Myron C. Baker, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
Biology Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 
Area:
birdsong, parrot vocalizations, cultural evolution

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Year Citation  Score
2014 Baker MC. No evidence of a founder effect in Rainbow Lorikeet vocalisations following a population bottleneck Emu. 114: 197-205. DOI: 10.1071/Mu13095  0.432
2012 Baker MC. Silvereyes (Zosterops lateralis) song differentiation in an Island-Mainland comparison: Analyses of a complex cultural trait Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 124: 454-466. DOI: 10.1676/11-172.1  0.445
2011 Baker MC. Geographic variation of three vocal signals in the Australian ringneck (Aves: Psittaciformes): Do functionally similar signals have similar spatial distributions? Behaviour. 148: 373-402. DOI: 10.1163/000579511X559751  0.359
2009 Baker MC. Information content in chorus songs of the group-living Australian magpie (Cracticus tibicen dorsalis) in Western Australia Ethology. 115: 227-238. DOI: 10.1111/J.1439-0310.2008.01606.X  0.334
2008 Baker MC. Analysis of a cultural trait across an avian hybrid zone: Geographic variation in plumage morphology and vocal traits in the Australian ringneck parrot (Platycercus zonarius) Auk. 125: 651-662. DOI: 10.1525/Auk.2008.07111  0.316
2008 Gammon DE, Hendrick MC, Baker MC. Vocal communication in a songbird with a novel song repertoire Behaviour. 145: 1003-1026. DOI: 10.1163/156853908784474524  0.681
2008 Baker MC, Gammon DE. Vocal memes in natural populations of chickadees: why do some memes persist and others go extinct? Animal Behaviour. 75: 279-289. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2007.05.022  0.673
2007 Baker MC, Logue DM. A comparison of three noise reduction procedures applied to bird vocal signals Journal of Field Ornithology. 78: 240-253. DOI: 10.1111/J.1557-9263.2007.00109.X  0.628
2007 Freeberg TM, Baker MC, Bloomfield LL, Charrier I, Gammon DE, Hailman JP, Lee TTY, Lucas JR, Mennill DJ, Sturdy CB. SYNOPSIS III: Complexities in vocal communication Ecology and Behavior of Chickadees and Titmice: An Integrated Approach. DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198569992.003.0017  0.534
2007 Baker MC, Gammon DE. The gargle call of black-capped chickadees: Ontogeny, acoustic structure, population patterns, function, and processes leading to sharing of call characteristics Ecology and Behavior of Chickadees and Titmice: An Integrated Approach. DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198569992.003.0013  0.606
2006 Baker MC, Gammon DE. Persistence and change of vocal signals in natural populations of chickadees: Annual sampling of the gargle call over eight seasons Behaviour. 143: 1473-1509. DOI: 10.1163/156853906779366991  0.688
2006 Baker MC. Differentiation of mating vocalizations in birds: Acoustic features in mainland and island populations and evidence of habitat-dependent selection on songs Ethology. 112: 757-771. DOI: 10.1111/J.1439-0310.2006.01212.X  0.453
2006 Sawhney MH, Baker MC, Bisbee BR. Development of vocalisations in nestling and fledgling house wrens in natural populations Bioacoustics. 15: 271-287. DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2006.9753554  0.572
2005 Gammon DE, Baker MC, Tipton JR. Cultural divergence within novel song in the black-capped chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Auk. 122: 853-871. DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0853:Cdwnsi]2.0.Co;2  0.687
2005 Logue DM, Gammon DE, Baker MC. Minidisc recorders versus audiocassette recorders: A performance comparison Bioacoustics. 15: 15-33. DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2005.9753536  0.726
2004 Baker MC. The Chorus Song of Cooperatively Breeding Laughing Kookaburras (Coraciiformes, Halcyonidae: Dacelo novaeguineae): Characterization and Comparison among Groups Ethology. 110: 21-35. DOI: 10.1046/J.1439-0310.2003.00941.X  0.305
