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- Distinguished Animal Behaviorist
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- Quest Award
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- Richard Buchholz Conservation Behavior Award

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Distinguished Animal Behaviorist
Distinguished Animal Behaviorist Award recognizes an outstanding career in animal behavior.
Previous Recipients
Distinguished Animal Behaviorist Award | Year Awarded |
John Paul Scott | 1990 |
William D. Hamilton | 1991 |
Peter R. Marler | 1992 |
John Maynard Smith | 1993 |
Glen Wolfenden | 1994 |
Lincoln P. Brower | 1995 |
Lester R. Aronson | 1996 |
Jack P. Hailman | 1998 |
Nicholas E. Collias | 2000 |
Edward O. Wilson | 2001 |
Richard D. Alexander | 2002 |
Geoffrey Parker | 2003 |
Robert Trivers | 2005 |
Judy Stamps | 2006 |
Jerram Brown | 2007 |
Richard Dawkins | 2008 |
Lee C. Drickamer | 2009 |
Christopher Evans | 2010 |
Stephen T. Emlen | 2011 |
Jeanne Altmann | 2012 |
Gene Robinson | 2013 |
Bennet G. Galef | 2014 |
Sir Paul Patrick Gordon Bateson | 2015 |
Jane Brockmann | 2016 |
Dorothy Cheney | 2016 |
Michael J. Ryan | 2017 |
Ellen Ketterson | 2018 |
Kay Holekamp | 2019 |
Robert Seyfarth | 2020 |
Raghavendra Gadagkar | 2021 |
Marlene Zuk | 2022 |