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- PhD Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Cornell University
- Bachelors Biology Cornell University
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- An Experimental and Teleonomic Investigation of Avian Brood Parasitism (1975) (440)
- Conserving migratory land birds in the new world: do we know enough? (2010) (329)
- Recent advances in understanding migration systems of New World land birds (2010) (277)
- Evolutionary Rates and Host Defenses Against Avian Brood Parasitism (1975) (260)
- A further contribution of knowledge of the host relations of the parasitic cowbirds (1977) (201)
- Radio-Tracking Confirms a Unique Diurnal Pattern of Spatial Occurrence in the Parasitic Brown-Headed Cowbird (1984) (197)
- Successes and Failures in Avian Egg and Nestling Recognition With Comments on the Utility of Optimality Reasoning (1982) (184)
- Vocal Dialects and Their Possible Relation to Honest Status Signalling in the Brown-Headed Cowbird (1987) (175)
- Nest desertion and cowbird parasitism: evidence for evolved responses and evolutionary lag (2000) (169)
- Parasitic birds and their hosts (1998) (164)
- Mechanisms of avian egg recognition: Which egg parameters elicit responses by rejecter species? (1982) (162)
- Mechanisms of avian egg-recognition: Do birds know their own eggs? (1975) (150)
- Mechanisms of Avian Egg Recognition: Possible Learned and Innate Factors (1974) (145)
- Social Dominance, Mating and Spacing Systems, Female Fecundity, and Vocal Dialects in Captive and Free-Ranging Brown-Headed Cowbirds (1986) (141)
- Relic behaviours, coevolution and the retention versus loss of host defences after episodes of avian brood parasitism (2001) (132)
- Ecology and behavior of cowbirds and their impact on host populations (1999) (128)
- Signals of status in wintering white-crowned sparrows, Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii (1984) (124)
- The agonistic and sexual functions of vocalizations of male brown-headed cowbirds, Molothrus ater (1988) (103)
- Culturally correct song dialects are correlated with male age and female song preferences in wild populations of brown-headed cowbirds (1995) (88)
- Plastic Particle Pollution of the Surface of the Atlantic Ocean: Evidence from a Seabird (1973) (88)
- Mechanisms of avian egg-recognition: Additional evidence for learned components (1978) (86)
- An extreme example of delayed vocal development: song learning in a population of wild brown-headed cowbirds (1993) (85)
- The Niche-Variation Model-Is It Valid? (1973) (85)
- COEVOLUTION AND AVIAN BROOD PARASITISM: COWBIRD EGGS SHOW EVOLUTIONARY RESPONSE TO HOST DISCRIMINATION (1986) (75)
- A test of optimality: egg recognition in the eastern phoebe (1986) (72)
- Phylogeny, specialization, and brood parasite--host coevolution: some possible pitfalls of parsimony (2002) (71)
- Mechanisms of avian egg recognition: adaptive responses to eggs with broken shells (1988) (68)
- Management implications of cowbird parasitism on neotropical migrant songbirds (1993) (62)
- KNOWN SECONDARY CONTACT AND RAPID GENE FLOW AMONG SUBSPECIES AND DIALECTS IN THE BROWN‐HEADED COWBIRD (1988) (56)
- Distinctions among reciprocal altruism, kin selection, and cooperation and a model for the initial evolution of beneficent behavior (1988) (55)
- Conservation Solutions for Threatened and Endangered Cowbird (Molothrus spp.) Hosts: Separating Fact from Fiction (2005) (52)
- Ecological effects on song learning: delayed development is widespread in wild populations of brown-headed cowbirds (2002) (49)
- Defence behaviour against brood parasitism is deeply rooted in mainland and island scrub-jays (2007) (49)
- Influence of social status, distance from cover, and group size on feeding and vigilance in White-crowned Sparrows (1995) (48)
