The following is a list of publications from members of the Nowicki Laboratory, from its founding in 1989 to the present, including publications from graduate student and post-doc projects completed in association with the lab.
Bucking a pernicious trend in science, Steve Nowicki does not put his name on papers stemming from students' and post-docs' projects simply because they have worked in the lab unless he has made a substantial contribution above and beyond the generation of ideas and the kind of advice and discussion expected of a conscientious advisor. You can find a list of Nowicki publications, including those that predate 1989, at the end of his curriculum vitae.
Hyman, J. Conditional strategies in territory defense: do Carolina wrens play tit-for-tat? Behav. Ecol., in press.Nowicki, S., W. A. Searcy & S. Peters. Developmental stress, song learning and mate choice in birds. J. Comp Physiol. A, in press.
Nowicki, S, W. A. Searcy, T. Krueger & M. Hughes. Individual variation in response to simulated territorial challenge among territory-holding song sparrows. J. Avian Biol., in press.
Searcy, W. A., S. Nowicki & S. Peters. Phonology and dialect discrimination in song sparrows (Melospiza melodia). Anim. Behav., in review.
Ballentine, B, A. Badyaev & G. Hill. Changes in song complexity correspond to periods of female fertility in blue grosbeaks (Guiraca caerulea). Ethology, in review.
Beebee, M. D. 2002. Song sharing by yellow warblers differs between two modes of singing: implications for song function. Condor 104: 146-155
Searcy, W. A., S. Nowicki, M. Hughes & S. Peters. 2002. Geographic song discrimination in relation to dispersal distances in song sparrows. Amer. Natur. 159: 221-230.
Duckworth, R. A., M. T. Mendonca and G. E. Hill. 2001. A condition dependent link between testosterone and disease resistance in the house finch. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 268: 2467-2472.
Hoese, W. J. & S. Nowicki. 2001. Using "the organism" as a conceptual focus in an introductory biology course. Amer. Biol. Teacher 63: 176-182.
Mooney, R., W. Hoese & S. Nowicki. 2001. Auditory representation of the vocal repertoire in a songbird with multiple song types. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98: 12798-12783.
Nowicki, S., W. A. Searcy, M. Hughes & J. Podos. 2001. The evolution of bird song: male and female response to song innovation in swamp sparrows. Anim. Behav. 62: 1189-1195.
Patek, S. 2001. Spiny lobsters stick and slip to make sound. Nature 411: 153-154.
Windfelder, T. L. 2001. Interspecific communication in mixed-species groups of tamarins: evidence from playback experiments. Anim. Behav. 61: 1193-1201.
Hoese, W.J., J. Podos, N.C. Boetticher & S. Nowicki. 2000. Vocal tract function in birdsong production: experimental manipulation of beak movements. J. Exp. Biol. 203: 1845-1855.
Hughes, M. 2000. Deception with honest signals: signal function for signalers and receivers. Behav. Ecol. 6:614-623.
Nowicki, S., D. Hasselquist, S. Bensch & S. Peters. 2000. Nestling growth and song repertoire size in great reed warblers: evidence for song learning as an indicator mechanism in mate choice. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 267: 2419-2424.
Peters, S., W.A. Searcy, M.D. Beecher & S. Nowicki. 2000. Geographic variation in the organization of song sparrow repertoires. Auk 117: 936-942.
Podos, J. & S. Nowicki. 2000. Mechanical limits and the evolution of vocalizations in birds. In: Maria Alice dos Santos Alves, et al. (Eds.) A Ornithologia no Brasil: Pesquisa Atual e Perspectivas, do Congresso Brasileiro de Ornitologia, pp. 251-271. EdUERJ: Rio de Janiero.
Pope, D.S. 2000. Testing function of fiddler crab claw waving by manipulating social context. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 47: 432-437.
Pope, D.S. 2000. Video playback experiments testing the function of claw waving in the sand fiddler crab. Behaviour. 137: 1349-1360.
Searcy, W.A. & S. Nowicki. 2000. Male-male competition and female choice in the evolution of vocal signaling. In: Y. Espmark, T. Amundsen & G. Rosenqvist (Eds.) Animal Signals: Signalling and Signal Design in Animal Communication, pp. 301-315. Tapir Academic Press: Trondheim.
Searcy, W. A., S. Nowicki & C. Logan. 2000. Song type variants and aggressive signaling. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 48: 358-363.
Nowicki, S., S. Peters, W.A. Searcy & C. Clayton. 1999. The development of song variation in song sparrows. Anim. Behav. 57: 1257-1264.
Podos, J., S. Nowicki & S. Peters. 1999. Permissiveness in vocal syntax learning in the swamp sparrow. Anim. Behav. 58: 93-103.
Searcy, W.A. & S. Nowicki. 1999. Functions of song variation in song sparrows. In: M. Konishi & M. Hauser (eds.) The Design of Animal Communication, pp. 577-595. MIT Press: New York.
Searcy, W.A., S. Nowicki & S. Peters. 1999. Song types as fundamental units in vocal repertoires. Anim. Behav. 58: 37-44.
Nowicki, S, S. Peters & J. Podos. 1998. Song learning, early nutrition and sexual selection in songbirds. Amer. Zool. 38: 179-190.
Nowicki, S., W.A. Searcy & M. Hughes. 1998. The territory defense function of song in song sparrows: a test with the speaker occupation design. Behaviour 135: 615-628.
Hughes, M., S. Nowicki, W.A. Searcy & S. Peters. 1998. Song type sharing in song sparrows: Implications for repertoire function and song learning. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 42: 437-446.
