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Heather Williams (biologist)

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Heather Williams
Born1955 (age 68–69)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materBowdoin College
Rockefeller University
Scientific career
FieldsOrnithology
InstitutionsWilliams College

Heather Williams (born 1955 in Spokane, Washington) is an American ornithologist, and professor at Williams College since 1988.[1][2] She graduated from Bowdoin College with an A.B. in biology in 1977, from Rockefeller University with a Ph.D. in neuroscience in 1985, and was postdoctoral fellow, Field Research Center. She was a 1993 MacArthur Fellow. Williams' most notable work highlights bird song data[3] gathered on Kent Island, also known as the "Bowdoin Science Station".

Works

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  • Zeigler, Harris Philip; Marler, Peter (2004). Behavioral Neurobiology of Birdsong. New York Academy of Sciences. ISBN 978-1-57331-472-5. OCLC 55078517.
  • Williams, Heather; Scharf, Andrew; Ryba, Anna R.; Ryan Norris, D.; Mennill, Daniel J.; Newman, Amy E. M.; Doucet, Stéphanie M.; Blackwood, Julie C. (11 July 2022). "Cumulative cultural evolution and mechanisms for cultural selection in wild bird songs". Nature Communications. 13 (1): 4001. Bibcode:2022NatCo..13.4001W. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-31621-9. PMC 9276793. PMID 35821243.

References

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  1. ^ "Williams Biology Faculty and Staff Williams". Archived from the original on 2010-12-30. Retrieved 2010-04-30.
  2. ^ "She knows why the caged bird sings Heather Williams studies the secrets of bird song", The Boston Globe, M. R. Montgomery, August 26, 1993
  3. ^ "The (Bird) Song Does Not Remain the Same". Kent Island. Retrieved 2022-09-28.
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