THE RONALD LAB
Papers In Prep
* Indicates undergraduate coauthors
NANOPARTICLE MATTER IN AIR POLLUTION ALTERS THE AUDITORY PHYSIOLOGY OF A SENTINNEL SPECIES: HOUSE SPARROWS AS THE NEW CANARY IN THE COALMINE
In prep, 2025
Kelly L. Ronald, Molly McLinden*, Lindsay Jankowski*, Andrew Reiffer*, Olivia Sprys-Tellner*, Peyton Hallemann*, Shae Johnston*, Chisom Okogbue*, Jacob Bergstrom*, John Wenderski*, Liam Hanlon*, Linda A. Nduwimana*, Sarah E. Grimes*, Natalia I. Gonzalez-Pech
THE SCENT OF A FEMALE: OLFACTORY CUES MODULATE AUDITORY BRAINSTEM RESPONSE AMPLITUDES IN MALE MICE
In prep, 2025
Dzaringa, B.*, Barksdale O.*, Mills, M., Hurley, L.M., Ronald, K.L.
PAPERS IN PREP
PUBLISHED WORK
Peer-Reviewed Journals
* Indicates undergraduate coauthors
CAN YOU HEAR ME? HOUSE SPARROW AUDITORY PROCESSING DIFFERS ACROSS AN URBANIZATION GRADIENT
In review, 2025
Nduwimana, L. A*., Grimes, S. E.* Yurk, B., Ronald, K.L
URBANIZATION ALTERS THE SONG PROPAGATION OF TWO HUMAN-COMMENSAL
SONGBIRD SPECIES.
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2024
Grimes, S. E.*, Lewis, E.*, Nduwimana, L. A.*, Yurk, B., Ronald, K.L.
DEER BROWSING PRESSURE INFLUENCES PERCEPTION OF AVIAN PLUMAGE
IN TEMPERATE DECIDUOUS FORESTS
Vision Research, 2023
Boycott, T. J., Sherrard, M.G.*, Gall, M. D., Ronald, K.L.
AVIAN COLOR EXPRESSION AND PERCEPTION: IS THERE A CAROTENOID LINK?
Journal of Experimental Biology, 2021
Toomey, M. B. and Ronald, K.L.
MALE MICE ADJUST COURTSHIP BEHAVIOR IN RESPONSE TO FEMALE MULTIMODAL SIGNALS
PLoS ONE, 2020
Ronald, K.L., Zhang, X*., Morrison, M. V*., Miller, R.*, Hurley, L. M.
IS MATE CHOICE IN THE EYE AND EAR OF THE BEHOLDER? FEMALE MULTIMODAL SENSORY CONFIGURATION INFLUENCES MATING PREFERENCES
Proceedings of the Royal Society, B 2018
Ronald, K.L, Fernandez-Juricic, E., Lucas, J.R.
TESTING A KEY ASSUMPTION IN ANIMAL COMMUNICATION: BETWEEN-INDIVIDUAL VARIATION IN FEMALE VISUAL SYSTEMS ALTERS PERCEPTION OF MALE SIGNALS
Biology Open 2017
Ronald, K.L., Ensminger, A.L., Shawkey, M.S., Lucas, J.R., Fernandez-Juricic, E.
THE SENSORY SUBSTRATE OF MULTIMODAL COMMUNICATION IN BROWN HEADED COWBIRDS: ARE FEMALES SENSORY 'SPECIALISTS' OR 'GENERALISTS'?
July 2017; Journal of Comparative Physiology A
Ronald, K.L., Sesterhenn, T., Fernandez-Juricic, E. Lucas, J.R.
WHAT MAKES A MULTIMODAL SIGNAL ATTRACTIVE? A PREFERENCE FUNCTION APPROACH
2017 Behavioral Ecology
Ronald, K.L., Zeng, R.*, White, D., Fernandez-Juricic, E., Lucas, J.R.
WATCH YOUR TONE: SOCIAL CONDITIONS MODULATE SINGING STRATEGIES
Ethology 2015
Ronald, K.L., Skillman, T.*, Lin, A.*, Li, Q.*, Fernandez-Juricic, E., Lucas, J.R.
EFFECTS OF HABITAT AND URBANIZATION ON THE ACTIVE SPACE OF
BROWN-HEADED COWBIRD SONG
Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 2012
Gall, M., Ronald, K. L., Bestrom, E*., Lucas, J.R.
TAKING THE SENSORY APPROACH:
INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN AUDITORY AND VISUAL PERCEPTION CAN INFLUENCE MATE CHOICE
Animal Behaviour 2012
Ronald, K.L., Fernandez-Juricic, E., Lucas, J.R.