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Books

  1. S. Nowicki, Biology (2012), Holt McDougal  [author's comments].
  2. S. Nowicki, Biology (2008, 2012), Holt-McDougal/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt  [author's comments].
  3. Searcy, W. A. & S. Nowicki, The Evolution of Animal Communication: Reliability and Deception in Signaling Systems (2005), Princeton University Press: Princeton .
  4. S. Nowicki, Biology: The Science of Life (2004)  [author's comments].

Papers Published

  1. Caves, EM; Davis, AL; Nowicki, S; Johnsen, S, Backgrounds and the evolution of visual signals., Trends in ecology & evolution, vol. 39 no. 2 (February, 2024), pp. 188-198 [doi]  [abs].
  2. Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, Human-wild bird cooperation., Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 382 no. 6675 (December, 2023), pp. 1124-1125 [doi]  [abs].
  3. Searcy, WA; Chronister, LM; Nowicki, S, Syntactic rules predict song type matching in a songbird, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 77 no. 1 (January, 2023) [doi]  [abs].
  4. Peters, S; Soha, J; Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, Are song sequencing rules learned by song sparrows?, Animal Behaviour, vol. 192 (October, 2022), pp. 75-84 [doi]  [abs].
  5. Davis, A; Zipple, MN; Diaz, D; Peters, S; Nowicki, S; Johnsen, S, Influence of visual background on discrimination of signal-relevant colours in zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata)., Proceedings. Biological sciences, vol. 289 no. 1976 (June, 2022), pp. 20220756 [doi]  [abs].
  6. Green, PA; George, EM; Rosvall, KA; Johnsen, S; Nowicki, S, Testosterone, signal coloration, and signal color perception in male zebra finch contests., Ethology : formerly Zeitschrift fur Tierpsychologie, vol. 128 no. 2 (February, 2022), pp. 131-142 [doi]  [abs].
  7. Kochvar, KH; Peters, S; Zipple, MN; Nowicki, S, Maturational changes in song sparrow song, Journal of Avian Biology, vol. 2022 no. 1 (January, 2022) [doi]  [abs].
  8. Searcy, WA; Soha, J; Peters, S; Nowicki, S, Long-distance dependencies in birdsong syntax., Proceedings. Biological sciences, vol. 289 no. 1967 (January, 2022), pp. 20212473 [doi]  [abs].
  9. Searcy, W; Soha, J; Peters, S; Nowicki, S, Variation in vocal production learning across songbirds, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (October, 2021), Royal Society, The .
  10. Caves, EM; Green, PA; Zipple, MN; Bharath, D; Peters, S; Johnsen, S; Nowicki, S, Comparison of Categorical Color Perception in Two Estrildid Finches., The American naturalist, vol. 197 no. 2 (February, 2021), pp. 190-202 [doi]  [abs].
  11. Green, PA; Brandley, NC; Nowicki, S, The many dimensions of categorical perception: A response to comments on Green et al, Behavioral Ecology, vol. 31 no. 4 (January, 2021), pp. 872, Oxford University Press (OUP) [doi] .
  12. Zipple, MN; Peters, S; Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, Sounds of senescence: Male swamp sparrows respond less aggressively to the songs of older individuals, Behavioral Ecology, vol. 31 no. 2 (January, 2021), pp. 533-539, Oxford University Press (OUP) [doi]  [abs].
  13. Zipple, MN; Peters, S; Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, Female swamp sparrows do not show evidence of discriminating between the songs of peak-aged and senescent males, Ethology, vol. 127 no. 1 (January, 2021), pp. 91-97 [doi]  [abs].
  14. Nowicki, S; Caves, EM; Green, PA; Zipple, MN; Bharath, D; Peters, S; Johnsen, S, Differences in categorical color perception between two estrildid finches, INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, vol. 61 (2021), pp. E658-E659 .
  15. Peniston, JH; Green, PA; Zipple, MN; Nowicki, S, Threshold assessment, categorical perception, and the evolution of reliable signaling., Evolution; international journal of organic evolution, vol. 74 no. 12 (December, 2020), pp. 2591-2604 [doi]  [abs].
  16. Dinh, JP; Peters, S; Nowicki, S, Song performance improves with continued singing across the morning in a songbird, Animal Behaviour, vol. 167 (September, 2020), pp. 127-137 [doi]  [abs].
  17. Caves, EM; Schweikert, LE; Green, PA; Zipple, MN; Taboada, C; Peters, S; Nowicki, S; Johnsen, S, Variation in carotenoid-containing retinal oil droplets correlates with variation in perception of carotenoid coloration, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 74 no. 7 (July, 2020) [doi]  [abs].
  18. Green, PA; Brandley, NC; Nowicki, S, Categorical perception in animal communication and decision-making, Behavioral Ecology, vol. 31 no. 4 (January, 2020), pp. 859-867, Oxford University Press (OUP) [doi]  [abs].
  19. Nowicki, S; Caves, EM; Schweikert, LE; Green, PA; Taboada, C; Zipple, MN; Peters, S; Johnsen, S, Carotenoid Concentration in Avian Retinal Oil Droplets Correlates with Color Discrimination Across a Perceptual Category Boundary, INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, vol. 60 (2020), pp. E175-E175 .
  20. Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, Animal Behavior: The Raised-by-Wolves Predicament., Current biology : CB, vol. 29 no. 23 (December, 2019), pp. R1243-R1244 [doi]  [abs].
  21. Caves, EM; Nowicki, S; Johnsen, S, Von Uexküll Revisited: Addressing Human Biases in the Study of Animal Perception., Integrative and comparative biology, vol. 59 no. 6 (December, 2019), pp. 1451-1462 [doi]  [abs].
  22. Soha, JA; Peters, S; Anderson, RC; Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, Performance on tests of cognitive ability is not repeatable across years in a songbird, Animal Behaviour, vol. 158 (December, 2019), pp. 281-288 [doi]  [abs].
