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• White, D. J. Arthur, J., Davies, H. B., & Guigueno, M. F. (2022) Cognition and reproductive success in cowbirds. Learning and Behavior, 50, 178-188.

• Anderson, H. L. Perkes, A., Gottfried, J. S., Davies, H. B., White, D. J. & Schmidt, M. F. (2021). Female signal jamming in a socially monogamous brood parasite. Animal Behaviour. 172, 155-169 doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2020.10.011

• White, D. J. (2020). Avian egg timers: Female cowbirds judge past, present, and future when making nest parasitism decisions. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8. 203.

• White, D. J. (2019). Cognition in cowbirds: Examinations of the mental skills of a brood parasite. Advances in the Study of Behaviour, 51, 143 -176.

• Davies, H. & White, D. J. (2018).  Specializations in cognition generalize across contexts: cowbirds are consistent in nest prospecting and foraging tasks. Animal Behaviour. 144, 1-7. 144-

• Gersick, A. S. & White, D. J. (2018). Male cowbirds vary the attractiveness of courtship songs with changes in the social context. Behaviour, 155, 1-25

• White, D. J. Davies, H. B. Seegmiller, N. & Agyapong, S. (2017). Female brown-headed cowbirds ‘parasitize’ public information when prospecting for nests. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. 284, 20171083.

• White, D. J. Watts, E., Pitchforth, K. Agyapong, S. & Miller, N. (2017). 'Sociability' affects the intensity of mate-choice copying in female guppies, Poecilia reticulata. Behavioural Processes, 141, 251-257

• Ronald, K. L., Zeng, R., Steward, R. White, D. Fernandez-Juricic, E. & Lucas, J. R. (2017). What makes a multimodal signal attractive A preference function approach. Behavioral Ecology. 28, 677-687.

• Grella, S.L., Guigueno, M. F., White, D. J., Sherry, D. F., Marrone, D. F. (2016). Context-dependent Egr1 expression in the avian hippocampus. PLoS ONE 11:e0164333.

• Liu, W. Rivers, J. W., & White, D. J. (2015) . Vocal matching and intensity of begging calls are associated with a forebrain song circuit in a generalist brood parasite. Developmental Neurobiology.  doi:10.1002/dneu.22348

• ​The individual in context: a social network approach to the study of behavior. White, D. J., King, A. P, & West, M. J. 2014. Animal Behavior 1. History, Causes and Development. (ed. by K. Yasukawa). Praeger Publishing.

• Social brains in context: Lesions to the neural song control system of female cowbirds affects their social network. Maguire, S. Schmidt, M. F. & White, D. J. 2013. PLOS One.5, e63239

• Social networks and the development of social skills in cowbirds. White, D. J., Gersick, A. S, & Snyder-Mackler, N. 2012.  Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, Series B.367, 1892-1900.  

• Ontogeny of social skills II: Increased social complexity improves mating and competitive strategies in adult male cowbirds.Gersick, A. S, Snyder-Mackler, N,. & White, D. J. 2012.  Animal Behaviour,83, 1171-1177. 

• The developmental ecology of acoustic sensitivities: reactions to song playbacks by male cowbirds change across their first year of life. Snyder-Mackler, N. & White, D. J. 2011. Behaviour, 148, 747-764.

• A social ethological perspective applied to care of and research on songbirds. White, D. J. 2010. National Academy of Science ILAR journal, 51, 387-393. 

• Form and function of social skills: Insights from a parasite. White, D. J. 2010. Current Directions in Psychological Science. 19, 314-318. 

• Social influences on female choice in green anole lizards (Anolis carolinensis). Stellar, J. E. & White, D. J. 2010. Behavioural Processes, 83, 282-286. 

• The ontogeny of social skills: experimental increases in social complexity enhance reproductive success in adult cowbirds. White, D. J., Gersick, A. S, Freed-Brown, G. & Snyder-Mackler, N. 2010. Animal Behaviour, 79, 385-390. 

• Effects of singing on copulation success and egg production in brown-headed cowbirds, Molothrus ater. White, King, Gros-Louis, West, & Tuttle, 2010. Behavioral Ecology, 21, 211-218.

• Counting chicks before they hatch: female cowbirds assess temporal quality of nests for parasitism. White, Ho, & Freed-Brown 2009. Psychological Science. 20, 1140-1145.

• Acoustic mate copying: female cowbirds attend to other females’ vocalizations to modify their song preferences. Freed-Brown & White, 2009. Proceedings of the Royal Society, 276, 3319-3325.

