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5 JUN 2026: added Rotella, Twardus & Barclay (2026). Affordances in social ecologies: A biological markets extension. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 49, e77 (can be found as comment on open access BBS target article: Ko & Neuberg (2026). Ecological affordances across life stages: An affordance-management framework. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 49, e57) to the page human cooperation, fairness & reputation
5 JUN 2026: added Furukawa & Iimura (2026). C–N exchange model of legume–Rhizobium symbiosis incorporating ATP budget constraints and energy–mass balance between the species. PLOS ONE, 21(5), e0349611 to the page Biological Market theory and comparative advantage
4 JUN 2026: added a reference to Padget, Radford, & Higginson (2026). Reward inequity can promote both public goods production and free riding. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: 293(2071) to the page Biological Market models
23 APR 2026: added the Abstract and Keywords for chapter 11 'Underground markets' to the page about my upcoming book 'Markets in Nature'
This photo was taken in 2013 but I still look rather similar - no obvious improvements 😒
I returned to The Netherlands after my retirement in September 2018. The best way to contact me is by email:
ronald.noe (you-know-wh'at') gmail.com
Various pages with information on Biological Markets and my Publications (with links to PDFs) can be found by clicking the menu (upper-left)
Alternative source of PDFs: ResearchGate
Citation scores: Google Scholar
behavioural ecology, evolution of cooperation and mutualism, biological market theory
mostly African primates and a bit of rooks, kea and arbuscular mycorrhiza
Last update of this page: 5 JUN 2026