
Overview
overview
- Philip Stoddard is a Professor of Biological Sciences studying the evolution of communication systems.
research interests
- Philp Stoddard's lab asks the questions: How does a communication system evolve and how does it function? We have done the most work on electric fish, tiny cousins of the formidable electric eel that communicate with electric signals. They take an integrative approach, exploring communication at every level, from the ecological forces that drive natural selection, to behavioral signaling and mate choice, to neurochemistry and endocrinology of signal control, to metabolic partitioning and physiological trade-offs, to the proteins that move ionic charge. Graduate students in the lab have worked on a variety of systems including bird song, raptor migration and invasive species.
Scholarly & Creative Works
selected publications
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2021Nonlethal Effects of Pesticides on Web-Building Spiders Might Account for Rapid Mosquito Population Rebound after Spray ApplicationFull Text via DOI: 10.3390/app11041360 Web of Science: 000632099600001
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2018Managing Aedes aegypti populations in the first Zika transmission zones in the continental United StatesFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2018.07.031 Web of Science: 000444931500017
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2015Aggression Levels Affect Social Interaction in the Non-Breeding Territorial Aggression of the Weakly Electric Fish, Gymnotus omarorumFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/eth.12299 Web of Science: 000345965200003
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2013Social regulation of electric signal plasticity in male Brachyhypopomus gauderioFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00359-013-0801-2 Web of Science: 000317989600005
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2013Cellular mechanisms of developmental and sex differences in the rapid hormonal modulation of a social communication signalFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2013.02.004 Web of Science: 000318665900005
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2012Differential serotonergic modulation of two types of aggression in weakly electric fishFull Text via DOI: 10.3389/fnbeh.2012.00077 Web of Science: 000311690900001
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2012Food restriction promotes signaling effort in response to social challenge in a short-lived electric fishFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2012.07.003 Web of Science: 000310654100004
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2012Social competition masculinizes the communication signals of female electric fishFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1356-x Web of Science: 000305212900007
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2012Signal modulation as a mechanism for handicap disposalFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.01.012 Web of Science: 000301975500014
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2011Tight hormonal phenotypic integration ensures honesty of the electric signal of male and female Brachyhypopomus gauderioFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2011.07.009 Web of Science: 000294834100014
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2011Energetic cost of communicationFull Text via DOI: 10.1242/jeb.047910 Web of Science: 000285545400007
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2009Social competition affects electric signal plasticity and steroid levels in the gymnotiform fish Brachyhypopomus gauderioFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.07.009 Web of Science: 000271311900006
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2009Circadian and Social Cues Regulate Ion Channel TraffickingFull Text via DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000203 Web of Science: 000270820800016
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2009Androgens enhance plasticity of an electric communication signal in female knifefish, Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatusFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2009.05.005 Web of Science: 000268910800011
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2009Melanocortins regulate the electric waveforms of gymnotiform electric fishFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.yhbeh.2008.11.002 Web of Science: 000263505800008
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2008Signal cloaking by electric fishFull Text via DOI: 10.1641/B580508 Web of Science: 000255971600010
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2007Circadian rhythms in electric waveform structure and rate in the electric fish Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatusFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2006.08.013 Web of Science: 000243620800002
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2005Fitness correlates of song repertoire size in free-living song sparrows (Melospiza melodia)Full Text via DOI: 10.1086/428299 Web of Science: 000227516600003
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2004Song repertoire size predicts initial mating success in male song sparrows, Melospiza melodiaFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2004.07.003 Web of Science: 000225064400009
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2003Mate preference in female electric fish, Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatusFull Text via DOI: 10.1006/anbe.2003.2216 Web of Science: 000184899600016
