Publications
* Denotes undergraduate student under my supervision.
° Denotes graduate student under my supervision.
ᴴᵁ Indicates SFSU student from Historically Underrepresented (HU) groups
In preparation
Messersmith JF °, Batarse EC *, Vredenburg V, and Vélez A. In prep. Call variation in Pacific chorus frog males infected by the amphibian chytrid fungus and its implications for female choice. Target Journal: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Vélez A, and Moreno-Sandoval S *ᴴᵁ. In prep. Among-individual variation in auditory sensitivity and its implications for sexual selection in Pacific chorus frogs (Hyliola regilla). Target Journal: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
In review
Lee N, Vélez A, & Bee MA. In review. Behind the mask(ing): How frogs cope with noise. Journal of Comparative Physiology A.
2020
Vélez A, and Guajardo AS *ᴴᵁ. 2020. Individual variation in two types of advertisement calls of Pacific tree frogs, Hyliola (=Pseudacris) regilla, and the implications for sexual selection and species recognition. Bioacoustics, DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2020.1803133.
2019
Vélez A, Ryoo D* and Carlson BA. 2019. Sensory specializations of mormyrid fishes are associated with species differences in electric signal localization behavior. Brain Behavior and Evolution, 92: 125-141. DOI: 10.1159/000496493.
2018
Bee MA, Vélez A. 2018. Masking release in temporally fluctuating noise depends on comodulation and overall level in Cope’s gray treefrog. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 144, 2354-2362.
2017
Vélez A, Kohashi T, Lu A*, and 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, and 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, and 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, and 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, and 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, and 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, and 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*, and 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, and 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, and Bee MA. 2013. Multitasking males and multiplicative females: dynamic signalling in grey treefrogs. Animal Behaviour, 86: 231-243. [PDF]
Vélez A, and 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, and 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, and 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, and 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, and 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, and 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 and 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 and 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, and 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, and 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 student under my supervision.
° Denotes graduate student under my supervision.
ᴴᵁ Indicates SFSU student from Historically Underrepresented (HU) groups
In preparation
Messersmith JF °, Batarse EC *, Vredenburg V, and Vélez A. In prep. Call variation in Pacific chorus frog males infected by the amphibian chytrid fungus and its implications for female choice. Target Journal: Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
Vélez A, and Moreno-Sandoval S *ᴴᵁ. In prep. Among-individual variation in auditory sensitivity and its implications for sexual selection in Pacific chorus frogs (Hyliola regilla). Target Journal: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
In review
Lee N, Vélez A, & Bee MA. In review. Behind the mask(ing): How frogs cope with noise. Journal of Comparative Physiology A.
2020
Vélez A, and Guajardo AS *ᴴᵁ. 2020. Individual variation in two types of advertisement calls of Pacific tree frogs, Hyliola (=Pseudacris) regilla, and the implications for sexual selection and species recognition. Bioacoustics, DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2020.1803133.
2019
Vélez A, Ryoo D* and Carlson BA. 2019. Sensory specializations of mormyrid fishes are associated with species differences in electric signal localization behavior. Brain Behavior and Evolution, 92: 125-141. DOI: 10.1159/000496493.
2018
Bee MA, Vélez A. 2018. Masking release in temporally fluctuating noise depends on comodulation and overall level in Cope’s gray treefrog. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 144, 2354-2362.
2017
Vélez A, Kohashi T, Lu A*, and 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, and 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, and 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, and 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, and 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, and 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, and 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*, and 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, and 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, and Bee MA. 2013. Multitasking males and multiplicative females: dynamic signalling in grey treefrogs. Animal Behaviour, 86: 231-243. [PDF]
Vélez A, and 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, and 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, and 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, and 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, and 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, and 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 and 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 and 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, and 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, and 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]