  23. Zipple, MN; Nowicki, S; Searcy, WA; Peters, S, Full life course analysis of birdsong reveals maturation and senescence of highly repeatable song characteristics, Behavioral Ecology, vol. 30 no. 6 (November, 2019), pp. 1761-1768 [doi]  [abs].
  24. Searcy, WA; Ocampo, D; Nowicki, S, Constraints on song type matching in a songbird, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 73 no. 8 (August, 2019) [doi]  [abs].
  25. Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, Birdsong learning, avian cognition and the evolution of language, Animal Behaviour, vol. 151 (May, 2019), pp. 217-227 [doi]  [abs].
  26. Zipple, MN; Caves, EM; Green, PA; Peters, S; Johnsen, S; Nowicki, S, Categorical colour perception occurs in both signalling and non-signalling colour ranges in a songbird., Proceedings. Biological sciences, vol. 286 no. 1903 (May, 2019), pp. 20190524 [doi]  [abs].
  27. Caves, EM; Zipple, MN; Green, PA; Peters, S; Johnsen, S; Nowicki, S, Categorical Perception of Color Along a Blue-Green Continuum in Female Zebra Finches, INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, vol. 59 (March, 2019), pp. E33-E33, OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC .
  28. Green, PA; Caves, EM; Zipple, MN; Peters, S; Johnsen, S; Nowicki, S, Categorical Perception of a Carotenoid-based Assessment Signal, INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, vol. 59 (March, 2019), pp. E87-E87, OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC .
  29. Dinh, JP; Nowicki, S; Peters, S, Intra-diel improvement in song performance: swamp sparrows 'warm up' in the morning, INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, vol. 59 (March, 2019), pp. E55-E55, OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC .
  30. Caves, EM; Green, PA; Zipple, MN; Peters, S; Johnsen, S; Nowicki, S, Categorical perception of colour signals in a songbird., Nature, vol. 560 no. 7718 (August, 2018), pp. 365-367 [doi]  [abs].
  31. Lachlan, RF; Ratmann, O; Nowicki, S, Cultural conformity generates extremely stable traditions in bird song., Nature communications, vol. 9 no. 1 (June, 2018), pp. 2417 [doi]  [abs].
  32. Liu, IA; Soha, JA; Nowicki, S, Song type matching and vocal performance in territorial signalling by male swamp sparrows, Animal Behaviour, vol. 139 (May, 2018), pp. 117-125, Elsevier BV [doi]  [abs].
  33. Sewall, KB; Anderson, RC; Soha, JA; Peters, S; Nowicki, S, Early life conditions that impact song learning in male zebra finches also impact neural and behavioral responses to song in females., Developmental neurobiology (April, 2018) [doi]  [abs].
  34. DuBois, AL; Nowicki, S; Peters, S; Rivera-Cáceres, KD; Searcy, WA, Song is not a reliable signal of general cognitive ability in a songbird, Animal Behaviour, vol. 137 (March, 2018), pp. 205-213, OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC [doi]  [abs].
  35. Niederhauser, JM; DuBois, AL; Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S; Anderson, RC, A test of the eavesdropping avoidance hypothesis as an explanation for the structure of low-amplitude aggressive signals in the song sparrow, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 72 no. 3 (March, 2018), Springer Nature America, Inc [doi]  [abs].
  36. Anderson, R; Niederhauser, J; Dubois, A; Nowicki, S; Searcy, W, Are Song Sparrow 'Soft Songs' Adapted for Short-range Communication?, INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, vol. 57 (March, 2017), pp. E192-E192, OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC .
  37. Anderson, RC; Searcy, WA; Peters, S; Hughes, M; DuBois, AL; Nowicki, S, Song learning and cognitive ability are not consistently related in a songbird., Animal cognition, vol. 20 no. 2 (March, 2017), pp. 309-320 [doi]  [abs].
  38. Peters, S; Nowicki, S, Overproduction and attrition: the fates of songs memorized during song learning in songbirds, Animal Behaviour, vol. 124 (February, 2017), pp. 255-261, Elsevier BV [doi]  [abs].
  39. Klofstad, CA; Nowicki, S; Anderson, RC, How Voice Pitch Influences Our Choice of Leaders When candidates speak, their vocal characteristics-as well as their words-influence voters' attitudes toward them, AMERICAN SCIENTIST, vol. 104 no. 5 (September, 2016), pp. 282-287, SIGMA XI-SCI RES SOC .
  40. Anderson, RC; Sewall, KB; Peters, S; Soha, JA; Nowicki, S, Song as a signal of cognitive ability: effects of early developmental stress on problem solving and song learning in the zebra finch, INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, vol. 56 (March, 2016), pp. E6-E6, OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC .
  41. Dubois, AL; Nowicki, S; Searcy, WA, A test for repertoire matching in eastern song sparrows, Journal of Avian Biology, vol. 47 no. 2 (March, 2016), pp. 146-152, WILEY [doi]  [abs].
  42. Akçay, Ç; Anderson, RC; Nowicki, S; Beecher, MD; Searcy, WA, Quiet threats: Soft song as an aggressive signal in birds, Animal Behaviour, vol. 105 (July, 2015), pp. 267-274, Elsevier BV [doi]  [abs].
  43. Liu, IA; Johndrow, JE; Abe, J; Lüpold, S; Yasukawa, K; Westneat, DF; Nowicki, S, Genetic diversity does not explain variation in extra-pair paternity in multiple populations of a songbird., Journal of evolutionary biology, vol. 28 no. 5 (May, 2015), pp. 1156-1169 [doi]  [abs].
  44. Sewall, KB; Anderson, RC; Peters, S; Nowicki, S; Roth, T, Social complexity as a driver of communication and cognition, INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, vol. 55 (April, 2015), pp. E165-E165, OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC .
