Research area
Behavioral ecology, animal communication,
mating systems, sexual selection.



Education

B.A., University of California, 1972
Ph.D., University of Washington, 1977
Postdoctoral Work: Rockefeller University, 1978-1981



Now available from Princeton University Press:

William A. Searcy & Stephen Nowicki

"The Evolution of Animal Communication: Reliability and Deception in Signaling Systems"



Song sparrow song Melospiza melodia


Swamp sparrow song Melospiza georgiana



Red-winged blackbird male
Agelaius phoeniceus

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