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Publications


46 to date. Undergraduate author,* Graduate student author,** Joint first authors*** 

 

2023

  • Joseph Niederhauser, Rindy Anderson. 2023. Spatial pattern of song-type sharing in Bachman’s Sparrow. Southeastern Naturalist. 22(3):315-332. https://doi.org/10.1656/058.022.0304

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2022

  • Charles Daria**, Morgan Slevin**, Rindy Anderson. 2022. Effects of anthropogenic noise on cognition, bill color, and growth in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Acta Ethologica. Special Issue: Impact of global change on social interactions: Ecological and fitness implications. Accepted December 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10211-022-00406-0 

  • Hans Gonzembach**, Heather Wolverton**, Rindy Anderson. 2022. Ba-Ba-Bachman’s: A Note on Song Production in Juvenile Bachman’s Sparrows (Peucaea aestivalis). Florida Field Naturalist. Accepted June 16, 2022.

  • Susan DeVries, Meg Waraczynski, Daniel T. Baldassarre, Morgan Slevin, Rindy Anderson, and Jodie M. Jawor. 2022. Geographic variation in morphology of Northern Cardinals: possible application of Bergmanns Rule?  Journal of Field Ornithology. Accetped May 30, 2022.

  • Jill Soha, Joseph Niederhauser **, Rindy Anderson. 2022. Song repertoires, song type sharing, and sharing of preferred song transitions in male Bachman’s Sparrows (Peucaea aestivalis). Wilson Journal of Ornithology. Accepted May 23, 2022.

 

2021

  • Joseph Niederhauser **, Morgan Slevin **, Erik Noonburg, Rindy Anderson. 2021. Behavior, habitat quality, and territory defense in Bachman’s sparrow. Behviour. Accepted Feb 22, 2021.

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2020

  • Morgan Slevin, Jennifer Houtz, David Bradshaw, and Rindy C. Anderson. Evidence supporting the microbiota-gut-brain axis in a songbird. In press, Biology Letters. Published online https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2020.0430

  • Erik Noonburg, Rindy C. Anderson. Asymmetric competition and floater dynamics: a model. In press, Ecology. Published online https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3238

  • Clara Howell, Rindy C. Anderson, Elizabeth P. Derryberry (2020) Female zebra finches prefer the songs of males who quickly solve a novel foraging task to the songs of males unable to solve the task. Ecology & Evolution. Published online 20 August 2020.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6690
  • Sara E. Bebus, Blake C. Jones, Rindy C. Anderson, in press. Development of the corticosterone stress response differs among passerine species. General and Comparative Endocrinology. Pre-print online: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2020.113417
 
2019
  • Soha JA, Peters S, Anderson RC, Searcy WA, Nowicki S (2019). Performance on tests of cognitive ability is not repeatable across years in a songbird. Animal Behavior vol 158: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.09.020
  • Howell C**, Anderson RC, Derryberry EP. Female cognitive performance and mass are correlated with different aspects of mate choice in the zebra finch (Taeniopygia guttata). Animal Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-019-01299-6
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2018

  • Niederhauser JM**, DuBois AL, Searcy WA, Nowicki S, Anderson RC (2018) A test of the eavesdropping avoidance hypothesis as an explanation for low amplitude aggressive signaling in the song sparrow. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 72:47. PDF 

  • Ali S*, Anderson RC (2018) Song and aggressive signaling in the Bachman's sparrow. The Auk 135: 521-533. PDF

  • Sewall KB, Anderson RC, Soha JA, Peters S, Nowicki S. (2018) Early life conditions that impact song learning in male zebra finches also impact neural and behavioral responses to song in females. Developmental Neurobiology.  https://doi.org/10.1002/dneu.22600

  • Klofstad CA, Anderson RC (2018) Voice pitch predicts electability, but does not signal leadership ability. Evolution and Human Behavior 39(3): 349-354 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2018.02.007

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2017
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  • Anderson RC, Searcy WA, Peters S, Hughes M, DuBois AL, Nowicki S, (2017) Song learning and cognitive ability are not consistently related in a song bird. Animal Cognition 20: 309-320. PDF
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2016
  • Klofstad CA, Nowicki S, & Anderson RC (2016). Politics and Pitch: How Voice Influences Our Choice of Leaders. American Scientist 104: 282-287 (invited review, not peer-reviewed).
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2015
  • Klofstad CA, Anderson RC, Nowicki S (2015). Perceptions of competence, strength, and age influence  voters to select leaders with lower-pitched voices.  PLOS ONE 10(8): e0133779. PDF
  • Anderson RC, Reichard DG (2015).  The function and evolution of low-amplitude signals: Introduction to the Special Issue on Whispered Communication. Animal Behaviour 105 pp 215. PDF
  • Reichard DG, Anderson RC (2015). Why signal softly? The structure, function and evolutionary significance of low-amplitude signals. Animal Behaviour 105, 253-265.  PDF
  • Akcay C, Anderson RC, Nowicki S, Beecher MD, Searcy WA (2015).  Quiet threats: soft song as an aggressive signal in birds.  Animal Behaviour 105, 267-274.  
  • Grace MK*, Anderson RC.  (2015).  No frequency shift in the 'D' notes of Carolina chickadee calls in response to traffic noise.  In press, Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 69 (2) 253-263.  PDF

