Stephan T. Leu

TL;DR: It is found that disease risk is largely unaffected by modular structure, although social networks beyond a modular threshold experience smaller disease burden and longer disease duration, and network models incorporating modular structure are necessary only when prior knowledge suggests that interactions within the population are highly subdivided.

TL;DR: The response to altered ecological conditions can differ fundamentally between species or between populations, and it is suggested that it depends on their tendency for gregarious behaviour.

TL;DR: Findings highlight a commonly overlooked source of heterogeneity in animal space use and improve the mechanistic understanding of processes leading to behaviourally driven disease dynamics and social structure.

TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of hot temperatures (≥ 32°C) on components of ewe fertility (oestrus, fertilisation, embryo survival and lambing) are most destructive when experienced from 5 d before until 5 d after oestrus.