- Smotherman MS, Croft T and Macias S (2022) Biosonar discrimination of fine surface textures by echolocating free-tailed bats. Front. Ecol. Evol. 10:969350. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2022.969350
- Macias, S. Bakshi, K., Troyer, T. and M. Smotherman (2022) The prefrontal cortex of the Mexican free-tailed bat is more selective to communication calls than primary auditory cortex. J. Neurophysiology 128:634-648.
- Smarsh, G., Long, A.M., and M. Smotherman (2022) Singing strategies are linked to perch use on foraging territories in heart-nosed bats. Ecology and Evolution, 12, e8519
- Macias, S., K. Bakshi and M. Smotherman (2021) Faster repetition rate sharpens the cortical representation of echo streams in echolocating bats. eNeuro 0410-21.2021
- Brokaw, A.F., E. Davis, R. Page and M. Smotherman (2021) Flying bats rely on serial sampling to locate attractive odor sources. Biology Letters 17:20210430.
- Brokaw, A.F. and M. Smotherman (2021) Olfactory tracking strategies in a Neotropical fruit bat. J. Experimental Biology 224:1- 13.
- Macias, S., Bakshi, K., Garcia-Rosales, R., Hechavarria, J.C. and Smotherman, M. (2020) Temporal coding of echo spectral shape in the bat auditory cortex. PLoS Biol 18(11):e3000831.
- Macias, S., Bakshi, K. and Smotherman, M. (2020) Functional organization of the primary auditory cortex of the free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis. Journal of Comparative Physiology [A] 206: 440-449.
- Brokaw, A. and Smotherman, M. (2020) Role of ecology in shaping external nasal morphology in bats and its implications for olfactory tracking. PLoS ONE 15(1):e0226689.
- Macias, S., Bakshi, K., and Smotherman, M. (2019) Laminar organization of the FM direction selectivity in primary auditory cortex of the free-tailed bat. Frontiers in Neural Circuits 13:76.
- Adams, A., Patricio, A., Manojar, R. and Smotherman, M. (2019) Influence of signal direction on sonar interference. Animal Behaviour 155: 249-256 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2019.05.024
- Smotherman, M. and Bakshi, K. (2018) Forward masking enhances the auditory brainstem response in the free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis , during a critical time window for sonar reception. The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 145(1):EL19-EL24 DOI:10.1121/1.5087278
- Smarsh, G.C. & Smotherman, M. (2017) Behavioral responses to conspecific songs on foraging territories of the heart-nosed bat. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 71: 142. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-017-2370-9
- Adams A, Davis K, Smotherman M (2017) Suppression of emission rates improves sonar performance by flying bats. Scientific Reports 7: 41641
- Smotherman M, Knornschild M, Smarsh GC, & Bohn KM (2016) The origins and diversity of bat songs. Journal of Comparative Physiology A 202: 535-554
- Smarsh GC & Smotherman M (2015) Singing away from home: Songs are used on foraging territories in the African megadermatid bat, Cardioderma cor. Proceedings of the Meetings on Acoustics 25: 010002 Full text
- Smarsh GC & Smotherman M (2015) The intra- and interspecific variability of echolocation pulse acoustics in the African megadermatid bats. Acta Chiropterologica 17: 429–443
- Bohn KM, Smarsh GS, & Smotherman M (2013) Social context evokes rapid changes in bat song syntax. Animal Behaviour 85:1485-1491 Full text
- Fernandez-Lima FA, Debord JD, Schweikert EA, Della-Negra S, Kellersberger KA, & Smotherman M (2013) Surface characterization of biological nanodomains using NP-ToF-SIMS. Surf Interface Anal 45: Full text
- Jarvis J, Jackson W, & Smotherman M (2013) Groups of bats improve sonar efficiency through mutual suppression of pulse emissions. Front Physiol 4:140 Full text
- Tressler J, Schwartz C, Wellman P, Hughes S, & Smotherman M (2011) Regulation of bat echolocation pulse acoustics by striatal dopamine. J Exp Biol 214:3238-47 Full text
- Schwartz CP & Smotherman MS (2011) Mapping vocalization-related immediate early gene expression in echolocating bats. Behav Brain Res 224:358-68 Full text
- Jarvis J, Bohn KM, Tressler J, & Smotherman M (2010) A mechanism for antiphonal echolocation by Free-tailed bats. Anim Behav 79:787-796 Full text
- Bohn KM, Schmidt-French B, Schwartz C, Smotherman M & Pollak GD (2009) Versatility and stereotypy of free-tailed bat songs. PLoS One 4:e6746 Full text
- Tressler J & Smotherman MS (2009) Context-dependent effects of noise on echolocation pulse characteristics in free-tailed bats. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 195:923-34 Full text
- Schwartz C, Bartell P, Cassone V, & Smotherman M (2009) Distribution of 2-[I]iodomelatonin binding in the brain of Mexican free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis). Brain Behav Evol 73:16-25 Full text
- Smotherman M & Guillén-Servent A (2008) Doppler-shift compensation behavior by Wagner’s mustached bat, Pteronotus personatus. J Acoust Soc Am 123:4331-9 Full text
- Schwartz C, Tressler J, Keller H, Vanzant M, Ezell S, & Smotherman M (2007) The tiny difference between foraging and communication buzzes uttered by the Mexican free-tailed bat, Tadarida brasiliensis. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 193:853-63 Full text
- Smotherman MS (2007) Sensory feedback control of mammalian vocalizations. Behavioral Brain Research 182:315-26Full text
- Smotherman M, Kobayasi K, Ma J, Zhang S, & Metzner W (2006) A mechanism for vocal-respiratory coupling in the mammalian parabrachial nucleus. Journal of Neuroscience 26:4860-9 Full text
- Smotherman M & Metzner W (2005) Auditory-feedback control of temporal call patterns in echolocating horseshoe bats. J Neurophysiology 93:1295-303 Full text
- Smotherman M & Metzner W (2003) Fine control of call frequency by horseshoe bats. J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol 189:435-46 Full text
- Smotherman M, Zhang S, & Metzner W (2003) A neural basis for auditory feedback control of vocal pitch. Journal of Neuroscience 23:1464-77 Full text
- Smotherman M & Metzner W (2003) Effects of echo intensity on Doppler-shift compensation behavior in horseshoe bats. J Neurophysiology 89:814-21 Full text
- Smotherman M (2002) Acetylcholine mediates excitatory input to chromatophore motoneurons in the squid, Loligo pealeii. Biol Bull 203:231-2 Full text
- Metzner W, Zhang S, & Smotherman M (2002) Doppler-shift compensation behavior in horseshoe bats revisited: auditory feedback controls both a decrease and an increase in call frequency. J Exp Biol 205:1607-16 Full text
- Smotherman MS & Narins PM (2000) Hair cells, hearing and hopping: a field guide to hair cell physiology in the frog. J Exp Biol 203:2237-46 Full text
- Smotherman MS & Narins PM (1999) Potassium currents in auditory hair cells of the frog basilar papilla.Hear Res 132:117-30 Full text