Peer reviewed scientific publications
  • Beckers, G.J.L (in press) Bird speech perception and vocal production: a comparison with humans. Human Biology.
  • Ohms, V.R., Snelderwaard, P.C., ten Cate, C., Beckers, G.J.L. (2010) Vocal tract articulation in zebra finches. PLoS ONE, 5(7): e11923 [doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011923].
  • Beckers, G.J.L. and Gahr, M. (2010) Neural processing of short-term recurrence in songbird vocal communication. PLoS ONE, 5(6): e11129 [doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0011129].
  • Beckers, G.J.L. (accepted) Peripheral mechanisms of vocalization in birds: a comparison with human speech. In: Birdsong, Speech and Language. Converging mechanisms, Bolhuis, J.J. and Everaert, M. (eds.). MIT press.
  • Ohms, V.R., Gill, A., Van Heijningen, C.A.A. Beckers, G.J.L. and ten Cate, C. (2009) Zebra finches exhibit speaker-independent phonetic perception of human speech. Proc. R. Soc. B [doi: 10.1098/rspb.2009.1788] See also research highlight in [Nature], and mentioning in news focus in [Science].
  • Beckers, G.J.L. and ten Cate, C. (2006) Nonlinear phenomena and song evolution in Streptopelia doves. Acta Zoologica Sinica, 52: 482-485. [pdf]
  • Beckers, G.J.L. (2006) Vocal production in birds. In The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics., 2nd edition, Brown, K. (Ed.), pp. 454-457, Oxford: Elsevier.
  • Suthers, R.A., Beckers, G.J.L. & Nelson, B.S. (2005) Vocal Mechanisms for Avian Communication. In Behavior and Neurodynamics for Auditory Communication Kanwal, J.S. & Ehret, G. (Eds.) Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  • Nelson, B.S., Beckers, G.J.L. & Suthers, R.A. (2005) Vocal tract filtering and sound radiation in a songbird. Journal of Experimental Biology, 208 (2): 297-308. [pdf]
  • Beckers, G.J.L., Nelson, B.S. & Suthers, R.A. (2004) Vocal tract filtering by lingual articulation in a parrot. Current Biology, 14, 1592-1597. [pdf] See also news articles on [Science], [Nature], and [New Scientist] websites or columns in [New York Times], [Geo] (in German) and [NRC] (in Dutch).
  • Fletcher, N.H., Riede, T., Beckers, G.J.L. & Suthers, R.A. (2004) Vocal tract filtering and dove coos. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 116(6), 3237-3797. [pdf]
  • Riede, T. Beckers, G.J.L., Blevins, W. & Suthers, R.A. (2004) Inflation of the esophagus and vocal tract filtering in ring doves. Journal of Experimental Biology, 207 (23): 4025-4036. [pdf]
  • Beckers, G.J.L., Suthers, R.A. & ten Cate, C. (2003) Pure-tone birdsong by resonance filtering of harmonic overtones. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 100 (12): 7372-7376. [pdf] See also columns in [New York Times] and [NRC] (in Dutch).
  • Beckers, G.J.L., Suthers, R.A. & ten Cate, C. (2003) Mechanisms of frequency and amplitude modulation in ring dove song. Journal of Experimental Biology: 206, 1833-1843. [pdf]
  • Beckers, G.J.L., Goossens, B.M.A., and ten Cate, C. (2003) Perceptual salience of acoustic differences between conspecific and allospecific vocalizations in African collared-doves. Animal Behaviour, 65: 605-614. [pdf]
  • Beckers, G.J.L. & ten Cate, C. (2001). Perceptual relevance of species-specific differences in acoustic signal structure in Streptopelia doves. Animal Behaviour: 62, 511-518. [pdf]
  • Verhoeven, K.J.F. and Beckers, G.J.L. (1999) Canopy farming: an innovative strategy for the sustainable use of rain forests. Selbyana, 20 (1): 191-193.
  • Beckers G.J.L., Leenders T.A.A.M. & Strijbosch H. (1996). Coral snake mimicry: Live snakes not avoided by a mammalian predator. Oecologia, 106 (4): 461-463.
  • Leenders, T.A.A.M., Beckers, G.J.L. & Strijbosch, H. (1996). Micrurus mipartitus (NCN) polymorphism. Herpetological Review 27(1): 25.
Book reviews
  • Beckers, G.J.L. (2009) Neuroscience of Birdsong. Edited by H. Philip Zeigler & Peter Marler. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Animal Behaviour [doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.03.009].
  • Beckers, G.J.L. (2009) Birdsong: Chapter and Second Verse. Review of: Bird Song: Biological Themes and Variations. Second Edition. C.K. Catchpole & P.J.B. Slater Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Ethology, 115: 511-512.
  • Beckers, G.J.L. (2006) Review of: The Physics of Birdsong. G.B. Mindlin & R. Laje. Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 2005. Animal Behaviour, 71: 995-996. [pdf]
  • Beckers, G.J.L. & Bolhuis, J.J. (2000) Review of: The Design of Animal Communication. M.D. Hauser & M. Konishi (eds.). Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999. Animal Behaviour, 60: 703-704. [pdf]
Thesis
  • Beckers, G.J.L. (2003) Vocal production and perception in Streptopelia doves. PhD thesis Leiden University, isbn 90-6734-036-7. [pdf]
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