CLICK HERE for Jeff's Google Scholar profile. PDFs of many Podos lab papers available below:
• Podos, J. (2026). Review of Hurben, M, 2025, The Physics of Birds & Birding: The Sounds, Colors and Movements of Birds and Our Tools for Watching Them, Pelagic Publishing, London UK. Invited book review. Ornithology.
• Penha, VAS, Muriel, J, Podos, J, Marzal, A, Manica, LT (2026). No clear links between haemosporidian parasite infection, host condition, and reproductive performance in a multi-year study of a population of Blue-black Grassquits. Journal of Ornithology 167: 789-802.
• Carrión, PL, Beausoleil, M-O, Raeymaekers, JAM, De León, LF, Chaves, JA, Sharpe, DMT, Huber,SK, Herrel, A, Gotanda, KM, Koop, JAH, Knutie,SA, Clayton, DH, Podos, J, Barrett, RDH, Guichard, F, Hendry, AP (2026). Darwin’s finches and climate change: insights from a resilient system. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 39: 281-293.
• Podos, J. (2025). Animal behavior: Courtship displays that grab and hold attention. Current Biology 35:R1046-R1047.
• Schroeder, K. M., Podos, J. (2025). Correlated divergence of ecology, morphology, and fine-scale vocal motor performance among sparrow subspecies. Behavioral Ecology 36.
• Menezes, JCT, Podos, J (2025). Diverse relationships between amplitude and frequency in bird vocalizations. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: 292:20250781.
• Larsen, ON, Lohr, B, Podos, J, Peer, B, Rasmussen, JH & Wright, TF. (2025). Bioacoustic Research in Birds. In: Exploring Animal Behavior through Sound: Volume 2, Springer Press, pg. 286-359.
• Podos, J., Schroeder, KM. (2024). Ecological speciation in Darwin's finches: Ghosts of finches future. Science 386:211-217.
• Cardoso, CAF, de Castro, FL, Podos, J, Barboza Goncalves, LC, Fedullo, LPL, Mello, RB, Albuquerque, VS, Netto, VD, Cunha, VG. (2024). Admiraves: Avifauna do Parque Municipal Montanhas de Teresoplis (Avifauna of the Teresopolis Municipal Mountain Park), Volume 2. In Portuguese with English translation by JP. Editora Unifeso, Rio de Janeiro Brazil.
• Beausoleil, M-O, Carríon-Avilés, PL, Podos, J, Camacho, C, Rabadán-González, J, Richard, R, Lalla, K, Raeymaekers, J, Knutie, S, De León, L, Chaves, J, Clayton, D, Koop, J, Gotanda, K, Huber, SK, Barret, R, Hendry, AP. (2023). The fitness landscape of a community of Darwin's finches. Evolution 77: 2533-2546.
• Schroeder, K. M., Podos, J. (2023). Early exposure to songs of another subspecies enhances song discrimination in wild sparrow nestlings. Animal Behaviour 203: 123-132.
• Podos, J. Webster, MS. (2022). Ecology and evolution of bird sounds. Current Biology 32:R1100-R1104.
• Carrión, PL, Raeymaekers, JAM, De León, LF, Chaves, J, Sharpe, DMT, Huber, SK, Herrel, A, Vanhooydonck, B, Gotanda, KM, Koop, JAH, Knutie, SA, Clayton, DH, Podos, J. Hendry, AP (2022). The terroir of the finch: how spatial and temporal effects shape phenotypic variation in Darwin's finches. Ecology and Evolution 12:e9399.
• Oswald, JN, Van Cise, A., Dassow, A., Elliott, T., Johnson, M., Ravignani, A., Podos, J. (2022). A collection of best practices for bioacoustic analysis of population biology, ecology, and behavior. Applied Sciences 12:12046.
• Menezes, JCT, Palaoro, AV. (2022). Flight hampers the evolution of weapons in birds. Ecology Letters 2022: 624-634.
