Michael D. Beecher - Publications

Affiliations: 
University of Washington, Seattle, Seattle, WA 
Area:
Behavioral Sciences Psychology, Evolution and Development Biology, Neuroscience Biology

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Year Citation  Score
2020 Beecher MD, Akçay Ç. Social factors in bird-song development: Learning to sing with friends and rivals. Learning & Behavior. PMID 32820427 DOI: 10.3758/S13420-020-00441-6  0.737
2020 Akçay Ç, Beecher MD. Song sparrows do not discriminate between their own song and stranger song. Behavioural Processes. 104184. PMID 32561233 DOI: 10.1016/J.Beproc.2020.104184  0.751
2020 Akçay Ç, Campbell SE, Darling S, Beecher MD. Territory establishment, song learning strategies and survival in song sparrows Ethology. 126: 694-703. DOI: 10.1111/Eth.13014  0.749
2020 Beecher MD, Akçay Ç, Campbell SE. Birdsong learning is mutually beneficial for tutee and tutor in song sparrows Animal Behaviour. 166: 281-288. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2020.05.015  0.718
2019 Akçay Ç, Beecher MD. Multi-modal communication: song sparrows increase signal redundancy in noise. Biology Letters. 15: 20190513. PMID 31662064 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2019.0513  0.674
2017 Akçay Ç, Campbell SE, Beecher MD. Erratum to “Good tutors are not dear enemies in song sparrows” [Anim Behav 129 (2017) 223–228] Animal Behaviour. 131: 1. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2017.07.003  0.658
2017 Akçay Ç, Campbell SE, Beecher MD. Good tutors are not dear enemies in song sparrows Animal Behaviour. 129: 223-228. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2017.05.026  0.75
2017 Beecher MD. Birdsong learning as a social process Animal Behaviour. 124: 233-246. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2016.09.001  0.499
2016 Akçay Ç, Clay A, Campbell SE, Beecher MD. The sparrow and the hawk: Aggressive signaling under risk of predation Behavioral Ecology. 27: 601-607. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/Arv196  0.721
2015 Akçay Ç, Campbell SE, Beecher MD. The fitness consequences of honesty: Under-signalers have a survival advantage in song sparrows. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. PMID 26573880 DOI: 10.1111/Evo.12818  0.706
2015 Akçay Ç, Beecher MD. Team of rivals in chipping sparrows? A comment on Goodwin & Podos. Biology Letters. 11. PMID 26136045 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2014.1043  0.679
2015 Akçay Ç, Anderson RC, Nowicki S, Beecher MD, Searcy WA. Quiet threats: Soft song as an aggressive signal in birds Animal Behaviour. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2015.03.009  0.703
2014 Akçay C, Campbell SE, Beecher MD. Individual differences affect honest signalling in a songbird. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 281: 20132496. PMID 24307671 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2013.2496  0.703
2014 Akçay C, Campbell SE, Reed VA, Beecher MD. Song sparrows do not learn more songs from aggressive tutors Animal Behaviour. 94: 151-159. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2014.06.003  0.761
2014 Searcy WA, Akçay C, Nowicki S, Beecher MD. Aggressive Signaling in Song Sparrows and Other Songbirds Advances in the Study of Behavior. 46: 89-125. DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-800286-5.00003-1  0.726
2013 Akçay Ç, Tom ME, Campbell SE, Beecher MD. Song type matching is an honest early threat signal in a hierarchical animal communication system. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 280: 20122517. PMID 23378665 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2012.2517  0.702
2012 Templeton CN, Reed VA, Campbell SE, Beecher MD. Spatial movements and social networks in juvenile male song sparrows. Behavioral Ecology : Official Journal of the International Society For Behavioral Ecology. 23: 141-152. PMID 22479140 DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/Arr167  0.724
2012 Templeton CN, Burt JM, Campbell SE, Lent K, Brenowitz EA, Beecher MD. Immediate and long-term effects of testosterone on song plasticity and learning in juvenile song sparrows. Behavioural Processes. 90: 254-60. PMID 22387677 DOI: 10.1016/J.Beproc.2012.02.002  0.721
2012 Templeton CN, Campbell SE, Beecher MD. Territorial song sparrows tolerate juveniles during the early song-learning phase Behavioral Ecology. 23: 916-923. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/Ars056  0.737
