Collection of Genetic Resources, Bibliography, Compiled in January 2000

Papers benefiting from the LSU Collection of Genetic Resources, 1994-2004

Herpetology

Abreu-Grobois, F.A., A.L. Bass, R.B. Duenas, P.H. Dutton, S.E. Encalada, and N.N. Fitzsimmons. 1996. Mitochondrial DNA d-loop sequences of marine turtles. Marine Turtle Genetics Symposium Proceedings, Miami, FL, Pp. 147-162 In Bowen, B.W. and W.N. Witzell (eds.) Proceedings of the International Symposium on Sea Turtle Conservation Genetics. NOAA Tech. Mem. NMFS-SEFSC-396. 173 pp.

Abreu-Grobois, F.A., A.L. Bass, P.H. Dutton, and S.E. Encalada. 1996. PCR-RFLP analysis of sea turtle populations in the era of DNA. Marine Turtle Genetics Symposium Proceedings Miami, FL, Pp. 55-68 In Bowen, B.W. and W.N. Witzell (eds.) Proceedings of the International Symposium on Sea Turtle Conservation Genetics NOAA Tech. Mem. NMFS-SEFSC-396. 173 pp.

Anderson, R. E. 1996. Biochemical Systematics of Coluber constrictor. M.S. Thesis, Southeastern LouisianaUniversity, Hammond, LA.

Bass, A.L., D.A. Good, K.A. Bjorndal, J.I. Richardson, Z.-M. Hillis, J.A. Horrocks, and B.W. Bowen. 1996. Testing models of female migratory behavior and population structure in the Caribbean hawksbill turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata, with mtDNA control region sequences. Molecular Ecology, 5:321-328.

Bass, A.L. 1999. Genetic analysis to elucidate the natural history and behavior of hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) in the wider Caribbean: a review and re-analysis. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 3(2):195-199.

Bauer, A.M., Branch, W.R., and D.A. Good. 1996. A new species of rock-dwelling Phyllodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Richtersveld, South Africa. Occ. Pap. Mus. Nat. Sci. Louisiana St. Univ. 71:1-13.

Bauer AM, and Good DA. 1996. Phylogenetic systematics of the day geckos, genus Rhoptropus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), of south-western Africa. J ZOOL 238: 635-663 Part 4 APR 1996.

Bauer, A.M., Good, D.A., and Branch, W.R. 1997. The taxonomy of the southern African leaf-toed geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae), with a review of Old World "Phyllodactylus" and the description of five new genera. Proc.Calif. Acad. Sci. 49:447-497.

Bowen, B.W., A.L. Bass, A. Garcia, C.E. Diez, R. van Dam, K.A. Bjorndal, A. Bolten, M. Myamoto, R. Ferl. 1996. Origin of hawksbill turtles in a Caribbean feeding area as indicated by genetic markers. Ecological Applications, 6(2):566-572.

Branch, W.R., A.M. Bauer and D.A. Good. 1995. Species limits in the Phyllodactylus lineatus complex (Reptilia: Gekkonidae), with the elevation of two taxa to specific status and the description of two new species. J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr. 44:33-54.

Branch WR, Bauer AM, Good DA. 1996. A review of the Namaqua gecko, Pachydactylusnamaquensis (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from southern Africa, with the description of two new species. S AFR J ZOOL 31: (2) 53-69 APR 1996.

Burbrink, F. T. 2000. Systematics of the polymorphic North American rat snake (Elapheobsoleta). Ph.D. Dissertation, LouisianaStateUniversity, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Burbrink, F. T. 2001. Systematics of the Eastern Ratsnake Complex (Elaphe obsoleta). Herpetological Monographs 15:1-53.

Burbrink, F. T. 2002. Phylogeographic analysis of the cornsnake (Elaphe guttata) complex as inferred from maximum likelihood and Bayesian analyses. Mol Phyl Evol 25:465-476.

Burbrink, F. T., R. Lawson, and J. B. Slowinski. 2000. Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of the polytypic North American rat snake (Elaphe obsoleta): a critique of the subspecies concept. Evolution 54:2107-2118.

Carlin, J. L. 1997. Morphological and genetic differentiation between long-tailed (Eurycea longicauda) and three-lined (E. guttolineata) salamanders (Caudata: Plethodontidae).
Herpetologica 53(2): 206-217.

Cole, J. C., H. C. Dessauer, C. R. Townsend, and M. G. Arnold. 1995. Kentropix borckianus (Squamata: Teiidae): A unisexual lizard of hybrid origin in the Guiana Region, South America. Amer. Mus. Novitates 3145:1-23.

