Publications from the Laboratory of Philip Stoddard (email for reprint/preprint)
Manuscripts in Preparation
Salazar VL, Stoddard PK. Energetic cost of bioelectrogenesis.
Markham MR, Stoddard PK. Melanocortins are peripheral modulators of action potential waveforms in electric fish.
Neuroethology of Electric Fish
Markham MR, Stoddard PK (2003) Melanocortins modulate the amplitude and repolarization time of electrocyte action potentials in male electric fish, Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus. Soc. Neuroscience Abstracts 88. [Powerpoint file of full poster] [1 page PDF version]
Curtis CC, Stoddard PK (2003) Active mate choice in an electric fish, Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus. Animal Behaviour 66:329-336. [PDF 236 KB]
Stoddard PK, Markham MR, Salazar VL (2003) Serotonin modulates the electric
waveform of the gymnotiform electric fish, Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus. Journal
of Experimental Biology. 206:1353-1362
Stoddard PK (2002) The evolutionary origins of electric signal complexity. Journal of Physiology - Paris, 96:485-491. [PDF 208 KB]
Salazar VL, Markham MR, Stoddard PK (2002) Serotonin rapidly enhances sexually dimorphic characters of the electric waveform of the gymnotiform electric fish Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus. Soc. Neuroscience Abstracts 87.8 [Powerpoint file]
Stoddard PK. (2002) Electric signals: predation, sex, and environmental constraints. Advances in the Study of Behaviour, 31: 201-242 [PDF 2.7 MB].
Franchina CR, Salazar VL, Volmar C-H, Stoddard PK (2001) Plasticity of the electric organ discharge waveform of male Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus. II. Social effects. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 187:45-52 [PDF 224 KB]
Stoddard PK (1999). Predation enhances complexity in the evolution of electric fish signals. Nature 400, 254-256 [PDF 220 KB]
Stoddard PK, Rasnow B, Assad C. (1999) Electric fields of the gymnotiform fishes: III. Brachyhypopomus. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 184:609-630 [PDF 908 KB]
Assad C, Rasnow B, Stoddard PK (1999) Electric organ discharges and electric images during electrolocation. Journal of Experimental Biology. 202: 1185-1193 [PDF 396 KB]
Franchina CR, Stoddard PK. (1998) Plasticity of the electric organ discharge waveform of the electric fish Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus : I. Quantification of day-night changes. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 183:759-768 [PDF 908 KB]
Assad C, Rasnow B, Stoddard PK, Bower JM. (1998) Electric fields of the gymnotiform fishes: II. Eigenmannia. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 183(4):419-432 [PDF 836 KB]
Stoddard PK (1998) Detection of multiple stimulus features forces a
trade-off in the pyramidal cell network of a gymnotiform electric fish's
electrosensory lateral line lobe. Journal of Comparative Physiology A.
182:103-113 [PDF 1.0 MB]
Franchina CR (1997) Ontogeny of the electric organ discharge and the electric
organ in the weakly electric pulse fish Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus (Hypopomidae, Gymnotiformes) J. Comparative
Physiology A 181(2): 111-119 [click
for abstract and link to PDF file]
Stoddard PK, Kilburn MD, Patterson KH (1996) Complex electric signal
structure in reproducing gymnotiform electric fish. Soc Neurosci Abstr
22(179.6),450.
Stoddard PK, Rasnow B, Assad C (1995) Electric organ discharges of the
gymnotiform fish Brachyhypopomus spp. Nervous Systems and Behavior, Proc. 4th
Intl. Congress of Neuroethology. 417.
Stoddard PK (1994) Low frequency electric field production and concealment in
gymnotiform fish with pulsed electric organ discharges. Soc Neurosci Abstr
24(159.5),370.
Assad C, Rasnow B, Stoddard P, Bower JM (1994) Maps of the electric organ
discharges of several gymnotiform fish. Soc Neurosci Abstr 24(159.6),370.
Auditory Perception & Communication in Birds
Nelson BS (2000) Spectro-temporal variables enable sound pressure level as a distance cue and carrier of information. Animal Behaviour. 59:57-67
Nelson BS, Stoddard PK (1998) Accuracy of auditory perception of distance and azimuth by a passerine bird. Animal Behaviour, 56: 467-477. [PDF 264 KB]
Kroodsma DE, Byers BE, Halkin S, Hill S, Minis D, Bolsinger JR, Dawson J,
Donelan E, Farrington J, Gill F, Houlihan P, Innes D, Keller G, Macaulay L,
Marantz CA, Oritz J, Stoddard PK, Wilda K. (1999) Geographic variation of
black-capped chickadee songs and singing behavior in North America. Auk
116:387-402
Beecher MD, Stoddard PK, Campbell SE, Horning CL (1996) Repertoire matching
between neighbouring song sparrows. Animal Behaviour 51:917-923.
