Selected Publications
Botero CA, FJ Weissing, J Wright, and DR Rubenstein. 2015. Evolutionary tipping points in the capacity to adapt to environmental change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 112(1): 184-189. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1408589111. PDF
Botero CA, Gardner B, Kirby KR, Bulbulia J, Gavin MC and R Gray. 2014. The ecology of religious beliefs. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 111(47) 16784-16789. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1408701111. PDF
Botero CA, R Dor, C McCain, and RJ Safran. 2014. Environmental harshness is positively correlated with intraspecific divergence in mammals and birds. Molecular Ecology 23: 259-268. PDF
Gavin MC, CA Botero, C Bowern, RK Colwell, M Dunn, RR Dunn, RD Gray, KR Kirby, J McCarter, A Powell, T Rangel, J Stepp, M Trautwein, JL Verdolin, and G Yanega. 2013. Towards a mechanistic understanding of linguistic diversity. Bioscience 63(7):524-535. PDF
Seddon, N*, CA Botero*, JA Tobias, PO Dunn, HEA MacGregor, DR Rubenstein, JAC Uy, JT Weir, LA Whittingham, and RJ Safran. 2013. Sexual selection accelerates signal evolution during speciation in birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 280(1766): 20131085. doi:10.1098/rspb.2013.1065 [* Joint first authors / equal contribution] PDF
Botero, CA & de Kort, SR. 2013. Learned signals and consistency of delivery: a case against receiver manipulation in animal communication. In: Stegmann, U. (ed) Animal Communication Theory: Information and Influence. Cambridge University Press. p. 281-296. PDF
Botero, CA & Rubenstein DR. 2012. Fluctuating environments, sexual selection and the evolution of flexible mate choice in birds. PLoS ONE. 7(2): e32311. PDF
Lovette, IJ, BS Arbogast, RL Curry, RM Zink, CA Botero, JP Sullivan, AL Talaba, RB Harris, D. R. Rubenstein, R. E. Ricklefs, and E. Bermingham. 2011. Phylogenetic Relationships of the Mockingbirds and Thrashers (Aves: Mimidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2011.07.009. PDF
Botero, CA, I. Pen, J. Komdeur, and F.J. Weissing. 2010. The evolution of individual variation in communication strategies. Evolution. 64: 3123-3133. PDF
Elias, DO, Botero, CA, Andrade MCB, Mason AC and MM Kasumovic. 2010. High resource valuation fuels “desperado” fighting tactics in female jumping spiders. Behavioral Ecology 21(4): 868-875. PDF
Botero, CA, Boogert, N, Lovette, IJ, and Vehrencamp, SL. 2009. Climatic patterns predict the elaboration of song displays in mockingbirds. Current Biology. 19:1-5. PDF
Botero, CA, Rossman, RJ, Caro, LM, Stenzler, LM, Lovette, IJ, de Kort, SR, and Vehrencamp, SL. 2009. Syllable type consistency is related to age, social status and reproductive success in the tropical mockingbird. Animal Behaviour. 77(3):
701-706. PDF
De Kort, SR, Eldermire, ERB, Valderrama, S, Botero, CA, and Vehrencamp SL. 2009. Trill consistency is an age-related assessment signal in banded wrens. Proc. R. Soc. B. 276: 2315-2321. PDF
Botero, CA, Mudge, AE, Koltz, AM, Hochachka, WM, and Vehrencamp SL. 2008. How Reliable are the Methods for Estimating Repertoire Size? Ethology. 114(12): 1227-1238. PDF
Amat, E, Olano, J, Forero, F, and Botero, CA. 2007. Notes on Philornis vulgaris (Couri, 1984) (Diptera: Muscidae) in a nest of tropical mockingbird Mimus gilvus (Viellot, 1808) in the Colombian Andes. Acta Zoologica Mexicana. 23(2): 205-207. PDF
Botero, CA, Riveros, JM and Vehrencamp, SL. 2007. Relative threat and recognition ability in the responses of tropical mockingbirds to song playback. Animal Behaviour. 73: 661-669. PDF
Botero, CA and Vehrencamp, SL. 2007. Responses of tropical mockingbirds to variation in within-song and between-song versatility. The Auk. 124(1): 185-196. PDF
Botero, CA. 2002. Is the White-Flanked Antwren (Formicariidae: Myrmotherula axillaris) A Nuclear Species In Mixed-Species Flocks? A Field Experiment. The Journal of Field Ornithology.73(1): 74-81. PDF
Botero, CA. 2001. First specimen of the Ecuadorian Cacique (Icterinae: Cacicus sclateri) from Colombia with notes on its nesting behavior. The Wilson Bulletin. 113(3): 327-328. PDF
Cadena, CD, M Alvarez, JL Parra, I Jimenez, CA Mejia, M Santamaria, AM Franco, CA Botero, GD Mejia, AM Umana, A Calixto, J Aldana and GA Londoño. 2000. The birds of CIEM, Tinigua National Park, Colombia: an overview of 13 years of ornithological research. Cotinga 13: 46-54.