State of the world's birds

AC Lees, L Haskell, T Allinson… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
We present an overview of the global spatiotemporal distribution of avian biodiversity,
changes in our knowledge of that biodiversity, and the extent to which it is imperilled. Birds …

Avian diversity: Speciation, macroevolution, and ecological function

JA Tobias, J Ottenburghs… - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2020 - annualreviews.org
The origin, distribution, and function of biological diversity are fundamental themes of
ecology and evolutionary biology. Research on birds has played a major role in the history …

Ecological drivers of global gradients in avian dispersal inferred from wing morphology

C Sheard, MHC Neate-Clegg, N Alioravainen… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
An organism's ability to disperse influences many fundamental processes, from speciation
and geographical range expansion to community assembly. However, the patterns and …

Global patterns and predictors of bird species responses to forest fragmentation: implications for ecosystem function and conservation

TP Bregman, CH Sekercioglu, JA Tobias - Biological Conservation, 2014 - Elsevier
The fragmentation of forests is a dominant human impact worldwide with major implications
for the conservation and management of ecosystems. Although many studies have …

Large-scale phylogenetic analyses reveal the causes of high tropical amphibian diversity

RA Pyron, JJ Wiens - … of the Royal Society B: Biological …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Many groups show higher species richness in tropical regions but the underlying causes
remain unclear. Despite many competing hypotheses to explain latitudinal diversity …

Species interactions constrain geographic range expansion over evolutionary time

AL Pigot, JA Tobias - Ecology letters, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Whether biotic interactions limit geographic ranges has long been controversial, and
traditional analyses of static distribution patterns have made little progress towards resolving …

Climate-driven variation in dispersal ability predicts responses to forest fragmentation in birds

TL Weeks, MG Betts, M Pfeifer, C Wolf… - Nature Ecology & …, 2023 - nature.com
Species sensitivity to forest fragmentation varies latitudinally, peaking in the tropics. A
prominent explanation for this pattern is that historical landscape disturbance at higher …

Global impacts of edge effects on species richness

JNG Willmer, T Puettker, JA Prevedello - Biological Conservation, 2022 - Elsevier
Almost all world's forest areas are predicted to be near edges by 2100, making the detection
and prediction of biodiversity responses to edges an urgent need. Yet, idiosyncratic …

Territoriality, social bonds, and the evolution of communal signaling in birds

JA Tobias, C Sheard, N Seddon, A Meade… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Communal signaling—wherein males and females collaborate to produce joint visual or
acoustic displays—is perhaps the most complex and least understood form of …

Speciation, Ecological Opportunity, and Latitude: (American Society of Naturalists Address)

D Schluter - The American Naturalist, 2016 - journals.uchicago.edu
Evolutionary hypotheses to explain the greater numbers of species in the tropics than the
temperate zone include greater age and area, higher temperature and metabolic rates, and …