PUBLICATIONS

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  • Carlson, M. L., J. Kawalec, and M. C. Stoddard. 2023. Woodpeckers are more cryptic against tree bark on which they forage. In Press at Animal Behavior.



  • Carlson, M. L. and M. C. Stoddard. 2023. Evolution of plumage patterns in a pattern morphospace: A phylogenetic analysis of melanerpine woodpeckers. American Naturalist 203. DOI: 10.1086/727508. pdf



  • Dixit, T., K-C. Chen, M. C. Stoddard, L. Mahadevan, C. P. Town, C. N. Spottiswoode. 2023. Repeatable randomness, invariant properties, and the design of biological signatures of identity. Evolution: qpad134. DOI: 10.1093/evolut/qpad134. pdf



  • Akkaynak, D. and M. C. Stoddard. 2023. Common cuckoos do not mimic the size and shape of host eggs. Behavioural Ecology: arad044. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arad044. pdf



  • Ocampo, D., T. De Silva, C. Sheard and M. C. Stoddard. 2023. Evolution of nest architecture in tyrant flycatchers and allies. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.014. pdf



  • Mainwaring, M., M. C. Stoddard, I. Barber, D. C. Deeming, and M. E. Hauber. 2023. The evolutionary ecology of nests: a cross-taxon approach. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2022.0136. pdf



  • Childers, R. A., G. D. Bernard, H. Huang, C-C Tsai, M. C. Stoddard, B. G. Hogan, J. S. F. Greenwood, E. Soucy, M. Cornwall, M. L. M. Lim, M. Liénard, N. Yu, and N. E. Pierce. 2023. A hypothesis for robust polarization vision: An example from the Australian Imperial Blue butterfly, Jalmenus evagoras. Journal of Experimental Biology: jeb-244515. DOI: 10.1242/jeb.244515. pdf



See also My Bird.



  • Miller, A. E., B. G. Hogan, and M. C. Stoddard. 2022. Color in motion: Generating 3-dimensional multispectral models to study dynamic visual signals in animals. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10:983369. DOI: 0.3389/fevo.2022.983369. pdf



  • Nordén, K. K., C. M. Eliason, and M. C. Stoddard. 2021. Evolution of brilliant iridescent feather nanostructures. eLife 10:e71179. DOI: 10.7554/eLife.71179. pdf

Covered by Princeton University.



  • Echeverri, S. A., A. E. Miller, J. Chen, E. W. McQueen, M. Plakke, M. Spicer, K. L. Hoke, M. C. Stoddard, and N. I. Morehouse. 2021. How Signaling Geometry Shapes the Efficacy and Evolution of Animal Communication Systems, Integrative and Comparative Biology icab090. DOI: 10.1093/icb/icab090. pdf



  • Price-Waldman, R. and M. C. Stoddard. 2021. Avian coloration genetics: Recent advances and emerging questions. Journal of Heredity esab015. DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esab015. pdf



  • Jamie, G. A., S. M. Belleghem, B. G. Hogan, S. Hamama, C. Moya, J. Troscianko, M. C. Stoddard, R. M. Kilner, and C. N. Spottiswoode. 2020. Multimodal mimicry of hosts in a radiation of parasitic finches. Evolution 14057. DOI: 10.1111/evo.14057. pdf

Covered by the University of Cambridge.



  • Stoddard, M. C., H. N. Eyster*, B. G. Hogan*, D. H. Morris, E. R. Soucy, and D. W. Inouye. 2020. Wild hummingbirds discriminate nonspectral colors. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 1919377117. *These authors contributed equally to this article. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1919377117. pdf

Covered by Princeton, New York Times, National Geographic, Smithsonian, CNN, Wall Street Journal, and Science Friday Radio.



  • Quach, L.*, A. E. Miller*, B. G. Hogan*, and M. C. Stoddard. 2020. Egg patterns as identity signals in colonial seabirds: a comparative analysis of four alcid species. Journal of Experimental Zoology B. *These authors contributed equally to this article. DOI: 10.1002/jez.b.22945. pdf



  • Wu, Z., T. Yang, Z. Deng, B. Huang, Y. Wang, Y. Chen, M. C. Stoddard, L. Li, and Y. Zhu. 2019. Automatic crack detection and analysis for biological cellular materials in x-ray in situ tomography measurements. Integrating Materials and Manufacturing Innovation 8: 559-569. DOI: 10.1007/s40192-019-00162-3. pdf



