Peter Marler

24.7k total citations · 9 hit papers
155 papers, 17.2k citations indexed

About

Peter Marler is a scholar working on Developmental Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Peter Marler has authored 155 papers receiving a total of 17.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 121 papers in Developmental Biology, 97 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 60 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Peter Marler's work include Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (121 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (93 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (41 papers). Peter Marler is often cited by papers focused on Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior (121 papers), Animal Behavior and Reproduction (93 papers) and Marine animal studies overview (41 papers). Peter Marler collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Germany. Peter Marler's co-authors include Susan Peters, Dorothy L. Cheney, Robert M. Seyfarth, Sarah Partan, Ken Marten, Douglas A. Nelson, Christopher S. Evans, William A. Searcy, M. Tamura and Roberta Pickert and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

In The Last Decade

Peter Marler

153 papers receiving 15.9k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Monkey Responses to Three Different Alarm Calls: Evidence of Predator Classification and Semantic Communication

1980 850 citations Peter Marler et al. profile →
A comparative approach to vocal learning: Song development in white-crowned sparrows.

1970 661 citations Peter Marler profile →
Vervet monkey alarm calls: Semantic communication in a free-ranging primate

1980 634 citations Peter Marler et al. Animal Behaviour profile →
Sound transmission and its significance for animal vocalization

1977 612 citations Peter Marler et al. profile →
Characteristics of Some Animal Calls

1955 461 citations Peter Marler Nature profile →
Song "Dialects" in Three Populations of White-Crowned Sparrows

1962 451 citations Peter Marler et al. profile →
Culturally Transmitted Patterns of Vocal Behavior in Sparrows

1964 432 citations Peter Marler et al. profile →
Mechanisms of Animal Behavior

1969 323 citations Peter Marler et al. profile →
Specific Distinctiveness in the Communication Signals of Birds

1957 269 citations Peter Marler Behaviour profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Peter Marler United States	75	12.2k	10.9k	6.3k	3.5k	1.3k	155	17.2k
Fernando Nottebohm United States	83	15.6k 1.3×	14.2k 1.3×	10.6k 1.7×	2.9k 0.8×	658 0.5×	155	22.0k
Robert M. Seyfarth United States	76	8.5k 0.7×	8.3k 0.8×	2.6k 0.4×	11.7k 3.4×	2.4k 1.9×	158	17.9k
Dorothy L. Cheney United States	79	8.5k 0.7×	8.3k 0.8×	2.7k 0.4×	12.0k 3.5×	2.4k 1.9×	158	18.2k
Stephen Nowicki United States	56	5.2k 0.4×	5.7k 0.5×	3.2k 0.5×	2.4k 0.7×	814 0.6×	269	12.3k
Carel P. van Schaik Switzerland	88	7.1k 0.6×	11.3k 1.0×	5.9k 0.9×	17.9k 5.2×	2.4k 1.9×	324	25.0k
Richard W. Wrangham United States	89	6.1k 0.5×	7.9k 0.7×	4.6k 0.7×	15.9k 4.6×	2.4k 1.9×	285	24.4k
Charles T. Snowdon United States	56	3.4k 0.3×	3.5k 0.3×	1.7k 0.3×	5.2k 1.5×	760 0.6×	184	9.1k
Klaus Zuberbühler United Kingdom	58	6.8k 0.6×	4.2k 0.4×	1.9k 0.3×	6.7k 1.9×	2.1k 1.6×	294	11.5k
John R. Krebs United Kingdom	61	2.7k 0.2×	7.4k 0.7×	6.3k 1.0×	1.8k 0.5×	604 0.5×	148	14.4k
Nicola S. Clayton United Kingdom	68	3.2k 0.3×	5.7k 0.5×	2.6k 0.4×	6.8k 2.0×	2.7k 2.1×	311	14.9k

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Marler, Peter. (2005). Ethology and the origins of behavioral endocrinology. Hormones and Behavior. 47(4). 493–502. 7 indexed citations

