Center for Biodiversity Studies Publications

2024 Year-to-Date

Peer-Reviewed

Backhouse, F., J. A. Welbergen, B. W. Robinson, and A. H. Dalziell (2024). Performative manipulation of the environment by displaying Albert's Lyrebirds. The American Naturalist 204:181–190.
Baumann, M. J., S. V. Brant, S. M. Bauernfeind, C. R. B. Gerhart, J. L. Williamson, A. B. Johnson, G. M. Spellman, S. R. Uhrig, S. West, and C. C. Witt (2024). Freshwater parasites as potential barriers to seabird dispersal: Evidence from vagrant booby specimens in western North America. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 135.
Benham, P. M., J. Walsh, and R. C. K. Bowie (2024). Spatial variation in population genomic responses to over a century of anthropogenic change within a tidal marsh songbird. Global Change Biology 30:e17126.
Blackburn, D. C., D. M. Boyer, J. A. Gray, J. Winchester, J. M. Bates, S. L. Baumgart, E. Braker, D. Coldren, K. W. Conway, A. D. Rabosky, N. De La Sancha, et al. (2024). Increasing the impact of vertebrate scientific collections through 3D imaging: The openVertebrate (oVert) Thematic Collections Network. BioScience 74:169–186.
Bukowski, B., L. Campagna, G. S. Cabanne, P. L. Tubaro, and D. A. Lijtmaer (2024). Genetic and phenotypic differentiation in Thamnophilus ruficapillus , a Neotropical passerine with disjunct distribution in the Andean and Atlantic forests. Journal of Avian Biology:e03293.
Chang Van Oordt, D. A., C. C. Taff, M. A. Pipkin, T. A. Ryan, and M. N. Vitousek (2024). Experimentally elevated corticosterone does not affect bacteria killing ability of breeding female tree swallows (Tachycineta bicolor). Hormones and Behavior 160:105500.
Grieves, L. A., A. L. Brady, G. F. Slater, and J. S. Quinn (2024). Chemical profiles differ between communal breeding groups in a highly social bird. The American Naturalist 203:490–502.
Herman, R. W., G. Clucas, J. Younger, J. Bates, B. Robinson, S. Reddy, J. Stepanuk, K. O'Brien, K. Veeramah, and H. J. Lynch (2024). Whole genome sequencing reveals stepping‐stone dispersal buffered against founder effects in a range expanding seabird. Molecular Ecology 33:e17282.
Hotaling, S., J. Boersma, N. A. Paprocki, A. Anderson, L. Whiles, L. Ogburn, S. Kasper, C. White, D. H. Thornton, and P. Wimberger (2024). Human and wildlife use of mountain glacier habitat in western North America. Northwest Science 97.
Ivy, C. M., and J. L. Williamson (2024). On the physiology of high-altitude flight and altitudinal migration in birds. Integrative And Comparative Biology:icae062.
Jerep, F. C., R. P. Vari, C. B. Dillman, and C. D. D. Santana (2024). A new species of banded Nannocharax from the Luapula River Basin, Zambia, Africa (Cithariniformes: Distichodontidae). Ichthyology & Herpetology 112.
Jones, T., N. Cooper, H. Haradon, A. Brunner, B. Dossman, M. Ward, T. S. Sillett, and S. Kaiser (2024). Considerations for radio-transmitter specifications on songbirds: color and antenna length matter too. Journal of Field Ornithology 95:art7.
Kaczvinsky, C., H. Levy, S. Preston, C. Youngflesh, G. Clucas, H. J. Lynch, T. Hart, and A. L. Smith (2024). The influence of biotic and abiotic factors on the bacterial microbiome of gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) in their natural environment. Scientific Reports 14:17933.
Kaiser, S. A., L. E. Forg, A. N. Stillman, J. F. Deitsch, T. S. Sillett, and G. V. Clucas (2024). Black-throated blue warblers (Setophaga caerulescens) exhibit diet flexibility and track seasonal changes in insect availability. Ecology and Evolution 14:e70340.
Kasinsky, T., N. Rosciano, J. A. Vianna, P. Yorio, and L. Campagna (2024). Population structure and connectivity among coastal and freshwater Kelp Gull (Larus dominicanus) populations from Patagonia. PLOS ONE 19:e0301004.
Kennerley, W. L., G. V. Clucas, and D. E. Lyons (2024). Multiple methods of diet assessment reveal differences in Atlantic Puffin diet between ages, breeding stages, and years. Frontiers in Marine Science 11:1410805.
Laird, L. S., E. C. Craig, G. Clucas, V. F. Taylor, and C. Y. Chen (2024). Mercury bioaccumulation in three colonial seabird species in the Gulf of Maine. Science of The Total Environment 947:174438.
Leanne A. Grieves, Quinlan M. Mann, Michael J. Morel, and James S. Quinn (2024). Apparent range expansion or recolonization of Puerto Rican Nightjars (Guabairo; Antrostomus noctitherus) on the Cabo Rojo National Wildlife Refuge. Journal of Caribbean Ornithology 37:12–17.
Maxwell, L. M., J. D. Clark, J. Walsh, M. Conway, B. J. Olsen, and A. I. Kovach (2024). Ecological characteristics explain neutral genetic variation of three coastal sparrow species. Molecular Ecology 33:e17316.
McNew, S. M., C. C. Taff, and M. N. Vitousek (2024). Manipulation of a social signal affects DNA methylation of a stress-related gene in a free-living bird. Journal of Experimental Biology 227:jeb246819.
McNew, S. M., C. C. Taff, C. Zimmer, J. J. Uehling, T. A. Ryan, D. Chang Van Oordt, J. L. Houtz, A. S. Injaian, and M. N. Vitousek (2024). Developmental stage‐dependent effects of perceived predation risk on nestling tree swallows ( Tachycineta bicolor ). Ecology 105:e4307.