  45. Lachlan, RF; Nowicki, S, Context-dependent categorical perception in a songbird., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 112 no. 6 (February, 2015), pp. 1892-1897 [doi]  [abs].
  46. Klofstad, CA; Anderson, RC; Nowicki, S, Perceptions of Competence, Strength, and Age Influence Voters to Select Leaders with Lower-Pitched Voices., PloS one, vol. 10 no. 8 (January, 2015), pp. e0133779 [doi]  [abs].
  47. Nowicki, S; Searcy, WA, The evolution of vocal learning., Current opinion in neurobiology, vol. 28 (October, 2014), pp. 48-53 [doi]  [abs].
  48. Peters, S; Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, Developmental stress, song-learning, and cognition., Integrative and comparative biology, vol. 54 no. 4 (October, 2014), pp. 555-567 [Gateway.cgi], [doi]  [abs].
  49. Searcy, WA; Sewall, KB; Soha, J; Nowicki, S; Peters, S, Song-type sharing in a population of Song Sparrows in the eastern United States, edited by Taylor, SS, Journal of Field Ornithology, vol. 85 no. 2 (June, 2014), pp. 206-212, Resilience Alliance, Inc. [doi] .
  50. Lachlan, RF; Anderson, RC; Peters, S; Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, Typical versions of learned swamp sparrow song types are more effective signals than are less typical versions., Proceedings. Biological sciences, vol. 281 no. 1785 (June, 2014), pp. 20140252 [doi]  [abs].
  51. Anderson, RC; Peters, S; Nowicki, S, Effects of early auditory experience on the development of local song preference in female swamp sparrows, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 68 no. 3 (March, 2014), pp. 437-447 [doi]  [abs].
  52. Anderson, RC; Nowicki, S, Cognitive performance predicts strength of sexual preference in a songbird, INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, vol. 54 (January, 2014), pp. E6-E6, OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC .
  53. Sewall, KB; Soha, JA; Peters, S; Nowicki, S, A possible trade-off between song and a cognitive metric in song sparrows, INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, vol. 54 (January, 2014), pp. E190-E190, OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC .
  54. Searcy, WA; Akçay, C; Nowicki, S; Beecher, MD, Aggressive Signaling in Song Sparrows and Other Songbirds, vol. 46 (January, 2014), pp. 89-125, Elsevier [doi]  [abs].
  55. Anderson, RC; Peters, S; Nowicki, S, Effects of early auditory experience on the development of local song preference in female swamp sparrows, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (2014), pp. 1-11 .
  56. Searcy, WA; DuBois, AL; Rivera-Cáceres, K; Nowicki, S, A test of a hierarchical signalling model in song sparrows, Animal Behaviour, vol. 86 no. 2 (August, 2013), pp. 309-315, Elsevier BV [doi]  [abs].
  57. Anderson, RC; DuBois, AL; Piech, DK; Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, Male response to an aggressive visual signal, the wing wave display, in swamp sparrows, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 67 no. 4 (April, 2013), pp. 593-600, Springer Nature [Gateway.cgi], [doi]  [abs].
  58. Lachlan, RF; Nowicki, S, How reliable is song learning accuracy as a signal of male early condition?, The American naturalist, vol. 180 no. 6 (December, 2012), pp. 751-761 [23149400], [doi]  [abs].
  59. Peters, S; Derryberry, EP; Nowicki, S, Songbirds learn songs least degraded by environmental transmission., Biology letters, vol. 8 no. 5 (October, 2012), pp. 736-739 [22718954], [doi]  [abs].
  60. Anderson, RC; Searcy, WA; Hughes, M; Nowicki, S, The receiver-dependent cost of soft song: A signal of aggressive intent in songbirds, Animal Behaviour, vol. 83 no. 6 (June, 2012), pp. 1443-1448, Elsevier BV [doi]  [abs].
  61. Prather, J; Peters, S; Mooney, R; Nowicki, S, Sensory Constraints on Birdsong Syntax: Neural Responses to Swamp Sparrow Songs with Accelerated Trill Rates., Anim Behav, vol. 83 no. 6 (June, 2012), pp. 1411-1420 [doi]  [abs].
  62. Sewall, KB; Nowicki, S, The relationship between testosterone and aggressive phenotype in male song sparrows (Melospiza melodia), INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, vol. 52 (April, 2012), pp. E326-E326, OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC .
  63. Anderson, RC; Dubois, AL; Piech, DK; Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, Receiver response to an aggressive visual signal, the wing-waving display, in swamp sparrows, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 67 (2012), pp. 593–600 .
  64. Sewall, K; Soha, J; Peters, S; Nowicki, S, Potential trade-off between vocal ornamentation and spatial ability in a songbird, Biology Letters, vol. 9 no. 4 (2012), pp. 20130344 [doi]  [abs].
  65. Searcy, WA; Anderson, RC; Ballentine, B; Nowicki, S, Limits to reliability in avian aggressive signals, Behaviour, vol. 150 no. 9-10 (2012), pp. 1129-1145, BRILL [doi]  [abs].
  66. Lachan, RF; Nowicki, S, Can assessment of song learning accuracy be a reliable signaling system?, American Naturalist, vol. 180 no. 6 (2012), pp. 751-761 [23149400], [doi]  [abs].
  67. Boogert, NJ; Anderson, RC; Peters, S; Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, Song repertoire size in male song sparrows correlates with detour reaching, but not with other cognitive measures, Animal Behaviour, vol. 81 no. 6 (June, 2011), pp. 1209-1216, Elsevier BV [doi]  [abs].
  68. DuBois, AL; Nowicki, S; Searcy, WA, Discrimination of vocal performance by male swamp sparrows, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 65 no. 4 (April, 2011), pp. 717-726, Springer Nature [doi]  [abs].
