Dieter Lukas

Registered reports

The following are preregistrations that have passed peer review for which we are currently collecting the data and completing the analyses. I provide links to the in-principle acceptance decisions, pdf of the preregistration, updated manuscript depending on status of the study, and where already available the data.

Peer-Reviewed Preregistration: The role of resource dynamics in the distribution of life cycles within a female human population. Varas Enríquez PJ, Redhead D, Borgerhoff Mulder M, Colleran H, Lukas D. (2024) Recommendation doi: rr.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec?id=594 publisher’s website / accepted version
Peer-Reviewed Preregistration: How to succeed in human modified environments Logan C, Shaw R, Lukas D, McCune K. (2022) Recommendation doi: rr.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec?id=200 publisher’s website / accepted version
Peer-Reviewed Preregistration: Implementing a rapid geographic range expansion - the role of behavior and habitat changes. Logan C, McCune K, Breen A, Chen N, Lukas D (2020) Recommendation doi: 10.24072/pci.ecology.100062 publisher’s website / accepted version / current version
Peer-Reviewed Preregistration: Investigating the rare behavior of male parental care in great-tailed grackles. Folsom MA, MacPherson M, Lukas D, McCune KB, Bergeron L, Bond A, Blackwell A, Rowney C, Logan CJ (2020) Recommendation doi: 10.24072/pci.ecology.100054 publisher’s website / accepted version / current version
Peer-Reviewed Preregistration: Is behavioral flexibility related to foraging and social behavior in a rapidly expanding species? Logan C, Lukas D, Bergeron L, Folsom M, McCune K. (2019) Recommendation doi: 10.24072/pci.ecology.100026 publisher’s website / accepted version / current version

Publications

I provide links to the final versions on the publisher’s websites, the deposited open pdfs, and data. For articles that were preregistered, I also provide links to the preregistrations and the in-principle acceptance.

