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Animal social structure is influenced by demographic processes such as survival and recruitment. Yet, how the gain and loss of social associations among individuals scale up through levels of social organization is poorly understood. To address this gap, we conducted multiscale analysis of long-term social network dynamics over twelve winters for a migrant passerine, the golden-crowned sparrow. We found consistently high levels of stability in pairwise associations among returning sparrows, but this social fidelity was not the strongest driver of higher-level properties such as community cohesion and network modularity. Instead, these were increased more by the clustered social associations of newly immigrating individuals. Thus, the interplay of distinct processes---social fidelity among older birds and social cohesion among newer birds---jointly drive social structures at different levels of social organization. Our results demonstrate the different effects of demographic changes on social structure across pairwise, community, and population levels.
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Data may be preliminary. 3 September 2025 V2 Latest version Share on DEMOGRAPHIC TURNOVER IN SOCIAL NETWORKS: NEW RECRUITS CREATE COMMUNITIES, RETURNING INDIVIDUALS CREATE CONNECTIONS Authors : Anastasia Madsen 0000-0002-9511-5630 [email protected] , Bruce Lyon 0000-0001-8733-9944 , Alexis Chaine 0000-0003-3346-551X , and Daizaburo Shizuka 0000-0002-0478-6309 Authors Info & Affiliations https://doi.org/10.22541/au.172467500.03985119/v2 365 views 162 downloads Contents Abstract Supplementary Material Information & Authors Metrics & Citations View Options References Figures Tables Media Share Abstract Animal social structure is influenced by demographic processes such as survival and recruitment. Yet, how the gain and loss of social associations among individuals scale up through levels of social organization is poorly understood. To address this gap, we conducted multiscale analysis of long-term social network dynamics over twelve winters for a migrant passerine, the golden-crowned sparrow. We found consistently high levels of stability in pairwise associations among returning sparrows, but this social fidelity was not the strongest driver of higher-level properties such as community cohesion and network modularity. Instead, these were increased more by the clustered social associations of newly immigrating individuals. Thus, the interplay of distinct processes---social fidelity among older birds and social cohesion among newer birds---jointly drive social structures at different levels of social organization. Our results demonstrate the different effects of demographic changes on social structure across pairwise, community, and population levels. Image (Figure S1.png) is missing or otherwise invalid. Supplementary Material File (madsenetal_ecollet_20240723.pdf) Download 337.24 KB Information & Authors Information Version history V1 Version 1 26 August 2024 V2 Version 2 03 September 2025 Copyright This work is licensed under a Non Exclusive No Reuse License. Keywords demographic turnover immigration multilevel society social cohesion social networks winter ecology Authors Affiliations Anastasia Madsen 0000-0002-9511-5630 [email protected] University of California San Diego View all articles by this author Bruce Lyon 0000-0001-8733-9944 University of California, Santa Cruz View all articles by this author Alexis Chaine 0000-0003-3346-551X CNRS View all articles by this author Daizaburo Shizuka 0000-0002-0478-6309 University of Nebraska-Lincoln View all articles by this author Metrics & Citations Metrics Article Usage 365 views 162 downloads .FvxKWukQNSOunydq8rnd { width: 100px; } Citations Download citation Anastasia Madsen, Bruce Lyon, Alexis Chaine, et al. 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