Living near kin
Living near kin has been studied in 1 paper since 2019: none in people yet, 1 in animals. The research so far is in animals. The newest paper, Mar 26, 2019: “Familiar neighbours, but not relatives, enhance fitness in a territorial mammal”.
1 paper studies it1 findingUpdated
- 1 lab in 2 countries
- Funders: American Society of Mammalogists and 3 more
- Animals1
What did studies of Living near kin find?
1Studies of Living near kin measured 1 outcome; the most studied are fitness (1 study).
Fitness
no changein T. hudsonicus1
1 study
Fitness
no changein T. hudsonicus1
Living near kin has no effect on fitness in T. hudsonicus.
“While living near kin did not enhance fitness, familiarity with neighbours increased survival and annual reproductive success.”
Animals
Familiar neighbours, but not relatives, enhance fitness in a territorial mammal
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)Preprint
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bioRxiv
Familiar neighbours, but not relatives, enhance fitness in a territorial mammal
Preprint: experiments in animalsMechanisms