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Robert W. Ficken

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23

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Citations

18

H-Index

1958

Active since

Affiliations

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee(Current)

Cornell University

University of Maryland, College Park

University of Wisconsin–Madison

Robert W. Ficken is an author at University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee specializing in evolutionary biology, animal behavior, and biology.

Top concepts

Evolutionary BiologyAnimal BehaviorBiologyNatural SciencesMusicMorphologyEngineeringLanguageLinguisticsSpeech Perception

Publications per year

1958–1987

23

Publications

23

Vocal Repertoire of the Black-Capped Chickadee

Millicent S. Ficken, Robert W. Ficken, Steve R. Witkin · The Auk · 1978 · 247 citations · Full text

Biology, Vocal Repertoire, Breeding Behavior +10

Temporal Pattern Shifts to Avoid Acoustic Interference in Singing Birds

Robert W. Ficken, Millicent S. Ficken, Jack P. Hailman · Science · 1974 · 204 citations

Music, Breeding Behavior, Psychoacoustics +14

Constraints on the Structure of Combinatorial “Chick‐a‐dee” Calls

Jack P. Hailman, Millicent S. Ficken, Robert W. Ficken · Ethology · 1987 · 184 citations

Successive Notes, Black‐capped Chickadee, Phonology +17

The ‘chick-a-dee’ calls of Parus atricapillus: A recombinant system of animal communication compared with written English

Jack P. Hailman, Millicent S. Ficken, Robert W. Ficken · Semiotica · 1985 · 174 citations

Animal Behaviour, Animal Study, Engineering +13

Singing Behaviour of Blue-Winged and Golden-Winged Warblers and Their Hybrids

Millicent S. Ficken, Robert W. Ficken · Behaviour · 1967 · 79 citations

Music, Biology, Breeding Behavior +13

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