2012 Akçay C, Searcy WA, Campbell SE, Reed VA, Templeton CN, Hardwick KM, Beecher MD. Who initiates extrapair mating in song sparrows? Behavioral Ecology. 23: 44-50. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/Arr147  0.777
2012 Akçay C, Beecher MD. Signalling while fighting: Further comments on soft song Animal Behaviour. 83. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2011.11.029  0.673
2012 Templeton CN, Akçay C, Campbell SE, Beecher MD. Soft song is a reliable signal of aggressive intent in song sparrows Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 66: 1503-1509. DOI: 10.1007/S00265-012-1405-5  0.806
2011 Hill CE, Akçay C, Campbell SE, Beecher MD. Extrapair paternity, song, and genetic quality in song sparrows Behavioral Ecology. 22: 73-81. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/Arq171  0.775
2011 Akçay C, Tom ME, Holmes D, Campbell SE, Beecher MD. Sing softly and carry a big stick: Signals of aggressive intent in the song sparrow Animal Behaviour. 82: 377-382. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2011.05.016  0.71
2011 Searcy WA, Beecher MD. Continued scepticism that song overlapping is a signal Animal Behaviour. 81: e1-e4. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2010.10.013  0.374
2010 Templeton CN, Akçay C, Campbell SE, Beecher MD. Juvenile sparrows preferentially eavesdrop on adult song interactions. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 277: 447-53. PMID 19846461 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2009.1491  0.804
2010 Nulty B, Burt JM, Akçay C, Templeton CN, Elizabeth Campbell S, Beecher MD. Song Learning in Song Sparrows: Relative Importance of Autumn vs. Spring Tutoring Ethology. 116: 653-661. DOI: 10.1111/J.1439-0310.2010.01782.X  0.798
2010 Horning CL, Beecher MD, Stoddard PK, Campbell SE. Song Perception in the Song Sparrow: Importance of Different Parts of the Song in Song Type Classification Ethology. 94: 46-58. DOI: 10.1111/J.1439-0310.1993.Tb00546.X  0.406
2010 Medvin MB, Stoddard PK, Beecher MD. Signals for Parent-Offspring Recognition: Strong Sib-Sib Call Similarity in Cliff Swallows but not Barn Swallows Ethology. 90: 17-28. DOI: 10.1111/J.1439-0310.1992.Tb00816.X  0.335
2010 Beecher IM, Beecher MD. Sibling Recognition in Bank Swallows (Riparia riparia) Ethology. 62: 145-150. DOI: 10.1111/J.1439-0310.1983.Tb02147.X  0.353
2010 Akçay C, Reed VA, Campbell SE, Templeton CN, Beecher MD. Indirect reciprocity: Song sparrows distrust aggressive neighbours based on eavesdropping Animal Behaviour. 80: 1041-1047. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2010.09.009  0.777
2009 Searcy WA, Beecher MD. Song as an aggressive signal in songbirds Animal Behaviour. 78: 1281-1292. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2009.08.011  0.389
2009 Akçay C, Wood WE, Searcy WA, Templeton CN, Campbell SE, Beecher MD. Good neighbour, bad neighbour: song sparrows retaliate against aggressive rivals Animal Behaviour. 78: 97-102. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2009.03.023  0.703
2008 Burt JM, Beecher MD. The social interaction role of song in song sparrows: implications for signal design Comparative Cognition & Behavior Reviews. 3. DOI: 10.3819/Ccbr.2008.30005  0.439
2008 Beecher MD. Chapter 4 Function and Mechanisms of Song Learning in Song Sparrows* Advances in the Study of Behavior. 38: 167-225. DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3454(08)00004-1  0.495
2007 Burt JM, O'Loghlen AL, Templeton CN, Campbell SE, Beecher MD. Assessing the importance of social factors in bird song learning: A test using computer-simulated tutors Ethology. 113: 917-925. DOI: 10.1111/J.1439-0310.2007.01415.X  0.73
2007 Nordby JC, Campbell SE, Beecher MD. Selective attrition and individual song repertoire development in song sparrows Animal Behaviour. 74: 1413-1418. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2007.02.008  0.452
2007 Beecher MD, Burt JM, O'Loghlen AL, Templeton CN, Campbell SE. Bird song learning in an eavesdropping context Animal Behaviour. 73: 929-935. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2006.10.013  0.736
2005 Beecher MD, Brenowitz EA. Functional aspects of song learning in songbirds. Trends in Ecology & Evolution. 20: 143-9. PMID 16701358 DOI: 10.1016/J.Tree.2005.01.004  0.446
2005 Brenowitz EA, Beecher MD. Song learning in birds: diversity and plasticity, opportunities and challenges. Trends in Neurosciences. 28: 127-32. PMID 15749165 DOI: 10.1016/J.Tins.2005.01.004  0.384
