Social Evolution: Big Benefits of BFFs

Alexis S Chaine

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2020.11.006

Social Evolution: Big Benefits of BFFs

Curr Biol. 2021 Jan 25;31(2):R72-R74. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.11.006.

Author

Alexis S Chaine¹

Affiliation

¹ Station d'Ecologie Théorique et Expérimentale du CNRS, UMR 5321, 2 route du CNRS, 09200 Moulis, France; Institute for Advanced Studies in Toulouse, 21 allée de Brienne, 31015 Toulouse, France. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 33497633
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.11.006

Abstract

Having long-term familiar neighbors - rather than kin neighbors - can increase survival and double reproductive success in North American red squirrels. These benefits are so high they can slow senescence and may explain numerous social behaviors in this otherwise individualistic species.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Reproduction*
Sciuridae*
Social Behavior