• Podos, J., Fernández-Vargas, M. (2022). Mating displays: the interface of mechanism, function and evolution. Animal Behaviour 184: 131-134.
• Podos, J. (2022). Costs, constraints and sexual trait elaboration. Animal Behaviour 184: 209-214.
• Cardoso, CAF, de Castro Jesus, FL, Podos, J, Barboza Goncalves, LC, Fedullo, LPL, Lopes, RA, Albuquerque, VS (2020). Admiraves: Avifauna do Parque Municipal Montanhas de Teresoplis (Avifauna of the Teresopolis Municipal Mountain Park). AdmirAVES: Avifauna do Parque Municipal Montanhas de Teresópolis (Avifauna of the Teresópolis Municipal Mountain Park). In Portuguese with English translation by JP. Editora Unifeso, Rio de Janeiro Brazil.
• Manica, L, Graves, J, Podos, J, & Macedo, RH (2020). Hidden leks in a migratory songbird: mating advantages for earlier and more attractive males. Behavioral Ecology 31:1180-1191. DOI:10.1093/beheco/araa065.
• Podos, J & Sung, H-C. (2020). Vocal Performance in Songbirds: From mechanisms to evolution. Sakata, J., Woolley, S., and Popp, A. (Eds). The Neuroethology of Birdsong: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research, Volume 63, Springer Press, pp. 245-268.
• Beausoleil, MO, Frishkoff, LO, M'Gonigle, L, Raeymaekers, JAM, Knutie, SA, De León, L, Huber, SK, Chaves, JA, Clayton, DH, Koop, JAH, Podos, J, Sharpe, DMT, Hendry, AP, & Barrett, RDH. (2019). Temporally varying disruptive selection in the medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis). Proceedings of the Royal Society B 286: 2019.2290. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2290.
• Podos, J. & Cohn-Haft, M. (2019). Extremely loud mating signals at close range in white bellbirds. Current Biology 29 R1068-1069.
• Lee, J-H, Podos, J. & Sung, H-C. (2019). Distinct patterns of geographic variation for different song components in Daurian Redstarts Phoenicurus auroreus. Bird Study 66:73-82.
• Podos, J. (2018). Animal Behavior: Song learning out of the box. Current Biology R1195-7.
• Webster, M.S. & Podos, J. (2018). Acoustic communication. Morrison, M.L., Rodewald, A.D., Voelker, G., Colón, M.R., & Prather, J.F. (Eds). Ornithology: Foundation, Critique, and Application, pp. 409-436. Johns Hopkins University Press.
• De León, L., Sharpe, D. M. T., Gotanda, K., Raeymaekers, J. A. M., Chaves, J. A., Hendry, A. P. & Podos, J. (2018). Urbanization erodes niche segregation in Darwin’s finches. Evolutionary Applications 2018:1-15 DOI: 10.1111/eva.12721.
• Macedo, R. H., Podos, J., Graves, J. & Manica, L. (2018). Breeding clusters in birds: ecological selective contexts, mating systems and the role of extra-pair fertilizations. Animal Behaviour 143:145-154.
• Moseley, D. L., Joshi, N. R., Prather, J. F., Podos, J. & Remage-Healey, L. (2017). A neuronal signature of accurate imitative learning. Scientific Reports 7:17320
• Manica, L., Macedo, R. H., Graves, J. & Podos, J (2017). Vigor and skill in the acrobatic mating displays of a Neotropical songbird. Behavioral Ecology 28: 164-173
• Podos, J (2017). Birdsong performance studies: reports of their death have been greatly exaggerated. Animal Behaviour 125:e17-24
• Podos, J & Moseley, D.L. (2017). Vocal communication in birds. Stein, J. (Ed). Reference Module in Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Psychology, pp. 1-8. Elsevier Press.