2005 Beecher MD, Campbell SE. The role of unshared songs in singing interactions between neighbouring song sparrows Animal Behaviour. 70: 1297-1304. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2005.03.008  0.465
2004 Beecher MD, Burt JM. The role of social interaction in bird song learning Current Directions in Psychological Science. 13: 224-228. DOI: 10.1111/J.0963-7214.2004.00313.X  0.462
2003 Reeves BJ, Beecher MD, Brenowitz EA. Seasonal changes in avian song control circuits do not cause seasonal changes in song discrimination in song sparrows. Journal of Neurobiology. 57: 119-29. PMID 14556278 DOI: 10.1002/Neu.10257  0.791
2002 Nordby JC, Campbell SE, Beecher MD. Adult song sparrows do not alter their song repertoires Ethology. 108: 39-50. DOI: 10.1046/J.1439-0310.2002.00752.X  0.514
2002 Burt JM, Bard SC, Campbell SE, Beecher MD. Alternative forms of song matching in song sparrows Animal Behaviour. 63: 1143-1151. DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.2002.3011  0.427
2001 Beecher MD, Campbell SE, Stoddard PK. Correlation of song learning and territory establishment strategies in the song sparrow. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 91: 1450-4. PMID 11607460 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.91.4.1450  0.48
2001 Burt JM, Campbell SE, Beecher MD. Song type matching as threat: A test using interactive playback Animal Behaviour. 62: 1163-1170. DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.2001.1847  0.364
2001 Nordby JC, Campbell SE, Beecher MD. Late song learning in song sparrows Animal Behaviour. 61: 835-846. DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.2000.1673  0.499
2000 Nordby JC, Campbell SE, Burt JM, Beecher MD. Social influences during song development in the song sparrow: a laboratory experiment simulating field conditions. Animal Behaviour. 59: 1187-1197. PMID 10877898 DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.1999.1412  0.534
2000 Beecher MD, Campbell SE, Nordby JC. Territory tenure in song sparrows is related to song sharing with neighbours, but not to repertoire size. Animal Behaviour. 59: 29-37. PMID 10640364 DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.1999.1304  0.389
2000 Beecher MD, Campbell SE, Burt JM, Hill CE, Nordby JC. Song-type matching between neighbouring song sparrows. Animal Behaviour. 59: 21-27. PMID 10640363 DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.1999.1276  0.403
2000 Burt JM, Lent KL, Beecher MD, Brenowitz EA. Lesions of the anterior forebrain song control pathway in female canaries affect song perception in an operant task. Journal of Neurobiology. 42: 1-13. PMID 10623896 DOI: 10.1002/(Sici)1097-4695(200001)42:1<1::Aid-Neu1>3.0.Co;2-6  0.417
2000 Peters S, Searcy WA, Beecher MD, Nowicki S. Geographic variation in the organization of Song Sparrow repertoires Auk. 117: 936-942. DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2000)117[0936:Gvitoo]2.0.Co;2  0.316
1999 Nordby JC, Campbell SE, Beecher MD. Ecological correlates of song learning in song sparrows Behavioral Ecology. 10: 287-297. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/10.3.287  0.524
1999 Hill CE, Campbell SE, Nordby JC, Burt JM, Beecher MD. Song sharing in two populations of song sparrows (Melospiza melodia) Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 46: 341-349. DOI: 10.1007/S002650050628  0.391
1999 O'Loghlen AL, Beecher MD. Mate, neighbour and stranger songs: A female song sparrow perspective Animal Behaviour. 58: 13-20. DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.1999.1125  0.429
1997 Beecher MD, Campbell SE, Nordby JC. Bird song learning as an adaptive strategy Ciba Foundation Symposia. 269-281. PMID 9386917  0.35
1997 Smith GT, Brenowitz EA, Beecher MD, Wingfield JC. Seasonal changes in testosterone, neural attributes of song control nuclei, and song structure in wild songbirds. The Journal of Neuroscience : the Official Journal of the Society For Neuroscience. 17: 6001-10. PMID 9221796 DOI: 10.1523/Jneurosci.17-15-06001.1997  0.417
1997 O'Loghlen AL, Beecher MD. Sexual preferences for mate song types in female song sparrows Animal Behaviour. 53: 835-841. DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.1996.0348  0.412
1996 Beecher MD, Stoddard PK, Campbell SE, Horning CL. Repertoire matching between neighbouring song sparrows Animal Behaviour. 51: 917-923. DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.1996.0095  0.463
1994 Beecher MD, Campbell SE, Burt JM. Song perception in the song sparrow: birds classify by song type but not by singer Animal Behaviour. 47: 1343-1351. DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.1994.1182  0.44
