2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294x.2011.05256.x
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Abstract: Environmental change poses challenges to many organisms. The resilience of a species to such change depends on its ability to respond adaptively. Social flexibility is such an adaptive response, whereby individuals of both sexes change their reproductive tactics facultatively in response to fluctuating environmental conditions, leading to changes in the social system. Social flexibility focuses on individual flexibility, and provides a unique opportunity to study both the ultimate and proximate causes of socia… Show more

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“…Intraspecific variation in social organization offers a unique opportunity to study the ultimate and proximate causes of social traits without any confounding phylogenetic effects [14,15]. Understanding the different mechanisms that underlie intraspecific variation in social organization will also help us to understand how and whether species can adapt to changing environments, which would also inform conservation efforts.…”
Section: Intraspecfic Variation In Social Organizationmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Intraspecific variation in social organization offers a unique opportunity to study the ultimate and proximate causes of social traits without any confounding phylogenetic effects [14,15]. Understanding the different mechanisms that underlie intraspecific variation in social organization will also help us to understand how and whether species can adapt to changing environments, which would also inform conservation efforts.…”
Section: Intraspecfic Variation In Social Organizationmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In the case of social flexibility, both males and females must have ARTs based on a single strategy (all individuals have the same decision rules) [42]. Ecological constraints are one of the most important factors for the evolution of social flexibility [15,17]. These constraints can vary between years, often due to changes in population density, such that in some years philopatry and the establishment of large groups are favoured, but in other years dispersal and solitary breeding [5,15,17].…”
Section: (B) Social Flexibilitymentioning
confidence: 99%
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