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Spatial–social familiarity complements the spatial–social interface: evidence from Yellowstone bison


Abstract Social animals make behavioural decisions based on local habitat and conspecifics, as well as memorized past experience (i.e. 'familiarity') with habitat and conspecifics. Here, we develop a conceptual and empirical understanding of how spatial and social familiarity fit within the spatial-social interface-a novel framework integrating the spatial and social components of animal behaviour. We conducted a multi-scale analysis of the movements of GPS-collared plains bison (
Authors Jerod A. Merkle University of WyomingORCID , Marie‐Pier Poulin University of WyomingORCID , Molly R. Caldwell University of WyomingORCID , Michel P. Laforge University of WyomingORCID , Anne E. Scholle University of Wyoming , Tana L. Verzuh University of WyomingORCID , Chris Geremia
Journal Info Royal Society | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences , vol: 379 , iss: 1912
Publication Date 9/4/2024
ISSN 0962-8436
TypeKeyword Image article
Open Access closed Closed Access
DOI https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0530
KeywordsKeyword Image Social animal (Score: 0.69541335) , Spatial Cognition (Score: 0.6131078) , Interface (matter) (Score: 0.48643494)