Reduced levels of relatedness indicate that great-tailed grackles disperse further at the edge of their range. Lukas D, Blackwell AD, Edrisi M, Hardy K, Marfori Z, McCune K, Sevchik A, Smith C, Logan C (2024) doi: 10.32942/X2ND0N publisher’s website / pdf
Bayesian reinforcement learning models reveal how great-tailed grackles improve their behavioral flexibility in serial reversal learning experiments. Lukas D, McCune K, Blaisdell A, Johnson-Ulrich Z, MacPherson M, Seitz B, Sevchik A, Logan C (2024) doi: 10.24072/pcjournal.456 publisher’s website / pdf
Flexible reproductive seasonality in Africa-dwelling papionins is associated with low environmental productivity and high climatic unpredictability. Dezeure J, Dagorrette J, Burtschell L, Chowdhury S, Lukas D, Swedell L, Huchard E (2024) doi: 10.24072/pcjournal.464 publisher’s website / pdf
Cross-cousin marriage among Tsimane forager–horticulturalists during demographic transition and market integration Dalzero A, Beheim BA, Kaplan H, Stieglitz J, Hooper PL, Ross CT, Gurven M, Lukas D (2024) doi: 10.1017/ehs.2024.11 publisher’s website / pdf
The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the gender gap in research productivity within academia. Lee KGL , Mennerat A, Lukas D, Dugdale HL, Culina A (2023) doi: 10.7554/eLife.85427 publisher’s website / pdf /data+code
Implementing a rapid geographic range expansion-the role of behavior changes. Logan C, McCune K, LeGrande-Rolls C, Marfori Z, Hubbard J, Lukas D (2023) doi: 10.24072/pcjournal.320 publisher’s website / pdf /data+code
Using repeatability of performance within and across contexts to validate measures of behavioral flexibility. McCune K, Blaisdell A, Johnson-Ulrich Z, Sevchik A, Lukas D, MacPherson M, Seitz B, Logan CJ (2023) doi: 10.7717/peerj.15773 publisher’s website / pdf /data+code
The role of climate change and niche shifts in divergent range dynamics of a sister-species pair. Summers J, Lukas D, Logan C, Chen N (2022) doi: 10.32942/osf.io/879pe publisher’s website / pdf / peer review of preregistration / data+code
Fitness consequences of cousin marriage: a life-history assessment in two populations. Dalzero A, Ross CT, Lukas D (2022) doi: 10.1017/ehs.2022.55 publisher’s website / pdf / data+code
The eco-evolutionary landscape of power relationships between males and females. Davidian E, Surbeck M, Lukas D, Kappeler PM, Huchard E (2022) doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.04.004 publisher’s website / pdf / press release
The effect of dominance rank on female reproductive success in social mammals. Shivani, Huchard E, Lukas D (2022) doi: 10.24072/pcjournal.158 publisher’s website / pdf / data+code / press release
Local convergence of behavior across species. Barsbai T, Lukas D, Pondorfer A (2021) doi: 10.1126/science.abb7481 publisher’s website / pdf / data+code / press release
Investigating sex differences in genetic relatedness in great-tailed grackles in Tempe, Arizona to infer potential sex biases in dispersal. Sevchik A, Logan CJ, Bergeron L, McClune K, Blackwell A, Rowney C, Lukas D. (2021) doi: 10.32942/osf.io/t6beh; Version 5 of this preprint has been peer-reviewed and recommended by Peer Community In Ecology: doi: 10.24072/pci.ecology.10007 Article: publisher’s website / pdf / data / code Preregistration: in-principle acceptance preregistration / accepted version preregistration
The Potential to Infer the Historical Pattern of Cultural Macroevolution. Lukas D, Towner M, Borgerhoff Mulder M (2021) doi: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0057 publisher’s website / pdf / data+code
Monotocy and the evolution of plural breeding in mammals. Lukas D, Clutton-Brock T (2020) doi:10.1093/beheco/araa039 publisher’s website / pdf / data
Kinship across the lifespan in human communities. Koster J, Lukas D, Nolin D, Power EA, Alvergne A, Mace R, Ross C, Kramer K, Greaves R, Caudell M, MacFarlan S, Schniter E, Quinlan R, Mattison S, Reynolds A, Yi-Sum C, Massengill E (2019) doi: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0069 publisher’s website / pdf / data
The evolution of infanticide by females in mammals. Lukas D & Huchard E (2019) doi: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0075 publisher’s website / pdf / data / press release
Social complexity: patterns, processes, and evolution. Kappeler PM, Clutton-Brock T, Shultz S, Lukas D (2019) doi: 10.1007/s0026 publisher’s website / pdf
Women’s visibility in academic seminars: women ask fewer questions than men. Carter A, Croft A, Lukas D & Sandstrom G (2018) doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202743 publisher’s website / pdf of preprint / data / press release
Social complexity and kinship in animal societies Lukas D & Clutton-Brock TH (2018) doi: 10.1111/ele.13079 publisher’s website / pdf / data / press release
Ingredients for Understanding Brain and Behavioral Evolution: Ecology, Phylogeny, and Mechanism Montgomery SH, Currie A, Lukas D, Boogert N, Buskell A, Cross FR, Jelbert S, Avin S, Mares R, Navarrete AF, Shigeno S & Logan C (2018) doi: 10.3819/CCBR.2018.130011 publisher’s website / pdf