Miller, C. R., J. L. Houtz, N. Mejia, N. J. Morris, M. A. Pipkin, A. Shankar, J. J. Uehling, J. L. Williamson, and M. N. Vitousek (2024). What can Tree Swallows teach us about biology? Frontiers for Young Minds 12:1274157.
Nguyen, T. N., M. Repenning, C. Suertegaray Fontana, and L. Campagna (2024). Genomic islands of speciation harbor genes underlying coloration differences in a pair of Neotropical seedeaters. Evolution:qpae051.
Recuerda, M., and L. Campagna (2024). How structural variants shape avian phenotypes: Lessons from model systems. Molecular Ecology:e17364.
Rego, M. A., G. Del‐Rio, and R. T. Brumfield (2024). Subspecies‐level distribution maps for birds of the Amazon basin and adjacent areas. Journal of Biogeography 51:14–28.
Robinson, B. W., I. J. Lovette, and J. Walsh (2024). Plumage polymorphism in raptors. Ornithology:ukae026.
Robinson, B. W., N. M. Richardson, N. A. Alioto, F. J. Nicoletti, A. M. Pesano, M. T. Rao, and B. L. Sullivan (2024). A revision to the distribution of plumage polymorphism in the Red‐tailed Hawk ( Buteo jamaicensis ). Journal of Biogeography:jbi.15010.
Rohwer, V. G., J. L. Houtz, M. N. Vitousek, R. L. Bailey, and E. T. Miller (2024). The evolution of using shed snake skin in bird nests. The American Naturalist:733208.
Shah, S. S., and D. R. Rubenstein (2024). Intraspecific variation in group structure arises due to environmentally‐mediated directional dispersal in a cooperative breeder. Journal of Animal Ecology:1365-2656.14162.
Taff, C. C., S. M. McNew, L. Campagna, and M. N. Vitousek (2024). Corticosterone exposure is associated with long‐term changes in DNA methylation, physiology and breeding decisions in a wild bird. Molecular Ecology 33:e17456.
Toledo-Piza, M., E. G. Baena, F. C. P. Dagosta, N. A. Menezes, M. Ândrade, R. C. Benini, V. A. Bertaco, J. L. O. Birindelli, G. Boden, P. A. Buckup, P. Camelier, et al. (2024). Checklist of the species of the Order Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi). Neotropical Ichthyology. https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2023-0086
Uehling, J. J., E. Regnier, and M. N. Vitousek (2024). Does migration constrain glucocorticoid phenotypes? Testing corticosterone levels during breeding in migratory versus resident birds. Integrative And Comparative Biology:icae110.
Williamson, J. L., E. F. Gyllenhaal, S. M. Bauernfeind, E. Bautista, M. J. Baumann, C. R. Gadek, P. P. Marra, N. Ricote, T. Valqui, F. Bozinovic, N. D. Singh, and C. C. Witt (2024). Extreme elevational migration spurred cryptic speciation in giant hummingbirds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 121:e2313599121.
Witt, C. C., C. R. Gadek, J.-L. E. Cartron, M. J. Andersen, M. L. Campbell, M. Castro-Farías, E. F. Gyllenhaal, A. B. Johnson, J. L. Malaney, K. N. Montoya, A. Patterson, et al. (2024). Extraordinary levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in vertebrate animals at a New Mexico desert oasis: Multiple pathways for wildlife and human exposure. Environmental Research 249:118229.
Wolf, S. E., M. J. Woodruff, D. A. Chang van Oordt, E. D. Clotfelter, D. A. Cristol, E. P. Derryberry, S. M. Ferguson, M. T. Stanback, C. C. Taff, M. N. Vitousek, D. F. Westneat, and K. A. Rosvall (2024). Among‐population variation in telomere regulatory proteins and their potential role as hidden drivers of intraspecific variation in life history. Journal of Animal Ecology:1365-2656.14071.

In Press

Babaei, S., L. A. Grieves, B. Evans, and J. S. Quinn (no date). [in press] Multiplex PCR optimization to determine population structure and heterozygosity in an inbreeding communal bird. New Zealand Journal of Ecology.
Recuerda, M., J. C. Hernández Montoya, G. Blanco, and B. Milá (no date). [in press] Repeated evolution on oceanic islands: comparative genomics reveals species-specific processes in birds. BMC Ecology and Evolution.

Not Peer-Reviewed

Boersma, J., J. Gregg, D. Nason, E. Malesa, C. Le Breton, S. Ketaloya, B. Iova, and J. C. Mittermeier (2024). An ornithological survey of Fergusson Island, D'Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Papua New Guinea, reveals new island records and noteworthy natural history observations. [Online.] Available at
Clucas, G. V., A. Stillman, and E. C. Craig (2024). From presence/absence to reliable prey proportions: A field test of dietary DNA for characterizing seabird diets. [Online.] Available at
Kessler, P., J. Kennerley, E. Resendez, P. Ditzel, E. Buckley, C. Huff, C. Poje, J. Coleman, J. Boersma, M. Webster, and W. Feeney (2024). Use of a communal display area by Rufous Whistlers (Pachycephala rufiventris). [Online.] Available at
Maron, M. W., E. I. Greig, and J. Boersma (2024). Range expansion dynamics of the Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria) in the Pacific Northwest. https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.13459.69928
Mocha, Y. B., M. Woith, S. M. Drobniak, S. Markman, F. Frisoni, V. Baglione, J. Boersma, L. Cousseau, R. Covas, G. H. Braga De Miranda, C. J. Dey, et al. (2024). Advancing cooperative breeding research with a peer-reviewed and "live" Cooperative-Breeding Database (Co-BreeD). [Online.] Available at
Resendez, E., P. Ditzel, P. Kessler, E. Buckley, C. Huff, C. Poje, J. Lamb, J. Kennerley, J. Coleman, J. Boersma, M. Webster, and W. Feeney (2024). A photographic guide for determining egg incubation stage in the Superb Fairy-wren (Malurus cyaneus). [Online.] Available at

2023

Backhouse, F., J. A. Welbergen, R. D. Magrath, and A. H. Dalziell (2023). Depleted cultural richness of an avian vocal mimic in fragmented habitat. Diversity and Distributions 29:109–122.
