Publications
(* Denotes undergraduate co-author)
2017
Vélez A, Kohashi T, *Lu A, & Carlson BA. 2017. The cellular and circuit basis for evolutionary change in sensory perception in mormyrid fishes. Scientific Reports, 7: 3783. [Open Access]
Vélez A, Gordon N, & Bee MA. 2017. The signal in noise: acoustic information for soundscape orientation in two North American treefrogs. Behavioral Ecology, 28: 844-853. [Link]
Lee N, Ward JL, Vélez A, Micheyl C, Bee MA. 2017. Frogs exploit statistical regularities in noisy acoustic scenes to solve cocktail-party-like problems. Current Biology, 27: 743-750. [PDF]
Henry KS, Gall MD, Vélez A, & Lucas JF. 2017. Avian auditory processing at four different scales: Variation among species, seasons, sexes, and individuals. In: Perception and Cognition in Animal Communication (Eds. Miller C & Bee MA). Springer Handbook of Animal Signals and Communication. pp. 17-55. Springer. New York. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-48690-1_2.
2016
Vélez A, & Carlson BA. 2016. Detection of transient synchrony across oscillating receptors by the central electrosensory system of mormyrid fish. eLife, 5: e16851. [Open Access]
2015
Vélez A, Gall MD, & Lucas JF. 2015. Seasonal plasticity in auditory processing of the amplitude envelope and temporal fine structure of sounds in three songbirds. Animal Behaviour, 103: 53-63. [PDF]
Lucas JF, Vélez A, & Henry, KS. 2015. Habitat-related differences in auditory processing of complex tones and vocal signal properties in four songbirds. Journal of Comparative Physiology, A, 201: 395-410 [PDF]
Vélez A, Gall MD, *Fu J, & Lucas JF. 2015. Song structure, not high-frequency song content, determines high-frequency auditory sensitivity in nine species of New World sparrows (Passeriformes: Emberizidae). Functional Ecology, 29: 487-497. [PDF]
2013
Vélez A, *Linehan-Skillings BJ, Gu Y, Sun Y, & Bee MA. 2013. Pulse-number discrimination by females of Cope’s gray treefrogs (Hyla chrysoscelis) in modulated and unmodulated noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134: 3079-3089. [PDF]
Ward JL, Love EK, O’Bryan LR, Vélez A, & Bee MA. 2013. Multitasking males and multiplicative females: dynamic signalling in grey treefrogs. Animal Behaviour, 86: 231-243. [PDF]
Vélez A, & Bee MA. 2013. Signal recognition by green treefrogs (Hyla cinerea) and Cope’s gray treefrogs (Hyla chrysoscelis) in naturally fluctuating noise. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 127: 166-178. [PDF]
Vélez A, Schwartz JJ, & Bee MA. 2013. Anuran signal perception in noisy environments. In: Acoustic Communication in Noise (Ed. Brumm H.) Springer Handbook of Animal Signals and Communication. pp. 133-185. Springer. New York.
2012
Vélez A, Höbel G, Gordon N, & Bee MA. 2012. Dip listening or modulation masking? Signal recognition in the presence of fluctuating background noise in green treefrogs. Journal of Comparative Physiology, A, 198: 891-904. [PDF]
Schrode KM, Ward JL, Vélez A, & Bee, MA. 2012. Female preferences for call properties in the western genetic lineage of Cope’s gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 66: 1595-1606. [PDF]
Bee MA, Vélez A, & Forester JD. 2012. Sound level discrimination by gray treefrogs in the presence and absence of chorus-shaped noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 131: 4188-4195. [PDF]
Vélez A, Hödl W, & Amézquita A. 2012. Sound or silence: Call recognition in the temporal domain by the frog Allobates femoralis. Ethology, 118, 377-386. [PDF]
2011
Vélez A & Bee MA. 2011. Dip listening and the cocktail party problem in grey treefrogs: Signal recognition in temporally fluctuating noise. Animal Behaviour, 82, 1319-1327. [PDF]
2010
Vélez A & Bee MA. 2010. Signal recognition by frogs in the presence of temporally fluctuating chorus-shaped noise. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 64, 1695-1709. [PDF]
Bee MA, *Cook JM, Love EK, O'Bryan LR, Pettitt BA, Schrode K, & Vélez A. 2010. Assessing acoustic signal variability and the potential for sexual selection and social recognition in Boreal chorus frogs (Pseudacris maculata). Ethology, 116, 564-576. [PDF]
*Kuczynski MC, Vélez A, Schwartz JJ, & Bee MA. 2010. Sound transmission and the recognition of temporally degraded sexual advertisement signals in Cope's gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis). The Journal of Experimental Biology, 213, 2840-2850. [PDF]
(* Denotes undergraduate co-author)
2017
Vélez A, Kohashi T, *Lu A, & Carlson BA. 2017. The cellular and circuit basis for evolutionary change in sensory perception in mormyrid fishes. Scientific Reports, 7: 3783. [Open Access]
Vélez A, Gordon N, & Bee MA. 2017. The signal in noise: acoustic information for soundscape orientation in two North American treefrogs. Behavioral Ecology, 28: 844-853. [Link]
Lee N, Ward JL, Vélez A, Micheyl C, Bee MA. 2017. Frogs exploit statistical regularities in noisy acoustic scenes to solve cocktail-party-like problems. Current Biology, 27: 743-750. [PDF]
Henry KS, Gall MD, Vélez A, & Lucas JF. 2017. Avian auditory processing at four different scales: Variation among species, seasons, sexes, and individuals. In: Perception and Cognition in Animal Communication (Eds. Miller C & Bee MA). Springer Handbook of Animal Signals and Communication. pp. 17-55. Springer. New York. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-48690-1_2.
