Fig. 1

Principal component analysis of Nelore bulls before and after castration. (AG = agonistic behavior; AF = affiliative behavior; Betweenness = parameter that quantifies the number of times that a bull acts as a bridge throughout the shortest path between two other bulls; Closeness = parameter that quantifies the proximity that a bull has with every bull in the social network; Degree ALL = total number of social interactions (authoring and receiving); Degree IN = number of receivals in the social interaction; Degree OUT = number of receivals in the social interaction; Authors = score of bulls with higher authoring and smaller receiving index of social interactions; Receptors = score of bulls with smaller authoring and higher receiving index in the social interactions; ADG = average daily weight gain; and BI = balance index)