• Manica, L., Graves, J. & Podos, J. & Macedo, R. H. (2016). Multimodal flight display of a Neotropical songbird predicts social pairing but not extrapair mating success. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 70: 2039-2052
• Chaves, J. A, Cooper, E. A., Hendry, A. P., Podos, J. De León, L., Raeymaekers, J. A. M., McMillian, O., & Uy, A. C. (2016). Genomic variation at the tips of the adaptive radiation of Darwin’s finches. Molecular Ecology doi: 10.1111/mec. 13743.
• Podos, J, Moseley, DL, Goodwin, SE, McClure, J, Taft, BN, Strauss, AVH, Rega-Brodsky, C, & Lahti, DC. (2016). A fine-scale, broadly applicable index of vocal performance: frequency excursion. Animal Behaviour 116:203-212
• Lahti, DC & Ardia, DR (2016). Shedding light on bird egg color: pigment as parasol and the dark car effect. American Naturalist 187: DOI: 10.1086/685780.
• Goodwin, SE & Podos, J. (2015). Reply to Akçay & Beecher: yes, team of rivals in chipping sparrows. Biology Letters 11:20150319.
• Soons, J, Genbrugge, A, Podos, J, Adriaens, D, Aerts, P, Dirckx, J, & Herrel, A. (2015). Is beak morphology in Darwin's finches tuned to loading demands? PLoS ONE 10(6): e0129479.
• Podos, J & Patek, SN (2015). Acoustic signal evolution: biomechanics, size, and performance. Irschick, D. J., Briffa, M, & Podos, J (Eds.) Animal Signaling and Function: An Integrative Approach, pp. 175-203. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken NJ.
• Irschick, D. J., Briffa, M, & Podos, J. (2015). Animal Signaling and Function: An Integrative Approach. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken NJ.
• Manica, LT, Maia, R, Dias, A, Podos, J, & Macedo, RH. (2014). Vocal output predicts territory quality in a Neotropical songbird. Behavioral Processes 109:21-26.
• de León, LF, Podos, J, Gardezi, T., Herrel, A. & Hendry, AP (2014). Darwin’s finches and their diet niches: the sympatric co-existence of imperfect generalists. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 27:1093-1104.
• Dias, RI, Oliveira, RF, Podos, J, & Macedo, RH. (2014). The importance of novelty: male-female interactions among blue-black grassquits in captivity. Behavioral Processes 103:211-217.
• Goodwin, SE & Podos, J. (2014). Team of rivals: alliance formation in territorial songbirds is predicted by vocal signal structure. Biology Letters 10:20131083.
• McClure, JR, Podos, J, & Richardson, H. N. (2014). Isolating the delay component of impulsive choice in adolescent rats. Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience doi: 10.3389/fnint.2014.00003.
• Wilson, D. R., Bitton, P. P., Podos, J., & Mennill, D. J. (2014). Uneven sampling and the analysis of vocal performance constraints. American Naturalist 183:214-228.
• Podos, J. (2013). Sexual selection and the evolution of vocal mating signals: lessons from Neotropical birds. Macedo, R. H. & Machado, G. (Eds). Sexual Selection: Perspectives and Models from the Neotropics. Elsevier Academic Press, pp. 341-363.
• Manica, L, Podos, J, Graves, J, & Macedo, R. H. (2013). Flights of fancy: mating behavior, displays, and ornamentation in a Neotropical bird. Macedo, R. H. & Machado, G. (Eds). Sexual Selection: Perspectives and Models from the Neotropics. Elsevier Academic Press, pp. 391-407.
• Moseley, D, Lahti, D, & Podos, J. (2013). Responses to song playback vary with vocal performance of both signal senders and receivers. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280:20131401.
• Hof, D, & Podos, J. (2013). Escalation of aggressive vocal signals: a sequential playback study. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280:20131553.
• Irschick, DJ, Albertson, RC, Brennan, P, Podos, J, Johnson, NA, Patek, S, Dumont, ER (2013). Evo-devo beyond morphology: from genes to resource use. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 28:267-273.
