Bighorn sheep associations: understanding tradeoffs of sociality and implications for disease transmission
Sociality directly influences mating success, survival rates, and disease, but ultimately likely evolved for its fitness benefits in a challenging environment. The tradeoffs between the costs and benefits of sociality can operate at multiple scales, resulting in different interpretations of animal b...
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PeerJ Inc.
2023-08-01
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| Online Access: | https://peerj.com/articles/15625.pdf |