2004 Gammon DE, Baker MC. Song repertoire evolution and acoustic divergence in a population of black-capped chickadees, Poecile atricapillus Animal Behaviour. 68: 903-913. DOI: 10.1016/J.Anbehav.2003.10.030  0.677
2003 Baker MC, Baker EM, Baker MSA. Songs of the Red-capped Robin, Petroica goodenovii: Comparison of acoustic features in island and mainland populations Emu. 103: 329-335. DOI: 10.1071/Mu03004  0.413
2003 Baker MC. Local similarity and geographic differences in a contact call of the Galah (Cacatua roseicapilla assimilis) in Western Australia Emu. 103: 233-237. DOI: 10.1071/Mu02035  0.332
2003 Baker MC, Baker MSA, Baker EM. Rapid evolution of a novel song and an increase in repertoire size in an island population of an Australian songbird Ibis. 145: 465-471. DOI: 10.1046/J.1474-919X.2003.00190.X  0.404
2003 Baker MC, Logue DM. Population differentiation in a complex bird sound: A comparison of three bioacoustical analysis procedures Ethology. 109: 223-242. DOI: 10.1046/J.1439-0310.2003.00866.X  0.679
2002 Baker MC, Becker AM. Mobbing calls of black-capped chickadees: Effects of urgency on call production Wilson Bulletin. 114: 510-516. DOI: 10.1676/0043-5643(2002)114[0510:Mcobcc]2.0.Co;2  0.321
2002 Gammon DE, Baker MC, Betancourt L. Lack of discrimination of conspecific vocalizations by Black-capped Chickadees: Tests on hand-raised juveniles Condor. 104: 854-858. DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2002)104[0854:Lodocv]2.0.Co;2  0.645
2002 Baker MC, Baker MSA, Gammon DE. Vocal ontogeny of nestling and fledgling black-capped chickadees Poecile atricapilla in natural populations Bioacoustics. 13: 265-296. DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2003.9753502  0.635
2001 Baker MC, Baker EM, Baker MSA. Island and island-like effects on vocal repertoire of singing honeyeaters Animal Behaviour. 62: 767-774. DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.2001.1800  0.373
2000 Malpede CE, Baker MC. A comparison of gargle calls of Black-capped Chickadees recorded in the laboratory and in the field Wilson Bulletin. 112: 67-71. DOI: 10.1676/0043-5643(2000)112[0067:Acogco]2.0.Co;2  0.356
2000 Baker MC. Cultural diversification in the flight call of the Ringneck Parrot in Western Australia Condor. 102: 905-910. DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2000)102[0905:Cditfc]2.0.Co;2  0.394
2000 Baker MC, Howard TM, Sweet PW. Microgeographic variation and sharing of the gargle vocalization and its component syllables in black-capped chickadee (Aves, Paridae, Poecile atricapillus) populations Ethology. 106: 819-838. DOI: 10.1046/J.1439-0310.2000.00602.X  0.409
1999 Miyasato LE, Baker MC. Black-capped chickadee call dialects along a continuous habitat corridor. Animal Behaviour. 57: 1311-1318. PMID 10373265 DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.1999.1109  0.409
1999 Tracy TT, Baker MC. Geographic variation in syllables of house finch songs Auk. 116: 666-676. DOI: 10.2307/4089328  0.382
1999 Baker MC, Boylan JT. Singing behavior, mating associations and reproductive success in a population of hybridizing Lazuli and Indigo Buntings Condor. 101: 493-504. DOI: 10.2307/1370179  0.392
1996 Baker MC, Tracy TT, Miyasato LE. Gargle vocalizations of black-capped chickadees: Test of repertoire and video stimuli Animal Behaviour. 52: 1171-1175. DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.1996.0264  0.317
1996 Baker MC. Depauperate meme pool of vocal signals in an island population of singing honeyeaters Animal Behaviour. 51: 853-858. DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.1996.0089  0.43
1995 Baker MC, Boylan JT. A catalog of song syllables of indigo and lazuli buntings Condor. 97: 1028-1040. DOI: 10.2307/1369541  0.419
1994 Baker MC. Loss of Function in Territorial Song: Comparison of Island and Mainland Populations of the Singing Honeyeater (Meliphaga virescens) The Auk. 111: 178-184. DOI: 10.2307/4088516  0.451
1994 Lampe HM, Baker MC. Behavioural response to song playback by male and female white-crowned sparrows of two subspecies Bioacoustics. 5: 171-185. DOI: 10.1080/09524622.1994.9753243  0.385
