An evolutionary framework for studying mechanisms of social behavior Working Group on Integrative Models of Vertebrate Sociality: Evolution, Mechanisms, and Emergent Properties

TLDR: This work proposes an integrative conceptual framework intended to guide researchers towards a comprehensive understanding of the evolution and maintenance of mechanisms governing variation in sociality.

Abstract: 1 The University of Texas at Austin, Department of Integrative Biology and Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, 2415 Speedway, Austin, TX 78712, USA 2 Smith College, Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Northampton, MA 01063, USA 3 University of California, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, 621 Young Drive South, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1606, USA 4 Princeton University, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton, NJ 08644, USA 5 University of Alabama, Department of Biological Sciences, 300 Hackberry Lane, Box 870344, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, USA 6 University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Chattanooga, TN 37403, USA 7 University of Alberta, Department of Psychology and Centre for Neuroscience, Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2E9, Canada 8 University of California at Berkeley, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology and Department of Integrative Biology, 3101 Valley Life Sciences Building, Berkeley, CA 94720-3160, USA 9 Miami University, Department of Biology, Oxford, OH 45056, USA 10 University of Bern, Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Division of Behavioural Ecology, Wohlenstrasse 50a, 3032 Hinterkappelen, Switzerland 11 Emory University, Center for Translational Social Neuroscience, Yerkes National Primate Research Center, 954 Gatewood Road, Atlanta, GA 30329, USA 12 Columbia University, Department of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology, 1200 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA Review