Bukowski, B., L. Campagna, M. J. Rodríguez‐Cajarville, G. S. Cabanne, P. L. Tubaro, and D. A. Lijtmaer (2023). The role of glaciations in the evolutionary history of a widely distributed Neotropical open habitat bird. Journal of Biogeography:jbi.14738.
Capurucho, J. M. G., L. J. Musher, A. Lees, M. A. Rego, G. Del-Rio, A. Aleixo, V. E. Luzuriaga-Aveiga, M. Ferreira, C. C. Ribas, and G. Thom (2023). Amazonian avian biogeography: Broadscale patterns, microevolutionary processes, and habitat-specific models revealed by multidisciplinary approaches. Ornithology:ukad051.
Carbeck, K., P. Arcese, I. Lovette, C. Pruett, K. Winker, and J. Walsh (2023). Candidate genes under selection in song sparrows co-vary with climate and body mass in support of Bergmann's Rule. Nature Communications 14:6974.
Deitsch, J. F., and S. A. Kaiser (2023). Artificial light at night increases top-down pressure on caterpillars: experimental evidence from a light-naive forest. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290:20230153.
Di Giacomo, A. S., C. Kopuchian, and L. Campagna (2023). Los enigmáticos capuchinos. Aves Argentinas 66:10–19.
Eberts, E. R., G. J. Tattersall, P. J. Auger, M. Curley, M. I. Morado, E. G. Strauss, D. R. Powers, N. C. Soveral, B. W. Tobalske, and A. Shankar (2023). Free-living Allen's hummingbirds (Selasphorus sasin) rarely use torpor while nesting. Journal of Thermal Biology 112:103391.
Ensanyar-Volle, O., J. Appoo, N. Bunbury, G. Clucas, N. Khan, G. Rocamora, C. Sanchez, and A. Fayet (2023). Differences in foraging range between white-tailed tropicbirds breeding on inner and outer Seychelles islands. Marine Ecology Progress Series 724:141–154.
Fayet, A. L., C. Sanchez, J. Appoo, J. Constance, G. Clucas, L. A. Turnbull, and N. Bunbury (2023). Marked differences in foraging area use and susceptibility to predation between two closely-related tropical seabirds. Oecologia 203:167–179.
Flynn, C. M., T. Hart, G. V. Clucas, and H. J. Lynch (2023). Penguins in the anthropause: COVID-19 closures drive gentoo penguin movement among breeding colonies. Biological Conservation 286:110318.
García, N. C., L. Campagna, A. C. Rush, R. C. K. Bowie, and I. J. Lovette (2023). Comparative genomics of two Empidonax flycatchers reveal candidate genes for bird song production. Evolution 77:1818–1828.
Garnier, J., G. V. Clucas, J. Younger, B. Sen, C. Barbraud, M. Larue, A. D. Fraser, S. Labrousse, and S. Jenouvrier (2023). Massive and infrequent informed emigration events in a species threatened by climate change: the emperor penguins. [Online.] Available at
Hendrix, T. C., F. Fernandez-Duque, S. Toner, L. G. Hitt, R. G. Thady, M. Massa, S. J. Hagler, M. Armfield, N. Clarke, P. Honscheid, S. Khalil, et al. (2023). Behavioural differences between ornamented and unornamented male Red-backed Fairywrens (Malurus melanocephalus) in the nonbreeding season. Emu - Austral Ornithology 0:1–6.
Hitt, L. G., S. Khalil, A. Blanchette, M. E. Finkelstein, E. N. K. Iverson, S. C. McClelland, R. Durães Ribeiro, and J. Karubian (2023). Lead exposure is correlated with reduced nesting success of an urban songbird. Environmental Research 227:115711.
Kaiser, S. A., K. C. Grabenstein, T. S. Sillett, and M. S. Webster (2023). No evidence of sex ratio manipulation by black-throated blue warblers in response to food availability. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 77:124.
Khalil, S., E. D. Enbody, C. Frankl-Vilches, J. F. Welklin, R. E. Koch, M. B. Toomey, S. Y. W. Sin, S. V. Edwards, M. Gahr, H. Schwabl, M. S. Webster, and J. Karubian (2023). Testosterone coordinates gene expression across different tissues to produce carotenoid-based red ornamentation. Molecular Biology and Evolution 40:msad056.
Lepak, R. F., S. E. Janssen, J. M. Ogorek, C. B. Dillman, J. C. Hoffman, M. T. Tate, and P. B. McIntyre (2023). Can preserved museum specimens be used to reconstruct fish mercury burden and sources through time? Environmental Science & Technology Letters 10:165–171.
Lewis, W. B., R. J. Cooper, R. B. Chandler, R. W. Chitwood, M. H. Cline, M. T. Hallworth, J. L. Hatt, J. Hepinstall-Cymerman, S. A. Kaiser, N. L. Rodenhouse, T. S. Sillett, et al. (2023). Climate-mediated population dynamics of a migratory songbird differ between the trailing edge and range core. Ecological Monographs 93:e1559.
