Heather Williams | Academic Influence

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Heather Williams

Biology

#13971

World Rank

#17598

Historical Rank

#2764

USA Rank

Zoology

#706

World Rank

#1376

Historical Rank

#207

USA Rank

Ecology

#1269

World Rank

#1382

Historical Rank

#318

USA Rank

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Heather Williams 's Degrees

Bachelors Biology Stanford University
Masters Ornithology Cornell University
PhD Ecology University of California, Berkeley

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According to Wikipedia, Heather Williams is an American ornithologist, and professor at Williams College since 1988. She graduated from Bowdoin College with an A.B. in biology in 1977, from Rockefeller University with a Ph.D. in neuroscience in 1985, and was postdoctoral fellow, Field Research Center. She was a 1993 MacArthur Fellow. Williams' most notable work highlights bird song data gathered on Kent Island, also known as the "Bowdoin Science Station".

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Heather Williams 's Published Works

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Auditory responses in avian vocal motor neurons: a motor theory for song perception in birds. (1985) (233)
Changes in adult zebra finch song require a forebrain nucleus that is not necessary for song production. (1999) (202)
Birdsong and Singing Behavior (2004) (187)
Song learning in birds: the relation between perception and production. (1990) (150)
Models for song learning in the zebra finch: fathers or others? (1990) (123)
Right-side dominance for song control in the zebra finch. (1992) (122)
Temporal patterning of song production: participation of nucleus uvaeformis of the thalamus. (1993) (116)
Choreography of song, dance and beak movements in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). (2001) (112)
Syllable chunking in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) song. (1992) (109)
Hemispheric differences in avian song discrimination. (1992) (87)
Timbre control in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) song syllables. (1989) (80)
Timbre discrimination in zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata) song syllables. (1990) (74)
Changes in stereotyped central motor patterns controlling vocalization are induced by peripheral nerve injury. (1992) (67)
Three decades of cultural evolution in Savannah sparrow songs (2013) (67)
Multiple Representations and Auditory‐Motor Interactions in the Avian Song System (1989) (64)
Untutored song, reproductive success and song learning (1993) (59)
Sexual dimorphism of auditory activity in the zebra finch song system. (1985) (57)
The influence of different tutor types on song learning in a natural bird population (2008) (51)
Wild Birds Learn Songs from Experimental Vocal Tutors (2018) (44)
High Levels of New Neuron Addition Persist When the Sensitive Period for Song Learning Is Experimentally Prolonged (2006) (41)
Testosterone decreases the potential for song plasticity in adult male zebra finches (2003) (30)
Diel and seasonal patterns of variation in the singing behaviour of Savannah Sparrows (Passerculus sandwichensis) (2019) (14)
Evidence for cumulative cultural evolution in bird song (2021) (14)
Yohimbine reduces neuropathology induced by ketamine/xylazine anesthesia (1992) (10)
Context-dependent variation of house finch song syntax (2019) (10)
Eavesdropping on adult vocal interactions does not enhance juvenile song learning: an experiment with wild songbirds (2019) (8)
The buzz segment of Savannah sparrow song is a population marker (2018) (7)
Vocal learning in Savannah sparrows: acoustic similarity to neighbours shapes song development and territorial aggression (2021) (6)
Mechanisms of Cultural Evolution in the Songs of Wild Bird Populations (2021) (5)
A Laboratory Exercise for a College-Level, Introductory Neuroscience Course Demonstrating Effects of Housing Environment on Anxiety and Psychostimulant Sensitivity (2008) (5)
Cumulative cultural evolution and mechanisms for cultural selection in wild bird songs (2022) (2)
Motor Theory of Auditory Perception. (1987) (0)
Intrinsic and environmental influences on antlion (Myrmeleon immaculatus) pit diameters at coastal sites in northern Michigan. (2013) (0)
Ecology and Evolution of Acoustic Communication in Birds Donald E. Kroodsma Edward H. Miller (1997) (0)
Do 15 million cat neurons mediate the memory of a circle and a star (1987) (0)
Passive acoustic monitoring provides predictable and reliable underestimates of population size and longevity in wild Savannah Sparrows (2022) (0)
Hemispheric differences in avian song discrimination ateriatlon / zebra finch / operant / hannnlc ) (0)
The buzz segment of Savannah sparrow song is a population marker (2018) (0)

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