Publications

Bshary, R. & Noë, R. 2023. A marine cleaning mutualism provides new insights in biological market dynamics. Philosophical Transactions B. (DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0501) pdf Part of the theme issue ‘Half a century of evolutionary games: a synthesis of theory, application and future directions’

Schwing, R., Meaux, E., Piseddu, A., Huber, L. & Noë, R. 2021. Kea, Nestor notabilis, achieve cooperation in dyads, triads and tetrads when dominants show restraint. Learning & Behavior 49, 36–53. open access (also see the page "Kea")

Noë, R. 2021. Waste can be traded with mutualistic partners. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 36: 175-176 pdf This is a short comment on Prescott CE, Grayston SJ, Helmisaari H-S, Kaštovská E, Körner C, Lambers H, Meier IC, Millard P, Ostonen I (2020) Surplus carbon drives allocation and plant–soil interactions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution. The answer to my comment, basically repeating the statements made in the original publication: Prescott CE, Grayston SJ, Helmisaari H-S, Kaštovská E, Körner C, Lambers H, Meier IC, Millard P, Ostonen I (2021) Rhizosphere ‘trade’ is an unnecessary analogy: response to Noë. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 36: 176-177 . Plants apparently invest in mycorrhiza for the fun of it, if I read this comment on my comment well.

Schwing, R., Reuillon, L., Conrad, M., Noë, R. & Huber, L. 2020. Paying attention pays off: kea improve in loose-string cooperation by attending to partner. Ethology 126:246–256. open access (in: Special Issue: Studying the Evolution of Cooperation and Prosociality in Birds)  (also see the page "Kea")

Whiteside MD, Werner GDA, Caldas VEA, van’t Padje A, Dupin SE, Elbers B, Bakker M, Wyatt GAK, Klein M, Hink MA, Postma M, Vaitla B, Noë R, Shimizu TS, West SA, Kiers ET (2019) Mycorrhizal fungi respond to resource inequality by moving phosphorus from rich to poor patches across networks. Current Biology 29(12): 2043-2050. open access  David Cossins about this paper in New Scientist , Susan Milius on Science News, Gabriel Popkin for Quanta  (warning - contains bogus science of the 'Gaia' kind!) and a story in The Economist

Noë, R. & E. Toby Kiers. 2018. Mycorrhizal markets, firms and co-ops. Trends in Ecology & Evolution  33, 756-768. pdf This paper was also written while working on a chapter for the book  'Markets in Nature' . In dire need of someone able to tell sense from nonsense in a review of underground markets, I found an ideal co-author in Toby Kiers.

Noë, R. 2017. Local mating markets in humans and non-human animals. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 71: 148 (DOI 10.1007/s00265-017-2376-3) (read only) online version pdf. This invited review is a spin-off of a chapter of the book  'Markets in Nature' I am (still) writing.

Noë, R. 2017. Cooperation. Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology: Elsevier. pdf (this is an updated version of my 2010 contribution to the  Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience)

Noë, R. 2016. How do biological markets compare to the markets of economics? Munich Personal RePEc Archive. https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/72509/

Schwing R., Jocteur E., Wein, A., Noë, R. & Massen, J. J.M. 2016. Kea cooperate better with sharing affiliates. Animal Cognition 19(6), 1093-1102 open access

Hammerstein, P. & Noë, R. 2016. Biological trade and markets. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 371(1687) open access pdf

Werner, G. D. A., Strassmann, J. E., Ivens, A. B. F., Engelmoer, D. J. P., Verbruggen, E., Queller, D. C., Noë, R., Johnson, N. C., Hammerstein, P. & Kiers, T. 2014. Evolution of microbial markets. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 111, 1237-1244  doi:10.1073/pnas.1315980111 pdf. About this paper in English: EurekAlert (AAAS);  Phys.org; Futurity; Washington University in St. Louis; spoken version on YouTube; Times of India; Digital Journal; The Week; Market Design (blog) and in Dutch: VU Amsterdam; RU Groningen; BioNieuws

Noë, R. & Laporte, M. 2014. Socio-spatial cognition in vervet monkeys. Animal Cognition 17, 597-607 pdf (see page "Socio-spatial cognition" under "Vervets")

Van de Waal, E., Spinelli, M., Bshary, R., Ros, A.F.H. & Noë, R. 2013. Negotiations over grooming in wild vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus pygerythrus). International Journal of Primatology 34, 1153-1171 pdf (also see the page "Vervets")