• Goodwin, SE & Podos, J (2013). Shift of song frequencies in response to masking tones. Animal Behaviour: 85:435-440.
• Podos, J, Dybboe, R, & Jensen, MO (2013). Ecological speciation in Darwin’s finches: parsing the effects of magic traits. Current Zoology 59:8-19. Cover includes photo by JP.
• Hof, D. & Hazlett, N. (2012). Mortal combat: an apparant intraspecific killing by a male Black-capped Chickadee. Journal of Field Ornithology 83:290-294.
• de León, LF, Rolshausen, G, Bermingham, E, Podos, J, & Hendry, AP (2012). Individual specialization and the seeds of adaptive radiation in Darwin’s finches. Evolutionary Ecology Research 14:365-380.
• Zollinger, SA, Podos, J, Nemeth, E, Goller, F, & Brumm, H (2012). On the relationship between, and measurement of, amplitude and frequency in bird song. Animal Behaviour 84:e1-e9.
• Genbrugge, A, Adriaens, D, De Kegel, B, Brabant, L, Van Hoorebeke, L, Podos, J, Dirckx, J, Aerts, P, & Herrel, A (2012). Structural tissue organization in the beak of Java and Darwin's finches. Journal of Anatomy 221:383-393. Features cover photo by JP
• Lahti, DC, Moseley, DL, & Podos, J. (2011). A tradeoff between accuracy and performance in bird song learning. Ethology 117:802-811
• Genbrugge, A, Herrel, A., Boone, M, Van Hoorebeke, L, Podos, J, Joris, D, Aerts, P, & Adriaens, D (2011). The head of the finch: the anatomy of the feeding system in two species of finches (Geospiza fortis and Padda oryzivora). Journal of Anatomy 219:676-695
• Genbrugge, A, Heyde, A-S, Adriaens, D, Boone, M, Van Hoorebeke, L, Joris, D, Aerts, P, Podos, J & Herrel, A (2011). Ontogeny of the cranial skeleton in a Darwin’s finch (Geospiza fortis). Journal of Anatomy 219:115-131
• Goodwin, SE. & Shriver, WG. (2011). Effects of traffic noise on occupancy patterns of forest birds. Conservation Biology 25:406-411
• de León, LF, Raeymaekers, J.A.M., Bermingham, E, Podos, J, Herrel, A & Hendry, AP. (2011). Exploring possible human influences on the evolution of Darwin’s finches. Evolution 65:2258-2272
• Fernandes, CC, Smith, GT, Podos, J, Nogueira, A, Inoue, L, Akama, A, Ho, WW & Alves Gomes, J. (2010). Hormonal and behavioral correlates of morphological variation in an Amazonian electric fish (Sternarchogiton nattereri: Apteronotidae). Hormones and Behavior 58:660-668
• Goodale, E. & Podos, J. (2010). Persistence of song types in Darwin’s finches, Geospiza fortis, over four decades. Biology Letters 6:589-592
• Hof, D. & Hazlett, N. (2010). Low-amplitude song predicts attack in a North American wood warbler. Animal Behaviour 80:820-828
• Herrel, A, Soons, J, Aerts, P, Dircks, J, Boone, M, Jacobs, P, Adriaens, D, and Podos, J. (2010). Adaptation and function of Darwin’s finch beaks: divergence by feeding type and sex. Emu: Austral Ornithology 110:39-47
• Soons, J, Herrel, A, Genbrugge, A, Aerts, P, Podos, J, Adriaens, D, De Witte, Y, Jacobs, P & Dirckx, J. (2010). Mechanical stress, fracture risk, and beak evolution in Darwin’s ground finches (Geospiza). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 365:1093-1098
• Podos, J (2010). Acoustic discrimination of sympatric morphs in Darwin’s finches: a behavioral mechanism for assortative mating? Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 365: 1031-1039
• de León, LF, Bermingham, E, Podos, J, & Hendry, AP (2010). Divergence with gene flow as facilitated by ecological differences: within-island variation in Darwin’s finches. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 365: 1041-1052
• Byers, JA, Hebets, EA, & Podos, J. (2010). Female mate choice based upon male motor performance. Animal Behaviour 79: 771-778
