Search Results - "Bowie, Rauri C. K."

origin and maintenance of montane diversity: integrating evolutionary and ecological processes by Graham, Catherine H, Carnaval, Ana C, Cadena, Carlos Daniel, Zamudio, Kelly R, Roberts, Trina E, Parra, Juan Luis, McCain, Christy M, Bowie, Rauri C. K, Moritz, Craig, Baines, Stephen B, Schneider, Christopher J, VanDerWal, Jeremy, Rahbek, Carsten, Kozak, Kenneth H, Sanders, Nathan J

“…Determining how ecological and evolutionary processes produce spatial variation in local species richness remains an unresolved challenge. Using mountains as a…”
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Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History by Hackett, Shannon J, Kimball, Rebecca T, Reddy, Sushma, Bowie, Rauri C.K, Braun, Edward L, Braun, Michael J, Chojnowski, Jena L, Cox, W. Andrew, Han, Kin-Lan, Harshman, John, Huddleston, Christopher J, Marks, Ben D, Miglia, Kathleen J, Moore, William S, Sheldon, Frederick H, Steadman, David W, Witt, Christopher C, Yuri, Tamaki

“…Deep avian evolutionary relationships have been difficult to resolve as a result of a putative explosive radiation. Our study examined ~32 kilobases of aligned…”
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Sequence capture using PCR‐generated probes: a cost‐effective method of targeted high‐throughput sequencing for nonmodel organisms by Peñalba, Joshua V, Smith, Lydia L, Tonione, Maria A, Sass, Chodon, Hykin, Sarah M, Skipwith, Phillip L, McGuire, Jimmy A, Bowie, Rauri C. K, Moritz, Craig

“…Recent advances in high‐throughput sequencing library preparation and subgenomic enrichment methods have opened new avenues for population genetics and…”
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A phylogeny-informed characterisation of global tetrapod traits addresses data gaps and biases by Moura, Mario R, Ceron, Karoline, Guedes, Jhonny J M, Chen-Zhao, Rosana, Sica, Yanina V, Hart, Julie, Dorman, Wendy, Portmann, Julia M, González-Del-Pliego, Pamela, Ranipeta, Ajay, Catenazzi, Alessandro, Werneck, Fernanda P, Toledo, Luís Felipe, Upham, Nathan S, Tonini, João F R, Colston, Timothy J, Guralnick, Robert, Bowie, Rauri C K, Pyron, R Alexander, Jetz, Walter

“…Tetrapods (amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals) are model systems for global biodiversity science, but continuing data gaps, limited data standardisation,…”
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Gene trees, species trees and Earth history combine to shed light on the evolution of migration in a model avian system by Voelker, Gary, Bowie, Rauri C. K., Klicka, John

“…The evolution of migration in birds has fascinated biologists for centuries. In this study, we performed phylogenetic‐based analyses of Catharus thrushes, a…”
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Latitude, elevational climatic zonation and speciation in New World vertebrates by Cadena, Carlos Daniel, Kozak, Kenneth H, Gómez, Juan Pablo, Parra, Juan Luis, McCain, Christy M, Bowie, Rauri C. K, Carnaval, Ana C, Moritz, Craig, Rahbek, Carsten, Roberts, Trina E, Sanders, Nathan J, Schneider, Christopher J, VanDerWal, Jeremy, Zamudio, Kelly R, Graham, Catherine H

“…Many biodiversity hotspots are located in montane regions, especially in the tropics. A possible explanation for this pattern is that the narrow thermal…”
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Climate Cycles, Habitat Stability, and Lineage Diversification in an African Biodiversity Hotspot by Bowie, Rauri C. K, Monahan, William B, Fjeldså, Jon

“…The Eastern Arc Mountains of Tanzania and Kenya, a montane archipelago of 13 uplifted fault blocks (sky islands) isolated by lowland arid savanna, are a center…”
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The allometry of proboscis length in Melittidae (Hymenoptera: Apoidae) and an estimate of their foraging distance using museum collections by Melin, Annalie, Krenn, Harald W, Bowie, Rauri C K, Beale, Colin M, Manning, John C, Colville, Jonathan F

“…An appreciation of body size allometry is central for understanding insect pollination ecology. A recent model utilises allometric coefficients for five of the…”
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Host and habitat specialization of avian malaria in Africa by LOISEAU, CLAIRE, HARRIGAN, RYAN J., ROBERT, ALEXANDRE, BOWIE, RAURI C. K., THOMASSEN, HENRI A., SMITH, THOMAS B., SEHGAL, RAVINDER N. M.