  69. Sewall, KB; Nowicki, S, The relationship between behavioral syndromes and behavioral plasticity in male song sparrows, INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY, vol. 51 (March, 2011), pp. E127-E127, OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC .
  70. Nowicki, S; Searcy, WA, Are better singers smarter?, Behavioral Ecology, vol. 22 no. 1 (January, 2011), pp. 10-11, Oxford University Press (OUP) [doi] .
  71. Prather, JF; Peters, S; Nowicki, S; Mooney, R, Persistent representation of juvenile experience in the adult songbird brain., J Neurosci, vol. 30 no. 31 (August, 2010), pp. 10586-10598 [20686001], [doi]  [abs].
  72. Searcy, WA; Peters, S; Kipper, S; Nowicki, S, Female response to song reflects male developmental history in swamp sparrows, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 64 no. 8 (April, 2010), pp. 1343-1349, Springer Nature [doi]  [abs].
  73. Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, The evolution of animal communication: Reliability and deception in signaling systems, The Evolution of Animal Communication: Reliability and Deception in Signaling Systems (January, 2010)  [abs].
  74. Searcy, WA; Peters, S; Kipper, S; Nowicki, S, Female sparrows use song to assess male developmental history, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 64 (2010), pp. 143-1349 .
  75. Prather, JF; Peters, S; Nowicki, S; Mooney, R, Latent representation of juvenile behaviors in the adult songbird brain, Journal of Neuroscience, vol. 30 no. 31 (2010), pp. 10586-10598 [20686001], [doi]  [abs].
  76. DuBois, AL; Nowicki, S; Searcy, WA, Swamp sparrows modulate vocal performance in an aggressive context., Biology letters, vol. 5 no. 2 (April, 2009), pp. 163-165 [doi]  [abs].
  77. Prather, JF; Nowicki, S; Anderson, RC; Peters, S; Mooney, R, Neural correlates of categorical perception in learned vocal communication., Nat Neurosci, vol. 12 no. 2 (February, 2009), pp. 221-228 [19136972], [doi]  [abs].
  78. Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, Sexual selection and the evolution of animal signals, in Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, vol. 8, edited by Larry R. Squire (January, 2009), pp. 759-766, Elsevier [doi]  [abs].
  79. Searcy, W. A. & S. Nowicki, Consequences of brain development for sexual signalling in songbirds, in Cognitive Ecology II, edited by Dukas, R & J. Ratcliffe (2009) .
  80. Prather, JF; Nowicki, S; Anderson, RC; Peters, S; Mooney, RA, Neural correlates of categorical perception in learned vocal communication, Nature Neuroscience, vol. 12 no. 2 (2009), pp. 121-128, NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP [19136972], [doi]  [abs].
  81. Anderson, RC; Searcy, WA; Peters, S; Nowicki, S, Soft song in song sparrows: Acoustic structure and implications for signal function, Ethology, vol. 114 no. 7 (July, 2008), pp. 662-676, WILEY [doi]  [abs].
  82. Searcy, WA; Anderson, RC; Nowicki, S, Is bird song a reliable signal of aggressive intent? A reply, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 62 no. 7 (May, 2008), pp. 1213-1216, Springer Nature [doi]  [abs].
  83. Anderson, RC; Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, Testing the function of song-matching in birds: Responses of eastern male song sparrows Melospiza melodia to partial song-matching, Behaviour, vol. 145 no. 3 (March, 2008), pp. 347-363, BRILL [doi]  [abs].
  84. Ballentine, B; Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, Reliable aggressive signalling in swamp sparrows, Animal Behaviour, vol. 75 no. 2 (February, 2008), pp. 693-703, Elsevier BV [doi]  [abs].
  85. Prather, JF; Peters, S; Nowicki, S; Mooney, R, Precise auditory-vocal mirroring in neurons for learned vocal communication., Nature, vol. 451 no. 7176 (January, 2008), pp. 305-310 [18202651], [doi]  [abs].
  86. Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, Bird song and the problem of honest communication, American Scientist, vol. 96 no. 2 (January, 2008), pp. 114-121, Sigma Xi [doi]  [abs].
  87. Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, Bird song and the problem of signal reliability, American Scientist, vol. 96 no. 2 (2008), pp. 114-121 [doi]  [abs].
  88. Anderson, RC; Nowicki, S; Searcy, WA, Soft song in song sparrows: Response of males and females to an enigmatic signal, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 61 no. 8 (June, 2007), pp. 1267-1274, Springer Nature [doi]  [abs].
  89. Hughes, M; Anderson, RC; Searcy, WA; Bottensek, LM; Nowicki, S, Song type sharing and territory tenure in eastern song sparrows: implications for the evolution of song repertoires, Animal Behaviour, vol. 73 no. 4 (April, 2007), pp. 701-710, Elsevier BV [doi]  [abs].
  90. Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, Signal interception and the use of soft song in aggressive interactions, Ethology, vol. 112 no. 9 (September, 2006), pp. 865-872, WILEY [doi]  [abs].
  91. Searcy, WA; Anderson, RC; Nowicki, S, Bird song as a signal of aggressive intent, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 60 no. 2 (June, 2006), pp. 234-241, Springer Nature [doi]  [abs].
  92. Nowicki, S; Searcy, WA, Adaptive priorities in brain development: theoretical comment on Pravosudov et al. (2005)., Behavioral neuroscience, vol. 119 no. 5 (October, 2005), pp. 1415-1418 [16300450], [doi] .
  93. Nowicki, S; Searcy, WA, Song and mate choice in birds: How the development of behavior helps us understand function, Auk, vol. 122 no. 1 (January, 2005), pp. 1-14, American Ornithologists' Union [doi] .
  94. Anderson, RC; Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, Partial song matching in an eastern population of song sparrows, Melospiza melodia, Animal Behaviour, vol. 69 no. 1 (January, 2005), pp. 189-196, Elsevier BV [doi]  [abs].
