behaviour --- Abnormal behaviour --- Social anthropology

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Psychology, Comparative --- Psychologie comparée --- Periodicals. --- Périodiques --- Psychology, Comparative. --- Health Sciences --- General and Others --- Neurology --- Psychiatry & Psychology --- cognition --- comparative psychology --- animal communication --- decision processes --- cognitive neuroscience --- social behaviour --- Comparative Psychology --- Comparative Psychologies --- Psychologies, Comparative --- Behavior, Comparative --- Comparative behavior --- Comparative psychology --- Ethology, Comparative --- Intelligence of animals --- Zoology --- Animal behavior --- Animal intelligence --- Animal psychology --- Human behavior --- Instinct --- Psychology

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Rodent Societies synthesizes and integrates the current state of knowledge about the social behavior of rodents, providing ecological and evolutionary contexts for understanding their societies and highlighting emerging conservation and management strategies to preserve them. It begins with a summary of the evolution, phylogeny, and biogeography of social and nonsocial rodents, providing a historical basis for comparative analyses. Subsequent sections focus on group-living rodents and characterize their reproductive behaviors, life histories and population ecology, genetics, neuroendocrine mechanisms, behavioral development, cognitive processes, communication mechanisms, cooperative and uncooperative behaviors, antipredator strategies, comparative socioecology, diseases, and conservation. Using the highly diverse and well-studied Rodentia as model systems to integrate a variety of research approaches and evolutionary theory into a unifying framework, Rodent Societies will appeal to a wide range of disciplines, both as a compendium of current research and as a stimulus for future collaborative and interdisciplinary investigations.

Rodents --- Social behavior in animals. --- Animal societies. --- Social behavior in animals --- Animal behavior --- Animal societies --- Rodentia --- Mammals --- Ecology. --- Evolution. --- social behaviour --- rodents, social behavior, ecology, conservation, population management, environment, nonfiction, science, nature, biogeography, reproduction, diseases, socioecology, antipredator strategies, predation, cooperation, communication, cognition, behavioral development, neuroendocrine mechanisms, genetics, biology, evolution, mating, sexual selection, breeding, tree squirrels, stress, dimorphism, sex ratio, kin recognition, adaptation, foraging, blind mole rats, beaver, prairie dogs, infanticide, capybaras.

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This work outlines the general principles and recommendations on the raising of domestic animals applied to the Southern countries, especially tropical regions. These recommendations are important in a context of intensification of farms (dairy, poultry, etc.) and changes in conventional farming. They address the "

Comportement animal --- Animal behaviour --- Bien-être animal --- animal welfare --- Éthologie --- Ethology --- Animal domestique --- domestic animals --- Comportement --- Behaviour --- Comportement sexuel --- Sexual behaviour --- Comportement alimentaire --- Feeding habits --- Comportement maternel --- Maternal behaviour --- Comportement social --- social behaviour --- Behavior, animal --- Animal Welfare --- Animal husbandry --- Elevage --- Animaux --- Animaux domestiques --- moeurs et comportement --- Animal Husbandry. --- Behavior, Animal. --- Animal Welfare. --- animal welfare. --- Élevage --- Animal welfare. --- Abuse of animals --- Animal cruelty --- Animals --- Animals, Cruelty to --- Animals, Protection of --- Animals, Treatment of --- Cruelty to animals --- Humane treatment of animals --- Kindness to animals --- Mistreatment of animals --- Neglect of animals --- Prevention of cruelty to animals --- Protection of animals --- Treatment of animals --- Welfare, Animal --- Abuse of --- Social aspects --- Behavior, Animal --- Animal Husbandry --- health --- breeding --- pig --- animal production --- goat --- cattle --- sheep --- poultry --- zootechnics --- behavior