Stephen I. Rothstein

University of California, Santa Barbara — United States

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

43h-index7.8kcitations150works0.52yr avg
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Research Topics

Avian ecology and behavior(100), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(46), Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior(45), Plant and animal studies(32), Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies(30)

Publications150 total

Birds of a song sing together: adaptive choices in the use of shared vocalizations that indicate age
Frontiers in Psychology·2025Open Access
Vocal functional flexibility in a nonprimate vocal learning species
Journal of Language Evolution·2024· 1 cited
An agonistic visual signal during birdsong: Bill wiping in multimodal song displays by the male Brown-headed Cowbird ( <i>Molothrus ater</i> )
The Wilson Journal of Ornithology·2022· 5 cited
Management of the Brown-Headed Cowbird: Implications for Endangered Species and Agricultural Damage Mitigation
Human-wildlife interactions·2021· 9 citedOpen Access
AMOTZ ZAHAVI 1928–2017
Israel Journal of Ecology and Evolution·2017
The Brown-Headed Cowbird: A Model Species for Testing Novel Research Questions in Animal Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
Fascinating life sciences·2017· 7 cited
Yellow warbler defenses are retained in the absence of brood parasitism but enhanced by experience with cowbirds
Behavioral Ecology·2015· 17 cited
Epaulet Size and Current Condition in Red-Winged Blackbirds: Examining a Semistatic Signal, Testosterone, Immune Function, and Parasites
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology·2014· 11 cited
Mismatched begging displays between foreign and host offspring reduce brood parasite fitness
Behavioral Ecology·2014· 10 citedOpen Access
Bacteria-killing ability is negatively linked to epaulet size, but positively linked to baseline corticosterone, in male Red-winged Blackbirds (<i>Agelaius phoeniceus</i>)
The Auk·2014· 25 citedOpen Access
Variation in host response to brood parasitism reflects evolutionary differences and not phenotypic plasticity
Animal Behaviour·2013· 23 cited
Fidelity of Song Imitation and Stability of Dialect Songs in Brown-headed Cowbirds
Ornithological Applications·2013· 14 cited
The exaggerated begging behaviour of an obligate avian brood parasite is shared with a nonparasitic close relative
Animal Behaviour·2013· 18 cited
Linking a Static Signal to Current Condition
Ornithological Applications·2013· 9 citedOpen Access
The Brown-headed Cowbird: North America’s avian brood parasite
Chinese Birds·2013· 7 cited
Cowbirds, conservation, and coevolution: potential misconceptions and directions for future research
Chinese Birds·2013· 25 cited
Initiation of a Long Term Ecological Monitoring Project: Avian Point Counts and Habitat Assessment in Riparian Communities in 1998 at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
Figshare·2013Open Access
Nest Parasitism
Elsevier eBooks·2013· 1 cited
Immune Function in an Avian Brood Parasite and Its Nonparasitic Relative
Physiological and Biochemical Zoology·2012· 15 cited
Delayed vocal ontogeny in songbirds: a laboratory study validates a model for delayed development derived from field studies
Journal of Ethology·2012· 7 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Robert C. Fleischer(8), Scott K. Robinson(5), Adrian L. O’Loghlen(5), Brian D. Peer(4), Frank R. Thompson(3), David A. Yokel(3), John Faaborg(2), Richard T. Holmes(2), Angela D. Anders(2), Keith L. Bildstein(2), Katie M. Dugger(2), Sidney A. Gauthreaux(2), Patricia J. Heglund(2), Keith A. Hobson(2), Alex E. Jahn(2), Douglas H. Johnson(2), Steven C. Latta(2), Douglas J. Levey(2), Peter P. Marra(2), Christopher L. Merkord(2)