- Experiments on the control of deceptive signals of status in white-crowned sparrows (1987) (44)
- Persistence of host defence behaviour in the absence of avian brood parasitism (2011) (44)
- Benefits and costs of dominance and subordinance in white-crowned sparrows and the paradox of status signalling (1991) (43)
- Gene Frequencies and Selection for Inhibitory Traits, with Special Emphasis on the Adaptiveness of Territoriality (1979) (43)
- Female preference for the songs of older males and the maintenance of dialects in brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater) (2002) (43)
- Behavioral differences among sex and age classes of the Brown-headed Cowbird and their relation to the efficacy of a control program (1987) (41)
- Parasitic cowbirds may defeat host defense by causing rejecters to misimprint on cowbird eggs (2009) (40)
- Temporal and age-related variation in the laying rate of the parasitic brown-headed cowbird in the eastern Sierra Nevada, California (1987) (40)
- Reciprocal altruism and kin selection are not clearly separable phenomena. (1980) (38)
- Multimodal signalling in a songbird: male audiovisual displays vary significantly by social context in brown-headed cowbirds (2010) (38)
- Conservation and coevolutionary implications of brood parasitism by cowbirds. (1994) (36)
- Brown-headed cowbird nestlings influence nestmate begging, but not parental feeding, in hosts of three distinct sizes (2010) (35)
- Host Defenses against Cowbird (Molothrus spp.) Parasitism: Implications for Cowbird Management (2005) (35)
- EGG RECOGNITION IN YELLOW-BILLED AND BLACK-BILLED MAGPIES IN THE ABSENCE OF INTERSPECIFIC PARASITISM: IMPLICATIONS FOR PARASITE-HOST COEVOLUTION (2000) (33)
- Social status signalling in white-crowned sparrows: an experimental test of the social control hypothesis (1993) (33)
- Sex-specific variation in brown-headed cowbird immunity following acute stress: a mechanistic approach (2012) (32)
- Sex differences in the effects of captivity on hippocampus size in brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater obscurus). (2008) (31)
- An experimental test of the Hamilton-Orians hypothesis for the origin of avian brood parasitism (1993) (31)
- Relationships between elevation, reproduction and the hematocrit level of brown-headed cowbirds. (1986) (31)
- Phenotypic Plasticity in Common Crackles (Quiscalus quiscula) in Response to Repeated Brood Parasitism (2010) (30)
- Observation and Experiment in the Analysis of Interactions between Brood Parasites and Their Hosts (1971) (30)
- The basis for female choice in an avian brood parasite (1991) (29)
- Community-Level Patterns of Host Use by the Brown-Headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater), a Generalist Brood Parasite (2010) (29)
- Variation in the structure of female brown-headed cowbird vocalizations and its relation to vocal function and development (1994) (28)
- Crypsis Versus Mimicry and the Color of Shiny Cowbird Eggs (1987) (25)
- It's Not Just the Song: Male Visual Displays Enhance Female Sexual Responses to Song in Brown-Headed Cowbirds (2010) (24)
- Cowbirds, conservation, and coevolution: potential misconceptions and directions for future research (2013) (23)
- Sage Thrashers Reject Cowbird Eggs (1985) (23)
- Mitochondrial DNA variation indicates gene flow across a zone of known secondary contact between two subspecies of the brown-headed cowbird (1991) (23)
- Bacteria-killing ability is negatively linked to epaulet size, but positively linked to baseline corticosterone, in male Red-winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) (2014) (22)
- RECOMMENDATIONS FOR COWBIRD MANAGEMENT IN RECOVERY EFFORTS FOR THE SOUTHWESTERN WILLOW FLYCATCHER (2003) (22)
- IMPORTANCE OF DOMINANCE STATUS AND DISTANCE FROM COVER TO FORAGING WHITE-CROWNED SPARROWS: AN EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS (1995) (21)