1994 Baker MC. Does exposure to heterospecific males affect sexual preferences of female buntings (Passerina)? Animal Behaviour. 48: 1349-1355. DOI: 10.1006/Anbe.1994.1371  0.352
1993 Baker MC. Evidence of intraspecific vocal imitation in singing honeyeaters (Meliphagidae) and golden whistlers (Pachycephalidae) Condor. 95: 1044-1048. DOI: 10.2307/1369444  0.368
1993 Thompson AD, Baker MC. Song Dialect Recognition by Male White-Crowned Sparrows: Effects of Manipulated Song Components The Condor. 95: 414. DOI: 10.2307/1369364  0.35
1991 Baker MC, Boylan JT, Goulart CA. Effects of Gargle Vocalizations on Behavior of Black-Capped Chickadees The Condor. 93: 62-70. DOI: 10.2307/1368607  0.327
1991 Baker MC. Response of Male Indigo and Lazuli Buntings and their Hybrids to Song Playback in Allopatric and Sympatric Populations Behaviour. 119: 225-242. DOI: 10.1163/156853991X00454  0.41
1990 Baker MC, Baker AEM. REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR OF FEMALE BUNTINGS: ISOLATING MECHANISMS IN A HYBRIDIZING PAIR OF SPECIES. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 44: 332-338. PMID 28564380 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.1990.Tb05202.X  0.405
1988 Baker MC, Stone E, Baker AEM, Shelden RJ, Skillicorn P, Mantych MD. Evidence Against Observational Learning in Storage and Recovery of Seeds by Black-Capped Chickadees The Auk. 105: 492-497. DOI: 10.1093/Auk/105.3.492  0.423
1988 Baker MC, Baker AEM. Vocal and visual stimuli enabling copulation behavior in female buntings Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 23: 105-108. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00299893  0.347
1987 Cunningham MA, Baker MC, Boardman TJ. Microgeographic Song Variation in the Nuttall's White-Crowned Sparrow The Condor. 89: 261. DOI: 10.2307/1368479  0.339
1987 Spitler-Nabors KJ, Baker MC. Sexual display response of female white-crowned sparrows to normal, isolate and modified conspecific songs Animal Behaviour. 35: 380-386. DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3472(87)80261-0  0.377
1987 Baker MC, Spitler-Nabors KJ, Thompson AD, Cunningham MA. Reproductive behaviour of female white-crowned sparrows: effect of dialects and synthetic hybrid songs Animal Behaviour. 35: 1766-1774. DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3472(87)80069-6  0.403
1987 Thompson DB, Tomback DF, Cunningham MA, Baker MC. Seed selection by dark-eyed juncos (Junco hyemalis): optimal foraging with nutrient constraints? Oecologia. 74: 106-111. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00377353  0.626
1986 Baker MC, Bjerke TK, Lampe H, Espmark Y. Sexual Response of Female Great Tits to Variation in Size of Males' Song Repertoires The American Naturalist. 128: 491-498. DOI: 10.1086/284582  0.359
1985 Baker MC, Tomback DF, Thompson DB, Cunningham MA. REPLY TO HAFNER AND PETERSEN. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 39: 1177-1179. PMID 28561500 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.1985.Tb00461.X  0.627
1985 Baker MC, Thompson DB. Song Dialects of White-Crowned Sparrows: Historical Processes Inferred from Patterns of Geographic Variation The Condor. 87: 127-141. DOI: 10.2307/1367144  0.421
1985 Baker MC, Cunningham MA. The Biology of Bird-Song Dialects Behavioral and Brain Sciences. 8: 85-100. DOI: 10.1017/S0140525X00019750  0.426
1984 Baker MC, Baker AEM, Cunningham MA, Thompson DB, Tomback DF. REPLY TO "ALLOZYMES AND SONG DIALECTS: A REASSESSMENT". Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 38: 449-451. PMID 28555917 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.1984.Tb00304.X  0.696
1984 Baker MC, Bottjer SW, Arnold AP. Sexual dimorphism and lack of seasonal changes in vocal control regions of the white-crowned sparrow brain. Brain Research. 295: 85-9. PMID 6713179 DOI: 10.1016/0006-8993(84)90818-7  0.343
1984 Baker MC, Cunningham MA, Thompson, AD. Cultural and Genetic Differentiation of Two Subspecies of White-Crowned Sparrow The Condor. 86: 359-367. DOI: 10.2307/1366808  0.438
