Josh A. Firth

This study shows that social interactions between different rodent species can spread gut microbiota, with stronger transmission from wood mice to yellow-necked mice.

This study shows that wild great tits exhibit social resilience by quickly recovering from the loss of their breeding partner through social flexibility.

The paper analyzes relationship disparity across 391 animal social networks to show how network structure and biological attributes influence the Friendship Paradox.

The paper examines how local density and ecological factors influence complete brood failure in two sympatric songbirds, finding species-specific density dependence patterns.

The paper shows density increases network connectedness in wild animal populations, but effects saturate, with stronger spatial than social impacts.

The paper examines spatial age structure in a wild bird population and finds little spatial age structure compared to territory quality and reproductive structure.

This study examines social dynamics and timing of divorce in wild great tits, finding distinct social association patterns in divorcing pairs during the non-breeding season.

The paper tests the social buffering hypothesis across 66 animal species, finding social species have lower demographic sensitivity to environmental variability, especially in unpredictable climates.

The paper quantifies spatial synchrony in great tit age structure across 32 populations and identifies drivers like clutch size, temperature, and beech crops, showing synchrony maintained up to 650km.

The paper shows that environmental similarity between relatives reduces heritability estimates of reproductive timing in great tits by accounting for shared environments.

The study examines how different types of social bonds in wild great tits affect reproductive success, finding varying impacts on clutch size, fledgling numbers, and laying dates.