Fruteau, C., Van Damme, E. & Noë, R. 2013. Vervet monkeys solve a multi-player 'Forbidden Circle game' by queueing to learn restraint. Current Biology 23, 665-670 pdf Suppl Info. (also see page "Forbidden Circle Game" under "Vervets"). Dispatch about this paper: Barrett, L. & Henzi, S. P. 2013. Social Coordination: Patience Is a Virtue for Vervet Monkeys. Current Biology, 23, R311-R313 pdf. Press items: Le Monde (F); Informe21.com (E); Ultimo Segundo iG (Brazilian); Spektrum der Wissenschaft (D); Wissenschaft Aktuell (D); Galileo (I); ScienceDaily (US); Le Temps (CH); Forskning.no (N); SVT (Swedish Television site); New York Times (US); NRC-De Kleine Wetenschap (NL); Videnskab (DK); EurekAlert (AAAS - US);  Phys.org (US)(= Current Biology press release as PDF) 

Noë, R. & Voelkl, B. 2013. Cooperation and biological markets: the power of partner choice. In : Cooperation and its Evolution. Sterelny, K.;Joyce, R.; Calcott, B. & Fraser, B. (eds) MIT Press, pp. 131-151 pdf

Fruteau, C., Lemoine, S., Hellard, E., Van Damme, E. & Noë, R. 2011. When females trade grooming for grooming: Testing partner control and partner choice models of cooperation in two species of primates Animal Behaviour 81, 1223-1230 pdf (also see the page "Vervets")

Locatelli, S., Roeder, A. D., Bruford, M. W., Noë, R., Delaporte, E. & Peeters, M. 2011. Lack of evidence of simian immunodeficiency virus infection among nonhuman primates in Taï National Park, Côte d’Ivoire: Limitations of noninvasive methods and SIV diagnostic tools for studies of primate retroviruses International Journal of Primatology 32, 288-307 pdf

Weingrill, T., Willems, E. P., Krützen, M. & Noë, R. 2011. Determinants of paternity success in a group of captive vervet monkeys (Chlorocebus aethiops sabaeus) International Journal of Primatology  32, 415-429 pdf

Fruteau, C., van de Waal, E., Van Damme, E. & Noë, R. 2011. Infant access and handling in sooty mangabeys and vervet monkeys. Animal Behaviour 81, 153-161 pdf. About this paper: Science News 5 NOV 2010 (also see the page "Vervets")

Voelkl, B. & Noë, R. 2010. Simulation of information propagation in real-life primate networks: longevity, fecundity, fidelity. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology  64, 1449-1459 pdf SOM

Scheid, C & Noë, R. 2010. The performance of rooks in a cooperative task depends on their temperament. Animal Cognition 13, 545-553 pdf (also see the page "Rooks")

Noë, R. 2010. Cooperation. Encyclopedia of Behavioral Neuroscience G. Koob, M. Le Moal and R.Thompson (eds). Academic Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 345-353 pdf (but see 2017 for an updated version)

Noë, R. 2010. A haphazard career. Guest feature in: Social Behaviour: Genes, Ecology and Evolution. Székely, T., Moore A. J. & Komdeur, J. (eds) Cambridge University Press, pp 226-229 pdf

Fruteau, C., Range, F. & Noë, R. 2010. Infanticide risk and infant defence in multi-male free-ranging Sooty Mangabeys, Cercocebus atys. Behavioural Processes  83, 113-118 pdf

Zuberbühler, K., Ouattara, K., Bitty, A., Lemasson, A. & Noë, R. 2009. The primate roots of human language: Primate vocal behaviour and cognition in the wild. In: Becoming eloquent: Advances in the emergence of language, human cognition, and modern cultures (Eds. d’Errico, F. & Hombert, J.-M.). John Benjamins, Amsterdam.

Fruteau, C., Voelkl, B., Van Damme, E., & Noë, R. 2009. Supply and demand determine the market value of food providers in wild vervet monkeys. Proceedings of the National Academy of Science 106, 12007-12012 PNAS open access. (also see the page "Vervets"). About this paper: New Scientist (UK), Les Echos (F), De Volkskrant (NL), Der Standard (A), CNN (US). Press releases: CNRS (INEE), NWO (English), NWO (nederlands) podcast & transscript National Public Radio (US)

Scheid, C., Schmidt, J. & Noë, R. 2008. Distinct patterns of food offering and co-feeding in rooks. Animal Behaviour 76, 1701-1707 pdf (also see the page "Rooks")