- RECENT INCREASE IN MALE HOUSE FINCH PLUMAGE VARIATION AND ITS POSSIBLE RELATIONSHIP TO AVIAN POX DISEASE (1999) (21)
- Geographical Variation in the Nestling Coloration of Parasitic Cowbirds (1978) (20)
- Multiple Captures of Reithrodontomys megalotis: Social Bonding in a Mouse? (1978) (20)
- Complex Biogeographic History of Lanius Shrikes and its Implications for the Evolution of Defenses Against Avian Brood Parasitism (2011) (19)
- Delayed sensory learning and development of dialect songs in brown-headed cowbirds, Molothrus ater (2010) (19)
- When Less Is Best: Female Brown-Headed Cowbirds Prefer Less Intense Male Displays (2012) (19)
- Variation in host response to brood parasitism reflects evolutionary differences and not phenotypic plasticity (2014) (19)
- Brown-headed cowbirds learn flight whistles after the juvenile period (1987) (18)
- Brood parasitism and clutch-size determination in birds (1990) (18)
- VOCAL DEVELOPMENT IS CORRELATED WITH AN INDICATOR OF HATCHING DATE IN BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS (2002) (17)
- The exaggerated begging behaviour of an obligate avian brood parasite is shared with a nonparasitic close relative (2013) (17)
- East and west coast female brown-headed cowbirds agree: both categories of male song are sexy (2002) (16)
- BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS IN EASTERN AND WESTERN NORTH AMERICA SHOW SIMILAR USE OF COURTSHIP SONGS IN COPULATION CONTEXTS (2002) (15)
- The Preening Invitation or Head-Down Display of Parasitic Cowbirds: Ii. Experimental Analysis and Evidence for Behavioural Mimicry (1980) (15)
- CLUTCH SIZES AND BREEDING STRATEGIES AMONG BERMUDAN AND NORTH AMERICAN PASSERINES (2008) (14)
- Immune Function in an Avian Brood Parasite and Its Nonparasitic Relative (2012) (14)
- The Preening Invitation or Head-down Display of Parasitic Cowbirds: I. Evidence for Intraspecific Occurrence (1977) (14)
- LARGE-SCALE MOVEMENT PATTERNS BETWEEN SONG DIALECTS IN BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS (MOLOTHRUS ATER) (2005) (14)
- Epaulet Size and Current Condition in Red-Winged Blackbirds: Examining a Semistatic Signal, Testosterone, Immune Function, and Parasites (2014) (13)
- Variation in the Incidence of Hatching Failure in the Cedar Waxwing and Other Species (1973) (12)
- Final recovery plan of the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) (2002) (12)
- DIVERGENT SEXUAL RESPONSES TO DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF FOREIGN COURTSHIP SONGS IN FEMALE BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS (MOLOTHRUS ATER) (2004) (12)
- SEXUAL PREFERENCES OF FEMALE BROWN-HEADED COWBIRDS (MOLOTHRUS ATER) FOR PERCHED SONG REPERTOIRES (2005) (11)
- Yellow warbler defenses are retained in the absence of brood parasitism but enhanced by experience with cowbirds (2016) (11)
- Mismatched begging displays between foreign and host offspring reduce brood parasite fitness (2014) (11)
- Gene conflicts and the concepts of outlaw and sheriff alleles (1983) (11)
- Relative Variation of Avian Morphological Features: Relation to the Niche (1973) (9)
- Demography and Dispersal of Juvenile and Adult Brown-Headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) in the Eastern Sierra Nevada, California, Estimated using Multistate Models (2012) (9)
- Changes in Immunocompetence and Other Physiological Measures during Molt in Brown-Headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) (2012) (9)
- Delayed vocal ontogeny in songbirds: a laboratory study validates a model for delayed development derived from field studies (2012) (8)
- Intraclutch Variation in Egg Appearance Constrains Rejection of Brown-Headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) Eggs in Common Grackles (Quiscalus quiscula) (2010) (8)
