Social thermoregulation as a potential mechanism linking sociality and fitness: Barbary macaques with more social partners form larger huddles
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-24373-4
Abstract: Individuals with more or stronger social bonds experience enhanced survival and reproduction in various species, though the mechanisms mediating these effects are unclear. Social thermoregulation is a common behaviour across many species which reduces cold… read more here.
Keywords: social thermoregulation; thermoregulation; social partners; form larger ... See more keywords