Roberta L. Pickert,
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B.S. Zoology/Botany, SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, 1973

A.S. Biological Sciences, Dutchess Community College, 1971.

Skills.

ARC/INFO pc, ARC/INFO, ARCVIEW, Word Perfect, UNIX, Microsoft Office Professional, Trimble GPS Technology, dBase

Research Interests

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Publications

1980. Kroodsma,D.E. & R. Pickert. Environmentally dependent sensitive periods for avian vocal learning. Nature 288:477-499.

1984a. Kroodsma, D.E. & R. Pickert. Repertoire size, auditory templates, and selective vocal learning in songbirds. Animal Behavior. 32:395-399.

1984b. Kroodsma, D.E. & R. Pickert. Sensitive phases for song learning: effects of social interaction and individual variation. Animal Behavior. 32:389-394.

1984. Marler, P. & R. Pickert. Species - Universal microstructure in the learned song of the swamp sparrow (Melospiza georgiana). Animal Behavior. 32:673-689.

1986. Marler, P., A. Dufty & R. Pickert. Vocal communication in the domestic chicken. I. Does a sender communicate information about the quality of a food referent to a receiver. Animal Behavior. 34:188-193.

1986. Marler, P., A. Dufty, & R. Pickert. Vocal communication in the domestic chicken. II. Is a sender sensitive to the presence and nature of a receiver? Animal Behavior. 34:194-198.

1987. Gyger, M., P. Marler & R. Pickert. Semantics of an avian alarm call system: The male domestic fowl; Gallus domesticus. Behavior. 102:15-40.

1991. Gersh, Jeff & Roberta Pickert. Land-use Modeling: Accommodating Growth While Conserving Biological Resources in Dutchess County, New York, in D.J. Decker [et al.], ed., Challenges in the Conservation of Biological Resources: A Practitioner's Guide. Pp.233-242. Boulder, Co: Westview Press.

1998. Chapter 10 in Menges, E. S., R. W. Dolan, D. R. Gordon, M. E. K. Evans, and R. Yahr. Demography, ecology, and preserve design for endemic plants of the Lake Wales Ridge, Florida. Final report to The Nature Conservancy's Ecosystem Research Program.

1998. Maps throughout in the Florida?s Ancient Islands, the Lake Wales Ridge. The Lake Wales Ridge Ecosystem Working Group and The Nature Conservancy.

1999. Swain, H.M., Pickert, R.L., and M. Stromberg. (accepted with revisions pending) The Organization of Biological Field Stations: an established network of field sites for detecting long-term ecological change. Bioscience.

1999. Menges, E. S., R. W. Dolan, R. Yahr, D. R. Gordon, R. Pickert, and C. Weekley. Geographic correlates of isozyme variation in Nolina brittoniana. Report to the Florida Division of Forestry.