2014
  • Lachlan RF***, Anderson RC***, Peters S, Searcy WA, Nowicki S.  (2014). Typical versions of learned swamp sparrow songs are more effective signals than are less typical versions.  Proceedings of the Royal Society B  281: 20140252    PDF
  • Anderson RC, Klofstad CA, Mayhew WJ, Venkatachalam M.  (2014). Vocal fry may undermine the success of young women in the labor market.  PLoS One  9(5)  e97506  PDF  Press:  ScienceMag.org, WashingtonPost.com, NPR's This Week in Science, Huffington Post, New York Magazine (online), The Atlantic (online), CBS News (online), Shape.com
  • Anderson RC, Peters S, Nowicki, S.  (2014).  Effects of early auditory experience on the development of local song preference in female swamp sparrows.  Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology, 68(3)  DOI 10.1007/s00265-013-1658-7  PDF
  • MacLean EL, Hare BA, Nunn CL, Addessi E, Amici F, Anderson RC et al. (58 authors total) (2014).  The Evolution of Self Control.   Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1323533111  PDF
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2013
  • Searcy WA, Anderson RC, Ballentine B, Nowicki S. (2013). Limits to reliability in avian aggressive signals. Behaviour 150(5)  PDF
  • Anderson RC, DuBois AL, Piech DK*, Searcy WA, Nowicki S.  (2013).  Receiver response to an aggressive visual signal, the wing-wave display, in swamp sparrows. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 67(4)   PDF   Press:  Discovery Channel’s “Daily Planet,” National Geographic (online), PopularScience.com, ScienceDaily.com  
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2012
  • Anderson RC, Hughes M, Searcy WA, Nowicki S (2012).  The receiver-dependent cost of soft song: a signal of aggressive intent in songbirds.  Animal Behaviour, 83(6)    PDF
  • Klofstad CA, Anderson RC, Peters S (2012).  Sounds like a winner: Voice pitch influences perception of leadership capacity in both men and women.  Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 279(1738)    PDF  Press: BBC, NPR, The Economist.com, Wired.com, ScientificAmerican.com, ScienceDaily.com, U.S. News & World Report (online) 
  • Anderson RC, Klofstad CA.  (2012). Preference for leaders with masculine voices holds in the case of feminine leadership roles.PLoS ONE 7(12)   PDF  Press:  NPR’s “The State of Things” with Frank Statio, ScientificAmerican.com, TheAtlantic.com
  • Maddison CJ*, Anderson RC, Prior NH, Taves MD, Soma KK (2012). Soft song during aggressive interactions: seasonal changes and endocrine correlates in song sparrows. Hormones and Behavior, 62 (2012)    PDF
  • Anderson RC, Klofstad CA (2012). For love or money?: The influence of personal resources and environmental resource pressures on human mating preferences. Ethology, 18(9)    PDF
  • Bowles AE, Anderson RC (2012).  Behavioral responses and habituation of pinnipeds and small cetaceans to novel objects with and without a pinger.  Aquatic Mammals, 38(2)   PDF
  • MacLean EL, Matthews LJ, Hare BA, Nunn CL, Anderson RC, Aureli, F, Brannon EM, Call J, Drea CM, Emery NJ, et al.  (2012).  How does cognition evolve?: Phylogenetic comparative psychology.  Animal Cognition, 15(2)    PDF
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2011
  • Boogert N**, Anderson RC, Peters S, Searcy WA & Nowicki, S (2011). Song repertoire size correlates with inhibitory control, but not other measures of cognitive ability, in male song sparrows. Animal Behaviour 81: 1209-1216    PDF
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2009
  • Anderson RC (2009).  Operant conditioning and copulation solicitation display assays reveal a stable preference for local song by female swamp sparrows. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 64: 215-223    PDF
  • Prather JF, Nowicki S, Anderson RC, Peters S, Mooney R (2009). Neural correlates of categorical perception in learned vocal communication. Nature Neuroscience 12: 221-228    PDF
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2008
  • Anderson RC, Searcy WA, Peters S and Nowicki S (2008). Soft song in the song sparrow: acoustic analysis and implications for signal function.  Ethology, 114(7)    PDF
  • Anderson RC, Searcy WA, Nowicki S (2008). Testing the function of song matching in birds: responses of eastern song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) to partial song matching.  Behaviour, 145: 347-363    PDF
  • Searcy WA, Anderson RC and Nowicki S (2008).  Is bird song a reliable signal of aggressive intent?  A reply. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 62: 1213–1216    PDF
 
2007
  • Anderson RC, Nowicki S & Searcy WA (2007). Soft song in song sparrows: response of males and females to an enigmatic signal. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 61:1267-1274    PDF
  • ​Hughes M, Anderson RC, Searcy WA, Bottensek LM & Nowicki S (2007). Song type sharing and territory tenure in eastern song sparrows: implications for the evolution of song repertoires. Animal Behaviour, 73: 701-710    PDF

2006
  • Searcy WA, Anderson RC, & Nowicki S (2006).  Bird song as a signal of aggressive intent.  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 60: 234-241    PDF             

2005
  • Anderson RC, Searcy WA & Nowicki S (2005). Partial song matching in an eastern population of song sparrows (Melospiza melodia). Animal Behaviour, 69:(1)    PDF

2003
  • Wolski LF, Anderson RC, Bowles AE & Yochem PK (2003). Measuring hearing in the harbor seal (Phoca vitulina): Comparison of behavioral and auditory brainstem response techniques.  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 113:(1)    PDF
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