  • Stoddard, M. C., C. Sheard, D. Akkaynak, E. H. Yong, L. Mahadevan, and J. Tobias. 2019. Evolution of avian egg shape: underlying mechanisms and the importance of taxonomic scale. Ibis 161: 922-925. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12755. pdf



  • Price, T. D., M. C. Stoddard, S. K. Shevell, and N. I. Bloch. 2019. Understanding how neural responses contribute to the diversity of avian colour vision. Animal Behaviour 155: 297-305. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.05.009. pdf




  • Stoddard, M. C., B. G. Hogan, M. Stevens, and C. Spottiswoode. 2019. Higher-level pattern features provide additional information to birds when recognizing and rejecting parasitic eggs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 374: 20180197. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2018.0197. pdf

Covered by Science.



  • Stoddard, M. C., and D. Osorio. 2019. Animal coloration patterns: linking quantitative analysis to spatial vision. American Naturalist 193: 164-186. DOI: 10.1086/701300. pdf



  • Hogan, B. G. and M. C. Stoddard. 2018. Synchronization of speed, sound and iridescent color in a hummingbird aerial courtship dive. Nature Communications 9: 5260. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-07562-7. pdf



  • Stoddard, M. C., A. Miller, H. N. Eyster and D. Akkaynak. 2018. I see your false colors: how artificial stimuli appear to different animal viewers. Royal Society Interface Focus 9: 20180053. DOI: 0.1098/rsfs.2018.0053. pdf



  • Cuthill, I., [...multiple authors...], M. C. Stoddard, D. Stuart-Fox, L. Talas, E. Tibbetts, and T. Caro. 2017. The biology of color. Science 357: eaan0221. DOI: 10.1126/science.aan0221. pdf



  • Stoddard, M. C., E. H. Yong, D. Akkaynak, C. Sheard, J. Tobias, and L. Mahadevan. 2017. Avian egg shape: Form, function and evolution. Science 6344: 1249-1254. Cover article. DOI: 10.1126/science.aaj1945. pdf
    See also the Perspective.

Covered by the New York Times, LA Times, the Atlantic, the Times, Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, National Geographic, Science, NPR, NPR Newstime, Science Podcast, BBC.



  • Stoddard, M. C., and M. E. Hauber. 2017. Color, vision and coevolution in avian brood parasitism. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 372: 20160339. DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0339. pdf



  • Caro, T.*, M. C. Stoddard*, and D. Stuart-Fox.* 2017. Animal coloration research: why it matters. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 372: 20160333. *All authors contributed equally to this article and as editors in the theme issue, “Animal Coloration.” DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2016.0333. pdf



  • Caro, T.*, M. C. Stoddard*, and D. Stuart-Fox.* 2017. Animal coloration: production, perception, function and application. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 372: 20170047. *All authors contributed equally to this article and as editors in the theme issue, “Animal Coloration.” DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2017.0047. pdf



  • Stoddard, M. C., K. Kupán, H. N. Eyster, W. Rojas-Abreu, M. Cruz-López, M. Alejandro Serrano-Meneses, and C. Küpper. 2016. Camouflage and clutch survival in plovers and terns. Scientific Reports 6(32059). DOI: 10.1038/srep32059. pdf



  • Burns, K. J.*, K. J. McGraw*, A. J. Shultz*, M. C. Stoddard*, and D. B. Thomas*. 2016. Advanced methods for studying pigments and coloration using avian specimens. *All authors contributed equally to this article. In: Emerging Frontiers in Collections-based Ornithological Research: The Extended Specimen. DOI: 10.1201/9781315120454. pdf



  • Johnstone, R. A., A. Manica, A. L. Fayet, M. C. Stoddard, M. A. Rodriguez-Gironés, and C. A. Hinde. 2016. Evidence for conditional cooperation: a response to Schlicht et al. Behavioral Ecology 27(3), e6-e7. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arw051. pdf



  • Mayani-Parás, F., R. M. Kilner, M. C. Stoddard, C. Rodríguez, and H. Drummond. 2015. Behaviorally induced camouflage: A new mechanism of avian egg protection. The American Naturalist 186:4. DOI: 10.1086/682579. pdf

Covered by Science News.



  • Stoddard, M. C., R. M. Kilner, and C. Town. 2014. Pattern recognition algorithm reveals how birds evolve individual egg pattern signatures. Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5117. pdf

Covered by Nature, Science, Smithsonian, Natural History Museum, AAAS Science Update Radio, ABC News, Wired.



