Philip Stoddard
- Professor, Biological Sciences , College of Arts, Sciences & Education

Publications
selected publications
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2015Aggression Levels Affect Social Interaction in the Non-Breeding Territorial Aggression of the Weakly Electric Fish, Gymnotus omarorum. ETHOLOGY. 121:8-16.Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/eth.12299 Web of Science: 000345965200003
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2013Cellular mechanisms of developmental and sex differences in the rapid hormonal modulation of a social communication signal. HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR. 63:586-597.
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2013Social regulation of electric signal plasticity in male Brachyhypopomus gauderio. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY. 199:375-384.
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2012Differential serotonergic modulation of two types of aggression in weakly electric fish. FRONTIERS IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE. 6.
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2012Food restriction promotes signaling effort in response to social challenge in a short-lived electric fish. HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR. 62:381-388.
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2012Social competition masculinizes the communication signals of female electric fish. BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY. 66:1057-1066.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00265-012-1356-x Web of Science: 000305212900007
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2011Testosterone and 11-ketotestosterone have different regulatory effects on electric communication signals of male Brachyhypopomus gauderio. HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR. 60:139-147.
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2011Tight hormonal phenotypic integration ensures honesty of the electric signal of male and female Brachyhypopomus gauderio. HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR. 60:420-426.
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2009Androgens enhance plasticity of an electric communication signal in female knifefish, Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus. HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR. 56:264-273.
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2009Melanocortins regulate the electric waveforms of gymnotiform electric fish. HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR. 55:306-313.
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2009Social competition affects electric signal plasticity and steroid levels in the gymnotiform fish Brachyhypopomus gauderio. HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR. 56:399-409.
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2008Opposing actions of 5HT(1A) and 5HT(2)-like serotonin receptors on modulations of the electric signal wavefonn in the electric fish Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus. HORMONES AND BEHAVIOR. 53:481-488.
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2008Sex differences in energetic costs explain sexual dimorphism in the circadian rhythm modulation of the electrocommunication signal of the gymnotiform fish Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY. 211:1012-1020.
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2008Use of space as an indicator of social behavior and breeding systems in the gymnotiform electric fish Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus. ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES. 83:379-389.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10641-008-9358-2 Web of Science: 000261967500002
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2007Circadian rhythms in electric waveform structure and rate in the electric fish Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus. PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR. 90:11-20.
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2005Fitness correlates of song repertoire size in free-living song sparrows (Melospiza melodia). AMERICAN NATURALIST. 165:299-310.
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2003Mate preference in female electric fish, Brachyhypopomus pinnicaudatus. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR. 66.Full 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 pinnicaudatus. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY. 206.Full Text via DOI: 10.1242/jeb.00252 Web of Science: 000182427100013
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2002The evolutionary origins of electric signal complexity. JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-PARIS. 96.Full 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 effects. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY. 187.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s003590000176 Web of Science: 000167635200005
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1999Predation enhances complexity in the evolution of electric fish signals. NATURE. 400.Full Text via DOI: 10.1038/22301 Web of Science: 000081503800041
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1999Electric organ discharges of the gymnotiform fishes: III. Brachyhypopomus. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY. 184.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s003590050359 Web of Science: 000081615100005
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1998Accuracy of auditory distance and azimuth perception by a passerine bird in natural habitat. ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR. 56.Full Text via DOI: 10.1006/anbe.1998.0781 Web of Science: 000075640400022
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1998Detection of multiple stimulus features forces a trade-off in the pyramidal cell network of a gymnotiform electric fish's electrosensory lateral line lobe. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY. 182.Web of Science: 000071233200011
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Meeting Abstract
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2018Social Behavior Differences Between Males Exhibiting a Color Polymorphism in the Eastern Mosquitofish (Gambusia holbrooki). INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. E457-E457.Web of Science: 000429309605171
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Review
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2013Behavioral ecology, endocrinology and signal reliability of electric communication. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY. 2403-2411.
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2013Neuromodulation of the agonistic behavior in two species of weakly electric fish that display different types of aggression. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY. 2412-2420.
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2008The case for sequencing the genome of the electric eel Electrophorus electricus. JOURNAL OF FISH BIOLOGY.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. JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY. 613-624.
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2002Electric signals: Predation, sex, and environmental constraints. ADVANCES IN THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOR, VOL 31.Full Text via DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3454(02)80009-2 Web of Science: 000173312200006
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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
investigator on
- 2007-2008 MBRS Support of Continuous Research Excellence at FIU. awarded by National Institutes of Health 2007 - 2009
Teaching
teaching activities
- BSC3941-U08: Biological Sciences Research Internship Fall Term 2019
- BSC4925-U01: QBIC Cell Biology Journal Club Fall Term 2019
- BSC4925-U02: QBIC Cell Biology Journal Club Fall Term 2019
- BSC6913-U39: Student Research Lab Fall Term 2019
- BSC6913-U39: Student Research Lab Spring Term 2019
- ZOO4513-U01: Animal Behavior Spring Term 2019
- ZOO4513-U01: Animal Behavior Laboratory Spring Term 2019
Contact
full name
- Philip Stoddard
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publication subject areas
- Behavioral Sciences
- Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Environmental Sciences & Ecology
- Evolutionary Biology
- Fisheries
- Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
- Marine & Freshwater Biology
- Neurosciences & Neurology
- Physiology
- Psychology
- Science & Technology - Other Topics
- Zoology