  95. Podos, J; Peters, S; Nowicki, S, Calibration of song learning targets during vocal ontogeny in swamp sparrows, Melospiza georgiana, Animal Behaviour, vol. 68 no. 4 (October, 2004), pp. 929-940, Elsevier BV [doi]  [abs].
  96. Nowicki, S; Searcy, WA, Song function and the evolution of female preferences: why birds sing, why brains matter., Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, vol. 1016 (June, 2004), pp. 704-723 [15313801], [doi]  [abs].
  97. Searcy, WA; Peters, S; Nowicki, S, Effects of early nutrition on growth rate and adult size in song sparrows Melospiza melodia, Journal of Avian Biology, vol. 35 no. 3 (May, 2004), pp. 269-279, WILEY [doi]  [abs].
  98. Podos, J; Nowicki, S, Performance limits on birdsong (January, 2004), pp. 318-342, Elsevier [doi]  [abs].
  99. Podos, J; Nowicki, S, Beaks, adaptation, and vocal evolution in Darwin's finches, BioScience, vol. 54 no. 6 (January, 2004), pp. 501-510, Oxford University Press (OUP) [doi]  [abs].
  100. Hyman, J; Hughes, M; Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, Individual variation in the strength of territory defense in male song sparrows: Correlates of age, territory tenure, and neighbor aggressiveness, Behaviour, vol. 141 no. 1 (January, 2004), pp. 15-27, BRILL [doi]  [abs].
  101. Ballentine, B; Hyman, J; Nowicki, S, Vocal performance influences female response to male bird song: An experimental test, Behavioral Ecology, vol. 15 no. 1 (January, 2004), pp. 163-168, Oxford University Press (OUP) [doi]  [abs].
  102. Podos J and S Nowicki, Performance limits on birdsong production., in Nature’s Music: The Science of Birdsong., edited by P Marler and H Slabbekoorn (2004), pp. 318-341, Elsevier/Academic Press: New York .
  103. Searcy, ; WA, ; Peters, S; Nowicki, S, Effects of early nutrition on growth rate and adult size in song sparrows., Journal of Avian Biology, vol. 35 no. 3 (2004), pp. 269-279 [doi]  [abs].
  104. Ballentine, ; B, ; Hyman, J; Nowicki, S, Singing performance influences female response to male bird song: an experimental test., Behavioral Ecology, vol. 15 no. 1 (2004), pp. 163-168 [doi]  [abs].
  105. Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S; Peters, S, Phonology and geographic song discrimination in song sparrows, Ethology, vol. 109 no. 1 (January, 2003), pp. 23-35, WILEY [doi]  [abs].
  106. Searcy, ; WA, ; Nowicki, S; Peters, S, Phonology and dialect discrimination in song sparrows (Melospiza melodia), Ethology, vol. 109 no. 1 (2003), pp. 23-35 [doi]  [abs].
  107. Nowicki, S; Searcy, WA; Peters, S, Brain development, song learning and mate choice in birds: a review and experimental test of the "nutritional stress hypothesis"., Journal of comparative physiology. A, Neuroethology, sensory, neural, and behavioral physiology, vol. 188 no. 11-12 (December, 2002), pp. 1003-1014 [12471497], [doi]  [abs].
  108. Nowicki, S; Searcy, WA; Krueger, T; Hughes, M, Individual variation in response to simulated territorial challenge among territory-holding song sparrows, Journal of Avian Biology, vol. 33 no. 3 (September, 2002), pp. 253-259, WILEY [doi]  [abs].
  109. Nowicki, S; Searcy, WA; Peters, S, Quality of song learning affects female response to male bird song., Proceedings. Biological sciences, vol. 269 no. 1503 (September, 2002), pp. 1949-1954 [12350258], [doi]  [abs].
  110. Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S; Hughes, M; Peters, S, Geographic song discrimination in relation to dispersal distances in song sparrows., The American naturalist, vol. 159 no. 3 (March, 2002), pp. 221-230 [doi]  [abs].
  111. Mooney, R; Hoese, W; Nowicki, S, Auditory representation of the vocal repertoire in a songbird with multiple song types., Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, vol. 98 no. 22 (October, 2001), pp. 12778-12783 [11675508], [doi]  [abs].
  112. Hoese, WJ; Nowicki, S, Using "the organism" as a conceptual focus in an introductory biology course, American Biology Teacher, vol. 63 no. 3 (January, 2001), pp. 176-182, University of California Press [doi] .
  113. Nowicki, S; Searcy, WA; Hughes, M; Podos, J, The evolution of bird song: Male and female response to song innovation in swamp sparrows, Animal Behaviour, vol. 62 no. 6 (January, 2001), pp. 1189-1195, Elsevier BV [doi]  [abs].
  114. Hoese, WJ; Mooney, R; Nowicki, S, Neural encoding of multiple song types in the swamp sparrow HVc., AMERICAN ZOOLOGIST, vol. 40 no. 6 (December, 2000), pp. 1059-1060, AMER SOC ZOOLOGISTS .
  115. Nowicki, S; Hasselquist, D; Bensch, S; Peters, S, Nestling growth and song repertoire size in great reed warblers: evidence for song learning as an indicator mechanism in mate choice., Proceedings. Biological sciences, vol. 267 no. 1460 (December, 2000), pp. 2419-2424 [11133032], [doi]  [abs].
  116. Hoese, WJ; Podos, J; Boetticher, NC; Nowicki, S, Vocal tract function in birdsong production: experimental manipulation of beak movements., The Journal of experimental biology, vol. 203 no. Pt 12 (June, 2000), pp. 1845-1855 [10821742], [doi]  [abs].
  117. Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S; Hogan, C, Song type variants and aggressive context, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 48 no. 5 (January, 2000), pp. 358-363, Springer Nature [doi]  [abs].