Maxwell, L. M., J. Walsh, B. J. Olsen, and A. I. Kovach (2023). Climate change outpaces adaptive potential via hybridization in nesting female Saltmarsh and Nelson's Sparrows. Ornithology 140:ukad037.
Mikles, C. S., P. Arcese, I. J. Lovette, S. M. Aguillon, Y. L. Chan, P. M. Benham, K. Carbeck, and J. Walsh (2023). Evolutionary divergence and adaptive capacity in morphologically distinct song sparrow subspecies. Conservation Genetics 24:921–932.
Natola, L., S. M. Billerman, M. D. Carling, S. S. Seneviratne, and D. Irwin (2023). Geographic variability of hybridization between red-breasted and red-naped sapsuckers. Evolution 77:580–592.
Palacios, C., L. Campagna, J. L. Parra, and C. D. Cadena (2023). Mito-nuclear discordance in the phenotypically variable Andean hummingbirds Coeligena bonapartei and Coeligena helianthea (Trochilidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 139:145–157.
Rohwer, V. G., S. J. Hagler, B. M. Van Doren, M. Fuentes, and S. M. Billerman (2023). Lower survival of hybrid grosbeaks, but not towhees, suggests a molt divide disfavors hybrids. Evolution 77:1956–1966.
Ryan, T. A., C. C. Taff, C. Zimmer, and M. N. Vitousek (2023). Cold temperatures induce priming of the glucose stress response in tree swallows. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A: Molecular & Integrative Physiology 280:111419.
Schulenberg, T. S. (2023). Splits, lumps and shuffles. Neotropical Birding 32:51–61.
Shankar, A., K. C. Welch, E. R. Eberts, F. Geiser, S. Halter, L. Keicher, D. L. Levesque, J. Nowack, B. O. Wolf, and S. W. Wolfe (2023). Daily torpor in birds and mammals: past, present, and future of the field. Integrative And Comparative Biology 63:1017–1027.
Spatz, D. R., L. C. Young, N. D. Holmes, H. P. Jones, E. A. VanderWerf, D. E. Lyons, S. Kress, C. M. Miskelly, and G. A. Taylor (2023). Tracking the global application of conservation translocation and social attraction to reverse seabird declines. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 120:e2214574120.
Taff, C. C., and J. Ryan. Shipley (2023). Inconsistent shifts in warming and temperature variability are linked to reduced avian fitness. Nature Communications 14:7400.
Taff, C. C., S. M. McNew, C. Zimmer, J. J. Uehling, J. L. Houtz, T. A. Ryan, D. Chang Van Oordt, A. S. Injaian, and M. N. Vitousek (2023). Social signal manipulation and environmental challenges have independent effects on physiology, internal microbiome, and reproductive performance in tree swallows ( Tachycineta bicolor ). Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology 339:723–735.
Theodosopoulos, A. N., K. C. Grabenstein, M. E. Larrieu, V. Arnold, and S. A. Taylor (2023). Similar parasite communities but dissimilar infection patterns in two closely related chickadee species. Ornithology 140:ukad033.
Trevelline, B. K., D. Sprockett, W. V. DeLuca, C. R. Andreadis, A. H. Moeller, and C. M. Tonra (2023). Convergent remodelling of the gut microbiome is associated with host energetic condition over long‐distance migration. Functional Ecology 37:2840–2854.
Turner, T. F., H. L. Bart Jr, F. McCormick, A. C. Besser, R. E. Bowes, K. A. Capps, E. S. DeArmon, C. B. Dillman, K. P. Driscoll, A. Dugger, G. L. Hamilton, et al. (2023). Long-term ecological research in freshwaters enabled by regional biodiversity collections, stable isotope analysis, and environmental informatics. BioScience 73:479–493.
VanderWerf, E. A., S. Kress, Y. B. Guzman, D. R. Spatz, G. Taylor, and H. Gummer (2023). Restoration: Social attraction and translocation. In Conservation of Marine Birds. Academic Press.
Vitousek, M. N., B. Dantzer, M. J. Fuxjager, and B. A. Schlinger (2023). Evolutionary behavioral endocrinology: Introduction to the special issue. Hormones and Behavior 152:105356.
Walsh, J., R. Bowman, J. D. Brawn, K. M. Covino, K. M. Dugger, R. C. Fleischer, J. L. Houtz, S. M. Mahoney, M. Pruett-Jones, C. E. Tarwater, and J. Fair (2023). Professional ethics survey identifies strengths and areas for improvement in the American Ornithological Society. Ornithology 140:ukac053.
Walsh, J., S. M. Billerman, B. G. Butcher, V. G. Rohwer, D. P. L. Toews, V. Vila-Coury, and I. J. Lovette (2023). A complex genomic architecture underlies reproductive isolation in a North American oriole hybrid zone. Communications Biology 6:154.
Walsh, J., L. E. Fenderson, C. S. Elphick, J. B. Cohen, C. R. Field, L. K. Garey, T. P. Hodgman, A. R. Kocek, R. Longenecker, K. M. O'Brien, B. J. Olsen, et al. (2023). Surrounding landscape, habitat and hybridization dynamics drive population structure and genetic diversity in the Saltmarsh Sparrow. Ornithological Applications 125:duad025.
Welklin, J. F., S. M. Lantz, S. Khalil, N. M. Moody, J. Karubian, and M. S. Webster (2023). Photoperiod and rainfall are associated with seasonal shifts in social structure in a songbird. Behavioral Ecology 34:136–149.
Welklin, J. F., C. L. Branch, A. M. Pitera, B. R. Sonnenberg, L. M. Benedict, V. K. Heinen, D. Y. Kozlovsky, and V. V. Pravosudov (2023). Females pair with males larger than themselves in a socially monogamous songbird. Animal Behaviour 199:35–49.