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2003Serotonin modulates the electric waveform of the gymnotiform electric fish Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatusFull Text via DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00252 Web of Science: 000182427100013
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2002The evolutionary origins of electric signal complexityFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4257(03)00004-4 Web of Science: 000185271200014
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2001Plasticity of the electric organ discharge waveform of male Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus. II. Social effectsFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s003590000176 Web of Science: 000167635200005
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1999Predation enhances complexity in the evolution of electric fish signalsFull Text via DOI: 10.1038/22301 Web of Science: 000081503800041
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1999Electric organ discharges of the gymnotiform fishes: III. BrachyhypopomusFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s003590050359 Web of Science: 000081615100005
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1999
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1999Geographic variation in Black-capped Chickadee songs and singing behaviorFull Text via DOI: 10.2307/4089373 Web of Science: 000080002900011
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1998The electric organ discharges of the gymnotiform fishes: II. EigenmanniaFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s003590050268 Web of Science: 000076922900002
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1998Accuracy of auditory distance and azimuth perception by a passerine bird in natural habitatFull Text via DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0781 Web of Science: 000075640400022
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1996Repertoire matching between neighbouring song sparrowsFull Text via DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1996.0095 Web of Science: A1996UJ53400021
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1994CORRELATION OF SONG LEARNING AND TERRITORY ESTABLISHMENT STRATEGIES IN THE SONG SPARROWFull Text via DOI: 10.1073/pnas.91.4.1450 Web of Science: A1994MX21000055
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1993SIGNALS FOR PARENT OFFSPRING RECOGNITION - A COMPARATIVE-ANALYSIS OF THE BEGGING CALLS OF CLIFF SWALLOWS AND BARN SWALLOWSFull Text via DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1993.1105 Web of Science: A1993LE94600001
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1992MEMORY DOES NOT CONSTRAIN INDIVIDUAL RECOGNITION IN A BIRD WITH SONG REPERTOIRESFull Text via DOI: 10.1163/156853992X00543 Web of Science: A1992KH19700007
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1992PERCEPTION OF CLIFF SWALLOW CALLS BY BIRDS (HIRUNDO-PYRRHONOTA AND STURNUS-VULGARIS) AND HUMANS (HOMO-SAPIENS)Full Text via DOI: 10.1037/0735-7036.106.3.239 Web of Science: A1992JK69600004
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1992SONG-TYPE MATCHING IN THE SONG SPARROWFull Text via DOI: 10.1139/z92-200 Web of Science: A1992JL31100024
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1991SIGNATURE VERSUS PERCEPTUAL ADAPTATIONS FOR INDIVIDUAL VOCAL RECOGNITION IN SWALLOWSFull Text via DOI: 10.1163/156853991X00175 Web of Science: A1991GG09500002
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1991RECOGNITION OF INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORS BY SONG IN THE SONG SPARROW, A SPECIES WITH SONG REPERTOIRESFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/BF00166403 Web of Science: A1991GG90400008
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1990STRONG NEIGHBOR-STRANGER DISCRIMINATION IN SONG SPARROWSFull Text via DOI: 10.2307/1368741 Web of Science: A1990EP83600025
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1989REPERTOIRE SIZE, TERRITORY ACQUISITION AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN THE SONG SPARROWFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/0003-3472(89)90115-2 Web of Science: A1989T276800008
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1988AN IBM XT-COMPATIBLE, COMPUTER-BASED, SLIDE-PROJECTOR LABORATORYFull Text via DOI: 10.3758/BF03203906 Web of Science: A1988R343500004
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1988THE FORM AND FUNCTION OF SONG IN FEMALE SONG SPARROWSFull Text via DOI: 10.2307/1368431 Web of Science: A1988M358100006
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1988RESPONSE OF TERRITORIAL-MALE SONG SPARROWS TO SONG TYPES AND VARIATIONSFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/BF00303547 Web of Science: A1988L895000007
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1987INEXPENSIVE SOLID-STATE PECK KEY FOR THE OPERANT-CONDITIONING OF SMALL BIRDSFull Text via DOI: 10.3758/BF03205612 Web of Science: A1987K480100003
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1986
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1985RECOGNITION OF PARENTS VOICES BY YOUNG CLIFF SWALLOWSFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/auk/102.3.600 Web of Science: A1985ANS9200015
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1983COMPUTER-SIMULATION OF AUTUMNAL BIRD MIGRATION OVER THE WESTERN NORTH-ATLANTICFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0003-3472(83)80186-9 Web of Science: A1983QG85300019
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1983PARENTAL RECOGNITION OF OFFSPRING IN THE CLIFF SWALLOWFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/auk/100.4.795 Web of Science: A1983RW85400001