1994 Beecher MD, Campbell SE, Stoddard PK. Correlation of song learning and territory establishment strategies in the song sparrow Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 91: 1450-1454.  0.38
1993 Medvin MB, Stoddard PK, Beecher MD. Signals for parent-offspring recognition: a comparative analysis of the begging calls of cliff swallows and barn swallows Animal Behaviour. 45: 841-850. DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.1993.1105  0.3
1992 Stoddard PK, Beecher MD, Loesche P, Elizabeth Campbell S. Memory Does not Constrain Individual Recognition in A Bird With Song Repertoires Behaviour. 122: 274-287. DOI: 10.1163/156853992X00543  0.498
1992 Stoddard PK, Beecher MD, Campbell SE, Horning CL. Song-type matching in the song sparrow Canadian Journal of Zoology. 70: 1440-1444. DOI: 10.1139/Z92-200  0.417
1991 Loesche P, Higgins B, Stoddard PK, Beecher MD. Signature Versus Perceptual Adaptations for Individual Vocal Recognition in Swallows Behaviour. 118: 15-25. DOI: 10.1163/156853991X00175  0.354
1991 Schwagmeyer PL, Mock DW, Lamey TC, Lamey CS, Beecher MD. Effects of sibling contact on hatch timing in an asynchronously hatching bird Animal Behaviour. 41: 887-894. DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3472(05)80355-0  0.327
1991 Stoddard PK, Beecher MD, Horning CL, Campbell SE. Recognition of individual neighbors by song in the song sparrow, a species with song repertoires Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 29: 211-215. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00166403  0.435
1990 Stoddard PK, Beecher MD, Horning CL, Willis MS. Strong Neighbor-Stranger Discrimination in Song Sparrows The Condor. 92: 1051. DOI: 10.2307/1368741  0.411
1988 Beecher MD. Kin recognition in birds Behavior Genetics. 18: 465-482. PMID 3056385 DOI: 10.1007/Bf01065515  0.346
1988 Beecher MD. Spectrographic analysis of animal vocalizations: Implications of the “uncertainty principle” Bioacoustics. 1: 187-208. DOI: 10.1080/09524622.1988.9753091  0.306
1988 Stoddard PK, Beecher MD, Willis MS. Response of territorial male song sparrows to song types and variations Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 22: 125-130. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00303547  0.422
1987 Medvin MM, Beecher MD, Andelman SJ. Extra Adults at the Nest in Barn Swallows The Condor. 89: 179-182. DOI: 10.2307/1368774  0.306
1984 Petersen MR, Beecher MD, Zoloth SR, Green S, Marler PR, Moody DB, Stebbins WC. Neural lateralization of vocalizations by Japanese macaques: communicative significance is more important than acoustic structure. Behavioral Neuroscience. 98: 779-90. PMID 6487413 DOI: 10.1037/0735-7044.98.5.779  0.347
1982 Beecher MD. Signature systems and kin recognition Integrative and Comparative Biology. 22: 477-490. DOI: 10.1093/Icb/22.3.477  0.336
1980 Brown CH, Beecher MD, Moody DB, Stebbins WC. Localization of noise bands by Old World monkeys. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 68: 127-32. PMID 6771312 DOI: 10.1121/1.384638  0.312
1979 Beecher MD, Petersen MR, Zoloth SR, Moody DB, Stebbins WC. Perception of conspecific vocalizations by Japanese macaques. Evidence for selective attention and neural lateralization. Brain, Behavior and Evolution. 16: 443-60. PMID 399204 DOI: 10.1159/000121881  0.354
1979 Beecher MD, Beecher IM. Sociobiology of bank swallows: Reproductive strategy of the male Science. 205: 1282-1285. DOI: 10.1126/Science.205.4412.1282  0.346
1977 Brown CH, Beecher MD, Moody DB, Stebbins WC. The locatability of vocalizations in Old World monkeys The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 62: S92-S93. DOI: 10.1121/1.2016458  0.325
1977 Petersen MR, Beecher MD, Zoloth SR, Moody DB, Stebbins WC. A comparative study of the perception of species‐specific communication sounds by Japanese macaques (Macaca fuscata) and other Old World monkeys The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 62: S101-S102. DOI: 10.1121/1.2016016  0.35
1976 Beecher MD, Zoloth SR, Petersen MR, Moody DB, Stebbins WC. Perception of conspecific communication signals by Japanese monkeys (Macaca fuscata) The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 60: S89-S89. DOI: 10.1121/1.2003589  0.348
1975 Beecher MD. Evolution of hearing and acoustic communication in vertebrates Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 58. DOI: 10.1121/1.2002001  0.377
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