Dr. Carlos Rodriguez
Assistant Professor of Evolutionary Neurobiology
Office
JH Julian Hall 210
- About
- Selected Research
Current Courses
BSC 286.001 Animal Behavior
BSC 499.018 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis
BSC 499.116 Independent Research For The Master's Thesis Last Term
BSC 290.023 Research In Biological Sciences
BSC 599.018 Research 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.
Grants and Contracts
Singing on the beat in the wild: Precision of interval timing in birdsong
Carlos Rodriguez Saltos.
ISU- College of Arts and Sciences. July 1 2024 - June 30 2025
Journal Article
Interval Timing in Animal Communication
Carlos Rodriguez Saltos, Jadyn E Scott.
Journal of Experimental Biology, 229 (15), jeb251731, (2026)
Ostrich (<i>Struthio camelus</i>) syrinx morphology and vocal repertoire across postnatal ontogeny and sex: Implications for understanding vocal evolution in birds
Michael Chiappone, Carlos Rodriguez Saltos, Lucas J. Legendre, Zhiheng Li, Julia Clarke.
Journal of Anatomy, 244 (4), 541-556, (2024), 10.1111/joa.13992
Precise and nonscalar timing of intervals in a bird vocalization
Carlos A Rodriguez Saltos, Fernanda G Duque, Julia Clarke.
Animal Behaviour, 191, 165-177, (2022), 10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.06.004.
Transmission of high-frequency vocalizations from hummingbirds living in diverse habitats
Fernanda G Duque, Carlos A Rodriguez Saltos, Marco F Monteros, Walter Wilczynski.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 132 (1), 148-160, (2021), 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa180
High-frequency hearing in a hummingbird
Fernanda G Duque, Carlos A Rodriguez Saltos, Shivaanii Uma, Isbah Nasir, Marco F Monteros, Walter Wilczynski, Laura L Carruth.
Science Advances, 6 (29), (2020), 10.1126/sciadv.abb9393
Population genetics of the Plumbeous Sierra-finch (Geospizopsis unicolor) across the Ecuadorian paramos: uncovering the footprints of the last ice age
Elisa Bonaccorso, Carlos Rodriguez Saltos, Almudena Vélez-Márquez, Jesús Muñoz.
Journal of Ornithology, 161 (1), 115-123, (2020), 10.1007/s10336-019-01700-8
High-frequency vocalizations in Andean hummingbirds
Fernanda Duque, Carlos A Rodriguez Saltos, Walter Wilczynski.
Current Biology, 28 (17), PR927-R928, (2018), 10.1016/j.cub.2018.07.058
Presentations
Using computer vision to explore the link between beak movements and birdsong in the wild
Jadyn Scott, Carlos Rodriguez Saltos.
2025 AOS Conference, St. Louis, Missouri, August, 2025
Using computer vision to explore the link between beak movements and birdsong in the wild
Jadyn Scott, Carlos Rodriguez Saltos.
32nd Annual Animal Behavior Conference, Bloomington, Indiana, March, 2025
Cooperation among antiphonal-duetting partners
Rachel Schinzler, Carlos Rodriguez Saltos.
University Research Symposium, Normal, Illinois, April 12, 2024
Song Dialects in a Bird with Highly Precise Timing of Notes (Microcerculus marginatus)
Tara Geyer, Fernanda Duque, Carlos Rodriguez Saltos.
University Research Symposium, Normal, Illinois, April 12, 2024
Song Dialects in a Bird with Highly Precise Timing of Notes (Microcerculus marginatus)
Tara Geyer, Fernanda Duque, Carlos Rodriguez Saltos.
Phi Sigma Annual Research Symposium, Normal, Illinois, April 5, 2024
Cooperation among antiphonal-duetting partners
Rachel Schinzler, Carlos Rodriguez Saltos.
Phi Sigma Annual Symposium, Normal, Illinois, April 5, 2024