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Ecology & Evolutionary Biology: Recent submissions
Now showing items 1021-1040 of 1921
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Influence of bill shape on ectoparasite load in Western Scrub-Jays
(University of California Press, 2002-08-01)Populations of the Western Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma californica) have bills specialized for feeding in their respective habitats. Populations in oak habitat have hooked bills, whereas those in pinyon habitat have pointed bills ... -
Predicting species’ geographic distributions based on ecological niche modeling
(University of California Press, 2001-08-01)Recent developments in geographic information systems and their application to conservation biology open doors to exciting new synthetic analyses. Exploration of these possibilities, however, is limited by the quality of ... -
Philippine bird taxonomy and conservation, a response to Collar
(Cambridge University Press, 2007-06-01)Collar (2007) attacked a recent paper of mine (Peterson 2006) on a number of grounds; he raised some valid points, and detected some errors in detail. Here, I respond to his criticisms, clarify misunderstandings, and urge ... -
Consistency of Taxonomic Treatments: A Response to Remsen (2005)
(University of California Press, 2006-07-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
Free and open access to distributed data from bird specimens: Why?
(University of California Press, 2005-07-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
Evidence for latitudinal sexual selection among migratory birds wintering in Mexico
(University of California Press, 2005-07-01)Latitudinal sexual segregation during the nonbreeding season, in which males tend to winter farther north than females, is known to occur in many temperate-zone bird species. This pattern, however, has rarely been reported ... -
Phylogenetic position and generic placement of the Socorro Wren (Thryomanes sissonii)
(University of California Press, 2005-01-01)Since early in its taxonomic history, placement of the Socorro Wren (Thryomanes sissonii) has been an object of contention. Of particular interest is its current placement in the genus Thryomanes, which makes that genus ... -
Seasonal niches of Nearctic-Neotropical migratory birds: Implications for the evolution of migration
(University of California Press, 2004-04-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
A critical evaluation of Kenyon’s Shag (Phalacrocorax [Stictocarbo] kenyoni)
(University of California Press, 2000-04-01)We examine the validity of Phalacrocorax [Stictocarbo] kenyoni, which was described by Siegel-Causey (1991) from the Aleutian Islands using midden remains and existing skeletal specimens. We emphasize a morphometric ... -
New Species and New Species Limits in Birds
(University of California Press, 1998-07-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
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The Fallacy of Averages
(University of Chicago Press, 1988-08-01)No abstract is available for this item. -
Range-wide Determinants of Plague Distribution in North America
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2010-09-01)Plague, caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis, is established across western North America, and yet little is known of what determines the broad-scale dimensions of its overall range. We tested whether its North American ... -
Ecological Niche Modeling of Francisella tularensis Subspecies and Clades in the United States
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2010-05-01)Two subspecies of Francisella tularensis are recognized: F. tularensis subsp. tularensis (type A) and F. tularensis subsp. holartica (type B). Type A has been subdivided further into A1a, A1b, and A2, which differ ... -
Predicting Potential Risk Areas of Human Plague for the Western Usambara Mountains, Lushoto District, Tanzania
(American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 2010-03-01)A natural focus of plague exists in the Western Usambara Mountains of Tanzania. Despite intense research, questions remain as to why and how plague emerges repeatedly in the same suite of villages. We used human plague ... -
Geographic and ecologic distributions of the Anopheles gambiae complex predicted using a genetic algorithm
(American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, 2004-02-01)The distribution of the Anopheles gambiae complex of malaria vectors in Africa is uncertain due to under-sampling of vast regions. We use ecologic niche modeling to predict the potential distribution of three members of ... -
Linking Dynamical and Population Genetic Models of Persistent Viral Infection
(University of Chicago Press, 2003-07-01)This article develops a theoretical framework to link dynamical and population genetic models of persistent viral infection. This linkage is useful because, while the dynamical and population genetic theories have developed ... -
Senescence in Organisms with Clonal Reproduction and Complex Life Histories
(University of Chicago Press, 1995-01-01)A population genetics model is developed predicting the fate of alleles affecting life-history attributes in organisms with complex life histories, including clonal reproduction and indeterminate growth. Such organisms are ... -
Patterns of avian diversification in Borneo: The case of the endemic Mountain Black-eye (Chlorocharis emiliae)
(University of California Press, 2014-01-01)The Mountain Black-eye (Chlorocharis emiliae) is an endemic white-eye (Zosteropidae) of Borneo with a unique “sky island” distribution. We compared mitochondrial ND2, ND3, Cytb, and control region DNA sequences (2,194 ... -
A molecular phylogeny of kingfishers (Aves: Alcedinidae) with insights into early biogeographic history
(University of California Press, 2006-04-01)The phylogeny of kingfishers was reconstructed by comparing mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences representing 38 ingroup species. Analysis of the combined data and the nuclear data alone recovered the Alcedininae as the ...