Fisher, David NPruitt, Jonathan N2020-03-182020-03-182020-02Fisher, D N & Pruitt, J N 2020, 'Insights from the study of complex systems for the ecology and evolution of animal populations', Current Zoology, vol. 66, no. 1, pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoz0161674-5507ORCID: /0000-0002-4444-4450/work/57349265https://hdl.handle.net/2164/13880D.N.F. thanks Jack W. Bradbury and Sandra L. Vehrencamp for writing the article that originally stimulated his thoughts in this area. The authors are also grateful to Simon Denomme-Brown, Gustavo Betini and Elizabeth Hobson for reviewing drafts of this article, and Andrew G. McAdam for allowing D.N.F. to pursue this project despite employing him to study squirrels. Four anonymous reviewers provided useful comments that helped improve the manuscript. We have no conflicting interests.14426895engSDG 13 - Climate ActionBEHAVIORAL-RESPONSESCLIMATE-CHANGEHIERARCHY FORMATIONINDIVIDUAL HETEROGENEITYMULTILEVEL SELECTIONPHYSIOLOGICAL-FUNCTIONQUANTITATIVE GENETICSREPRODUCTIVE SKEWSELF-ORGANIZATIONSOCIAL NETWORKSchaoscomplex systemcomplexitypopulation dynamicssocial networkstochasticityQH301 BiologyQH301Journal article10.1093/cz/zoz016https://doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoz016661