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Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum Scholarly Works: Recent submissions
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Multiregional Emergence of Mobile Pastoralism and Nonuniform Institutional Complexity across Eurasia
(University of Chicago Press, 2010-12)In this article I present a new archaeological synthesis concerning the earliest formation of mobile pastoralist economies across central Eurasia. I argue that Eurasian steppe pastoralism developed along distinct local ... -
Taxonomic status and redescription of Flectonotus ulei (Anura: Hemiphractidae), with a key for species of Fritziana
(Sociedade Brasileira de Zoologia, 2014-08)Based on preserved specimens from the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, Flectonotus ulei Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926 is resurrected from its synonymy with Flectonotus fissilis (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1920) and is redescribed. ... -
Diversity of Wild Palms (Arecaceae) in the Republic of Benin: Finding the Gaps in the National Inventory Combining Field and Digital Accessible Knowledge
(University of Kansas, 2015)Despite many efforts by researchers worldwide to assess the biodiversity of plant groups, many locations on Earth remain not well surveyed and data-deprivation biases often occur. Robust estimates of inventory completeness ... -
The Eurasian invasion: phylogenomic data reveal multiple Southeast Asian origins for Indian Dragon Lizards
(BioMed Central, 2016-02-19)Background: The Indian Tectonic Plate split from Gondwanaland approximately 120 MYA and set the Indian subcontinent on a ~ 100 million year collision course with Eurasia. Many phylogenetic studies have demonstrated the ... -
Macroevolution of hyperdiverse flightless beetles reflects the complex geological history of the Sunda Arc
(Nature Publishing Group, 2016-01-08)The Sunda Arc forms an almost continuous chain of islands and thus a potential dispersal corridor between mainland Southeast Asia and Melanesia. However, the Sunda Islands have rather different geological histories, which ... -
Mosaic patterns of diversification dynamics following the colonization of Melanesian islands
(Nature Publishing Group, 2015-11-03)The fate of newly settled dispersers on freshly colonized oceanic islands is a central theme of island biogeography. The emergence of increasingly sophisticated methods of macroevolutionary pattern inference paves the way ... -
First Description of the Nest and Eggs of the Moss-Backed Tanager (Buthraupis [Bangsia] Edwardsi)
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Voice, plumage and natural history of Anthony's Nightjar (Caprimulgus anthonyi)
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AVIAN SPECIATION IN THE PANTEPUI: THE CASE OF THE RORAIMAN ANTBIRD (PERCNOSTOLA [SCHISTOCICHLA] ‘‘LEUCOSTIGMA’’ SATURATA)
(Central Ornithology Publication Office, 2005-05)We document the first records for Guyana of Roraiman Antbird (Percnostola [Schistocichla] “leucostigma” saturata), an endemic of the tepui highlands of southeastern Venezuela, northern Brazil and western Guyana. This form ... -
Range Expansion of the Bronzed Cowbird with the First Missouri Record
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Taxonomy and Natural History of Nyctiphrynus rosenbergi (Caprimulgidae)
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Origins of Late-Breeding Nomadic Sedge Wrens in North America: Limitations and Potential of Hydrogen-Isotope Analyses of Soft Tissue
(Central Ornithology Publication Office, 2009-02)The nomadic Sedge Wren (Cistothorus platensis) breeds primarily in mesic grasslands in north-central North America. Following breeding in these regions from late May to early July, however, the species then “appears” en ... -
Social Organization of the Band-Tailed Manakin (Pipra fasciicauda)
(Central Ornithology Publication Office, 1985-11)I studied the social organization of the Band-tailed Manakin (Pipru fasciicaudu) for 6.5 months in 1980 in undisturbed, lowland rain forest of southeastern Peru. Dominant males maintained closely-packed territories at ... -
River-Based Surveys for Assessing Riparian Bird Populations: Cerulean Warbler as a Test Case
(Eagle Hill Institute, 2010)Birds concentrated in riparian habitats are poorly sampled by traditional survey methods because of the difficulties associated with accessing these habitats. Our objectives were to test the effectiveness of river-based ... -
Extensive Protein Similarity of the Hybridizing Chickadees Parus atricapillus and P. carolinensis
(Central Ornithology Publication Office, 1986-10)Starch gel electrophoresis of proteins was used to assess genetic differentiation and introgression across a contact zone between Parus atricapillus and P. carolinensis. Little or no differentiation was found at 35 presumed ... -
Morphological and Vocal Variation across a Contact Zone between the Chickadees Parus atricapillus and P. carolinensis
(Central Ornithology Publication Office, 1986-10)A contact zone between Black-capped and Carolina chickadees (Parus atricapillus and P. carolinensis) exists in southwestern Missouri. It was less than 15 km wide and paralleled the interface between the relatively treeless ... -
DISCOVERY OF A POPULATION OF THE ENDANGERED RED SISKIN (CARDUELIS CUCULLATA) IN GUYANA
(Central Ornithology Publication Office, 2003-04)A heretofore unknown population of the endangered Red Siskin (Carduelis cucullata) was discovered in southwestern Guyana, ∼950 km from populations along the Venezuela coastal cordilleras. Most Venezuelan populations have ... -
Ferric oxyhydroxide microparticles in water
(Central Ornithology Publication Office, 1974-12)Mineralogy and specific surface area are major controls on the stabilities of ferric oxyhydroxide microparticles in natural waters. The thermodynamic stabilities of ferric oxyhydroxides, as described by the activity product ... -
A New Species of Pygmy-Owl (Strigidae: Glaucidium) from the Pacific Slope of the Northern Andes
(Central Ornithology Publication Office, 1999-04)We describe a new species of pygmy-owl that is restricted to very wet cloud forest at 1,400 to 2,000 m in elevation along the Pacific slope of the western Andes of Colombia and Ecuador. This taxon had been long overlooked ... -
A global perspective on decadal challenges and priorities in biodiversity informatics
(BioMed Central, 2015)Biodiversity informatics is a field that is growing rapidly in data infrastructure, tools, and participation by researchers worldwide from diverse disciplines and with diverse, innovative approaches. A recent ‘decadal view’ ...