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Offering a behavioral science perspective on how scientific practice becomes compromised, this text provides recommendations for improvement. Broadening the discussion of research integrity beyond replication, publication biases, statistics and methods, it addresses the full complexity of the issue and serves academics and policy makers who are concerned with the reliability and validity of scientific findings across the social sciences.

Game theory has revolutionized the study of animal behavior. The fundamental principle of evolutionary game theory--that the strategy adopted by one individual depends on the strategies exhibited by others--has proven a powerful tool in uncovering the forces shaping otherwise mysterious behaviors. In this volume, the first since 1982 devoted to evolutionary game theory, leading researchers describe applications of the theory to diverse types of behavior, providing an overview of recent discoveries and a synthesis of current research. The volume begins with a clear introduction to game theory a