• Herrel, A, Podos, J, Vanhooydonck, B. & Hendry, AP. (2009). Force-velocity trade-off in Darwin’s finch jaw function: a biomechanical basis for ecological speciation? Functional Ecology 23:119-125
• Hendry, AP, Huber, SK, de León, LF, Herrel, A & Podos, J. (2009). Disruptive selection in a bimodal population of Darwin’s finches. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 276:753-759
• Podos, J & Moseley, DL. (2009). Vocal communication in birds. Squire, L. (Ed). The New Encyclopedia of Neuroscience, 4th edition. Elsevier Press. Vol 10, pp. 389-396
• Podos, J & Lahti, DC. (2009). Bird Radiations. Gillespie, R. & Clague, D.A. (Eds). Encyclopedia of Islands, University of California Press, pp. 105-111
• Podos, J., Lahti, DC, & Moseley, DL. (2009). Vocal performance and sensorimotor learning in songbirds. Advances in the Study of Behavior 40:159-195
• Vanhooydonck, B, Herrel, A, Gabela, A, & Podos, J (2009). Wing shape variation in the medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis): an ecomorphological approach. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 98:129-138
• Foster, D, Podos, J, & Hendry, AP. (2008). A geometric morphometric appraisal of beak shape in Darwin's finches. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21:263-275
• Huber, SK. (2008). Effects of the introduced parasite Philornis downsi on nestling growth and mortality in the medium ground finch (Geospiza fortis). Biological Conservation 141:601-609
• Podos, J. (2007). Discrimination of geographical song variants by Darwin’s finches. Animal Behaviour 73:833-844
• Huber, SK, de Leon, LF, Hendry, AP, Bermingham, E, & Podos, J. (2007). Reproductive isolation of sympatric morphs in a population of Darwin’s finches. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274:1709-1714
• Podos, J & Warren, PS (2007). The evolution of geographic variation in birdsong. Advances in the Study of Behavior 37:403-458
• Podos, J & Hendry, AP. (2006). The biomechanics of ecological speciation. In Herrel, A., Speck, T. and Rowe, N. (Eds.) Ecology and Biomechanics: a Mechanical Approach to the Ecology of Animals and Plants, CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp. 301-321
• Rossi-Santos, MR & Podos, J. (2006). Latitudinal variation in whistle structure of the estuarine dolphin Sotalia guianensis. Behaviour 143: 347-364
• Huber, SK & Podos, J. (2006). Beak morphology and song features covary in a population of Darwin’s finches. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 88:489-498
• Hendry, AP, Grant, PR, Grant, BR, Ford, HA, Brewer, MJ, & Podos, J. (2006). Possible human impacts on adaptive radiation: beak size bimodality in Darwin's finches. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273:1887-1894
• Herrel, A, Podos, J, Huber, SK & Hendry, AP. (2005). Bite performance and morphology in a population of Darwin’s finches: implications for the evolution of beak shape. Functional Ecology 19:43-48
• Herrel, A, Podos, J, Huber, SK & Hendry, AP. (2005). Evolution of bite force in Darwin’s finches: a key role for head width. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 18:669-675
• Podos, J, Southall, JA & Rossi-Santos, MR. (2004). Vocal mechanics in Darwin's finches: correlation of beak gape and song frequency. Journal of Experimental Biology 207: 607-619
• Podos, J & Nowicki, S (2004a). Performance limits on birdsong. In Marler, P. and Slabbekoorn, H. (Eds.) Nature's Music: The Science of Birdsong, pp. 318-342. Elsevier Academic Press, San Diego.
