Lab publications

Freeberg, T. M. (In Press). Complexity in the chick-a-dee call of Carolina chickadees (Poecile carolinensis): associations of context and signaler behavior to call structure. To appear in The Auk.

Freeberg, T. M. & Harvey, J. M. (In Press). Group size and social interactions are associated with calling behavior in Carolina chickadees, Poecile carolinensis. To appear in Journal of Comparative Psychology.

Freeberg, T. M., King, A. P., & West, M. J. (In Press). Behavioral compatibility and reproductive outcomes in two distant populations of captive brown-headed cowbirds. To appear in Journal of Comparative Psychology.

Schwartz, J. J. & Freeberg, T. M. (In Press). Acoustic interaction in animal groups: signaling in noisy and social contexts. To appear in Journal of Comparative Psychology.

Freeberg, T. M., Baker, M. C., Bloomfield, L. L., Charrier, I., Gammon, D. E., Hailman, J. P., Lee, T. T.-Y., Lucas, J. R., Mennill, D. J., & Sturdy, C. B. (2007). Complexities in vocal communication. In K. Otter (Ed.), Ecology and Behavior of Chickadees and Titmice: An Integrated Approach, (pp. 235-240), Oxford: Oxford University Press. pdf

Harvey, E. M. & Freeberg, T. M. (2007). Behavioral consistency in a changed social context in Carolina chickadees. Journal of General Psychology, 134, 229-245 [Special Issue on Animal Cognition and Behavior]. pdf

Lucas, J. R. & Freeberg, T. M. (2007). “Information” and the chick-a-dee call: communicating with a complex vocal system. In K. Otter (Ed.), Ecology and Behavior of Chickadees and Titmice: An Integrated Approach, (pp. 199-213). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pdf

Lucas, J. R., Freeberg, T. M., Long, G. R., & Krishnan, A. (2007). Seasonal variation in avian auditory evoked responses to tones: a comparative analysis of Carolina chickadees, tufted titmice, and white-breasted nuthatches. Journal of Comparative Physiology, A, 193, 201-215. pdf

Owens, J. L. & Freeberg, T. M. (2007). Variation in chick-a-dee calls of tufted titmice, Baeolophus bicolor: note type and individual distinctiveness. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 122, 1216-1226. pdf

Freeberg, T. M. (2006). Social complexity can drive vocal complexity: group size influences vocal information in Carolina chickadees. Psychological Science, 17, 557-561. pdf

Freeberg, T. M. & White, D. J. (2006). Social traditions and the maintenance and loss of geographic variation in mating patterns of brown-headed cowbirds. International Journal of Comparative Psychology. pdf

Lucas, J. R, Freeberg, T. M., Egbert, J., & Schwabl, H. (2006). Fecal corticosterone, body mass, and caching rates of Carolina chickadees (Poecile carolinensis) from disturbed and undisturbed sites. Hormones and Behavior, 49, 634-643. pdf

Clucas, B. A., Freeberg, T. M., & Lucas, J. R. (2004). Chick-a-dee call syntax, social context, and season affect vocal responses of Carolina chickadees (Poecile carolinensis). Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology, 57, 187-196. pdf

Freeberg, T. M. (2004). Social transmission of courtship behavior and mating preferences in brown-headed cowbirds, Molothrus ater. [Special issue on Social Learning and Imitation]. Learning and Behavior, 32, 122-130. pdf

Freeberg, T. M. (2004). Commentary on "The Gladiator Sparrow: ethical issues in behavioral research on captive populations of wild animals". Journal of Science and Engineering Ethics, 10, 721-725. pdf

Schrag, B., Freeberg, T. M., & Anestidou, L. (2004). The Gladiator Sparrow: ethical issues in behavioral research on captive populations of wild animals – A case study with commentaries exploring ethical issues and research on wild animal populations. Journal of Science and Engineering Ethics, 10, 717-734. pdf

Freeberg, T. M., Lucas, J. R., & Clucas, B. A. (2003). Variation in chick-a-dee calls of a Carolina chickadee population, Poecile carolinensis: identity and redundancy within note types. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 113, 2127-2136. pdf

Freeberg, T. M., West, M. J., King, A. P., Duncan, S. D., & Sengelaub, D. R. (2002). Cultures, genes, and neurons in the development of song and singing in brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater). [Special issue on Birdsong]. Journal of Comparative Physiology, A, 188, 993-1002. pdf

Lucas, J. R., Freeberg, T. M., Krishnan, A., & Long, G. (2002). A comparative study of avian auditory brainstem responses: correlations with phylogeny and vocal complexity, and seasonal effects. [Special issue on Birdsong]. Journal of Comparative Physiology, A, 188, 981-992. pdf

Freeberg, T. M. & Lucas, J. R. (2002). Receivers respond differently to chick-a-dee calls varying in note composition in Carolina Chickadees (Poecile carolinensis). Animal Behaviour, 63, 837-845. pdf

Freeberg, T. M., King, A. P., & West, M. J. (2001). Cultural transmission of vocal traditions in cowbirds (Molothrus ater) influences courtship patterns and mate preferences. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 115, 201-211. pdf

Freeberg, T. M. (2000). Culture and courtship in vertebrates: a review of social learning and transmission of courtship systems and mating patterns. [Special issue on Mate Choice and Mating Systems in Vertebrates] Behavioural Processes, 51, 177-192. pdf

Freeberg, T. M. (1999). Spatial associations provide a context for social learning of courtship patterns in Brown-headed Cowbirds, Molothrus ater. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 113, 327-332. pdf

Freeberg, T. M., Duncan, S. D., Kast, T. L., & Enstrom, D. A. (1999). Cultural influences on female mate choice: an experimental test in Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater). Animal Behaviour, 57, 421-426. pdf

Freeberg, T. M. (1998). The cultural transmission of courtship patterns in cowbirds (Molothrus ater). Animal Behaviour, 56, 1063-1073. pdf

West, M. J., King, A. P., & Freeberg, T. M. (1998). Dual signaling during mating in Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater; Family Embirizidae / Icterinae). Ethology, 104, 250-267. pdf

West, M. J., King, A. P., & Freeberg, T. M. (1997). Building a social agenda for birdsong. InC. T. Snowdon & M. Hausberger (Eds.), Social Influences on Vocal Development (pp. 41-56). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Freeberg, T. M. (1996). Assortative mating in captive cowbirds is predicted by social experience. Animal Behaviour, 52, 1129-1142.

King, A. P., Freeberg, T. M., & West, M. J. (1996). Social experience affects the process and outcome of vocal ontogeny in two populations of cowbirds (Molothrus ater). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 110, 276-285. pdf

West, M. J., King, A. P., & Freeberg, T. M. (1996). Social malleability in cowbirds: new measures reveal new evidence of plasticity in the eastern subspecies (Molothrus ater ater). Journal of Comparative Psychology, 110, 15-26. pdf

Freeberg, T. M., King, A. P., & West, M. J. (1995). Social malleability in cowbirds (Molothrus ater artemisiae): species and mate recognition during the first 2 years of life. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 109, 357-367. pdf

West, M. J., King, A. P., & Freeberg, T. M. (1994). The nature and nurture of neophenotypes. In L. Real (Ed.), Behavioral Mechanisms in Evolutionary Ecology (pp. 238-257). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.