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Overview

William A. Searcy is affiliated with the University of Miami in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Developmental Biology, Ecology, and Genetics. The main topics in their work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, Plant and animal studies, Avian ecology and behavior, Marine animal studies overview, and Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior.

Their publication record features articles in several scientific journals, demonstrating a range of interests in avian vocalizations and behavior. Recent papers include:

  • Variation in vocal production learning across songbirds, 2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Long-distance dependencies in birdsong syntax, 2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Syntactic rules predict song type matching in a songbird, 2023, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Other publications related to their research network and topics, although authored by different primary authors, are:

  • Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), 2020, Birds of the World
  • Are song sequencing rules learned by song sparrows?, 2022, Animal Behaviour

The venues where William A. Searcy frequently publishes include:

  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Animal Behaviour
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
  • Ethology

William A. Searcy collaborates often with other researchers, including Stephen Nowicki, Susan Peters, Jill A. Soha, Ken Yasukawa, and Lauren M. Chronister. Frequent co-authorship indicates ongoing interdisciplinary partnerships mainly in the area of animal vocal communication and behavioral studies.

Best Publications

  • The Evolution of Animal Communication: Reliability and Deception in Signaling Systems

    William A. Searcy;Stephen Nowicki

  • SEXUAL SELECTION AND THE EVOLUTION OF SONG

    William A. Searcy;Malte Andersson

  • Brain development, song learning and mate choice in birds: a review and experimental test of the "nutritional stress hypothesis".

    Nowicki S;Searcy Wa;Peters S

  • Song as an aggressive signal in songbirds

    William A. Searcy;Michael D. Beecher

  • Song repertoire and mate choice in birds

    William A. Searcy

  • A test for responsiveness to song structure and programming in female sparrows.

    William A. Searcy;Peter Marler

  • The Evolution of Animal Communication

    William A. Searcy;Stephen Nowicki

  • Song function and the evolution of female preferences: why birds sing, why brains matter.

    Stephen Nowicki;William A. Searcy

  • Bird song as a signal of aggressive intent

    William A. Searcy;Rindy C. Anderson;Stephen Nowicki

  • Polygyny and Sexual Selection in Red-Winged Blackbirds

    William A. Searcy;Ken Yasukawa

  • THE EVOLUTIONARY EFFECTS OF MATE SELECTION

    William A. Searcy

  • Female Choice of Mates: A General Model for Birds and Its Application to Red-Winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus)

    William A. Searcy

  • Design of Playback Experiments: The Thornbridge Hall NATO ARW Consensus

    Peter K. McGregor;Clive K. Catchpole;Torben Dabelsteen;J. Bruce Falls

  • Song repertoire size in male song sparrows correlates with detour reaching, but not with other cognitive measures

    Neeltje J. Boogert;Rindy C. Anderson;Susan Peters;William A. Searcy

  • Song repertoire size and female preferences in song sparrows

    William A. Searcy

  • Alternative Models of Territorial Polygyny in Birds

    William A. Searcy;Ken Yasukawa

  • Measuring Responses of Female Birds to Male Song

    William A. Searcy

  • Sexual differences in species recognition of avian song

    W. A. Searcy;E. A. Brenowitz

  • Species song discrimination in choice experiments with territorial male swamp and song sparrows

    Susan S. Peters;William A. Searcy;Peter Marler

  • Quality of song learning affects female response to male bird song.

    Stephen Nowicki;William A. Searcy;Susan Peters

  • Aggression in female Red-Winged Blackbirds: A strategy to ensure male parental investment

    K. Yasukawa;W. A. Searcy

  • Effects of early nutrition on growth rate and adult size in song sparrows Melospiza melodia

    William A. Searcy;Susan Peters;Stephen Nowicki

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen Nowicki
Stephen Nowicki Duke University
Ken Yasukawa
Ken Yasukawa Beloit College
Peter Marler
Peter Marler University of California, Davis
Michael D. Beecher
Michael D. Beecher University of Washington
Scott M. Lanyon
Scott M. Lanyon University of Minnesota
L. Scott Johnson
L. Scott Johnson Towson University
Jeffrey Podos
Jeffrey Podos University of Massachusetts Amherst
Andrew G. Horn
Andrew G. Horn Dalhousie University
Peter K. McGregor
Peter K. McGregor Cornwall College
Daniel M. Weary
Daniel M. Weary University of British Columbia

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