natalie v sanchez

publications
19. Sánchez, N.V. and D.J. Mennill. 2026. In the danger zone: wrens respond more strongly to experimentally simulated predators near their nest. Ethology https://doi.org/10.1111/eth.70052
18. Sánchez, N.V., Vargas-Valverde, I., Espejo-Uribe M.J., and D.J. Mennill. 2024. Neighbours affect vocal behavior of tropical wrens: a multispeaker density-manipulation experiment. Behavioral Ecology https://doi.org/10.1093/beheco/arae075
17. Sánchez, N.V. and D.J. Mennill. 2024. Behavioural consequences of conspecific density: a systematic literature review of the effects of neighbours on avian vocal communication. Journal of Ornithology https://doi.org/10.1007/s10336-024-02188-7
16. Sánchez, N.V., K. Bonilla-Badilla, and C.A. 2024. Estevo. Precipitation explains Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) occupancy patterns in Northern Costa Rica. Revista de Biología Tropical 72: e55265. https://doi.org/10.15517/rev.biol.trop.v72i1.55265
15. Sánchez, N.V., B. Hilje, and E.M. Bayne. 2022. Lincoln’s Sparrow increases singing rate in areas with chronic industrial noise. Ibis 165: 944-958. https://doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13174
14. Sánchez, N.V., L. Sandoval, R.W. Hedley, C.C. St Clair, and E.M. Bayne. 2022. Relative importance for Lincoln’s Sparrow (Melospiza lincolnii) occupancy of vegetation type versus noise caused by industrial development. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10: 810087. https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2022.810087
13. Sánchez, N.V., B. Hilje, and E.M. Bayne. 2021. Does vegetation structure shape the acoustic features of Lincoln’s Sparrow songs? Journal of Mediterranean Ecology, Special Issue Vol 19.
12. Sherry, T.W., C. Kent, N.V. Sánchez, and C. Sekercioglu. 2020. Special Feature - Neotropical Ornithology - Insectivorous birds in the Neotropics: ecological radiations, specialization, and coexistence in species-rich communities. The Auk 137: 1-27. https://doi.org/10.1093/auk/ukaa049
11. Hannah, K.C., Bayne E.M, and Sánchez, N.V. 2020. First description of the structure and geographic patterns in the songs of the Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 132(3): 598-607. https://doi.org/10.1676/19-104
10. Hilje, B, N.V. Sánchez, E.M. Bayne, and A. Sánchez-Azofeifa. 2020. Bird assemblage recovery in a chronosequence of tropical dry forest in Costa Rica. Forest 11: 629. https://doi.org/10.3390/f11060629
9. Sánchez, N. V., L.E. Vargas-Castro, and G. Barrantes. 2018. Nestling feeding, nest success, and notes on parental care in Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi): the role of females and males. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 130: 437-444. https://doi.org/10.1676/17-002.1
8. Vargas-Castro, L.E., N.V. Sánchez, and G. Barrantes. 2015. Song plasticity over time and vocal learning in clay-colored thrushes. Animal Cognition 18: 1113-1123. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10071-015-0883-z
7. Hilje, B. and N.V. Sánchez. 2015. Incilius melanochlorus and Craugastor mimus: Body gigantism. Mesoamerican Herpetology 2: 330-332.
6. Sánchez, N.V., L.E. Vargas-Castro, G. Avalos, and F. Paniagua. 2014. Effect of prey availability on the abundance of White-breasted Wood-Wrens, insectivorous birds of tropical lowland forests. Journal of Field Ornithology 85: 347-354. https://doi.org/10.1111/jofo.12074
5. Sánchez, N.V., and D.A. Martínez-Cascante. 2014. Patrones de forrajeo del cuyeo (Nyctidromus albicollis) en noches de luna, Palo Verde, Costa Rica. Zeledonia 18: 18-27.
4. Sánchez, N.V., L.E. Vargas-Castro, A. Sánchez, and M. Amador. 2013. Riqueza y abundancia de mariposas diurnas, escarabajos coprófagos y plantas en cultivos orgánicos y convencionales de tres regiones de Costa Rica. UNED Research Journal 5: 249-259. https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v5i2.296
3. Vargas-Castro, L.E., N.V. Sánchez, and G. Barrantes. 2012. Repertoire size and syllable sharing in the song of the Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 124: 446–453. https://doi.org/10.1676/11-044.1
2. Vargas-Castro, L.E., N.V. Sánchez, and G. Avalos. 2011. Forest structure and territory size relationship in the neotropical understorey insectivore Henicorhina leucosticta. Journal of Tropical Ecology 27: 65-72. https://doi.org/10.1017/S026646741000060X
1. Peinador, G., F. J. Chavarría-Ñamendi, J. C. de la Cruz Godoy, C. Gelabert, D. Martínez Cascante, W. C. Paniagua Palacios, N.V. Sánchez, K. D. Sibaja y A. Tejeda Tellez. 2010. Impacto antrópico en el Manto Acuífero Barva (Heredia, Costa Rica) con énfasis en el uso del suelo (1992-2006). UNED Research Journal 3: 71-80. https://doi.org/10.22458/urj.v3i1.208
in review
Vargas-Valverde, I.*, Sánchez, N.V., Spínola, M. and G. Avalos. Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina occupancy patterns reveal sensitivity to low precipitation at nonbreeding grounds in northern Costa Rica (In revision Ibis)
Farji-Brener, A. G., Araya-Arce, M., Paz-Vargas, G., Rosario-Sánchez, L., and N.V. Sánchez. Self-righting at the right time: How and when antlion lion larvae self-right when showing immobility to escape predation (In revision Animal Behaviour)
*Master's student under my supervision