Pruitt, Jonathan, Berdahl, Andrew, Riehl, Christina et al. (14 more authors) (2018) Social tipping points in animal societies. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 20181282. ISSN 1471-2954
Abstract
Animal social groups are complex systems that are likely to exhibit tipping points—which are defined as drastic shifts in the dynamics of systems that arise from small changes in environmental conditions—yet this concept has not been carefully applied to these systems. Here we summarize the concepts behind tipping points and describe instances in which they are likely to occur in animal societies. We also offer ways in which the study of social tipping points can open up new lines of inquiry in behavioral ecology and generate novel questions, methods, and approaches in animal behavior and other fields, including community and ecosystem ecology. While some behaviors of living systems are hard to predict, we argue that probing tipping points across animal societies and across tiers of biological organization—populations, communities, ecosystems—may help to reveal principles that transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | ©2018 The Authors |
Keywords: | phase transition,tipping point,complex system,collapse,cooperation,extinction,hysteresis,social network,personality,collective behaviour,animal behaviour,behavioural ecology |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Biology (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 03 Sep 2018 13:30 |
Last Modified: | 16 Oct 2024 15:02 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2018.1282 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1098/rspb.2018.1282 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:135248 |
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