“…Studies of both vertebrates and invertebrates have suggested that specialists, as compared to generalists, are likely to suffer more serious declines in…”
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Mutualism in museums: A model for engaging undergraduates in biodiversity science by Hiller, Anna E, Cicero, Carla, Albe, Monica J, Barclay, Theresa L W, Spencer, Carol L, Koo, Michelle S, Bowie, Rauri C K, Lacey, Eileen A

“…Museums have an untapped potential to engage students in hands-on learning. Here, we describe the development of a tiered museum-based program at the…”
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Pliocene forest dynamics as a primary driver of African bird speciation by Voelker, Gary, Outlaw, Robert K., Bowie, Rauri C. K.

“…Montane tropics are areas of high endemism, and mechanisms driving this endemism have been receiving increasing attention at a global scale. A general trend is…”
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Linking migration and microbiota at a major stopover site in a long-distance avian migrant by Thie, Nikki, Corl, Ammon, Turjeman, Sondra, Efrat, Ron, Kamath, Pauline L, Getz, Wayne M, Bowie, Rauri C. K, Nathan, Ran

“…Abstract Migration is one of the most physical and energetically demanding periods in an individual bird’s life. The composition of the bird’s gut or cloacal…”
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Phylogenomic evidence for multiple losses of flight in ratite birds by Harshman, John, Braun, Edward L, Braun, Michael J, Huddleston, Christopher J, Bowie, Rauri C.K, Chojnowski, Jena L, Hackett, Shannon J, Han, Kin-Lan, Kimball, Rebecca T, Marks, Ben D, Miglia, Kathleen J, Moore, William S, Reddy, Sushma, Sheldon, Frederick H, Steadman, David W, Steppan, Scott J, Witt, Christopher C, Yuri, Tamaki

“…Ratites (ostriches, emus, rheas, cassowaries, and kiwis) are large, flightless birds that have long fascinated biologists. Their current distribution on…”
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Genetic variation among western populations of the Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris) indicates recent colonization of the Channel Islands off southern California, mainland-bound dispersal, and postglacial range shifts by Mason, Nicholas A, Title, Pascal O, Cicero, Carla, Burns, Kevin J, Bowie, Rauri C. K

“…The Channel Islands off the coast of southern California host >50 species of terrestrial vertebrates with varying degrees of phenotypic differentiation…”
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The ecological and geographic context of morphological and genetic divergence in an understorey-dwelling bird by Ribeiro, Ângela M, Lloyd, Penn, Dean, W Richard J, Brown, Mark, Bowie, Rauri C K

“…Advances in understanding the process of species formation require an integrated perspective that includes the evaluation of spatial, ecological and genetic…”
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Insights and approaches using deep learning to classify wildlife by Miao, Zhongqi, Gaynor, Kaitlyn M., Wang, Jiayun, Liu, Ziwei, Muellerklein, Oliver, Norouzzadeh, Mohammad Sadegh, McInturff, Alex, Bowie, Rauri C. K., Nathan, Ran, Yu, Stella X., Getz, Wayne M.

“…The implementation of intelligent software to identify and classify objects and individuals in visual fields is a technology of growing importance to…”
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A Century of Avian Community Turnover in an Urban Green Space in Northern California by Shultz, Allison J, Tingley, Morgan W, Bowie, Rauri C. K

“…Over long time periods, urbanization is expected to have a negative effect on species diversity. Predicted effects generally follow one of three competing…”
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Evidence for panmixia despite barriers to gene flow in the southern African endemic, Caffrogobius caffer (Teleostei: Gobiidae) by Neethling, Marlene, Matthee, Conrad A, Bowie, Rauri C K, von der Heyden, Sophie

“…Oceanography and life-history characteristics are known to influence the genetic structure of marine species, however the relative role that these factors play…”
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The Role of Mountain Ranges in the Diversification of Birds by Fjeldså, Jon, Bowie, Rauri C.K, Rahbek, Carsten

“…Avian faunas vary greatly among montane areas; those at high latitudes are biologically impoverished, whereas those of some low-latitude mountains are…”
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Phylogenetics, biogeography and classification of, and character evolution in, gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes): effects of character exclusion, data partitioning and missing data by Crowe, Timothy M., Bowie, Rauri C. K., Bloomer, Paulette, Mandiwana, Tshifhiwa G., Hedderson, Terry A. J., Randi, Ettore, Pereira, Sergio L., Wakeling, Julia

“…The phylogenetic relationships, biogeography and classification of, and morpho‐behavioral (M/B) evolution in, gamebirds (Aves: Galliformes) are investigated…”
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