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SUBMITTER: Sick C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4126618 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sick Claudia C Carter Alecia J AJ Marshall Harry H HH Knapp Leslie A LA Dabelsteen Torben T Cowlishaw Guy G
Biology letters 20140701 7
Strong social bonds can make an important contribution to individual fitness, but we still have only a limited understanding of the temporal period relevant to the adjustment of social relationships. While there is growing recognition of the importance of strong bonds that persist for years, social relationships can also vary over weeks and months, suggesting that social strategies may be optimized over shorter timescales. Using biological market theory as a framework, we explore whether tempora ...[more]