Williamson, J. L., E. B. Linck, E. Bautista, A. Smiley, J. A. McGuire, R. Dudley, and C. C. Witt (2023). Hummingbird blood traits track oxygen availability across space and time. Ecology Letters 26:1223–1236.
Wood, A. W., Z. A. Szpiech, I. J. Lovette, B. T. Smith, and D. P. L. Toews (2023). Genomes of the extinct Bachman's warbler show high divergence and no evidence of admixture with other extant Vermivora warblers. Current Biology 33:2823-2829.e4.
Zhou, J., C. C. Taff, D. A. C. V. Oordt, M. N. Vitousek, and E. C. Kan (2023). Radio-frequency near-field sensor design for minuscule internal motion. IEEE Sensors Journal 23:2085–2092.
Zimmer, C., C. C. Taff, D. R. Ardia, K. A. Rosvall, C. Kallenberg, A. B. Bentz, A. R. Taylor, L. S. Johnson, and M. N. Vitousek (2023). Gene expression in the female tree swallow brain is associated with inter- and intra-population variation in glucocorticoid levels. Hormones and Behavior 147:105280.

2022

Aguillon, S. M., and V. G. Rohwer (2022). Revisiting a classic hybrid zone: Movement of the northern flicker hybrid zone in contemporary times. Evolution 76:1082–1090.
Arrieta, R. S., L. Campagna, B. Mahler, I. Lovette, and P. E. Llambías (2022). Local male breeding density affects extra‐pair paternity in a south temperate population of grass wrens Cistothorus platensis. Journal of Avian Biology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.02887
Arrieta, R. S., L. Campagna, B. Mahler, and P. E. Llambías (2022). Neither paternity loss nor perceived threat of cuckoldry affects male nestling provisioning in grass wrens. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 76:147.
Boersma, J., A. McQueen, A. Peters, J. F. Welklin, S. Khalil, R. Quispe, W. Goymann, and H. Schwabl (2022). Unexpected long-term retention of subcutaneous beeswax implants and additional notes on dose and composition from four testosterone implant studies. General and Comparative Endocrinology 330:114124.
Caldwell, A., S. Brander, J. Wiedenmann, G. Clucas, and E. Craig (2022). Incidence of microplastic fiber ingestion by Common Terns (Sterna hirundo) and Roseate Terns (S. dougallii) breeding in the Northwestern Atlantic. Marine Pollution Bulletin 177:113560.
Campagna, L., and D. P. L. Toews (2022). The genomics of adaptation in birds. Current Biology 32:R1173–R1186.
Campagna, L., Z. Mo, A. Siepel, and J. A. C. Uy (2022). Selective sweeps on different pigmentation genes mediate convergent evolution of island melanism in two incipient bird species. PLOS Genetics 18:e1010474.
Chang van Oordt, D. A., C. C. Taff, T. A. Ryan, and M. N. Vitousek (2022). Timing of breeding reveals a trade-off between immune investment and life history in Tree Swallows. Integrative and Comparative Biology 62:1629–1639.
Chesser, R. T., S. M. Billerman, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, B. E. Hernández-Baños, R. A. Jiménez, A. W. Kratter, N. A. Mason, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, et al. (2022). Sixty-third supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds. Ornithology 139:ukac020.
Clucas, G. V., V. Warwick-Evans, T. Hart, and P. N. Trathan (2022). Using habitat models for chinstrap penguins, Pygoscelis antarctica, to inform marine spatial management around the South Sandwich Islands during the penguin breeding season. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 199:105093.
de Freitas, E. L., L. Campagna, B. Butcher, I. Lovette, and R. Caparroz (2022). Ecological traits drive genetic structuring in two open‐habitat birds from the morphologically cryptic genus Elaenia (Aves: Tyrannidae). Journal of Avian Biology:jav.02931.
Estalles, C., S. P. Turbek, M. José Rodríguez-Cajarville, L. F. Silveira, K. Wakamatsu, S. Ito, I. J. Lovette, P. L. Tubaro, D. A. Lijtmaer, and L. Campagna (2022). Concerted variation in melanogenesis genes underlies emergent patterning of plumage in capuchino seedeaters. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 289:20212277.
Hejase, H. A., Z. Mo, L. Campagna, and A. Siepel (2022). A deep-learning approach for inference of selective sweeps from the ancestral recombination graph. Molecular Biology and Evolution 39:msab332.
Hoenig, B. D., B. K. Trevelline, S. C. Latta, and B. A. Porter (2022). Integrating DNA-Based Prey Occurrence Probability into Stable Isotope Mixing Models. Integrative and Comparative Biology 62:211–222.
Hoenig, B. D., B. K. Trevelline, A. Kautz, S. C. Latta, and B. A. Porter (2022). Two is better than one: Coupling DNA metabarcoding and stable isotope analysis improves dietary characterizations for a riparian‐obligate, migratory songbird. Molecular Ecology:mec.16688.
Houtz, J. L., C. C. Taff, and M. N. Vitousek (2022). Gut microbiome as a mediator of stress resilience: a reactive scope model framework. Integrative and Comparative Biology 62:41–57.
Kaiser, S. A. (2022). [In press] As seasonal events shift with climate change, how nature responds tells us about the resilience of our ecosystems. Gulf of Maine Institute Journal.
McNew, S. M., D. C. Loyola, J. Yepez, C. Andreadis, K. Gotanda, A. Saulsberry, and B. Fessl (2022). Transcriptomic responses of Galápagos finches to avian poxvirus infection. Molecular Ecology:mec.16690.
Miller, C. R., M. N. Vitousek, and J. S. Thaler (2022). Light at night disrupts trophic interactions and population growth of lady beetles and pea aphids. Oecologia 199:527–535.