Hughes, M., S. Nowicki & B. Lohr. 1998. Call learning in black-capped chickadees (Parus atricapillus): The role of experience in the development of "chick-a-dee" calls. Ethology 104: 232-249.
Erickson, C. J., S. Nowicki, L. Dollar & N. Goehring. 1998. Percussive foraging: Stimuli for prey location by aye-ayes (Daubentonia madagascariensis). Int. J. Primatol. 19: 111-122.
Gaunt, A.S. & S. Nowicki. 1998. Birdsong: acoustics and physiology revisited. In: Hopp, S. L. M. J. Owren & C. S. Evans (eds.), Animal Acoustic Communication. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, pp. 291-321.
Podos, J. 1997. A performance constraint on the evolution of trilled vocalizations in a songbird family (Passeriformes: Emberizidae). Evolution, 51:537-551.
Nowicki, S. 1997. Bird acoustics. In: M. J. Crocker (ed.) Encyclopedia of Acoustics. John Wiley & Sons, New York, Chapter 150, pp. 1813-1817.
Searcy, W.A., M. Hughes & S. Nowicki. 1997. The response of male and female song sparrows to geographic variation in song. Condor 99: 651-657.
Hoese, W. J. and M. W. Westneat 1996. Biomechanics of cranial kinesis in birds: testing linkage models in the white-throated sparrow (Zonotrichia albicollis). Journal of Morphology 227: 305-320.
Hughes, M. 1996. The function of concurrent signals: Visual and chemical signals in snapping shrimp. Anim. Behav. 52:247-257.
Hughes, M. 1996. Size assessment via a visual signal in snapping shrimp. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 38:51-57.
Peters, S. & S. Nowicki. 1996. Development of tonal quality in birdsong: Further evidence from song sparrows. Ethology 102: 323-335.
Podos, J. 1996. Motor constraints on vocal development in a songbird. Animal Behaviour 51:1061-1070.
Strote, J. & S. Nowicki. 1996. Responses to songs with altered tonal quality by adult song sparrows (Melospiza melodia). Behaviour 130: 1-15.
Podos, J., J. K. Shearer, S. Peters & S. Nowicki. 1995. Ontogeny of vocal tract movements during song production in song sparrows. Anim. Behav. 50: 1287-1296.
Searcy, W.A., J. Podos, S. Peters & S. Nowicki. 1995. Discrimination of song types and variants in song sparrows. Anim. Behav. 49: 1219-1226.
Lohr, B., R. Weisman & S. Nowicki. 1994. The role of pitch cues in song recognition by Carolina chickadees (Parus carolinensis). Behaviour 130: 1-15.
Nowicki, S., J. Podos & F. Valdés. 1994. Temporal patterning of within-song type and between-song type variation in song repertoires. Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol. 34: 329-335.
Podos, J. 1994. Early perspectives on the evolution of behavior: Charles Otis Whitman and Oskar Heinroth. Ethology, Ecology, and Evolution 6:467-480.
Nowicki, S. & J. Podos. 1993. Complexity, coupling and contingency in birdsong. In: Perspectives in Ethology, vol.10 (P.P.G. Bateson, P. Klopfer & N. Thompson, eds.), pp. 159-186, Plenum Press, New York.
Westneat, M.W., J.H. Long, Jr., W. Hoese & S. Nowicki. 1993. Kinematics of birdsong: Functional correlation of cranial movements and acoustic features in sparrows. J. Exp. Biol. 182: 147-171.
Jacobs, M., D.P. Nowacek, G. Cannon, S. Nowicki & R.B. Forward. 1993. Seasonal changes in vocalizations during behavior of the Atlantic bottlenose dolphin. Estuaries 16: 241-246.
Nowicki, S., M. Westneat & W. Hoese. 1992. Birdsong: Motor function and the evolution of communication. Seminars in Neurosci. 4: 385-390.
Nowicki, S., P. Marler, A. Maynard & S. Peters. 1992. Is the tonal quality of birdsong learned? Evidence from song sparrows. Ethology 90: 225-235.
Peters, S, P. Marler & S. Nowicki. 1992. Song sparrows learn from limited exposure to song models. Condor 94: 1016-1019.
Podos, J., S. Peters, T. Rudnicky, P. Marler & S. Nowicki. 1992. The organization of song repertoires in song sparrows: Themes and variations. Ethology 90: 89-106.
Nowicki, S., M. Hughes & P. Marler. 1991. Flight songs of swamp sparrows: Alternative phonology of an alternative song category. Condor 93: 1-11.
Lohr, B., S. Nowicki & R. Weisman. 1991. Pitch production in Carolina chickadee songs. Condor 93: 197-199.
Nowicki, S. & D.A. Nelson. 1990. Defining natural categories in acoustic signals: Comparison of three methods applied to 'chick-a-dee' call notes. Ethology 86: 89-101. Ball, G.F. & S.
Nowicki. 1990. Assessment of song quality in photorefractory and photosensitive song sparrows. Anim. Behav. 40: 986-987.
Nowicki, S. & G.F. Ball. 1989. Testosterone induction of song in photosensitive and photorefractory male sparrows. Horm. and Behav. 23: 514-525.
Nowicki, S., J.C. Mitani, D.A. Nelson & P. Marler. 1989. The communicative significance of tonality in birdsong: Responses to songs produced in helium. Bioacoustics 2: 35-46.
Nowicki, S. 1989. Vocal plasticity in captive black-capped chickadees: The acoustic basis and rate of call convergence. Anim. Behav. 37: 64-73.
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