  • Feeney W.E., M. C. Stoddard, R. M. Kilner, N.E. Langmore. 2014. 'Jack of all trades' egg mimicry in the brood parasitic Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo? Behavioral Ecology: aru133. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/aru133. pdf



  • Ellis, J. C., S. M. Bogdanowicz, M. C. Stoddard, and L. W. Clark. 2014. Hybridization of a Lesser Black-backed Gull and Herring Gulls in Eastern North America. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 126: 338-345. DOI: 10.1676/13-095.1. pdf



  • Johnstone, R., A. Manica, A. Fayet, M. C. Stoddard, M. Rodríguez-Gironés, C. Hinde. 2013. Reciprocity, turn-taking and conditional cooperation between great tit parents. Behavioral Ecology 25: 216-222. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/art109. pdf



  • Hanley, D., M. C. Stoddard, P. Cassey, and P. Brennan. 2013. Eggshell conspicuousness in ground nesting birds: do conspicuous eggshells signal nest location to conspecifics? Avian Biology Research 6: 147-156.
    DOI: 10.3184/175815513X13617279883973. pdf



  • Stoddard, M. C., and R. M. Kilner. 2013. The past, present and future of ‘cuckoos versus reed warblers’. Animal Behaviour 85: 693-699. DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2013.01.005. pdf



  • Stournaras, K. E., E. Lo, K. Böhning-Gaese, E. Cazetta, D. M.Dehling, M. Schleuning, M. C. Stoddard, M. J. Donoghue, R. O. Prum, and H. M. Schaefer. 2013. How colorful are fruits? Limited color diversity in fleshy fruits on local and global scales. New Phytologist. DOI: 10.1111/nph.12157. pdf



  • Mendes-Pinto, M. M., A. M. LaFountain, M. C. Stoddard, R. O. Prum, H. A. Frank, and B. Robert. 2012. Variation in carotenoid-protein interaction in bird feathers produces novel plumage coloration. Journal of The Royal Society Interface 9: 3338-3350. DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2012.0471. pdf



  • Prum, R.O., A. Fountain, J. Berro, M. C. Stoddard, and H. Frank. 2012. Molecular diversity, metabolic transformation, and evolution of carotenoid feather pigments in cotingas (Aves: Cotingidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology B. DOI: 10.1007/s00360-012-0677-4. pdf



  • Stoddard, M. C. 2012. Mimicry and masquerade from the avian visual perspective. Current Zoology 58: 630-648. DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/58.4.630. pdf



  • Stoddard M. C., A. Fayet, R. M. Kilner, and C. Hinde. 2012. Egg speckling patterns do not advertise offspring quality or influence male provisioning in great tits. PLoS ONE 7: e40211. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0040211. pdf



  • Stoddard, M. C., K. Marshall, and R. M. Kilner. 2011. Imperfectly camouflaged avian eggs: artefact or adaptation? Avian Biology Research 4: 196-213. DOI: 10.3184/175815511x13207484398647. pdf



  • Stoddard, M. C., and R. O. Prum. 2011. How colorful are birds? Evolution of the avian plumage color gamut. Behavioral Ecology 22: 1042-1052. DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arr088. pdf

Covered by Science in Editor’s Choice (“The Plumage Rainbow,” 1 July 2011), AAAS Science Update Radio.



  • Stoddard, M. C., and M. Stevens. 2011. Avian vision and the evolution of egg color mimicry in the common cuckoo. Evolution 65: 2004-2013. DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2011.01262.x. pdf

Covered by BBC Earth and Science News, BBC Radio 5 Live, CBC Radio (Canada) and NPR (USA).



  • Stoddard, M. C., and M. Stevens. 2010. Pattern mimicry of host eggs by the common cuckoo, as seen through a bird’s eye. Proceedings of the Royal Society, Series B 277: 1387-93. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2009.2018. pdf

Covered by BBC News Big Picture and the New York Times.



  • Stevens, M., M. C. Stoddard, and J.P. Higham. 2009. Studying primate color: towards visual system-dependent methods. International Journal of Primatology 30: 893–917. DOI: 10.1007/s10764-009-9356-z. pdf



  • Stoddard, M. C., and R. O. Prum. 2008. Evolution of avian plumage color in a tetrahedral color space: a phylogenetic analysis of New World buntings. American Naturalist 171: 755–776. DOI: 10.1086/587526. pdf



  • Ellis, J. C., M. C. Stoddard, and L. W. Clark. 2008. Breeding by a lesser black-backed gull (Larus fuscus) on the Atlantic coast of North America. North American Birds 61: 546-548. pdf



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