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Overview

Redouan Bshary is affiliated with the University of Neuchâtel in Switzerland. Their research portfolio spans several interconnected fields, primarily focusing on aspects of animal behavior, evolutionary biology, and social sciences.

Bshary's work is prominently positioned at the intersection of agricultural and biological sciences, psychology, and environmental science. Within these broader fields, their subfield expertise includes ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, social psychology, sociology and political science, ecology itself, and nature and landscape conservation.

The primary topics addressed in their research involve animal behavior and reproduction, evolutionary game theory and cooperation, primate behavior and ecology, evolutionary psychology and human behavior, plant and animal studies, child and animal learning development, and fish biology, ecology, and behavior.

Their recent publications highlight empirical and theoretical advancements in these areas. Some notable papers include:

  • "Further evidence for the capacity of mirror self-recognition in cleaner fish and the significance of ecologically relevant marks" (2022), published in PLoS Biology
  • "Cleaner fish recognize self in a mirror via self-face recognition like humans" (2023), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "The benefits of being seen to help others: indirect reciprocity and reputation-based partner choice" (2021), published in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "A Farewell to the Encephalization Quotient: A New Brain Size Measure for Comparative Primate Cognition" (2021), published in Brain Behavior and Evolution
  • "Brain morphology predicts social intelligence in wild cleaner fish" (2020), published in Nature Communications

Bshary regularly publishes in several venues known for behavioral and biological sciences research. Frequent publication outlets include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Animal Behaviour, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, Ethology, and Brain Behavior and Evolution.

Their collaborations extend to researchers such as Zegni Triki, Carel P. van Schaik, Mélisande Aellen, Yasmin Emery, and Olof Leimar, reflecting a network engaged in various aspects of animal cognition, social behavior, and evolutionary biology.

Best Publications

  • Inclusive fitness theory and eusociality

    Patrick Abbot;Jun Abe;John Alcock;Samuel Alizon

  • Image scoring and cooperation in a cleaner fish mutualism

    Redouan Bshary;Alexandra S. Grutter

  • Punishment and partner switching cause cooperative behaviour in a cleaning mutualism.

    Redouan Bshary;Alexandra S Grutter

  • Fish cognition: a primate's eye view

    Redouan Bshary;Wolfgang Wickler;Hans Fricke

  • The Predator Deterrence Function of Primate Alarm Calls

    Klaus Zuberbühler;David Jenny;Redouan Bshary

  • Interspecific communicative and coordinated hunting between groupers and giant moray eels in the Red Sea.

    Redouan Bshary;Andrea Hohner;Karim Ait-el-Djoudi;Hans Fricke

  • Integrating cooperative breeding into theoretical concepts of cooperation

    Ralph Bergmüller;Rufus A. Johnstone;Andrew F. Russell;Redouan Bshary

  • Punishment and cooperation in nature

    Nichola J. Raihani;Alex Thornton;Redouan Bshary

  • Asymmetric cheating opportunities and partner control in a cleaner fish mutualism

    Redouan Bshary;Alexandra S Grutter

  • Choosy reef fish select cleaner fish that provide high-quality service

    Redouan Bshary;Redouan Bshary;Daniel Schäffer;Daniel Schäffer

  • Cleaner wrasse prefer client mucus: support for partner control mechanisms in cleaning interactions.

    Alexandra S. Grutter;Redouan Bshary

  • Selective attention to philopatric models causes directed social learning in wild vervet monkeys

    Erica van de Waal;Nathalie Renevey;Camille Monique Favre;Redouan Bshary

  • The interplay of cognition and cooperation

    Sarah F. Brosnan;Lucie Salwiczek;Redouan Bshary

  • Referential gestures in fish collaborative hunting

    Alexander L. Vail;Andrea Manica;Redouan Bshary

  • The formation of red colobus–diana monkey associations under predation pressure from chimpanzees

    Ronald Noë;Redouan Bshary

  • Cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus manipulate client reef fish by providing tactile stimulation

    Redouan Bshary;Manuela Würth Würth

  • Distinguishing four fundamental approaches to the evolution of helping.

    Redouan Bshary;Ralph Bergmüller

  • Hormonal mechanisms of cooperative behaviour

    Marta C. Soares;Redouan Bshary;Leonida Fusani;Wolfgang Goymann

  • Red colobus and Diana monkeys provide mutual protection against predators.

    Redouan Bshary;Ronald Noë

  • Cheaters must prosper: reconciling theoretical and empirical perspectives on cheating in mutualism

    Emily I. Jones;Emily I. Jones;Michelle E. Afkhami;Erol Akçay;Judith L. Bronstein

  • The reputation of punishers

    Nichola J. Raihani;Redouan Bshary

Frequent Co-Authors

Alexandra S. Grutter
Alexandra S. Grutter University of Queensland
Rui Filipe Oliveira
Rui Filipe Oliveira International Sleep Products Association
Sarah F. Brosnan
Sarah F. Brosnan Georgia State University
Isabelle M. Côté
Isabelle M. Côté Simon Fraser University
Rufus A. Johnstone
Rufus A. Johnstone University of Cambridge
Ronald Noë
Ronald Noë University of Strasbourg
Carel P. van Schaik
Carel P. van Schaik University of Zurich
Andrea Manica
Andrea Manica University of Cambridge
Gaétan Glauser
Gaétan Glauser University of Neuchâtel
Adrian Bangerter
Adrian Bangerter University of Neuchâtel

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