Instruct: Identify the main and secondary category of Arxiv papers based on the titles and abstracts
Query: Animal social networks: an introduction for complex systems scientists   Many animals live in societies where individuals frequently interact socially
with each other. The social structures of these systems can be studied in depth
by means of network analysis. A large number of studies on animal social
networks in many species have in recent years been carried out in the
biological research field of animal behaviour and have provided new insights
into behaviour, ecology, and social evolution. This line of research is
currently not so well connected to the field of complex systems as could be
expected. The purpose of this paper is to provide an introduction to animal
social networks for complex systems scientists and highlight areas of synergy.
We believe that an increased integration of animal social networks with the
interdisciplinary field of complex systems and networks would be beneficial for
various reasons. Increased collaboration between researchers in this field and
biologists studying animal social systems could be valuable in solving
challenges that are of importance to animal social network research.
Furthermore, animal social networks provide the opportunity to investigate
hypotheses about complex systems across a range of natural real-world social
systems. In this paper, we describe what animal social networks are and main
research themes where they are studied; we give an overview of the methods
commonly used to study animal social networks; we highlight challenges in the
study of animal social networks where complex systems expertise may be
particularly valuable; and we consider aspects of animal social networks that
may be of particular interest to complex systems researchers. We hope that this
will help to facilitate further interdisciplinary collaborations involving
animal social networks, and further integration of these networks into the
field of complex systems.

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The categories of this paper are: hep-ph
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The categories of this paper are: comp-gas
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The categories of this paper are: mtrl-th
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The categories of this paper are: bayes-an
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The categories of this paper are: astro-ph
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The categories of this paper are: dg-ga
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The categories of this paper are: gr-qc
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The categories of this paper are: ao-sci
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The categories of this paper are: nucl-ex
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The categories of this paper are: plasm-ph
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The categories of this paper are: quant-ph
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The categories of this paper are: q-fin
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The categories of this paper are: math
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The categories of this paper are: patt-sol
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The categories of this paper are: econ
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The categories of this paper are: funct-an