  118. Peters, S; Searcy, WA; Beecher, MD; Nowicki, S, Geographic variation in the organization of Song Sparrow repertoires, Auk, vol. 117 no. 4 (January, 2000), pp. 936-942, American Ornithologists' Union [doi]  [abs].
  119. Podos J and S Nowicki, Mechanical limits and the evolution of vocalizations in birds, in A Ornithologia no Brasil: Pesquisa Atual e Perspectivas, do Congresso Brasileiro de Ornitologia, pp.251-271, edited by Maria Alice dos Santos Alves, et al. (2000), EdUERJ: Rio de Janiero (pp. 251-271.) .
  120. Searcy WA and S Nowicki, Male-male competition and female choice in the evolution of vocal signaling, in Animal Signals: Signalling and Signal Design in Animal Communication, pp.301-315, edited by Y Espmark, T Amundsen and G Rosenqvist (2000), Tapir Academic Press: Trondheim (pp. 301-315.) .
  121. Hoese, WJ; Nowicki, S; Mooney, R, Auditory encoding of multiple song types in the swamp sparrow, Soc. Neurosci. Abstracts, vol. 26 (2000), pp. 2030 .
  122. Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S; Hogan, C, Song type variants and aggressive signaling, Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol, vol. 48 (2000), pp. 358-363 .
  123. Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S; Peters, S, Song types as fundamental units in vocal repertoires., Animal behaviour, vol. 58 no. 1 (July, 1999), pp. 37-44, Elsevier BV [doi]  [abs].
  124. Podos, J; Nowicki, S; Peters, S, Permissiveness in the learning and development of song syntax in swamp sparrows., Animal behaviour, vol. 58 no. 1 (July, 1999), pp. 93-103, Elsevier BV [doi]  [abs].
  125. Nowicki, S; Peters, S; Searcy, WA; Clayton, C, The development of within-song type variation in song sparrows., Animal behaviour, vol. 57 no. 6 (June, 1999), pp. 1257-1264 [10373259], [doi]  [abs].
  126. Nowicki, S; Searcy, WA; Hughes, M; Podos, J, Sexual selection limits evolutionary innovation in birdsong., AMERICAN ZOOLOGIST, vol. 39 no. 5 (January, 1999), pp. 112A-112A, SOC INTEGRATIVE COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY .
  127. Searcy WA and S Nowicki, Functions of song variation in song sparrows., in The Design of Animal Communication, edited by M Konishi and M Hauser (1999), MIT Press: New York (pp. 577-595.) .
  128. Podos, J; Nowicki, S; Peters, S, Permissiveness in vocal syntax learning in the swamp sparrow., Anim. Behav., vol. 58 no. 1 (1999), pp. 93-103 [doi]  [abs].
  129. Nowicki, S; Peters, S; Searcy, WA; Clayton, C, The development of song variation in song sparrows., Anim. Behav., vol. 57 no. 6 (1999), pp. 1257-1264 [10373259], [doi]  [abs].
  130. Hughes, M; Nowicki, S; Searcy, WA; Peters, S, Song-type sharing in song sparrows: Implications for repertoire function and song learning, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 42 no. 6 (June, 1998), pp. 437-446, Springer Nature [doi]  [abs].
  131. Erickson, CJ; Nowicki, S; Dollar, L; Goehring, N, Percussive foraging: Stimuli for prey location by aye-ayes (Daubentonia madagascariensis), International Journal of Primatology, vol. 19 no. 1 (January, 1998), pp. 111-122 [doi]  [abs].
  132. Hughes, M; Nowicki, S; Lohr, B, Call learning in black-capped chickadees (Parus atricapillus): The role of experience in the development of 'chick-a-dee' calls, Ethology, vol. 104 no. 3 (January, 1998), pp. 232-249, WILEY [doi]  [abs].
  133. Nowicki, S; Searcy, WA; Huches, M, The territory defense function of song in song sparrows: A test with the speaker occupation design, Behaviour, vol. 135 no. 5 (January, 1998), pp. 615-628, BRILL [doi]  [abs].
  134. Nowicki, S; Peters, S; Podos, J, Song learning, early nutrition and sexual selection in, American Zoologist, vol. 38 no. 1 (January, 1998), pp. 179-190, Oxford University Press (OUP) [doi]  [abs].
  135. Gaunt AS and S Nowicki, Birdsong: acoustics and physiology revisited., in Animal Acoustic Communication., edited by SL Hopp, MJ Owren and CS Evans (1998), Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg (pp. 291-321.) .
  136. Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S; Hughes, M, The response of male and female song sparrows to geographic variation in song, Condor, vol. 99 no. 3 (January, 1997), pp. 651-657, JSTOR [doi]  [abs].
  137. S. Nowicki, Bird acoustics, in Encyclopedia of Acoustics, edited by M.J. Crocker (1997), pp. 1813-1817, New York: John Wiley & Sons .
  138. Peters, S; Nowicki, S, Development of tonal quality in birdsong: Further evidence from song sparrows, Ethology, vol. 102 no. 2 (January, 1996), pp. 323-335, WILEY [doi]  [abs].
  139. Strote, J; Nowicki, S, Responses to songs with altered tonal quality by adult song sparrows (melospiza melodia), Behaviour, vol. 133 no. 3-4 (January, 1996), pp. 161-172, BRILL [doi]  [abs].
  140. Strote, J; Nowicki, S, Responses to songs with altered tonal quality by adult song sparrows (Melospiza melodia), Behvavior, vol. 130 no. 3-4 (1996), pp. 1-15  [abs].
  141. Searcy, WA; Podos, J; Peters, S; Nowicki, S, Discrimination of song types and variants in song sparrows, Animal Behaviour, vol. 49 no. 5 (January, 1995), pp. 1219-1226, Elsevier BV [doi]  [abs].