Moreau, C. S., A. M. Darby, A.-J. C. Demery, L. M. Arcila Hernández, and C. L. Meaders (2022). A framework for educating and empowering students by teaching about history and consequences of bias in STEM. Pathogens and Disease 80:ftac006.
Peterson, R. D., J. P. Sullivan, C. D. Hopkins, A. Santaquiteria, C. B. Dillman, S. Pirro, R. Betancur-R, D. Arcila, L. C. Hughes, and G. Ortí (2022). Phylogenomics of bony-tongue fishes (Osteoglossomorpha) shed light on the craniofacial evolution and biogeography of the weakly electric clade (Mormyridae). Systematic Biology 71:1032–1044.
Reddy, S., and T. S. Schulenberg (2022). The avian radiations of Madagascar. In The new natural history of Madagascar (S. M. Goodman, editor). Princeton University Press,  Princeton, New Jersey.
Reddy, S., T. S. Schulenberg, and N. L. Block (2022). Ecology of tetrakas. In The new natural history of Madagascar  (S. M. Goodman, editor). Princeton University Press,  Princeton, New Jersey.
Renfrew, R. B., N. Perlut, L. M. Maxwell, M. Cadman, D. H. Kim, G. V. Clucas, and A. I. Kovach (2022). Population structure of a grassland songbird (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) to inform conservation units. Biodiversity and Conservation 31:77–96.
Rodríguez‐Cajarville, M. J., L. Campagna, C. A. Lima‐Rezende, M. Carboni, P. L. Tubaro, and G. S. Cabanne (2022). Genomic and phenotypic divergence‐with‐gene‐flow across an ecological and elevational gradient in a neotropical bird. Journal of Biogeography 49:1535–1548.
Rohwer, S., C. S. Wood, J. L. Peters, E. T. Miller, D. Cagley, B. G. Butcher, K. L. Epperly, and L. Campagna (2022). Interspecific forced copulations generate most hybrids in broadly sympatric ducks. PLOS ONE 17:e0274059.
Rohwer, V. G., L. M. Callan, J. M. Kinsella, and R. A. Ligon (2022). No evidence that endohelminth parasites cause selection against hybrid orioles across the Baltimore–Bullock's Oriole hybrid zone. Ornithology 139:ukac044.
Rohwer, V. G., Y. Rohwer, and C. B. Dillman (2022). Declining growth of natural history collections fails future generations. PLOS Biology 20:e3001613.
Rojas Ripari, J. M., L. Campagna, B. Mahler, I. Lovette, J. C. Reboreda, and M. C. De Mársico (2022). Family ties in a neotropical cooperative breeder: within‐group relatedness and fine‐scale genetic structure in the greyish Baywing ( Agelaioides badius ). Ibis:ibi.13108.
Ruskin, K. J., G. Herring, C. A. Eagles-Smith, A. B. Eiklor, C. S. Elphick, M. A. Etterson, C. R. Field, R. A. Longenecker, A. I. Kovach, W. Gregory Shriver, J. Walsh, and B. J. Olsen (2022). Mercury exposure of tidal marsh songbirds in the northeastern United States and its association with nest survival. Ecotoxicology 31:208–220.
Schulenberg, T. S. (2022). Splits, lumps and shuffles. Neotropical Birding 31:71–77.
Schulenberg, T. S. (2022). Splits, lumps and shuffles. Neotropical Birding 30:65–74.
Schulenberg, T. S. (2022). Vangidae, vangas. In The new natural history of Madagascar (S. M. Goodman, editor). Princeton University Press,  Princeton, New Jersey.
Shankar, A., I. N. H. Cisneros, S. Thompson, C. H. Graham, and D. R. Powers (2022). A heterothermic spectrum in hummingbirds. Journal of Experimental Biology 225:jeb243208.
Shipley, J. R., C. W. Twining, C. C. Taff, M. N. Vitousek, and D. W. Winkler (2022). Selection counteracts developmental plasticity in body-size responses to climate change. Nature Climate Change 12:863–868.
Somjee, U., A. Shankar, and J. J. Falk (2022). Can Sex-Specific Metabolic Rates Provide Insight into Patterns of Metabolic Scaling? Integrative and Comparative Biology:icac135.
Stuart, K. C., R. J. Edwards, Y. Cheng, W. C. Warren, D. W. Burt, W. B. Sherwin, N. R. Hofmeister, S. J. Werner, G. F. Ball, M. Bateson, M. C. Brandley, et al. (2022). Transcript‐ and annotation‐guided genome assembly of the European starling. Molecular Ecology Resources 22:3141–3160.
Suh, Y. H., R. A. Ligon, and V. G. Rohwer (2022). Revisiting the Baltimore–Bullock's Oriole hybrid zone reveals changing plumage colour in Bullock's Orioles. Royal Society Open Science 9:221211.
Sullivan, J. P., C. D. Hopkins, S. Pirro, R. Peterson, A. Chakona, T. I. Mutizwa, C. Mukweze Mulelenu, F. H. Alqahtani, E. Vreven, and C. B. Dillman (2022). Mitogenome recovered from a 19th Century holotype by shotgun sequencing supplies a generic name for an orphaned clade of African weakly electric fishes (Osteoglossomorpha, Mormyridae). ZooKeys 1129:163–196.
Taff, C. C., B. A. Johnson, A. T. Anker, A. M. Rodriguez, J. L. Houtz, J. J. Uehling, and M. N. Vitousek (2022). No apparent trade-off between the quality of nest-grown feathers and time spent in the nest in an aerial insectivore, the Tree Swallow. Ornithology 139:ukac017.