1984 Tomback DF, Baker MC. Assortative mating by white-crowned sparrows at song dialect boundaries Animal Behaviour. 32: 465-466,IN1,467-469. DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3472(84)80282-1  0.68
1984 Baker MC, Tomback DF, Thompson DB, Theimer TC, Bradley DC. Behavioral consequences of song learning: Discrimination of song types by male white-crowned sparrows Learning and Motivation. 15: 428-440. DOI: 10.1016/0023-9690(84)90007-9  0.713
1983 Tomback DF, Thompson DB, Baker MC. Dialect Discrimination by White-Crowned Sparrows: Reactions to Near and Distant Dialects The Auk. 100: 452-460. DOI: 10.1093/Auk/100.2.452  0.695
1983 Baker MC. The behavioral response of female Nuttall's White-crowned Sparrows to male song of natal and alien dialects Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 12: 309-315. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00302898  0.379
1983 Cunningham MA, Baker MC. Vocal learning in White-crowned Sparrows: sensitive phase and song dialects Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 13: 259-269. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00299673  0.384
1982 Baker MC, Thompson DB, Sherman GL, Cunningham MA, Tomback DF. ALLOZYME FREQUENCIES IN A LINEAR SERIES OF SONG DIALECT POPULATIONS. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 36: 1020-1029. PMID 28567817 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.1982.Tb05470.X  0.727
1982 Baker MC. Vocal dialect recognition and population genetic consequences Integrative and Comparative Biology. 22: 561-569. DOI: 10.1093/Icb/22.3.561  0.44
1982 Baker MC, Sherman GL, Theimer TC, Bradley DC. Population biology of White-crowned Sparrows: Residence time and local movements of juveniles Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 11: 133-137. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00300102  0.303
1982 Baker MC, Spitler-Nabors KJ, Bradley DC. The response of female Mountain White-crowned Sparrows to songs from their natal dialect and an alien dialect Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 10: 175-179. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00299682  0.361
1982 Baker MC, Thompson DB, Sherman GL, Cunningham MA, Tomback DF. Allozyme frequencies in a linear series of song dialect populations Evolution. 36: 1020-1029.  0.64
1981 Baker MC, Spitler-Nabors KJ, Bradley DC. Early experience determines song dialect responsiveness of female sparrows. Science (New York, N.Y.). 214: 819-21. PMID 17744404 DOI: 10.1126/Science.214.4522.819  0.426
1981 Baker MC, Mewaldt LR, Stewart RM. Demography of White-Crowned Sparrows (Zonotrichia Leucophrys Nuttalli) Ecology. 62: 636-644. DOI: 10.2307/1937731  0.362
1981 Baker MC, Thompson DB, Sherman GL. Neighbor/Stranger Song Discrimination in White-Crowned Sparrows The Condor. 83: 265. DOI: 10.2307/1367322  0.329
1981 Baker MC. Effective population size in a songbird: some possible implications Heredity. 46: 209-218. DOI: 10.1038/Hdy.1981.28  0.389
1981 Baker MC, Thompson DB, Sherman GL, Cunningham MA. The role of male vs male interactions in maintaining population dialect structure Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 8: 65-69. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00302845  0.398
1979 Baker MC, Mewaldt LR. The use of space by white-crowned sparrows: Juvenile and adult ranging patterns and home range versus body size comparisons in an avian granivore community Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 6: 45-52. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00293244  0.342
1978 Baker MC, Fox SF. DOMINANCE, SURVIVAL, AND ENZYME POLYMORPHISM IN DARK-EYED JUNCOS, JUNCO HYEMALIS. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 32: 697-711. PMID 28567918 DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1978.tb04623.x  0.669
1974 Baker MC. Genetic Structure of Two Populations of White-Crowned Sparrows with Different Song Dialects The Condor. 76: 351-356. DOI: 10.2307/1366360  0.335
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