The problem and promise of scale in multilayer animal social networks  

作　　者：Alec L.ROBITAILLE Quinn M.R.WEBBER Julie W.TURNER Vander WAL ERIC 

机构地区：[1]Department of Biology,Memorial University of Newfoundland,St.John's,NL,A1B 3X9,Canada [2]Cognitive and Behavioural Ecology Interdisciplinary Program,Memorial University of Newfoundland,St.John's,NL,A1B 3X9,Canada

出　　处：《Current Zoology》2021年第1期113-123,共11页动物学报（英文版）

基　　金：Funding for this study was provided by a Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship to Q.M.R.W.(acronym of author Quinn M.R.Webber);a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada Discovery Grant to E.V.W.

摘　　要：Scale remains a foundational concept in ecology.Spatial scale,for instance,has become a central consideration in the way we understand landscape ecology and animal space use.Meanwhile,scale-dependent social processes can range from fine scale interactions to co-occurrence and overlapping home ranges.Furthermore,sociality can vary within and across seasons.Multilayer networks promise the explicit integration of the social,spatial,and temporal contexts.Given the complex interplay of sociality and animal space use in heterogeneous landscapes,there remains an important gap in our understanding of the influence of scale on animal social networks.Using an empirical case study,we discuss ways of considering social,spatial,and temporal scale in the context of multilayer caribou social networks.Effective integration of social and spatial processes,including biologically meaningful scales,within the context of animal social networks is an emerging area of research.We incorporate perspectives that link the social environment to spatial processes across scales in a multilayer context.

关 键 词：CARIBOU habitat selection landscape ecology RANGIFER social network analysis space use 

分 类 号：Q95[生物学—动物学]