[HTML][HTML] Global patterns of plumage color evolution in island-living passeriform birds

MD Oud, SM Mahoney, C Pageau, MA de Menezes… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Island environments have the potential to change evolutionary trajectories of morphological
traits in species relative to their mainland counterparts due to habitat and resource …

Whole-genome analysis reveals the diversification of Galapagos rail (Aves: Rallidae) and confirms the success of goat eradication programs

DE Chavez, T Hains, S Espinoza-Ulloa… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Similar to other insular birds around the world, the Galapagos rail (Laterallus spilonota
Gould, 1841) exhibits reduced flight capacity following its colonization of the archipelago …

Genomic patterns in the dwarf kingfishers of northern Melanesia reveal a mechanistic framework explaining the paradox of the great speciators

DA DeRaad, AN Files, LH DeCicco, RP Martin… - Evolution …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The paradox of the great speciators describes a contradictory biogeographic pattern
exhibited by numerous avian lineages in Oceania. Specifically, these lineages display broad …

Untangling the colonization history of the Australo-Pacific reed warblers, one of the world's great island radiations

AM Kearns, MG Campana, B Slikas, L Berry, T Saitoh… - …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Island radiations, such as those of the Australo-Pacific, offer unique insight into
diversification, extinction, and early speciation processes. Yet, their speciation and …

Phylogenomics of a genus of 'Great Speciators' reveals rampant incomplete lineage sorting, gene flow, and mitochondrial capture in island systems

JM McCullough, CM Eliason, S Hackett, CE Myers… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The flora and fauna of island systems, especially those in the Indo-Pacific, are renowned for
their high diversification rates and outsized contribution to the development of evolutionary …

Taxonomy of Naumann's and dusky, red-throated and black-throated thrush complexes (Aves: Turdidae) using morphological and molecular characteristics

B An, D Yin, S Huang, N Mohamed, B Li - Animal Biology, 2024 - brill.com
Species are the basic units in evolution and biodiversity and thus a reasonable species
classification is essential to assess and protect biodiversity. The classifications of the …

[PDF][PDF] GENOMIC ANALYSIS OF A SOUTHEAST ASIAN SWALLOW CLADE: CRYPTIC DIVERSITY, POPULATION STRUCTURE AND INTROGRESSION IN A LONG …

G Broyles - 2022 - scholarworks.calstate.edu
ABSTRACT The Avian biodiversity of Southeast Asia and the Pacific can be divided into
three dispersal groups: Non-water crossers, birds that cannot or will not cross even short …