• An experimental examination of preferences for nest contents in an obligate brood parasite, Molothrus ater.White, Ho, de los Santos, & Godoy, 2007. Behavioral Ecology, 18, 922-928.

• Constructing culture in cowbirds.White, King, West, Gros-Louis, & Papkhian, 2007. Journal of Comparative Psychology. 121, 113-122.

• Testing measures of animal social association by computer simulation. White & Smith, 2007. Behaviour. 144, 1447-1468.

• Social traditions and the maintenance and loss of geographic variation in mating patterns of brown-headed cowbirds. Freeberg & White, 2006. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 19, 206-222.

• A method to measure the development of song preferences in female cowbirds, Molothrus ater. White, Gros-Louis, King, & West, 2006. Animal Behaviour, 72, 181-188.

• The development of local song preferences in female cowbirds (Molothrus ater): Flock living stimulates learning. West, King, White, Gros-Louis, Freed-Brown. In press. Ethology.

• Do juvenile males affect adult male reproductive success in brown-headed cowbirds (Molothrus ater)?Gros-Louis, White, King, & West. 2006. Behaviour, 143, 219-237.

• Developmental origins of sociality in brown-headed cowbirds. Miller, Freed-Brown, White, King & West. 2006. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 120, 229-238.

• Social influences on female reproductive decisions. White. 2004. Learning & Behaviour, 32, 105-113.

• The case for developmental ecology. West, King, White. 2003. Animal Behavior, 66, 617-622.

• Female cowbird song perception: Evidence for plasticity of preference. King, West, White. 2003. Ethology, 109, 1-13.

• Female proximity stimulates development of male competition in juvenile brown-headed cowbirds, ( Molothrus ater ). King, White & West. 2003. Animal Behaviour, 66, 817-828.

• Female brown-headed cowbirds' ( Molothrus ater ) social assortment changes in response to male song: A potential source of public information. Gros-Louis, White, King & West. 2003. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 53, 163-173.

• Female brown-headed cowbirds' ( Molothrus ater ) organization and behaviour reflects male social dynamics. West, White & King. 2002.  Animal Behaviour, 64, 377-384.

• Plasticity in adult development: Experience with juvenile males enhances mating competence in adult male cowbirds, Molothrus ater. White, King & West. 2002. Behaviour, 139, 713-728.

• Discovering culture in birds: The role of learning and development. West, King, & White. 2003. In Animal social complexity: Intelligence, culture and individualized societies (de Waal, F. B. M. & Tyack, P. L. eds).pp. 470-494 Cambridge: Harvard Press. 

• The presumption of sociality: Social learning in diverse contexts in brown-headed cowbirds ( Molothrus ater ). King, West & White. 2002. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 116, 173-181.

• Opening the social gateway: Early vocal and social sensitivities in Brown-headed cowbirds ( Molothrus ater ). White, King, Cole & West. 2002. Ethology, 108, 23-37.

• Voice recognition technology as a tool for behavioral research. White, King & Duncan. 2002. Behaviour Research Methods Instruments and Computers, 34, 1-5.

• Facultative development of courtship and communication in juvenile male cowbirds, Molothrus ater. White, King & West. 2002. Behavioral Ecology, 13, 487-496.

• Differences between the sexes in direction and duration of response to seeing a potential sex partner mate with another. White& Galef. 2000. Animal Behaviour, 59 , 1235-1240.

• Culture in quail: Social influences on mate choice in female Coturnix japonica. White & Galef. 2000. Animal Behaviour, 59 , 975-979.

• Evidence of social effects on mate choice in vertebrates. Galef & White. 2000. Behavioral Processes, 51 , 167-175.

• Affiliative preferences are stable and predict mate choice in both sexes of Japanese quail, Coturnix japonica.White & Galef. 1999. Animal Behaviour, 58 , 865- 871.

• Social effects on mate choices of male Japanese quail, Coturnix japonica. White & Galef. 1999. Animal Behaviour, 57, 1005-1012.

• Mate copying and conspecific cueing in Japanese quail, Coturnix coturnix japonica. White & Galef. 1999. Animal Behaviour, 57 , 465-473.

• Mate-choice copying in Japanese quail, Coturnix coturnix japonica. Galef & White. 1998. Animal Behaviour, 55, 545-552.

• Socially acquired information reduces Norway rats' latencies to find food. Galef & White. 1997. Animal Behaviour, 54, 705-714.

• Social influence on avoidance of dangerous stimuli by rats. White & Galef. 1998. Animal Learning and Behaviour, 26,. 433-438. 

 

 

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