Comparing inferences among datasets generated using short read sequencing may provide
insight into the concerted impacts of divergence, gene flow and selection across organisms …

The family Rallidae is a distinct, species-rich group of birds, many of which are exceptional
at long-distance colonization. Six of the ten species in the genus Rallus are distributed in the …

The clapper rail (Rallus crepitans), of the family Rallidae, is a secretive marsh bird species
that is adapted for high salinity habitats. They are very similar in appearance to the closely …

Natural selection can maintain and help form species across different habitats, even when
dispersal is high. Selection against inferior migrants (immigrant inviability) acts when locally …

Hybridization is common in bird populations but can be challenging for management,
especially if one of the two parent species is of greater conservation concern than the other …

Abstract The King Rail Rallus elegans (Audubon) has experienced population declines of
4.6% per year on average since the 1960s. Wetland loss, most severely affecting inland …

Local adaptation is often implicated as a driver of speciation and diversity, but measuring
local variation within a species can be difficult. Many taxa endemic to salt marshes exhibit a …

King Rail populations have declined and identifying wetland features that influence King
Rail occupancy can help prevent further population declines. We integrated continent-wide …

Understanding ecological and evolutionary dynamics in globally rare tidal marsh systems is
important in the face of anthropogenically accelerated climate change. In particular, the …

Despite the enormous advances in genetics, links between phenotypes and genotypes have
been made for only a few nonmodel organisms. However, such links can be essential to …