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Hudson K. Reeve is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields, with a focus on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Psychology.

Their work often addresses various subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Social Psychology, Ecology, Developmental Biology, and Genetics. The primary research topics covered include Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, Marine Animal Studies Overview, Primate Behavior and Ecology, Plant and Animal Studies, Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior, and Neuroendocrine Regulation and Behavior.

Hudson K. Reeve has contributed to a range of scientific publications, with a notable presence in the following venues:

  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Animal Behaviour

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Hudson K. Reeve include:

  • Coevolution of cognitive abilities and identity signals in individual recognition systems, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • The evolution of conspecific acceptance threshold models, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Acoustic and postural displays in a miniature and transparent teleost fish, Danionella dracula, 2022, Journal of Experimental Biology
  • Evolutionarily stable investments in recognition systems explain patterns of discrimination failure and success, 2020, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Maternal care leads to the evolution of long, slow lives, 2024, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent collaborators in Hudson K. Reeve's research include Rose L. Tatarsky, Zilin Guo, Sarah Campbell, Helena Kim, and Wenxuan Fang, each with multiple coauthored works.

Best Publications

  • The evolution of conspecific acceptance thresholds

    Hudson Kern Reeve

  • Adaptation and the Goals of Evolutionary Research

    Hudson Kern Reeve;Paul W. Sherman

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • Partitioning of reproduction in animal societies.

    L Keller;H K Reeve

  • DNA "fingerprinting" reveals high levels of inbreeding in colonies of the eusocial naked mole-rat

    Hudson K. Reeve;David F. Westneat;William A. Noon;Paul W. Sherman

  • Why Do Females Mate with Multiple Males? The Sexually Selected Sperm Hypothesis

    Laurent Keller;Laurent Keller;Hudson K. Reeve

  • Reproductive sharing in animal societies: reproductive incentives or incomplete control by dominant breeders?

    H. Kern Reeve;Stephen T. Emlen;Laurent Keller

  • Forum The eusociality continuum

    Paul W. Sherman;Eileen A. Lacey;Hudson K. Reeve;Laurent Keller

  • Parasites, pathogens, and polyandry in social hymenoptera

    Paul W. Sherman;Thomas D. Seeley;Hudson K. Reeve

  • Conflict in single-queen hymenopteran societies : the structure of conflict and processes that reduce conflict in advanced eusocial species

    Francis L.W. Ratnieks;H.Kern Reeve

  • TESTS OF REPRODUCTIVE-SKEW MODELS IN SOCIAL INSECTS

    H. Kern Reeve;Laurent Keller

  • The evolution and ontogeny of nestmate recognition in social wasps

    G. J. Gamboa;H. K. Reeve;D. W. Pfennig

  • Estimating effective paternity number in social insects and the effective number of alleles in a population

    Rasmus Nielsen;David R. Tarpy;H. Kern Reeve

  • Nestmate recognition in social wasps: the origin and acquisition of recognition odours

    George J. Gamboa;Hudson K. Reeve;I. Deanna Ferguson;Tracy L. Wacker

  • Signaling individual identity versus quality: a model and case studies with ruffs, queleas, and house finches.

    James Dale;David B. Lank;Hudson Kern Reeve

  • The emergence of a superorganism through intergroup competition

    H. Kern Reeve;Bert Hölldobler

  • Queen activation of lazy workers in colonies of the eusocial naked mole-rat

    Hudson K. Reeve

  • GENETIC VARIABILITY, QUEEN NUMBER, AND POLYANDRY IN SOCIAL HYMENOPTERA.

    Laurent Keller;Hudson K. Reeve

  • Behavioral Ecology and Levels of Selection: Dissolving the Group Selection Controversy

    Lee Alan Dugatkin;Hudson Kern Reeve

  • Kin recognition and cannibalism in spadefoot toad tadpoles

    David W. Pfennig;Hudson K. Reeve;Paul W. Sherman

Frequent Co-Authors

Paul W. Sherman
Paul W. Sherman Cornell University
David W. Pfennig
David W. Pfennig University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Laurent Keller
Laurent Keller University of Lausanne
Peter Nonacs
Peter Nonacs University of California, Los Angeles
David F. Westneat
David F. Westneat University of Kentucky
Michael A. Cant
Michael A. Cant University of Exeter
Stephen T. Emlen
Stephen T. Emlen Cornell University
Elizabeth A. Tibbetts
Elizabeth A. Tibbetts University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Thomas D. Seeley
Thomas D. Seeley Cornell University
Charles F. Aquadro
Charles F. Aquadro Cornell University

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