Beyond brain size: uncovering the neural correlates of behavioral and cognitive specialization Logan CJ, Avin S, Boogert N, Buskell A, Cross FR, Currie A, Jelbert S, Lukas D, Mares R, Navarette AF, Shigeno S & Montgomtery SH (2018) doi: 10.3819/CCBR.2018.130008 publisher’s website / pdf
The relationship between egg size and helper number in cooperative breeders: a meta-analysis across species. Dixit T, English S & Lukas D (2017) doi: 10.7717/peerj.4028 publisher’s website / pdf / data
Reply: Comparative studies need to rely both on sound natural history data and on excellent statistical analysis. Lukas D & Clutton-Brock (2017) doi: 10.1098/rsos.171211 publisher’s website / pdf
Climate and the distribution of cooperative breeding in mammals. Lukas D & Clutton-Brock T (2017) doi: 10.1098/rsos.160897 publisher’s website / pdf / data / press release
The evolution of infanticide by males in mammalian societies. Lukas D & Huchard E (2014) doi: 10.1126/science.1257226 publisher’s website / pdf / data /press release
Revisiting non-offspring nursing: allonursing evolves when the costs are low. MacLeod KJ & Lukas D (2014) doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0378 publisher’s website / pdf / data
Costs of mating competition limit male lifetime breeding success in polygynous mammals. Lukas D & Clutton-Brock TH (2014) doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0418 publisher’s website / pdf / data
Junior scientists are sceptical of sceptics of open access: a reply to Agrawal. Carter AJ, Horrocks NP, Huchard E, Logan CJ, Lukas D, MacLeod KJ, Marshall HM, Peck HL, Sanderson JL & Sorensen MC. (2014) doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2014.04.005 publisher’s website / pdf
Evolution of social monogamy in primates is not consistently associated with male infanticide Lukas D & Clutton-Brock TH (2014) doi: 10.1073/pnas.1401012111 publisher’s website /pdf / data
The evolution of social monogamy in mammals. Lukas D & Clutton-Brock TH (2013) doi: 10.1126/science.1238677 publisher’s website / pdf / data / press release
Caring for offspring in a world of cheats. Lukas D (2013) doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001519 publisher’s website / pdf
Individual variation in cognitive performance: developmental and evolutionary perspectives. Thornton A & Lukas D (2012) doi: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0214 publisher’s website / pdf /data
Life histories and the evolution of cooperative breeding in mammals. Lukas D & Clutton-Brock TH (2012) doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1433 publisher’s website / pdf
Cooperative breeding and monogamy in mammalian societies. Lukas D & Clutton-Brock TH (2012) doi: 10.1098/rspb.2011.2468 publisher’s website / pdf / data
The evolution of social philopatry and dispersal in female mammals. Clutton-Brock TH & Lukas D (2012) doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05232.x publisher’s website /pdf
Group structure, kinship, inbreeding risk and habitual female dispersal in plural-breeding mammals. Lukas D & Clutton-Brock TH (2011) doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2011.02385.x publisher’s website / pdf / data
Male-mediated gene flow in patrilocal primates. Schubert G, Stoneking CJ, Arandjelovic M, Boesch C, Eckhard N, Hohmann G, Langergraber K, Lukas D, Vigilant L (2011). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0021514 publisher’s website / pdf
Comparative study of genetic variation in relation to social structures of animals. Lukas D (2008). PhD Thesis. Universitaet Leipzig. pdf
Y-chromosome analysis confirms highly sex-biased dispersal and suggests a low male effective population size in bonobos (Pan paniscus). Eriksson J, Siedel H, Lukas D, Kayser M, Erler A, Hashimoto C, Hohmann G, Boesch C & Vigilant L (2006) doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02845.x publisher’s website / pdf
To what extent does living in a group mean living with kin? Lukas D, Reynolds V, Boesch C & Vigilant L (2005) doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02560.x publisher’s website / pdf
Nuclear insertions help and hinder inference of the evolutionary history of gorilla mtDNA. Thalmann O, Serre D, Hofreiter M, Lukas D, Eriksson J & Vigilant L (2005) doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02382.x publisher’s website / pdf
Major histocompatibility complex and microsatellite variation in two populations of wild gorillas. Lukas D, Bradley BJ, Nsubuga AM, Doran-Sheehy D, Robbins M & Vigilant L (2004) doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02353.x publisher’s website / pdf / data
Commentary on previous paper: Facts, faeces and setting standards for the study of MHC genes using noninvasive samples. Lukas D & Vigilant L (2005) doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02459.x publisher’s website /pdf
Dispersed male networks in western gorillas. Bradley BJ, Doran-Sheehy DM, Lukas D, Boesch C & Vigilant L (2004) doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2004.02.062 publisher’s website / pdf

