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    • Population Biology
    • Mathematical Modeling

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    • Individuals in social species interact within kin networks.
    • Kin interactions influence vital rates (survival, fertility), affecting individual life history.
    • These interactions create a nonlinear feedback loop between kin networks and population dynamics.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a framework for integrating kin interactions into matrix population models.
    • To analyze the impact of kin network structure on population growth under varying environmental pressures.
    • To apply this framework to African elephant populations.

    Main Methods:

    • Developed a matrix model framework linking individual kin networks to population dynamics.
    • Incorporated maternal presence and matriarchal age effects on juvenile survival in African elephants.
    • Modeled the effect of sister presence on young female fecundity in African elephants.
    • Simulated population responses under different poaching scenarios.

    Main Results:

    • The feedback from kin interactions reshapes and shrinks the kin network.
    • Reduced family size and structure diminish the positive effects of kin interactions.
    • This reduction exacerbates population growth rate decline, in addition to direct mortality impacts.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed framework effectively integrates kin interactions into population viability analysis.
    • Kin network structure plays a critical role in population resilience and recovery.
    • The findings highlight the cascading negative effects of social structure disruption on population growth, particularly under threats like poaching.