Dr. Carlos Rodriguez
Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Neurobiology
School of Biological Sciences
Office
JH Julian Hall 210
- About
- Research
Current Courses
499.018Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
305.001Biological Evolution
204.003Biological Investigations
499.018Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
290.023Research In Biological Sciences
599.018Research In The Biological Sciences
Teaching Interests & Areas
Evolution, Animal behavior, Biostatistics, Animal physiology, Zoology, Neuroscience
Research Interests & Areas
I study the evolution of animal communication. My research focuses on bird vocalizations. General topics of interest include animal behavior, neuroscience, evolution, vocal communication, bioacoustics, tropical biology, ornithology, and computational ethology. My students and I work in the laboratory and the field, including expeditions to the Tropics.
Journal Article
Chiappone, M., Rodriguez-Saltos, C., Legendre, L. J., Li, Z., & Clarke, J. (2024). Ostrich (Struthio camelus) syrinx morphology and vocal repertoire across postnatal ontogeny and sex: Implications for understanding vocal evolution in birds. Journal of Anatomy, 244(4), 541–556. https://doi.org/10.1111/joa.13992
Rodriguez-Saltos, C.A., Duque, F.G., and J.A. Clarke (2022). Precise and non-scalar timing of intervals in a bird vocalization. Animal behaviour. 191:165-177.
Duque, F.G., Rodriguez-Saltos, C.A., Monteros, M.F., and W. Wilczynski (2021). Transmission of high-frequency vocalizations from hummingbirds living in diverse habitats. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 132(1):148-160.
Duque, F.G., Rodriguez-Saltos, C.A., Uma, S.a*, Nasir, I.a*, Monteros, M.F., Wilczynski, W., and L.L. Carruth (2020). High-frequency hearing in a hummingbird. Science Advances. 6(29): eabb9393.
Duque, F. G., Rodriguez-Saltos, C.A., and W. Wilczynski (2018). High-frequency vocalizations in Andean hummingbirds. Current Biology 281(7): R927-R928.
Presentations
Cooperation among antiphonal-duetting partners. University Research Symposium. Illinois State University. (2024)
Cooperation among antiphonal-duetting partners. Phi Sigma Annual Symposium. Illinois State University. (2024)
Song Dialects in a Bird with Highly Precise Timing of Notes (Microcerculus marginatus). University Research Symposium. Illinois State University. (2024)
Song Dialects in a Bird with Highly Precise Timing of Notes (Microcerculus marginatus). Phi Sigma Annual Research Symposium. Illinois State University. (2024)
Grants & Contracts
Singing on the beat in the wild: Precision of interval timing in birdsong. ISU- College of Arts and Sciences. Illinois State University. (2024)