Registered reports

Peer-Reviewed Preregistration: The role of resource dynamics in the distribution of life cycles within a female human population.

Varas Enríquez PJ, Redhead D, Borgerhoff Mulder M, Colleran H, Lukas D. (2024) Recommendation doi: rr.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec?id=594

Peer-Reviewed Preregistration: How to succeed in human modified environments

Logan C, Shaw R, Lukas D, McCune K. (2022) Recommendation doi: rr.peercommunityin.org/articles/rec?id=200

Peer-Reviewed Preregistration: Implementing a rapid geographic range expansion - the role of behavior and habitat changes.

Logan C, McCune K, Breen A, Chen N, Lukas D (2020) Recommendation doi: 10.24072/pci.ecology.100062

Peer-Reviewed Preregistration: Investigating the rare behavior of male parental care in great-tailed grackles.

Folsom MA, MacPherson M, Lukas D, McCune KB, Bergeron L, Bond A, Blackwell A, Rowney C, Logan CJ (2020) Recommendation doi: 10.24072/pci.ecology.100054

Peer-Reviewed Preregistration: Is behavioral flexibility related to foraging and social behavior in a rapidly expanding species?

Logan C, Lukas D, Bergeron L, Folsom M, McCune K. (2019) Recommendation doi: 10.24072/pci.ecology.100026

Publications

Reduced levels of relatedness indicate that great-tailed grackles disperse further at the edge of their range.

Lukas D, Blackwell AD, Edrisi M, Hardy K, Marfori Z, McCune K, Sevchik A, Smith C, Logan C (2024) doi: 10.32942/X2ND0N

Bayesian reinforcement learning models reveal how great-tailed grackles improve their behavioral flexibility in serial reversal learning experiments.

Lukas D, McCune K, Blaisdell A, Johnson-Ulrich Z, MacPherson M, Seitz B, Sevchik A, Logan C (2024) doi: 10.24072/pcjournal.456

Flexible reproductive seasonality in Africa-dwelling papionins is associated with low environmental productivity and high climatic unpredictability.

Dezeure J, Dagorrette J, Burtschell L, Chowdhury S, Lukas D, Swedell L, Huchard E (2024) doi: 10.24072/pcjournal.464

Cross-cousin marriage among Tsimane forager–horticulturalists during demographic transition and market integration

Dalzero A, Beheim BA, Kaplan H, Stieglitz J, Hooper PL, Ross CT, Gurven M, Lukas D (2024) doi: 10.1017/ehs.2024.11

The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the gender gap in research productivity within academia.

Lee KGL , Mennerat A, Lukas D, Dugdale HL, Culina A (2023) doi: 10.7554/eLife.85427

Implementing a rapid geographic range expansion-the role of behavior changes.

Logan C, McCune K, LeGrande-Rolls C, Marfori Z, Hubbard J, Lukas D (2023) doi: 10.24072/pcjournal.320

Using repeatability of performance within and across contexts to validate measures of behavioral flexibility.

McCune K, Blaisdell A, Johnson-Ulrich Z, Sevchik A, Lukas D, MacPherson M, Seitz B, Logan CJ (2023) doi: 10.7717/peerj.15773

The role of climate change and niche shifts in divergent range dynamics of a sister-species pair.

Summers J, Lukas D, Logan C, Chen N (2022) doi: 10.32942/osf.io/879pe

Fitness consequences of cousin marriage: a life-history assessment in two populations.

Dalzero A, Ross CT, Lukas D (2022) doi: 10.1017/ehs.2022.55

The eco-evolutionary landscape of power relationships between males and females.

Davidian E, Surbeck M, Lukas D, Kappeler PM, Huchard E (2022) doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2022.04.004

The effect of dominance rank on female reproductive success in social mammals.

Shivani, Huchard E, Lukas D (2022) doi: 10.24072/pcjournal.158

Local convergence of behavior across species.

Barsbai T, Lukas D, Pondorfer A (2021) doi: 10.1126/science.abb7481

Investigating sex differences in genetic relatedness in great-tailed grackles in Tempe, Arizona to infer potential sex biases in dispersal.

