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Millicent S. Ficken

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47

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2.4K

Citations

27

H-Index

1958

Active since

Affiliations

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee(Current)

Cornell University

University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of Maryland, College Park

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

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Evolutionary BiologyAnimal BehaviorBiologyNatural SciencesMorphologyMusicLanguageEngineeringLinguisticsPhonetics

Publications per year

1958–2003

47

Publications

47

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

Combinatorial animal communication with computable syntax: Chick-a-dee calling qualifies as ‘Language’ by structural linguistics

Jack P. Hailman, Millicent S. Ficken · Animal Behaviour · 1986 · 187 citations

Syntax, Language Symbiosis, Computational Linguistics +11

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

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