- Brood Parasitism and the Hamilton-Orians Hypothesis Revisited (1994) (7)
- First Record of Bronzed Cowbird Parasitism on the Great-tailed Grackle (2005) (6)
- High Nest Density and Non-Random Nest Placement in the Cedar Waxwing (1971) (6)
- The Brown-Headed Cowbird: A Model Species for Testing Novel Research Questions in Animal Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior (2017) (6)
- Fidelity of Song Imitation and Stability of Dialect Songs in Brown-Headed Cowbirds (2013) (6)
- Cultural Evolution and Long-Term Song Stability in a Dialect Population of Brown-Headed Cowbirds (2011) (6)
- Linking a Static Signal to Current Condition: Song-Repertoire Size, Corticosterone, and Immunity in the Brown-Headed Cowbird (2013) (6)
- The Brown-headed Cowbird: North America's avian brood parasite (2013) (5)
- Management of the Brown-Headed Cowbird: Implications for Endangered Species and Agricultural Damage Mitigation (2020) (5)
- Effects of Banding on the Tarsus of the White-Crowned Sparrow (1979) (5)
- Have brood parasitic cowbird nestlings caused the evolution of more intense begging by host nestlings? (2010) (4)
- 7. The Structure and Function of Cowbird Vocalizations and the Use of Playbacks to Enhance Cowbird Detectability: Relations to Potential Censusing Biases (2000) (4)
- Head-down or "Preening Invitation" Displays Involving Juvenile Brown-Headed Cowbirds (1980) (4)
- More Than Kin and Less Than Kind: The Evolution of Family Conflict Douglas (2005) (2)
- Definitions and the genetic bases of beneficent behavior (1989) (2)
- An agonistic visual signal during birdsong: Bill wiping in multimodal song displays by the male Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) (2022) (1)
- Mitochondrial-DNA variation indicates gene flow between subspecies of the brown-headed cowbird. (1991) (1)
- This information is current as Graft-versus-Host Disease Induction and B Cells Does Not Prevent Cells , Dendritic Cells , Plasmacytoid Dendritic Profound Depletion of Host Conventional (2012) (0)
- COEVOLUTION: AVIAN BROOD PARASITISM (1990) (0)
- Table of Contents (2010) (0)
- Delayed vocal ontogeny in songbirds: a laboratory study validates a model for delayed development derived from field studies (2012) (0)
- 1. Introduction (2000) (0)
- Cowbird song (1989) (0)
- 2 Cowbird as a Model System for Studying the Development and Evolution of Nestling Begging Displays 9 . 2 . 1 The Influence of Proximate Factors on Cowbird Begging (2018) (0)
- Sex-specific variation in brown-headed cowbird immunity following acute stress: a mechanistic approach (2012) (0)
- RM-229 Status and Management of Neotropical Migratory Birds September 21-25 , 1992 (2010) (0)
- In Memoriam: Herbert Friedmann (1988) (0)
- A Landscape Approach to Conserving North America's Avifauna (2001) (0)
- Current Ornithology (1993) (0)
- Exploring solutions for the tropical biodiversity crisis (1994) (0)
- General Introduction (2000) (0)
- BD-Peer@wiu.edu Cowbirds, conservation, and coevolution: potential misconceptions and directions for future (2013) (0)
- House Finches Are Not Just What They Eat: A Reply To Hill (2001) (0)
- Initiation of a Long Term Ecological Monitoring Project: Avian Point Counts and Habitat Assessment in Riparian Communities in 1998 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California (2013) (0)
- In Memoriam: Barbara Blanchard Dewolfe, 1912–2008 (2010) (0)
- WILLIAM BREWSTER MEMORIAL AWARD, 2001: STEPHEN I. ROTHSTEIN (2002) (0)
- WILLIAM BREWSTER MEMORIAL AWARD, 2001: STEPHEN I. ROTHSTEIN (2002) (0)
- 36. Introduction (2000) (0)
- Female Dominance and Aggressive Behaviors in House Sparrow Flocks (2008) (0)
- Villain or Scapegoat ? (2005) (0)
- Female Dominance and Aggressive Behaviors in House Sparrow Flocks (2008) (0)
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