Sevchik A, Logan CJ, Bergeron L, McClune K, Blackwell A, Rowney C, Lukas D. (2021) doi: 10.32942/osf.io/t6beh; Version 5 of this preprint has been peer-reviewed and recommended by Peer Community In Ecology: doi: 10.24072/pci.ecology.10007

The Potential to Infer the Historical Pattern of Cultural Macroevolution.

Lukas D, Towner M, Borgerhoff Mulder M (2021) doi: 10.1098/rstb.2020.0057

Monotocy and the evolution of plural breeding in mammals.

Lukas D, Clutton-Brock T (2020) doi:10.1093/beheco/araa039

Kinship across the lifespan in human communities.

Koster J, Lukas D, Nolin D, Power EA, Alvergne A, Mace R, Ross C, Kramer K, Greaves R, Caudell M, MacFarlan S, Schniter E, Quinlan R, Mattison S, Reynolds A, Yi-Sum C, Massengill E (2019) doi: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0069

The evolution of infanticide by females in mammals.

Lukas D & Huchard E (2019) doi: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0075

Social complexity: patterns, processes, and evolution.

Kappeler PM, Clutton-Brock T, Shultz S, Lukas D (2019) doi: 10.1007/s0026

Women’s visibility in academic seminars: women ask fewer questions than men.

Carter A, Croft A, Lukas D & Sandstrom G (2018) doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0202743

Social complexity and kinship in animal societies

Lukas D & Clutton-Brock TH (2018) doi: 10.1111/ele.13079

Ingredients for Understanding Brain and Behavioral Evolution: Ecology, Phylogeny, and Mechanism

Montgomery SH, Currie A, Lukas D, Boogert N, Buskell A, Cross FR, Jelbert S, Avin S, Mares R, Navarrete AF, Shigeno S & Logan C (2018) doi: 10.3819/CCBR.2018.130011

Beyond brain size: uncovering the neural correlates of behavioral and cognitive specialization

Logan CJ, Avin S, Boogert N, Buskell A, Cross FR, Currie A, Jelbert S, Lukas D, Mares R, Navarette AF, Shigeno S & Montgomtery SH (2018) doi: 10.3819/CCBR.2018.130008

The relationship between egg size and helper number in cooperative breeders: a meta-analysis across species.

Dixit T, English S & Lukas D (2017) doi: 10.7717/peerj.4028

Reply: Comparative studies need to rely both on sound natural history data and on excellent statistical analysis.

Lukas D & Clutton-Brock (2017) doi: 10.1098/rsos.171211

Climate and the distribution of cooperative breeding in mammals.

Lukas D & Clutton-Brock T (2017) doi: 10.1098/rsos.160897

The evolution of infanticide by males in mammalian societies.

Lukas D & Huchard E (2014) doi: 10.1126/science.1257226

Revisiting non-offspring nursing: allonursing evolves when the costs are low.

MacLeod KJ & Lukas D (2014) doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2014.0378

Costs of mating competition limit male lifetime breeding success in polygynous mammals.

Lukas D & Clutton-Brock TH (2014) doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0418

Junior scientists are sceptical of sceptics of open access: a reply to Agrawal.

Carter AJ, Horrocks NP, Huchard E, Logan CJ, Lukas D, MacLeod KJ, Marshall HM, Peck HL, Sanderson JL & Sorensen MC. (2014) doi: 10.1016/j.tplants.2014.04.005

Evolution of social monogamy in primates is not consistently associated with male infanticide

Lukas D & Clutton-Brock TH (2014) doi: 10.1073/pnas.1401012111

The evolution of social monogamy in mammals.

Lukas D & Clutton-Brock TH (2013) doi: 10.1126/science.1238677

Caring for offspring in a world of cheats.

Lukas D (2013) doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001519

Individual variation in cognitive performance: developmental and evolutionary perspectives.

Thornton A & Lukas D (2012) doi: 10.1098/rstb.2012.0214

Life histories and the evolution of cooperative breeding in mammals.

Lukas D & Clutton-Brock TH (2012) doi: 10.1098/rspb.2012.1433