Increased Demographic Turnover and Isolation Precede Social Fragmentation in Asian Elephants
Humans and other animals live in interconnected social communities that are essential for survival and well-being. In principle, social communities can persist despite changes in constituent members. However, gradually accumulating changes to membership could push systems past critical thresholds into alternate states. We investigated social network dynamics for 443 wild female Asian elephants…
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