Voelkl, B. & Noë, R. 2008. The influence of social structure on the propagation of social information in artificial primate groups: A graph-based simulation approach. Journal of Theoretical Biology 252, 77-86 pdf

Locatelli, S., Liegeois, F., Lafay, B., Roeder, A. D., Bruford, M. W., Formenty, P., Noë, R., Delaporte, E. & Peeters, M. 2008. Prevalence and genetic diversity of simian immunodeficiency virus infection in wild-living red colobus monkeys (Piliocolobus badius badius) from the Taï forest, Côte d'Ivoire. SIVwrc in wild-living western red colobus monkeys. Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 8, 1-14 pdf

Noë, R. 2007. Despotic partner choice puts helpers under pressure? Behavioural Processes, 76, 120-125 pdf

Noë, R. 2007. Selection of human prosocial behavior through partner choice by powerful individuals and institutions. Behavioral and Brain Science 30 (1): 37-38 pdf (the complete target article by Herbert Gintis with all comments can be found  here)

Noë, R. 2006. Digging for the roots of trading.In: Kappeler, P. M. & van Schaik C. P. (eds.) Cooperation in Primates and Humans: Evolution and Mechanisms. Springer, Berlin pp. 233-261 pdf

Noë, R. 2006. Cooperation experiments: coordination through communication versus acting apart together. Animal Behaviour, 71, 1-18 pdf

Range, F. & Noë, R. 2005. Can simple rules account for the pattern of triadic interactions in juvenile and adult female sooty mangabeys? Animal Behaviour, 69, 445-452 pdf

Santiago, M. L., Range, F., Keele, B. F., Li, Y., Bailes, E., Bibollet-Ruche, F., Fruteau, C., Noë, R., Peeters, M., Brookfield, J. F. Y., Shaw, G. M., Sharp, P. M. & Hahn, B. H. 2005. Simian immunodeficiency virus infection in free-ranging sooty mangabeys (Cercocebus atys atys) from the Tai Forest, Cote d'Ivoire: Implications for the origin of epidemic Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 2. Journal of Virology, 79, 12515-12527 pdf

Weingrill, T., Stanisiere, C. & Noë, R. 2005. Training Vervet monkeys to avoid electric wires: Is there evidence for social learning? Zoo Biology, 24, 145-151 pdf

Korstjens, A., Nijssen, E. & Noë, R. 2005. Intergroup relationships in western black-and-white colobus, Colobus polykomos polykomos. International Journal of Primatology, 26, 1267-1289 pdf

Shultz, S., Noë, R., McGraw, W. S. & Dunbar, R. I. M. 2004. A community-level evaluation of the impact of prey behavioural and ecological characteristics on predator diet composition. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B-Biological Sciences, 271, 725-732 pdf

Korstjens, A. H. & Noë, R. 2004. Mating system of an exceptional primate, the olive colobus (Procolobus verus). American Journal of Primatology, 62, 261 - 273 pdf

Bshary, R. & Noë, R. 2003. Biological Markets: the ubiquitous influence of partner choice on the dynamics of cleaner fish-client reef fish interactions. In: Genetic and Cultural Evolution of Cooperation. (Ed. by Hammerstein, P.), pp. 167-184.: MIT Press. Cambridge, Mass. pdf

Bergstrom, C. T.; Bronstein, J. L.; Bshary, R.; Connor, R. C.; Daly, M.; Frank, S. A,; Gintis, H.; Keller, L.; Leimar, O.; Noë, R.; Queller, D.C., 2003. Interspecific mutualisms: puzzles and predictions. Group report of the Dahlem Workshop 'Genetic and Cultural Evolution of Cooperation, Berlin 23 – 28 juin 2002 Dahlem Konferenzen, Berlin – MIT Press. pp. 241-256

Courgnaud, V., Formenty, P., Akoua-Koffi, C., Noë, R., Delaporte, E. & Peeters, M. 2003. Partial molecular characterization of simian immunodeficiency viruses (SIV) from African colobids, SIVwrc from Western red colobus (Procolobus badius) and SIVolc from olive colobus (Procolobus verus). Journal of Virology, 77, 744-748 pdf

Shultz, S., Faurie, C. & Noë, R. 2003. Behavioural responses of Diana monkeys to male long-distance calls: changes in ranging, association patterns and activity. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 53, 238-245 pdf

Shultz, S. & Noë, R. 2002. The consequences of crowned eagle central-place foraging on predation risk in monkeys. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, B., 269, 1797-1802 pdf

