A review of the recent advances in the systematics of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea

P Alström, U Olsson, LEI Fumin - Avian Research, 2013 - j-avianres.com
The systematics of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea are reviewed, focusing on studies of
relationships among families and within genera, more superficially on taxonomic studies at …

Evolution of bird communities in the Neogene of Central Asia, with a review of the Neogene fossil record of Asian birds

NV Zelenkov - Paleontological Journal, 2016 - Springer
A complete taxonomic review of Neogene birds of continental Asia is provided. To date,
avifauna from the latter half of the Miocene and Pliocene of Central Asia (Mongolia and …

[PDF][PDF] Artenliste der Vögel Deutschlands 2018: Aktualisierung und Änderungen

PH Barthel, E Bezzel, T Krüger, M Päckert… - …, 2018 - researchgate.net
This article comments on the changes in the new reference list on German birds. Criteria for
allocation of species to the various status and distributional categories are explained in …

[HTML][HTML] Morphological revision of the hyperdiverse Brueelia-complex (Insecta: Phthiraptera: Ischnocera: Philopteridae) with new taxa, checklists and generic key

DR Gustafsson, SE Bush - Zootaxa, 2017 - mapress.com
The genus Brueelia Kéler, 1936a forms the core of the so-called “Brueelia-complex”, one of
the largest and most heterogeneous groups of lice (Phthiraptera). Here we introduce the …

Rapid and recent diversification patterns in Anseriformes birds: Inferred from molecular phylogeny and diversification analyses

Z Sun, T Pan, C Hu, L Sun, H Ding, H Wang, C Zhang… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The Anseriformes is a well-known and widely distributed bird order, with more than 150
species in the world. This paper aims to revise the classification, determine the phylogenetic …

[PDF][PDF] Taxonomic updates to the checklists of birds of India, and the South Asian region—2020

J Praveen, R Jayapal, A Pittie - Indian Birds, 2020 - researchgate.net
Rationale In the last two taxonomic updates to our Checklist (Praveen et al. 2018; Praveen
et al. 2019b), we followed the limited consensusmodel, based upon the data in HBW/BLI …

[HTML][HTML] Systematics of the avian family Alaudidae using multilocus and genomic data

P Alström, Z Mohammadi, ED Enbody, M Irestedt… - Avian Research, 2023 - Elsevier
The family Alaudidae, larks, comprises 93–100 species (depending on taxonomy) that are
widely distributed across Africa and Eurasia, with single species extending their ranges to …

Equilibrium bird species diversity in Atlantic islands

L Valente, JC Illera, K Havenstein, T Pallien… - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
Half a century ago, MacArthur and Wilson proposed that the number of species on islands
tends toward a dynamic equilibrium diversity around which species richness fluctuates [1] …

Repeated sex chromosome evolution in vertebrates supported by expanded avian sex chromosomes

H Sigeman, S Ponnikas, P Chauhan… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Sex chromosomes have evolved from the same autosomes multiple times across
vertebrates, suggesting that selection for recombination suppression has acted repeatedly …

Environmental proxies of antigen exposure explain variation in immune investment better than indices of pace of life

NPC Horrocks, A Hegemann, S Ostrowski, H Ndithia… - Oecologia, 2015 - Springer
Investment in immune defences is predicted to covary with a variety of ecologically and
evolutionarily relevant axes, with pace of life and environmental antigen exposure being two …