| The evolution of animal communication: reliability and deception in signaling systems WA Searcy, S Nowicki Princeton University Press, 2005 | 1700* | 2005 |
| Sexual selection and the evolution of song WA Searcy, M Andersson Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 507-533, 1986 | 839 | 1986 |
| Brain development, song learning and mate choice in birds: a review and experimental test of the" nutritional stress hypothesis" S Nowicki, W Searcy, S Peters Journal of Comparative Physiology A 188, 1003-1014, 2002 | 576 | 2002 |
| Song as an aggressive signal in songbirds WA Searcy, MD Beecher Animal Behaviour 78 (6), 1281-1292, 2009 | 411 | 2009 |
| Song repertoire and mate choice in birds WA Searcy American Zoologist 32 (1), 71-80, 1992 | 380 | 1992 |
| Song and female choice WA Searcy Ecology and evolution of acoustic communication in birds, 1996 | 370 | 1996 |
| Song repertoire size in male song sparrows correlates with detour reaching, but not with other cognitive measures NJ Boogert, RC Anderson, S Peters, WA Searcy, S Nowicki Animal Behaviour 81 (6), 1209-1216, 2011 | 346 | 2011 |
| A test for responsiveness to song structure and programming in female sparrows WA Searcy, P Marler Science 213 (4510), 926-928, 1981 | 333 | 1981 |
| Alternative models of territorial polygyny in birds WA Searcy, K Yasukawa The American Naturalist 134 (3), 323-343, 1989 | 305 | 1989 |
| Song function and the evolution of female preferences: why birds sing, why brains matter S Nowicki, WA Searcy Annals of the new York Academy of Sciences 1016 (1), 704-723, 2004 | 275 | 2004 |
| Polygyny and sexual selection in red-winged blackbirds WA Searcy, K Yasukawa Princeton University Press, 1995 | 258 | 1995 |
| The evolutionary effects of mate selection WA Searcy Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 13, 57-85, 1982 | 245 | 1982 |
| Female choice of mates: a general model for birds and its application to red-winged blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus) WA Searcy The American Naturalist 114 (1), 77-100, 1979 | 245 | 1979 |
| Bird song as a signal of aggressive intent WA Searcy, RC Anderson, S Nowicki Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 60, 234-241, 2006 | 243 | 2006 |
| Design of playback experiments: the Thornbridge Hall NATO ARW consensus PK McGregor, CK Catchpole, T Dabelsteen, JB Falls, L Fusani, ... Playback and studies of animal communication, 1-9, 1992 | 241 | 1992 |
| Red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus). K Yasukawa, WA Searcy | 239 | 1995 |
| Song repertoire size and female preferences in song sparrows WA Searcy Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 14, 281-286, 1984 | 239 | 1984 |
| Measuring responses of female birds to male song WA Searcy Playback and studies of animal communication, 175-189, 1992 | 198 | 1992 |
| Sexual differences in species recognition of avian song WA Searcy, EA Brenowitz Nature 332 (6160), 152-154, 1988 | 197 | 1988 |
| Species song discrimination in choice experiments with territorial male swamp and song sparrows SS Peters, WA Searcy, P Marler Animal Behaviour 28 (2), 393-404, 1980 | 192 | 1980 |
Stephen NowickiProfessor of Biology, Duke UniversityVerified email at duke.edu
