Publications of Vlad Demartsev

Minasandra, P.; Grout, E. M.; Brock, K.; Crofoot, M. C.; Demartsev, V.; Gersick, A. S.; Hirsch, B.; Holekamp, K. E.; Johnson-Ulrich, L.; Nayak, A. et al.; Ortega, J.; Roch, M. A.; Strauss, E. D.; Strandburg-Peshkin, A.: Behavioral sequences across multiple animal species in the wild share common structural features. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122 (20), e2503962122 (2025)

Demartsev, V.; Averly, B.; Johnson-Ulrich, L.; Sridhar, V. H.; Leonardos, L.; Vining, A.; Thomas, M.; Manser, M. B.; Strandburg-Peshkin, A.: Mapping vocal interactions in space and time differentiates signal broadcast versus signal exchange in meerkat groups. Philosophical Transactions B 379 (1905), 20230188 (2024)

Demartsev, V.; Gersick, A. S.; Jensen, F. H.; Thomas, M.; Roch, M. A.; Manser, M. B.; Strandburg-Peshkin, A.: Signalling in groups: New tools for the integration of animal communication and collective movement. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 14 (8), pp. 1852 - 1863 (2023)

Demartsev, V.; Haddas-Sasson, M.; Ilany, A.; Koren, L.; Geffen, E.: Male rock hyraxes that maintain an isochronous song rhythm achieve higher reproductive success. Journal of Animal Ecology 92, pp. 1520 - 1531 (2023)

Johnson-Ulrich, L.; Demartsev, V.; Johnson, L.; Brown, E.; Strandburg-Peshkin, A.; Manser, M. B.: Directional speakers as a tool for animal vocal communication studies. Royal Society Open Science 10 (5), 230489 (2023)

Averly, B.; Sridhar, V. H.; Demartsev, V.; Gall, G. E. C.; Manser, M.; Strandburg-Peshkin, A.: Disentangling influence over group speed and direction reveals multiple patterns of influence in moving meerkat groups. Scientific Reports 12 (1), 13844 (2022)

Demartsev, V.; Manser, M. B.; Tattersall, G. J.: Vocalization-associated respiration patterns: thermography-based monitoring and detection of preparation for calling. The Journal of Experimental Biology 225 (5), jeb243474 (2022)

Thomas, M.; Jensen, F. H.; Averly, B.; Demartsev, V.; Manser, M. B.; Sainburg, T.; Roch, M. A.; Strandburg-Peshkin, A.: A practical guide for generating unsupervised, spectrogram-based latent space representations of animal vocalizations. Journal of Animal Ecology 91 (8), pp. 1567 - 1581 (2022)

Kershenbaum, A.; Demartsev, V.; Gammon, D. E.; Geffen, E.; Gustison, M. L.; Ilany, A.; Lameira, A. R.: Shannon entropy as a robust estimator of Zipf's Law in animal vocal communication repertoires. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 12 (3), pp. 553 - 564 (2020)

Demartsev, V.; Gordon, N.; Barocas, A.; Bar-Ziv, E.; Ilany, T.; Goll, Y.; Ilany, A.; Geffen, E.: The “Law of Brevity” in animal communication: Sex-specific signaling optimization is determined by call amplitude rather than duration. Evolution Letters 3 (6), pp. 623 - 634 (2019)

Demartsev, V.; Kershenbaum, A.; Ilany, A.; Barocas, A.; Weissman, Y.; Koren, L.; Geffen, E.: Lifetime changes in vocal syntactic complexity of rock hyrax males are determined by social class. Animal Behaviour 153, pp. 151 - 158 (2019)

Koren, L.; Weissman, Y.; Schnitzer, I.; Beukeboom, R.; Bar Ziv, E.; Demartsev, V.; Barocas, A.; Ilany, A.; Geffen, E.: Sexually opposite effects of testosterone on mating success in wild rock hyrax. Behavioral Ecology 30 (6), pp. 1611 - 1617 (2019)

Weissman, Y. A.; Demartsev, V.; Ilany, A.; Barocas, A.; Bar-Ziv, E.; Geffen, E.; Koren, L.: Social context mediates testosterone's effect on snort acoustics in male hyrax songs. Hormones and Behavior 114, 104535 (2019)

Weissman, Y. A.; Demartsev, V.; Ilany, A.; Barocas, A.; Bar-Ziv, E.; Shnitzer, I.; Geffen, E.; Koren, L.: Acoustic stability in hyrax snorts: vocal tightrope-walkers or wrathful verbal assailants? Behavioral Ecology 30 (1), pp. 223 - 230 (2019)

Demartsev, V.; Strandburg-Peshkin, A.; Ruffner, M.; Manser, M.: Vocal turn-taking in meerkat group calling sessions. Current Biology 28 (22), pp. 3661 - 3666.e3 (2018)

Demartsev, V.; Ilany, A.; Kershenbaum, A.; Geva, Y.; Margalit, O.; Schnitzer, I.; Barocas, A.; Bar-Ziv, E.; Koren, L.; Geffen, E.: The progression pattern of male hyrax songs and the role of climactic ending. Scientific Reports 7, 2794 (2017)

Goll, Y.; Demartsev, V.; Koren, L.; Geffen, E.: Male hyraxes increase countersinging as strangers become 'nasty neighbours'. Animal Behaviour 134, pp. 9 - 14 (2017)

Bar Ziv, E.; Ilany, A.; Demartsev, V.; Barocas, A.; Geffen, E.; Koren, L.: Individual, social, and sexual niche traits affect copulation success in a polygynandrous mating system. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 70 (6), pp. 901 - 912 (2016)

Demartsev, V.; Bar Ziv, E.; Shani, U.; Goll, Y.; Koren, L.; Geffen, E.: Harsh vocal elements affect counter-singing dynamics in male rock hyrax. Behavioral Ecology 27 (5), pp. 1397 - 1404 (2016)

Demartsev, V.; Ilany, A.; Barocas, A.; Bar Ziv, E.; Schnitzer, I.; Koren, L.; Geffen, E.: A mixed strategy of counter-singing behavior in male rock hyrax vocal competitions. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 70 (12), pp. 2185 - 2193 (2016)

Demartsev, V.; Kershenbaum, A.; Ilany, A.; Barocas, A.; Bar Ziv, E.; Koren, L.; Geffen, E.: Male hyraxes increase song complexity and duration in the presence of alert individuals. Behavioral Ecology 25 (6), pp. 1451 - 1458 (2014)