Partan, Sarah & Peter Marler. (2005). Issues in the Classification of Multimodal Communication Signals. The American Naturalist. 166(2). 231–245. 432 indexed citations

Zeigler, H. Philip & Peter Marler. (2004). Behavioral neurobiology of birdsong. New York Academy of Sciences eBooks. 111 indexed citations

Partan, Sarah & Peter Marler. (2002). The Umwelt and its relevance to animal communication: Introduction to special issue.. Journal of comparative psychology. 116(2). 116–119. 24 indexed citations

Soha, Jill A. & Peter Marler. (2001). Vocal syntax development in the white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys).. Journal of comparative psychology. 115(2). 172–180. 44 indexed citations

Nelson, Douglas A., et al.. (1998). Anterior forebrain pathway is needed for stable song expression in adult male white-crowned sparrows (Zonotrichia leucophrys). Behavioural Brain Research. 96(1-2). 135–150. 26 indexed citations

Nelson, Douglas A., et al.. (1995). Testosterone‐induced shortening of the storage phase of song development in birds interferes with vocal learning. Developmental Psychobiology. 28(7). 367–376. 49 indexed citations

Marler, Peter. (1991). Song-learning behavior: The interface with neuroethology. Trends in Neurosciences. 14(5). 199–206. 103 indexed citations

Marler, Peter. (1990). Song learning: the interface between behaviour and neuroethology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 329(1253). 109–114. 71 indexed citations

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Marler, Peter. (1990). Innate learning preferences: Signals for communication. Developmental Psychobiology. 23(7). 557–568. 44 indexed citations

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Böhner, Jörg, Marthaleah Chaiken, Gregory F. Ball, & Peter Marler. (1990). Song acquisition in photosensitive and photorefractory male European starlings. Hormones and Behavior. 24(4). 582–594. 36 indexed citations

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Nordeen, Kathy W., Peter Marler, & Ernest J. Nordeen. (1989). Addition of song‐related neurons in swamp sparrows coincides with memorization, not production, of learned songs. Journal of Neurobiology. 20(7). 651–661. 32 indexed citations

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Marler, Peter, Susan Peters, Gregory F. Ball, Alfred M. Dufty, & John C. Wingfield. (1988). The role of sex steroids in the acquisition and production of birdsong. Nature. 336(6201). 770–772. 187 indexed citations

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Karakashian, Stephen J., Marcel Gyger, & Peter Marler. (1988). Audience effects on alarm calling in chickens (Gallus gallus).. Journal of comparative psychology. 102(2). 129–135. 80 indexed citations

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Rauschecker, Josef P. & Peter Marler. (1987). Imprinting and cortical plasticity : comparative aspects of sensitive periods. 20 indexed citations

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Searcy, William A. & Peter Marler. (1987). Response of sparrows to songs of deaf and isolation‐reared males: Further evidence for innate auditory templates. Developmental Psychobiology. 20(5). 509–519. 39 indexed citations

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Marler, Peter, Susan Peters, & John C. Wingfield. (1987). Correlations between song acquisition, song production, and plasma levels of testosterone and estradiol in sparrows. Journal of Neurobiology. 18(6). 531–548. 81 indexed citations

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Marler, Peter & H. S. Terrace. (1984). The biology of learning : report of the Dahlem Workshop on the Biology of Learning, Berlin 1983, October 23-28. Springer eBooks.

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Searcy, William A., Patrick D. McArthur, Susan Peters, & Peter Marler. (1981). Response of Male Song and Swamp Sparrows To Neighbour, Stranger, and Self Songs. Behaviour. 77(3). 152–163. 76 indexed citations

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Peters, Susan, William A. Searcy, & Peter Marler. (1980). Species song discrimination in choice experiments with territorial male swamp and song sparrows. Animal Behaviour. 28(2). 393–404. 135 indexed citations

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