Alexander E. G. Lee

• PostDoc Position at University of Jyväskylä

When foraging in a social group, individuals are faced with the choice of sampling their environment directly or exploiting the discoveries of others. The evolutionary dynamics of this trade-off have been explored mathematically through the producer-scrounger game, which has highlighted socially exploitative behaviours as a major potential cost of...

Data for analysis 2 (randomisations) Data for rank asymmetry randomisations analysis (analysis 2).

Extra data needed for randomisations Dominance rank data needed for random draws in simulations (analysis 2).

Data for analysis 3 Data for competitive exclusion analysis (analysis 3).

Code to run analyses and produce figures Fully annotated code to run analyses and produce figures using associated data files.

Data for analysis 1 Data for analysis of frequency of joining vs dominance rank (analysis 1).

Organisms may reduce uncertainty regarding how best to exploit their environment by collecting information about resource distribution. We develop a model to demonstrate how competition can facilitate or constrain an individual's ability to use information when acquiring resources. As resource distribution underpins both selection on information us...

Individuals' access to social information can depend on their social network. Homophily-a preference to associate with similar phenotypes-may cause assortment within social networks that could preclude information transfer from individuals who generate information to those who would benefit from acquiring it. Thus, understanding phenotypic assortme...

Correspondence: A. J. Carter, Large Animal Research Group, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing St, Cambridge CB2 3EJ T, U.K.

The recent application of social network analysis to animal populations has provided a tool to quantify group dynamics and individual social positions, which may enhance our understanding of the costs and benefits of sociality and the evolution of behavioural strategies within societies. Despite this, uncertainties remain about whether comparisons...

Bacterial recombination is believed to be a major factor explaining the prevalence of multi-drug-resistance (MDR) among pathogenic bacteria. Despite extensive evidence for exchange of resistance genes from retrospective sequence analyses, experimental evidence for the evolutionary benefits of bacterial recombination is scarce. We compared the evolu...