Research

Cultural Evolution after Environmental Stress

Snyder, K, Sellers, M, and Creanza, N. (2024) Journal of Field Ornithology Cultural shifts after punctuated environmental stress: a study of song distributions in Dark-eyed Junco and Song Sparrow populations
https://github.com/CreanzaLab/SongEvolutionModel

Evolution of Song-Learning Duration / Critical Period

*Robinson, C, *Snyder, K, and Creanza, N. (2019) eLife. Correlated evolution between repertoire size and song plasticity predicts that sexual selection on song promotes open-ended learning
* designates equal contribution
https://github.com/CreanzaLab/SongLearningEvolution

Evolution of Songbird Mating Systems and Songs

I compiled a database of mating system, extra-pair paternity, and song features for several hundred species of songbirds. I performed several analyses to unravel the complex interactions between these factors in songbird evolutionary history.

Snyder, K and Creanza N. (2019) Nature Communications. Polygyny accelerates birdsong evolution and destabilizes extremes in song complexity and performance metrics.

https://github.com/CreanzaLab/MatingBehaviorsAndSongEvolution