• Podos, J & Nowicki, S. (2004b). Beaks, adaptation, and vocal evolution in Darwin’s finches. BioScience 54: 501-510 • [cover photo]
• Podos, J, Peters, S & Nowicki, S. (2004). Calibration of song learning targets during vocal ontogeny in swamp sparrows (Melospiza georgiana). Animal Behaviour 68: 929-940
• Fernandes, CC, Podos, J & Lundberg, JG (2004). Amazonian ecology: Tributaries enhance the diversity of electric fishes. Science 305: 1960-1962
• Fernandes, CC & Podos, J (2004). Sobre a descarga do orgão elétrico do sarapó Apteronotus hasemani (Gymnotiformes: Apteronotidae). In Cintra, R. (Ed.) Historia Natural, Ecologia e Conservação de Algumas Especies de Plantas e Animais da Amazônia, pp. 147-155. EDUA/ INPA/FAPEAM, Manaus, Brasil.
• Podos, J, Huber, SK & Taft, B. (2004). Bird song: the interface of evolution and mechanism. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 35:55-87
• Podos, J, da Silva, VMF & Rossi-Santos, M (2002). Vocalizations of Amazon river dolphins, Inia geoffrensis: insights into evolutionary origins of dolphin whistles. Ethology 108:601-612
• Nowicki, S, Searcy, WA, Hughes, M & Podos, J. (2001). The evolution of birdsong: male and female response to song innovation in swamp sparrows. Animal Behaviour 62:1189-1195
• Podos, J (2001). Correlated evolution of morphology and vocal signal structure in Darwin’s finches. Nature 409:185-188
• Hoese, WJ, Podos, J, Boetticher, NC & Nowicki, S. (2000). Vocal tract function in birdsong production: experimental manipulation of beak movements. Journal of Experimental Biology 203:1845-1855
• Podos, J, & Nowicki, S. (2000). Mechanical limits and the evolution of vocalizations in birds. In Alves, M. A. S. (Ed.) A Ornithologia no Brasil: Pesquisa Atual e Perspectivas, pp. 251-266. EdUERJ: Rio de Janeiro.
• Podos, J, Nowicki, S & Peters, S. (1999). Permissiveness in the learning and development of song syntax in the swamp sparrow. Animal Behaviour 58:93-103
• Nowicki, S, Peters, S & Podos, J. (1998). Song learning, early nutrition, and sexual selection in songbirds. American Zoologist 38:179-190
• Klopfer, P & Podos, J. (1998). Behavioral ecology. In Greenberg, G. and Haraway, M. (Eds.) Comparative Psychology: a Handbook, pp. 81-87. Garland Publishing: New York.
• Podos, J. (1997). A performance constraint on the evolution of trilled vocalizations in a songbird family (Passeriformes: Emberizidae). Evolution 51:537-551
• Podos, J. (1996). Motor constraints on vocal development in a songbird. Animal Behaviour 51:1061-1070
• Searcy, WA, Podos, J, Peters, S & Nowicki, S. (1995). Discrimination of song types and variants in song sparrows. Animal Behaviour 49:1219-1226
• Podos, J, Sherer, JK, Peters, S & Nowicki, S. (1995). Ontogeny of vocal tract movements during song production in the song sparrow. Animal Behaviour 50:1287-1296
• Nowicki, S, Podos, J & Valdez, F. (1994). Temporal patterning of within-song type and between- song type variation in song repertoires. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 34:329-335
• Nowicki, S & Podos, J. (1993). Complexity, coupling, & contingency in the production of birdsong. In Bateson, P. P. G., Klopfer, P., and Thompson, N. (Eds.) Perspectives in Ethology, Vol. 10: Behavior and Evolution, pp. 159-186. Plenum Press: New York.
• Podos, J. (1994). Early perspectives on the evolution of behavior: Charles Otis Whitman and Oskar Heinroth. Ethology, Ecology, and Evolution 6:467-480
• Podos, J, Peters, S, Rudnicky, T, Marler, P & Nowicki, S. (1992). The organization of song repertoires in song sparrows: themes and variations. Ethology 90:89-106