  142. Podos, J; Sherer, JK; Peters, S; Nowicki, S, Ontogeny of vocal tract movements during song production in song sparrows, Animal Behaviour, vol. 50 no. 5 (January, 1995), pp. 1287-1296, Elsevier BV [doi]  [abs].
  143. Nowicki, S; Podos, J; Valdés, F, Temporal patterning of within-song type and between-song type variation in song repertoires, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 34 no. 5 (May, 1994), pp. 329-335, Springer Nature [doi]  [abs].
  144. Lohr, B; Weisman, R; Nowicki, S, The Role of Pitch Cues in Song Recognition By Carolina Chickadees (Parus Carolinensis), Behaviour, vol. 130 no. 1-2 (1994), pp. 1-15, Brill [Gateway.cgi], [doi] .
  145. Westneat, MW; Long, JH; Hoese, W; Nowicki, S, Kinematics of birdsong: functional correlation of cranial movements and acoustic features in sparrows., The Journal of experimental biology, vol. 182 (September, 1993), pp. 147-171 [doi]  [abs].
  146. Jacobs, M; Nowacek, DP; Gerhart, DJ; Cannon, G; Nowicki, S; Forward, RB, Seasonal changes in vocalization during behavior of the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin, Estuaries, vol. 16 no. 2 (January, 1993), pp. 241-246 [doi]  [abs].
  147. S. Nowicki & J. Podos, Complexity, coupling and contingency in birdsong, in Perspectives in Ethology, edited by P.P.G. Bateson, P. Klopfer & N. Thompson, vol. 10 (1993), pp. 159-186, New York: Plenum Press .
  148. Peters, S; Marler, P; Nowicki, S, Song Sparrows Learn from Limited Exposure to Song Models, The Condor, vol. 94 no. 4 (November, 1992), pp. 1016-1019, Oxford University Press (OUP) [Gateway.cgi], [doi] .
  149. Podos, J; Peters, S; Rudnicky, T; Marler, P; Nowicki, S, The Organization of Song Repertoires in Song Sparrows: Themes and Variations, Ethology, vol. 90 no. 2 (January, 1992), pp. 89-106, WILEY [Gateway.cgi], [doi]  [abs].
  150. Nowicki, S; Marler, P; Maynard, A; Peters, S, Is the Tonal Quality of Birdsong Learned? Evidence from Song Sparrows, Ethology, vol. 90 no. 3 (January, 1992), pp. 225-235, WILEY [Gateway.cgi], [doi]  [abs].
  151. Nowicki, S; Westneat, M; Hoese, W, Birdsong: motor function and the evolution of communication, Seminars in Neuroscience, vol. 4 no. 6 (January, 1992), pp. 385-390, Elsevier BV [doi]  [abs].
  152. Lohr, B; Nowicki, S; Weisman, R, Pitch Production in Carolina Chickadee Songs, The Condor, vol. 93 no. 1 (February, 1991), pp. 197-199, Oxford University Press (OUP) [Gateway.cgi], [doi] .
  153. Nowicki, S; Hughes, M; Marler, P, Flight Songs of Swamp Sparrows: Alternative Phonology of an Alternative Song Category, The Condor, vol. 93 no. 1 (February, 1991), pp. 1-11, Oxford University Press (OUP) [Gateway.cgi], [doi] .
  154. LOHR, B; NOWICKI, S; WEISMAN, R, PITCH PRODUCTION AND PERCEPTION IN CAROLINA CHICKADEE SONGS, AMERICAN ZOOLOGIST, vol. 31 no. 5 (January, 1991), pp. A97-A97, AMER SOC ZOOLOGISTS .
  155. PODOS, J; NOWICKI, S, SONGTYPES IN SONG SPARROWS - APPLICATION OF NUMERICAL TAXONOMY TO THE STUDY OF SONG REPERTOIRE ORGANIZATION, AMERICAN ZOOLOGIST, vol. 31 no. 5 (January, 1991), pp. A50-A50, AMER SOC ZOOLOGISTS .
  156. NOWICKI, S; PETERS, S, BIRDSONG - MULTIPLE MOTOR PATTERNS IN THE PRODUCTION OF STEREOTYPIC BEHAVIORS, AMERICAN ZOOLOGIST, vol. 31 no. 5 (January, 1991), pp. A65-A65, AMER SOC ZOOLOGISTS .
  157. WESTNEAT, M; LONG, JH; HOESE, W; NOWICKI, S, KINEMATICS OF BIRDSONG IN SPARROWS - FUNCTIONAL CORRELATES OF BEAK AND HEAD MOTION, AMERICAN ZOOLOGIST, vol. 31 no. 5 (January, 1991), pp. A65-A65, AMER SOC ZOOLOGISTS .
  158. Ball, GF; Nowicki, S, Assessment of song quality in photorefractory and photosensitive song sparrows, Animal Behaviour, vol. 40 no. 5 (January, 1990), pp. 986-987, Elsevier BV [doi] .
  159. NOWICKI, S; PETERS, S; MAYNARD, A; MARLER, P, SONG ACQUISITION AND LEARNING FROM PURE TONAL AND HARMONIC MODELS IN A SPARROW, AMERICAN ZOOLOGIST, vol. 30 no. 4 (January, 1990), pp. A11-A11, AMER SOC ZOOLOGISTS .
  160. Nowicki, S; Nelson, DA, Defining natural categories in acoustic signals: Comparison of three methods applied to 'chick-a-dee' call notes, Ethology, vol. 86 no. 2 (1990), pp. 89-101, WILEY [doi]  [abs].
  161. Nowicki, S; Ball, GF, Testosterone induction of song in photosensitive and photorefractory male sparrows., Hormones and behavior, vol. 23 no. 4 (December, 1989), pp. 514-525 [doi]  [abs].