2016
Vélez A, & Carlson BA. 2016. Detection of transient synchrony across oscillating receptors by the central electrosensory system of mormyrid fish. eLife, 5: e16851. [Open Access]
2015
Vélez A, Gall MD, & Lucas JF. 2015. Seasonal plasticity in auditory processing of the amplitude envelope and temporal fine structure of sounds in three songbirds. Animal Behaviour, 103: 53-63. [PDF]
Lucas JF, Vélez A, & Henry, KS. 2015. Habitat-related differences in auditory processing of complex tones and vocal signal properties in four songbirds. Journal of Comparative Physiology, A, 201: 395-410 [PDF]
Vélez A, Gall MD, *Fu J, & Lucas JF. 2015. Song structure, not high-frequency song content, determines high-frequency auditory sensitivity in nine species of New World sparrows (Passeriformes: Emberizidae). Functional Ecology, 29: 487-497. [PDF]
2013
Vélez A, *Linehan-Skillings BJ, Gu Y, Sun Y, & Bee MA. 2013. Pulse-number discrimination by females of Cope’s gray treefrogs (Hyla chrysoscelis) in modulated and unmodulated noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 134: 3079-3089. [PDF]
Ward JL, Love EK, O’Bryan LR, Vélez A, & Bee MA. 2013. Multitasking males and multiplicative females: dynamic signalling in grey treefrogs. Animal Behaviour, 86: 231-243. [PDF]
Vélez A, & Bee MA. 2013. Signal recognition by green treefrogs (Hyla cinerea) and Cope’s gray treefrogs (Hyla chrysoscelis) in naturally fluctuating noise. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 127: 166-178. [PDF]
Vélez A, Schwartz JJ, & Bee MA. 2013. Anuran signal perception in noisy environments. In: Acoustic Communication in Noise (Ed. Brumm H.) Springer Handbook of Animal Signals and Communication. pp. 133-185. Springer. New York.
2012
Vélez A, Höbel G, Gordon N, & Bee MA. 2012. Dip listening or modulation masking? Signal recognition in the presence of fluctuating background noise in green treefrogs. Journal of Comparative Physiology, A, 198: 891-904. [PDF]
Schrode KM, Ward JL, Vélez A, & Bee, MA. 2012. Female preferences for call properties in the western genetic lineage of Cope’s gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis). Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 66: 1595-1606. [PDF]
Bee MA, Vélez A, & Forester JD. 2012. Sound level discrimination by gray treefrogs in the presence and absence of chorus-shaped noise. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 131: 4188-4195. [PDF]
Vélez A, Hödl W, & Amézquita A. 2012. Sound or silence: Call recognition in the temporal domain by the frog Allobates femoralis. Ethology, 118, 377-386. [PDF]
2011
Vélez A & Bee MA. 2011. Dip listening and the cocktail party problem in grey treefrogs: Signal recognition in temporally fluctuating noise. Animal Behaviour, 82, 1319-1327. [PDF]
2010
Vélez A & Bee MA. 2010. Signal recognition by frogs in the presence of temporally fluctuating chorus-shaped noise. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 64, 1695-1709. [PDF]
Bee MA, *Cook JM, Love EK, O'Bryan LR, Pettitt BA, Schrode K, & Vélez A. 2010. Assessing acoustic signal variability and the potential for sexual selection and social recognition in Boreal chorus frogs (Pseudacris maculata). Ethology, 116, 564-576. [PDF]
*Kuczynski MC, Vélez A, Schwartz JJ, & Bee MA. 2010. Sound transmission and the recognition of temporally degraded sexual advertisement signals in Cope's gray treefrog (Hyla chrysoscelis). The Journal of Experimental Biology, 213, 2840-2850. [PDF]