Range, F. & Noë, R. 2002. Familiarity and dominance relations among female sooty mangabeys in the Tai National Park. American Journal of Primatology, 56, 137-153 pdf

Korstjens, A. H., Sterck, E. H. M. & Noë, R. 2002. How adaptive or phylogenetically inert is primate social behaviour? A test with two sympatric colobines. Behaviour, 139, 203-225 pdf

Rödel, M. O., Range, F., Seppanen, J. T. & Noë, R. 2002. Caviar in the rain forest: monkeys as frog-spawn predators in Tai National Park, Ivory Coast. Journal of. Tropical Ecology, 18, 289-294 pdf

Noë, R. & Bshary, R. 2001. Fruitful cooperation. Interspecies associations in an African forest. In: Macdonald, D. (ed.) The New Encyclopedia of Mammals. Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, pp. 394-395 pdf

Noë, R. 2001. Biological markets: partner choice as the driving force behind the evolution of cooperation. In: Economics in Nature. Social Dilemmas, Mate Choice and Biological Markets. (Ed. by Noë, R., van Hooff, J. A. R. A. M. & Hammerstein, P.), pp. 93-118. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pdf

Bshary, R. & Noë, R. 1997. Anti-predation behaviour of red colobus monkeys in the presence of chimpanzees. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 41, 321-333 pdf

Bshary, R. & Noë, R. 1997. Red colobus and diana monkeys provide mutual protection against predators. Animal Behaviour, 54, 1461-1474 pdf

Noë, R. & Bshary, R. 1997. The formation of red colobus - diana monkey associations under predation pressure from chimpanzees. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, B., 264, 253-259 pdf About this paper: Nature News & Views by R.I.M. Dunbar

Wachter, B., Schabel, S. & Noë, R. 1997. Diet overlap and polyspecific associations of red colobus and diana monkeys in the Taï National Park, Ivory Coast. Ethology, 103, 514-526 pdf

Zuberbühler, K., Noë, R. & Seyfarth, R. M. 1997. Diana monkey long-distance calls: messages for conspecific and predators. Animal Behaviour, 53, 589-604 pdf

Höner, O. P., Leumann, L. & Noë, R. 1997. Dyadic associations of red colobus (Colobus badius) and diana monkey (Cercopithecus diana) groups in the Taï National Park, Ivory Coast. Primates, 38, 281-291 pdf

Holenweg, A. K., Noë, R. & Schabel, M. 1996. Waser's gas model applied to associations between red colobus and diana monkeys in the Taï National Park, Ivory Coast. Folia primatologica, 67, 125-136 pdf

Noë, R. & Sluijter, A. A. 1995. Which adult male savanna baboons form coalitions? International Journal of Primatology, 16, 77-105 pdf

Noë, R. & Hammerstein, P. 1995. Biological markets. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 10, 336-339 pdf

Noë, R. & Hammerstein, P. 1994. Biological markets: supply and demand determine the effect of partner choice in cooperation, mutualism and mating. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 35, 1-11 pdf

Noë, R. 1994. A model of coalition formation among male baboons with fighting ability as the crucial parameter. Animal Behaviour, 47, 211-213 pdf

Noë, R. 1992. Alliance formation among male baboons: shopping for profitable partners. In: Harcourt, A. H.; Waal, F. B. M. de (eds.) Coalitions and Alliances in Humans and Other Animals. Oxford UP pp. 285-321 pdf

Noë, R., Schaik, C. P. v. & Hooff, J. A. R. A. M. v. 1991. The market effect: an explanation for pay-off asymmetries among collaborating animals. Ethology, 87, 97-118 pdf

Noë, R. & Sluijter, A. A. 1990. Reproductive tactics of male savanna baboons. Behaviour, 113, 117-170 pdf

Noë, R. 1990. A Veto game played by baboons: a challenge to the use of the Prisoner's Dilemma as a paradigm for reciprocity and cooperation. Animal Behaviour, 39, 78-90 pdf

Noë, R. 1986. Lasting alliances among adult male savannah baboons. In: Else, J. M.; Lee, P. H. (eds.) Primate ontogeny, cognition and social behaviour. Cambridge Univiversity Press.

Noë, R. & Blom, C. W. P. M. 1981. Occurrence of three Plantago species in coastal dune grasslands in relation to pore-volume and organic matter content of the soil. Journal of Applied Ecology, 19, 177-182

Noë, R., Waal, F. B. M. d. & Hooff, J. A. R. A. M. v. 1980. Types of dominance in a chimpanzee colony. Folia primatologica, 34, 90-110 pdf