  162. NOWICKI, S, REASSESSMENT OF PERIPHERAL AND NEURAL SIMILARITIES AND DISSIMILARITIES IN THE PRODUCTION OF BIRDSONG AND HUMAN SPEECH, AMERICAN ZOOLOGIST, vol. 29 no. 4 (January, 1989), pp. A13-A13, AMER SOC ZOOLOGISTS .
  163. Nowicki, S, Vocal plasticity in captive black-capped chickadees: the acoustic basis and rate of call convergence, Animal Behaviour, vol. 37 no. PART 1 (January, 1989), pp. 74-89, Elsevier BV [doi]  [abs].
  164. Nowicki, S, Vocal plasticity in captive black-capped chickadees: The acoustic basis and rate of call convergence, Anim. Behav., vol. 37 no. PART 1 (1989), pp. 64-73  [abs].
  165. Nowicki, S; Mitani, JC; Nelson, DA; Marler, P, The communicative significance of tonality in birdsong: Responses to songs produced in helium, Bioacoustics, vol. 2 no. 1 (1989), pp. 35-46, Informa UK Limited [doi]  [abs].
  166. Nowicki, S; Marler, P, How do birds sing?, Music Perception, vol. 5 no. 4 (1988), pp. 391-426, University of California Press [doi]  [abs].
  167. Nowicki, S, Vocal tract resonances in oscine bird sound production: evidence from birdsongs in a helium atmosphere., Nature, vol. 325 no. 6099 (January, 1987), pp. 53-55 [doi]  [abs].
  168. Nowicki, S; Capranica, RR, Bilateral syringeal coupling during phonation of a songbird., The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, vol. 6 no. 12 (December, 1986), pp. 3595-3610 [doi]  [abs].
  169. Nowicki, S; Capranica, RR, Bilateral syringeal interaction in vocal production of an oscine bird sound., Science (New York, N.Y.), vol. 231 no. 4743 (March, 1986), pp. 1297-1299 [doi]  [abs].
  170. S. Nowicki, Spider, in McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology, edited by S.P. Parker (editor-in-chief) (1985), pp. 410-412, New York: McGraw-Hill Inc. .
  171. Nowicki, S, A question of identity: the call of the black-capped chickadee, Living Bird Quart., vol. 3 no. 1 (1984), pp. 30 .
  172. Nowicki, S, Flock-specific recognition of chickadee calls, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 12 no. 4 (July, 1983), pp. 317-320, Springer Nature America, Inc [doi]  [abs].
  173. Jackman, R; Nowicki, S; Aneshansley, DJ; Eisner, T, Predatory capture of toads by fly larvae, Science, vol. 222 no. 4623 (January, 1983), pp. 515-516, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) [doi]  [abs].
  174. Eisner, T; Nowicki, S, Spider web protection through visual advertisement: Role of the stabilimentum, Science, vol. 219 no. 4581 (January, 1983), pp. 185-186 [doi]  [abs].
  175. Jefson, M; Meinwald, J; Nowicki, S; Hicks, K; Eisner, T, Chemical defense of a rove beetle (Creophilus maxillosus), Journal of Chemical Ecology, vol. 9 no. 1 (January, 1983), pp. 159-180, Springer Nature [doi]  [abs].
  176. Nowicki, S; Eisner, T, Predatory capture of bombardier beetles by a tabanid fly larva, Psyche, vol. 90 no. 1-2 (1983), pp. 119-122, Hindawi Limited [doi] .
  177. Jain, SC; Nowicki, S; Eisner, T; Meinwald, J, Insect repellents from vetiver oil: I. zizanal and epizizanal, Tetrahedron Letters, vol. 23 no. 45 (January, 1982), pp. 4639-4642, Elsevier BV [doi]  [abs].
  178. Mammen, DL; Nowicki, S, Individual differences and within-flock convergence in chickadee calls, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 9 no. 3 (October, 1981), pp. 179-186, Springer Nature America, Inc [doi]  [abs].
  179. Eisner, T; Nowicki, S; Goetz, M; Meinwald, J, Red cochineal dye (carminic acid): Its role in nature, Science, vol. 208 no. 4447 (January, 1980), pp. 1039-1042, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) [doi]  [abs].
  180. Eisner, T; Nowicki, S; Goetz, M; Meinwald, J, Red cochineal dye (Carminic acid): Its role in nature, Science, vol. 208 no. 4447 (1980), pp. 1038-1040  [abs].
  181. Nowicki, S; Armitage, KB, Behavior of juvenile yellow-bellied marmots: Play and social integration, Z. Tierpsychol., vol. 51 (1979), pp. 85-105 .

Papers Accepted

  1. Searcy, W. A., K. Sewall, J. Soha, S. Nowicki & S. Peters, Song sharing in southeastern song sparrows, Journal of Field Ornithology (2013) .
  2. Lachlan, R. F., R. C. Anderson, S. Peters, W. A. Searcy & S. Nowicki, Prototypical versions of learned swamp sparrow songs are more effective signals than are outliers, Proceedings of the Royal Society, London, series B (2014) .

Papers Submitted

  1. Klofstad, C. A., R. C. Anderson & S. Nowicki, Perceptions of competence, strength, and age influence humans to select leaders with lower-pitched voices, Political Behavior (2014) .

Book Chapters

  1. Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, Animal communication, in The Behavior of Animals: Mechanisms, Function and Evolution, edited by Bolhuis, JJ; Giraldeau, L-A; Hogan, JA (January, 2022), pp. 367-396, Wiley/Blackwell  [abs].
  2. Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, Signal reliability and intraspecific deception, in Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior (January, 2019), pp. 589-597 [doi]  [abs].
  3. Searcy, WA; Nowicki, S, Signal Reliability and Intraspecific Deception, in Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior, Second Edition: Volume 1-5, vol. 1 (January, 2019), pp. V1-589-V1-597 [doi]  [abs].