Stoddard PK (1996) Vocal recognition in territorial passerines. In: Ecology and
Evolution of Acoustic Communication in Birds. Ch. 20, pp 356-374. Kroodsma DE
& Miller EH (eds.) Cornell Univ. Press, Ithaca NY.
Beecher MD, Campbell SE, Stoddard PK (1994) Correlation of song learning and
territory establishment strategies in the song sparrow. Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences. 91:1450-1454.
Medvin MB, Stoddard PK, Beecher MD (1993) Signals for parent-offspring
recognition: a comparative analysis of the begging calls of cliff swallows and
barn swallows. Animal Behaviour 45:841-850.
Horning CL, Beecher MD, Stoddard PK, Campbell SE (1993) Song perception in the
song sparrow: importance of different parts of the song in song type
classification. Ethology 94:46-58.
Stoddard PK, Beecher MD, Loesche P, Campbell ES (1992) Memory does not
constrain individual recognition in a bird with song repertoires. Behaviour
122:274-287.
Stoddard PK, Beecher MD, Campbell SE, Horning CL (1992) Song type matching in
the song sparrow. Canadian Journal of Zoology 70:1440-1444.
Loesche P, Beecher MD, Stoddard PK (1992) Perception of cliff swallow calls by
birds and humans. Journal of Comparative Psychology 106:239-249.
Medvin MB, Stoddard PK, Beecher MD (1992) Signals for parent-offspring
recognition: strong sib-sib call similarity in cliff swallows but not barn
swallows. Ethology 90: 17-28.
Loesche P, Stoddard PK, Higgins BJ, Beecher MD (1991) Adaptations for
individual vocal recognition by voice in swallows. Behaviour 118:15-25.
Stoddard PK, Beecher MD, Horning CL, Campbell SE (1991) Recognition of
individual neighbors by song in the song sparrow, a bird with song repertoires.
Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 29:211-215.
Stoddard PK, Beecher MD, Horning CL, Willis M (1990) Strong neighbor-stranger
discrimination in song sparrows. Condor 92:1051-1056.
Beecher MD, Stoddard PK (1990) The role of bird song and calls in individual
recognition: contrasting field and laboratory perspectives. In: Comparative
Perception, Vol. 2. pp 375-408. Stebbins WC, Berkeley MA (eds) . John Wiley
& Sons, Inc., New York.
Beecher MD, Loesche P, Stoddard PK, Medvin MB (1989) Individual recognition by
voice in swallows: signal or perceptual adaptation? In: Comparative Psychology
of Complex Acoustic Perception. pp 277-292. Dooling R, Hulse S (eds). Erlbaum,
New York.
Hiebert SM, Stoddard PK, Arcese P (1989) Repertoire size, territory acquisition
and reproductive success in the song sparrow. Animal Behaviour 37:266-273.
Stoddard PK, Beecher MD, Willis M. (1988) Response of territorial male song
sparrows to song types and variations. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology
22:125-130.
Stoddard PK (1988) A rare avian food signal: the cliff swallow bugs call.
Condor 90:714-715.
Arcese P, Stoddard PK, Hiebert SM (1988) Female song in the song sparrow.
Condor 90:44-50.
Beecher MD, Medvin MB, Stoddard PK, Loesche P (1986) Acoustic adaptations for
parent-offspring recognition in swallows. Experimental Biology 45:179-193.
Beecher MD, Stoddard PK, Loesche P (1984) Recognition of parents' voices by
young Cliff Swallows. Auk 102:600-605.
Stoddard PK, Beecher MD (1983) Parental recognition of offspring in the Cliff
Swallow. Auk 100:795-799.
Bird Migration
Stoddard PK, Marsden JE, Williams TC (1983) Computer simulation of autumnal
bird migration over the western North Atlantic. Animal Behaviour 31:173-180.
Signal Processing and Research Methods
Stoddard PK. (1997) Application of filters in bioacoustics. In: Acoustic
Communication in Animals. Ch. 4, pp105-127. Hopp SL & Evans CS (eds).
Springer-Verlag, New York. PDF 2 MB
Stoddard PK. (1990) Audio computers: theory of operation and guidelines for
selection of systems and components. Bioacoustics 2:217-239.
Stoddard PK, Loftus G (1988) An IBM XT-compatible, computer based slide
projector laboratory. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments and Computers.
20:541-551.
Stoddard PK (1987) Inexpensive solid state peck key for the operant
conditioning of small birds. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments and
Computers 19:383-388.
Teaching
Stoddard PK (2001) Using empirical games in teaching animal behavior. In: Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field. Bonnie J. Ploger and Ken Yasukawa, eds. Academic Press. (in press)
Book Reviews
Stoddard PK, (1998) Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach, 6th edn. By
John Alcock. Animal Behaviour 56(4): 1058-9.
Excretory Ecology
Stoddard PK (1983) Violation of optimal nest placement: Cliff Swallows entombed in their own excrement. Wilson Bulletin 95:674-675.