Publications

In revision

Craig, S., B. Williams, and A.M. Houtman. Juvenile song in male Costa’s hummingbird. Rejected by Wilson Journal of Ornithology, September 2006 for sample size. Will be submitted to Journal of Field Ornithology with increased sample size.

Schwiebert, K. & Houtman, A.M. 2007. Song dialects in costal California populations of Anna’s Hummingbird (Calypte anna). Submitted to Auk, July 2007. Will be revised and resubmitted January 2008. PDF file

In preparation

Houtman, A.M. Incorporating writing into a large general education biology class. To be submitted to CBE Life Sciences Education, October 2007.

Steen, L. & Houtman, A.M. Song in Anna’s Hummingbird. To be submitted to Auk, November 2007.

Anduri, M. & Houtman, A.M. Territorial behavior in Calypte hummingbirds. To be submitted to Animal Behavior, December 2007.

Published

Williams, B. and Houtman, A.M. 2008. Song of the Costa's Hummingbird. In press, The Auk. PDF file

Houtman, A.M. and S. Walker. Decreasing plagiarism: what works and what doesn’t. In press: The Journal on Excellence in College Teaching. PDF file

Houtman, A.M. and Presch, M. 2005. PowerPoint: Friend or Foe? In Strategies for Success. Spring 2005, Issue no. 43. Benjamin Cummings Publishers.

Houtman, A.M. 2002. The response of squirrels to conspecific and heterospecific alarm calls. In Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field, Bonnie J. Ploger and Ken Yasukawa, Editors. Academic Press.

Inman, A.J. and Houtman, A.M. 2002. Whirligig beetles’ anti-predator behavior. In Exploring Animal Behavior in Laboratory and Field, Bonnie J. Ploger and Ken Yasukawa, Editors. Academic Press.

Lynn, S., Houtman, A.M. Ketterson, E. and Weathers, W.W. 2000. Testosterone increases activity but not daily energy expenditure in captive male dark-eyed juncos, Junco hyemalis . Animal Behavior 60(5):581-587. PDF file

Collins, C., Houtman, A.M. 1999. Tan and white color morphs of White-throated sparrows differ in their non-song vocal responses to territorial intrusion. Condor 101:842-845. PDF file

DeVoogd, T., Houtman, A.M. & Falls, J.B. 1995. Neural correlates of morph differences in white-throated sparrows that are associated with differences in song production rate. Journal of Neurobiology 28 (2): 202-213.

Collins, S.A., Hubbard, C. and Houtman, A.M. 1994. Female mate choice in the zebra finch: the effect of male beak colour and song. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 35:21-25.

Houtman, A.M. and Falls, J.B. 1994. Negative assortative mating in the white-throated sparrow: the role of mate choice and intra-sexual competition. Animal Behaviour 48:377-383. PDF file

Brooks, D.R., Hoberg, E.P. and Houtman, A.M. 1993. Some platyhelminths inhabiting white-throated sparrows, Zonotrichia albicollis (Gmelin) (Aves: Emberizidae: Emberizinae), from Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada. Journal of Parasitology 79(4), 610-612. PDF file

Houtman, A.M. 1992. Female zebra finches choose extra-pair copulations with genetically attractive males. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 249, 3-6. PDF file

Houtman, A.M. 1990. The estrildid finches. In: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Birds. Ed. C.M. Perrins. London: Marshall Editions.

Houtman, A.M., Buth, D.G. & James, S.W. 1987. Human evolution. In: Manual for Ecology, Evolution and Behavior, UCLA Biology. ed. RR Vance. Chapter 5.

Gilmartin, W.G., Morrow R.J. & Houtman, A.M. 1986. Hawaiian monk seal observations and captive maintenance project at Kure Atoll, 1981. U.S. Dept. Comm., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS. NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFC-59.