Taff, C. C., C. Zimmer, T. A. Ryan, D. A. Chang van Oordt, D. A. Aborn, D. R. Ardia, L. S. Johnson, A. P. Rose, and M. N. Vitousek (2022). Individual variation in natural or manipulated corticosterone does not covary with circulating glucose in a wild bird. Journal of Experimental Biology 225:jeb243262.
Trevelline, B. K., and K. D. Kohl (2022). The gut microbiome influences host diet selection behavior. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119:e2117537119.
Trevelline, B. K., and A. H. Moeller (2022). Robustness of mammalian gut microbiota to humanization in captivity. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:785089.
Vitousek, M. N., J. L. Houtz, M. A. Pipkin, D. A. Chang van Oordt, K. K. Hallinger, J. J. Uehling, C. Zimmer, and C. C. Taff (2022). Natural and experimental cold exposure in adulthood increase the sensitivity to future stressors in a free-living songbird. Functional Ecology 36:2531–2543.
Zhou, T., J. Huang, C. B. Dillman, Y. He, and C. Li (2022). Development of Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Markers for the Autotetraploid Scaphirhynchus Sturgeons (Acipenseriformes). Journal of Ichthyology 62:1419–1429.

2021

Arrieta, R. S., L. Campagna, B. Mahler, I. Lovette, and P. E. Llambías (2021). Double-digest RAD sequencing reveals low rates of conspecific brood parasitism and no cases of quasi-parasitism in a Neotropical passerine. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 132.
Austin, V. I., A. H. Dalziell, N. E. Langmore, and J. A. Welbergen (2021). Avian vocalisations: the female perspective. Biological Reviews:20.
Backhouse, F., A. H. Dalziell, R. D. Magrath, A. N. Rice, T. L. Crisologo, and J. A. Welbergen (2021). Differential geographic patterns in song components of male Albert's lyrebirds. Ecology and Evolution 11:2701–2716.
Baiz, M. D., A. W. Wood, A. Brelsford, I. J. Lovette, and D. P. L. Toews (2021). Pigmentation Genes Show Evidence of Repeated Divergence and Multiple Bouts of Introgression in Setophaga Warblers. Current Biology 31:643-649.e3.
Berv, J. S., L. Campagna, T. J. Feo, I. Castro-Astor, C. C. Ribas, R. O. Prum, and I. J. Lovette (2021). Genomic phylogeography of the White-crowned Manakin Pseudopipra pipra (Aves: Pipridae) illuminates a continental-scale radiation out of the Andes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 164:107205.
Chesser, R. T., S. M. Billerman, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, A. W. Kratter, I. J. Lovette, N. A. Mason, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, D. F. Stotz, and K. Winker (2021). Addendum to the Sixty-first Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds. The Auk:ukaa074.
Chesser, R. T., S. M. Billerman, K. J. Burns, C. Cicero, J. L. Dunn, B. E. Hernández-Baños, A. W. Kratter, I. J. Lovette, N. A. Mason, P. C. Rasmussen, J. V. Remsen, et al. (2021). Sixty-second Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds. Ornithology 138:ukab037.
Croat, T. B., A. M. Grace, P. J. Barbour, T. S. Schulenberg, and G. L. Graham (2021). The process of discovery in and new species from northern Peru, Cerro Colán, Department Amazonas, Province Bagua. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 15:393–523.
Dalziell, A. H., A. C. Maisey, R. D. Magrath, and J. A. Welbergen (2021). Male lyrebirds create a complex acoustic illusion of a mobbing flock during courtship and copulation. Current Biology:S0960982221002104.
de Santana, C. D., L. R. Parenti, C. B. Dillman, J. A. Coddington, D. A. Bastos, C. C. Baldwin, J. Zuanon, G. Torrente-Vilara, R. Covain, N. A. Menezes, A. Datovo, et al. (2021). The critical role of natural history museums in advancing eDNA for biodiversity studies: a case study with Amazonian fishes. Scientific Reports 11:18159.
Demery, A.-J. C., K. J. Burns, and N. A. Mason (2021). Bill size, bill shape, and body size constrain bird song evolution on a macroevolutionary scale. Ornithology:ukab011.
Dickens, J., P. R. Hollyman, T. Hart, G. V. Clucas, E. J. Murphy, S. Poncet, P. N. Trathan, and M. A. Collins (2021). Developing UAV Monitoring of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands' iconic land-based marine predators. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:654215.
Egan, J. P., T. J. Buser, M. D. Burns, A. M. Simons, and P. J. Hundt (2021). Patterns of Body Shape Diversity and Evolution in Intertidal and Subtidal Lineages of Combtooth Blennies (Blenniidae). Integrative Organismal Biology 3:obab004.
Fayet, A. L., G. V. Clucas, T. Anker‐Nilssen, M. Syposz, and E. S. Hansen (2021). Local prey shortages drive foraging costs and breeding success in a declining seabird, the Atlantic puffin. Journal of Animal Ecology 90:1152–1164.
Frugone, M. J., T. L. Cole, M. E. López, G. Clucas, P. Matos‐Maraví, N. A. Lois, P. Pistorius, F. Bonadonna, P. Trathan, A. Polanowski, B. Wienecke, et al. (2021). Taxonomy based on limited genomic markers may underestimate species diversity of rockhopper penguins and threaten their conservation. Diversity and Distributions 27:2277–2296.
García, N. C., and W. D. Robinson (2021). Current and Forthcoming Approaches for Benchmarking Genetic and Genomic Diversity. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:622603.
Germain, R. R., M. T. Hallworth, S. A. Kaiser, T. S. Sillett, and M. S. Webster (2021). Variance in within-pair reproductive success influences the opportunity for selection annually and over the lifetimes of males in a multibrooded songbird*. Evolution 75:915–930.