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Book Chapter
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2021Using empirical games to teach animal behavior. 267-276.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-821410-7.00014-5
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202020. Vocal Recognition of Neighbors by Territorial Passerines. 356-374.Full Text via DOI: 10.7591/9781501736957-028
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2017Filtering in Bioacoustics. 302-335.Web of Science: 000717142200008
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2003Chapter 34 Using Empirical Games to Teach Animal Behavior. 379-385.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/b978-012558330-5/50036-4
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Conference
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Note
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1988THE BUGS CALL OF THE CLIFF SWALLOW - A RARE FOOD SIGNAL IN A COLONIALLY NESTING BIRD SPECIES. 714-715.Full Text via DOI: 10.2307/1368364 Web of Science: A1988P971600025
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1983VIOLATION OF IDEAL NEST PLACEMENT - CLIFF SWALLOWS ENTOMBED BY THEIR OWN EXCREMENT. 674-675.Web of Science: A1983SF14200026
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Preprint
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2021Electric Fish Trade-Off Energy between Competing Metabolic DemandsFull Text via DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3844732
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Review
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2021The Biology of Polymorphic Melanic Side-Spotting Patterns in Poeciliid FishesFull Text via DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2020.608289 Web of Science: 000611505400001
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2019Predation and Crypsis in the Evolution of Electric Signaling in Weakly Electric FishesFull Text via DOI: 10.3389/fevo.2019.00264 Web of Science: 000474916800001
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2013Behavioral ecology, endocrinology and signal reliability of electric communication. 2403-2411.Full Text via DOI: 10.1242/jeb.082255 Web of Science: 000320305500006
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2013Neuromodulation of the agonistic behavior in two species of weakly electric fish that display different types of aggression. 2412-2420.Full Text via DOI: 10.1242/jeb.082180 Web of Science: 000320305500007
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2008The case for sequencing the genome of the electric eel Electrophorus electricus. 331-354.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2007.01631.x Web of Science: 000253852400001
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2006Regulation and modulation of electric waveforms in gymnotiform electric fish. 613-624.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00359-006-0101-1 Web of Science: 000238450700006
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2002Electric signals: Predation, sex, and environmental constraints. 201-242.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3454(02)80009-2 Web of Science: 000173312200006
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Works By Students
chaired theses and dissertations
- Trujillo, Vanessa, Jewels for Dollars: Native and Nonnative Freshwater Fish Interactions in a Stressful Dry Down Environment 2017
- Salazar, Israel, Vocal Flexibility and Regional Variation in Free-Tailed Bat Song 2016
- Becerra, Sat Gavassa, Social and Environmental Regulation of Signal Plasticity and Signal Reliability in the Electric Fish Brachyhypopomus gauderio 2012
- Goldina, Anna, Endocrine Regulation of Dynamic Communication Signals in Gymnotiform Fish 2011
- Salazar, Vielka Lineth, The Effect of male-male competition and its Underlying Regulatory Mechanisms on the Electric Signal of the Gymnotiform fish Brachyhypopomus gauderio 2009
- Allee, Susan J., Neuroendocrine control of a dynamic communication signal 2007
- Curtis, Caroline C., Active female mate choice in the weakly electric fish brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus 1999
- Brashear, Cindy Beth, Autumn raptor migration through the Florida Keys 1998
advised honors theses
- Arenal, Alexis N., Androgen regulation of metabolic trade-offs between signaling and cellular metabolism in the electric fish Brachyhypopomus gauderio 2016
- Correa, Stefano, Sugar Feeding Affects the Male Contribution in Reproduction in Aedes Aegypti 2013
- Roach, James Patrick, An automated method for the determination of electroreception thresholds in weakly electric fish 2012
- Perez, Pedro E., Androgen Treatment Increases Female Aggression in the Electric Fish Brachyhypopomus Gauderio 2012
- Molina, Juan, Social and seasonal plasticity of the electric fish, Brachyhypopomus gauderio 2010
- Olman, Marina, A Method for Testing Object Localization as a Function of Eod Amplitude in the Weakly Electric Fish Brachyhypopomus Pinnicaudatus 2001
Research
principal investigator on
- Assessment of paradoxical signal reliability awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2019
- Mechanisms of signal reliability and assessment awarded by National Science Foundation 2010 - 2016
subproject principal investigator on
- 2007-2008 MBRS Support of Continuous Research Excellence at FIU. awarded by General Medical Sciences 2007 - 2009
Contact
full name
- Philip Stoddard
Identifiers
ORCID iD
- https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1023-0945 (confirmed)
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