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What, if anything, is a social niche?

Evolutionary ecology, 2016-04, Vol.30 (2), p.349-364 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 ;COPYRIGHT 2016 Springer ;Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 ;ISSN: 0269-7653 ;EISSN: 1573-8477 ;DOI: 10.1007/s10682-015-9792-5

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Title:
What, if anything, is a social niche?
Author: Saltz, Julia B ; Geiger, Adam P ; Anderson, Raleigh ; Johnson, Benjamin ; Marren, Rachel
Subjects: Animal Ecology ; Behavior ; Biomedical and Life Sciences ; Differences ; Ecology ; Evolution ; Evolutionary Biology ; Ideas and Perspectives ; Individual & family studies ; Life Sciences ; Niche (Ecology) ; niches ; Plant Sciences ; researchers ; social environment ; Social networks ; terminology
Is Part Of: Evolutionary ecology, 2016-04, Vol.30 (2), p.349-364
Description: The term “social niche” is rapidly increasing in usage, particularly in the context of “social niche construction.” But what (if anything) is a social niche? Here, we survey papers that have used the term to uncover commonalities and discrepancies in its definition. We aim to alert researchers to the need for more consistency in how the term is used in the literature, and we provide a working definition of “social niche:” the set of social environments in which the focal individual has non-zero inclusive fitness. We consider the extent to which a social niche is analogous to an ecological niche, discuss whether a population-level social niche can be meaningfully identified, and describe conceptual insights about the properties of social niches, focusing on social niche construction. We highlight questions about social niches that demand more theoretical and empirical attention.
Publisher: Cham: Springer International Publishing
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0269-7653
EISSN: 1573-8477
DOI: 10.1007/s10682-015-9792-5
Source: ProQuest Central

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What, if anything, is a social niche?

Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015 ;COPYRIGHT 2016 Springer ;Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016 ;ISSN: 0269-7653 ;EISSN: 1573-8477 ;DOI: 10.1007/s10682-015-9792-5

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