Heinen, V. K., A. M. Pitera, B. R. Sonnenberg, L. M. Benedict, C. L. Branch, E. S. Bridge, and V. V. Pravosudov (2021). Specialized spatial cognition is associated with reduced cognitive senescence in a food-caching bird. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288:20203180.
Hejase, H. A., Z. Mo, L. Campagna, and A. Siepel (2021). SIA: Selection Inference Using the Ancestral Recombination Graph. bioRxiv.
Hofmeister, N. R., S. J. Werner, and I. J. Lovette (2021). Environmental correlates of genetic variation in the invasive European starling in North America. Molecular Ecology 30:1251–1263.
Lopez, K. A., C. S. McDiarmid, S. C. Griffith, I. J. Lovette, and D. M. Hooper (2021). Evaluating evidence of mitonuclear incompatibilities with the sex chromosomes in an avian hybrid zone. Evolution:evo.14243.
Maxwell, L. M., J. Walsh, B. J. Olsen, and A. I. Kovach (2021). Patterns of introgression vary within an avian hybrid zone. BMC Ecology and Evolution 21:14.
McClure, C. J. W., D. L. Anderson, R. Buij, L. Dunn, M. T. Henderson, J. McCabe, B. W. Rolek, S. E. Schulwitz, D. P. Spurling, F. H. Vargas, M. Z. Virani, et al. (2021). Commentary: The Past, Present, and Future of the Global Raptor Impact Network. Journal of Raptor Research. https://doi.org/10.3356/JRR-21-13
McNew, S. M., L. N. Barrow, J. L. Williamson, S. C. Galen, H. R. Skeen, S. G. DuBay, A. M. Gaffney, A. B. Johnson, E. Bautista, P. Ordoñez, C. J. Schmitt, et al. (2021). Contrasting drivers of diversity in hosts and parasites across the tropical Andes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118:e2010714118.
McNew, S. M., M. T. Boquete, S. Espinoza‐Ulloa, J. A. Andres, N. C. A. M. Wagemaker, S. A. Knutie, C. L. Richards, and D. H. Clayton (2021). Epigenetic effects of parasites and pesticides on captive and wild nestling birds. Ecology and Evolution 11:7713–7729.
Melo, B. F., B. L. Sidlauskas, T. J. Near, F. F. Roxo, A. Ghezelayagh, L. E. Ochoa, M. L. J. Stiassny, J. Arroyave, J. Chang, B. C. Faircloth, D. J. MacGuigan, et al. (2021). Accelerated Diversification Explains the Exceptional Species Richness of Tropical Characoid Fishes. Systematic Biology:syab040.
Odom, K. J., M. Araya‐Salas, J. L. Morano, R. A. Ligon, G. M. Leighton, C. C. Taff, A. H. Dalziell, A. C. Billings, R. R. Germain, M. Pardo, L. G. de Andrade, et al. (2021). Comparative bioacoustics: a roadmap for quantifying and comparing animal sounds across diverse taxa. Biological Reviews. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/brv.12695
Pitera, A. M., C. L. Branch, B. R. Sonnenberg, L. M. Benedict, D. Y. Kozlovsky, and V. V. Pravosudov (2021). Reproduction is affected by individual breeding experience but not pair longevity in a socially monogamous bird. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75:101.
Schulenberg, T. S. (2021). Splits, lumps and shuffles. Neotropical Birding 29:60–71.
Schulenberg, T. S. (2021). Prólogo [Preface]. In Chaparro-Herrera, S., P. L. Enríquez, and A. Lopera-Salazar, Búhos de Colombia: guía ilustrada. Grupo de Especialiastas en Búhos Neotropicales. Bogotá, Colombia.
Shankar, A., I. Cisneros, S. Thompson, C. Graham, and D. Powers (2021). Facultative variation across a shallow to deep torpor spectrum in hummingbirds. Ecology.
Sidlauskas, B. L., M. D. Burns, T. J. Buser, N. Harper, and M. Kindred (2021). Teaching Ichthyology Online with a Virtual Specimen Collection. Ichthyology & Herpetology 109.
Stuart, K. C., R. J. Edwards, Y. Cheng, W. C. Warren, D. W. Burt, W. B. Sherwin, N. R. Hofmeister, S. J. Werner, G. F. Ball, M. Bateson, M. C. Brandley, et al. (2021). Transcript- and annotation-guided genome assembly of the European starling. Genomics.
Toews, D. P. L., M. D. Baiz, G. R. Kramer, I. J. Lovette, H. M. Streby, and S. A. Taylor (2021). Extensive historical and contemporary hybridization suggests premating isolation in Vermivora warblers is not strong: A reply to Confer et al. Ecology and Evolution 11:10720–10723.
Turbek, S. P., M. Browne, A. S. Di Giacomo, C. Kopuchian, W. M. Hochachka, C. Estalles, D. A. Lijtmaer, P. L. Tubaro, L. F. Silveira, I. J. Lovette, R. J. Safran, et al. (2021). Rapid speciation via the evolution of pre-mating isolation in the Iberá Seedeater. Science 371:eabc0256.
Turbek, S. P., G. A. Semenov, E. D. Enbody, L. Campagna, and S. A. Taylor (2021). Variable signatures of selection despite conserved recombination landscapes early in speciation. Journal of Heredity:esab054.
Walsh, J., L. Campagna, W. E. Feeney, J. King, and M. S. Webster (2021). Patterns of genetic divergence and demographic history shed light on island-mainland population dynamics and melanic plumage evolution in the white-winged Fairywren. Evolution. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.14185
Walsh, J., A. I. Kovach, P. M. Benham, G. V. Clucas, V. L. Winder, and I. J. Lovette (2021). Genomic data reveal the biogeographical and demographic history of Ammospiza sparrows in northeast tidal marshes. Journal of Biogeography 48:2360–2374.

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