Publications

Akre, K.L., Farris, H.E., Lea, A.M., Page, R.A., Ryan, M.J. 2011. Signal perception in frogs and bats and the evolution of mating signals. Science 333: 751-752 [pdf]; supporting online materials [pdf]; perspective by Rowe and Healy [pdf].

Jones, P.L., Page, R.A., Hartbauer, M., Siemers, B.M. 2011. Behavioral evidence for eavesdropping on prey song in two Palearctic sibling bat species. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 65: 333-340. [pdf].

 Bernal, X.E., Page, R.A., Ryan, M.J., Argo, T.F., and Wilson, P.S. 2009. Acoustic radiation patterns of mating calls of the túngara frog (Physalaemus pustulosus): implications for multiple receivers. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America. 126: 2757-2767 [pdf].

Page, R.A. and Ryan, M.J. 2008. The effect of signal complexity on localization performance in bats that localize frog calls. Animal Behaviour 76: 761-769 [pdf].

Page, R.A. 2007. Prey-predator communication: for your sensors only. Dispatch for Current Biology 17: R965-R966 [pdf].

Bernal, X.E., Page, R.A., Rand, A.S., and Ryan, M.J. 2007. Cues for eavesdroppers: do frog calls indicate prey density and quality? American Naturalist 169: 409-415 [pdf].

Page, R.A. and X.E. Bernal. 2006. Túngara frogs. Quick guide for Current Biology 16: R979-980 [pdf].

Page, R.A. and M.J. Ryan. 2006. Social transmission of novel foraging behavior in bats: frog calls and their referents. Current Biology, 16: 1201-1205 [pdf]; dispatch by Ratcliffe and Fenton 2006 [pdf].

Page, R.A. and Ryan, M.J. 2005. Flexibility in assessment of prey cues: frog-eating bats and frog calls. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B 272: 841-847 [pdf].

Gabor, C.R. and Page, R.A. 2003. Female preference for large males in sailfin mollies, Poecilia latipinna: the importance of predation pressure and reproductive status. Acta Ethologica 6: 7-12 [pdf].

Book Chapters

Ryan, M.J., Bernal, X.E., and Page, R.A. In Press. Eavesdroppers and signal evolution. In: Animal Behavior 21.1: Research Approaches in the USA during the Early Twenty First Century. ed., G.R. Bourne. [Currently in negotiation with publisher.]

Siemers, B.M. and Page, R.A. 2009. Behavioral studies of bats in captivity: Methodology, training, and experimental design. In: Ecological and Behavioral Methods for the Study of Bats. 2nd edition (ed. T.H. Kunz & S. Parsons), Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 373-392.

Bat illustration by Kristina Schlegel, ©2007