The future of evolutionary behavioral biology

Theo C.M. Bakker; James F.A. Traniello; Tim R. Birkhead; Monika Borgerhoff Mulder; Bernard Crespi; Niels J. Dingemanse; Raghavendra Gadagkar; Ashleigh S. Griffin; Mark E. Hauber; Bert Hölldobler; John L. Hoogland; Sarah B. Hrdy; Michael D. Jennions; Peter M. Kappeler; Kenji Karino; Sarah Kocher; Melvin J. Konner; Judith Korb; Daniel J.C. Kronauer; Olof Leimar; Constantino Macias Garcia; Adriana A. Maldonado Chaparro; John M. McNamara; Denis Meuthen; Manfred Milinski; Corrie S. Moreau; Geoff A. Parker; David C. Queller; Francis L.W. Ratnieks; Gene E. Robinson; Michael J. Ryan; Paul Schmid-Hempel; Paul W. Sherman; Joan E. Strassmann; Michael Taborsky; Barbara L. Thorne; Stuart A. West; Mary J. West-Eberhard; David F. Westneat

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The future of evolutionary behavioral biology

Theo C.M. Bakker
, James F.A. Traniello
, Tim R. Birkhead
, Monika Borgerhoff Mulder
, Bernard Crespi
, Niels J. Dingemanse
, Raghavendra Gadagkar
, Ashleigh S. Griffin
, Mark E. Hauber
, Bert Hölldobler
, John L. Hoogland
, Sarah B. Hrdy
, Michael D. Jennions
, Peter M. Kappeler
, Kenji Karino
, Sarah Kocher
, Melvin J. Konner
, Judith Korb
, Daniel J.C. Kronauer
, Olof Leimar

Constantino Macias Garcia, Adriana A. Maldonado Chaparro, John M. McNamara, Denis Meuthen, Manfred Milinski, Corrie S. Moreau, Geoff A. Parker, David C. Queller, Francis L.W. Ratnieks, Gene E. Robinson, Michael J. Ryan, Paul Schmid-Hempel, Paul W. Sherman, Joan E. Strassmann, Michael Taborsky, Barbara L. Thorne, Stuart A. West, Mary J. West-Eberhard, David F. Westneat

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Original language	English (US)
Article number	64
Journal	Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Volume	80
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-026-03732-6
State	Published - May 2026

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Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Animal Science and Zoology

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Bakker, T. C. M., Traniello, J. F. A., Birkhead, T. R., Mulder, M. B., Crespi, B., Dingemanse, N. J., Gadagkar, R., Griffin, A. S., Hauber, M. E., Hölldobler, B., Hoogland, J. L., Hrdy, S. B., Jennions, M. D., Kappeler, P. M., Karino, K., Kocher, S., Konner, M. J., Korb, J., Kronauer, D. J. C., ... Westneat, D. F. (2026). The future of evolutionary behavioral biology. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 80(5), Article 64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-026-03732-6

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