Cole, J. C., H. C. Dessauer. 1995. Unisexual lizards (Genus Cnemidophorus) of the Madrean Archipelago. Pp. 267-273 in L. F. DeBano, P. F. Ffaliott, A. Ortega-Rubio, G. J. Gottfried, R. H. Hamre, and C. B. Edminstere (Tech. Coordi.), Biodiversity and Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands of Southwestern United States and Northwestern Mexico. USDA Forest Service General Technical Report RM-GRT-264, Fort Collins, CO.

Creer, D. A., K. de Queiroz, T. R. Jackman, J. B. Losos, and A. Larson. 2001. Systematics of the Anolis roquet series of the southern Lesser Antilles. J. Herpetol. 35(3):428-441.

Crother, B. I., and J. S. Thompson. 1998 Biochemical genetics of the disjunct populations of Nerodia floridana (Colubridae: Serpentes) Copeia 1998:715-719.

Jorge da Silva, N., and J.W. Sites, Jr. 2001. Phylogeny of South American triad coral snakes (Elapidae: Micrurus) based on molecular characters. Herpetologica 57(1):1-22.

Davis, L. M., T. C. Glenn, R. M. Elsey, I. L. Brisbin, W. E. Rhodes, H. C. Dessauer, and R. H. Sawyer. In press. Genetic structure of six populations of American alligators: A microsatellite analysis. Proc. 1998 Conference on Crocodilian Biology and Evolution, Brisbane, Australia.

de Queiroz, A. and R. Lawson. 1994. Phylogenetic relationships of the garter snakes based on DNA sequence and allozyme variation. Biol. J. Linn. Soc. 53: 209-229.

Dessauer, H. C., C. J. Cole, and C. R. Townsend. 2000. Hybridization among western whiptail lizards (Cnemidophorus tigris) in southwestern New Mexico: Population genetics, morphology, and ecology in three contact zones. Bull. Amer. Mus. Natur. Hist. in press.

Dessauer, H. C., T. W. Roeder, C. J. Cole, and A. Knight. 1996. Rapid screening of DNA diversity using dot-blot technology and allele-specific oligonucleotides: Maternity of hybrids and unisexual clones of hybrid origin. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 6:366-372.

Devitt, T. J. 2003. Systematics of the western lyresnake (Trimomrphodon biscutatus) complex: Implications for North and Middle American aridland biogeography. LouisianaStateUniversity, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Feldman, C. R. 2000. Comparative Phylogeography of 3 squamate reptiles in California: Contiatenuis, Diadophis punctatus, and Elgaria multicarinata. Master's Thesis, San FranciscoStateUniversity.

Fitzgerald, L.A., J.A. Cook, and A.L. Aquino. 1999. The molecular phylogenetics and conservation of Tupinambis (Sauria: Teiidae). Copeia 1999 (4):894-905.

Gergus, E.W.A. 1994. Systematics and biogeography of Bufo microscaphus (Anura: Bufonidae), with a preliminary report on B. americanus group phylogeny. M.S. thesis, San DiegoStateUniversity. vii + 72 pp., 9 figures, 4 tables.

Gergus, E.W.A. 1998. Systematics of the Bufo microscaphus complex: allozyme evidence. Herpetologica 54(3): 317-325.

Glenn, T. C., L. M. Davis, H. C. Dessauer, R. M. Elsey, and R. H. Sawyer. Submitted. Multiple paternity within clutches of American Alligators. Copeia.

Glenn, T. C., H. C. Dessauer, and M. J. Braun. 1998. Characterization of microsatellite DNA loci in American alligators Copeia 1998(3): 591-601.

Glenn, T. C., W. Stephan, H. C. Dessauer, and M. J. Braun. 1996. Allelic diversity in alligator microsatellite loci is negatively correlated with GC content of flanking sequences and evolutionary conservation of PCR amplifiability. Molecular Biology and Evolution 13:1151-1154. STOPPED HERE!

Good, D.A. and A.M. Bauer. 1995. Allozyme evidence for the affinities of the Namaqua day gecko, Phelsuma ocellata. J. Herpetol. Assoc. Afr. 44:1-9.

Good, D.A., Bauer, A.M., and Branch, W.R. 1997. A new species of Phyllodactylus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Karoo National Park, South Africa. Afr. J. Herpetol. 45 [1996]:49-58.

Good, D.A., Bauer, A.M., and Sadlier, R.A. 1997. Allozyme evidence for the phylogeny of the giant New Caledonian geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae: Rhacodactylus), with comments on the status of R. leachianus henkeli. Aust. J. Zool. 45:317-330.

Henderson, R. W., and S. B. Hedges. 1995. Origin of West Indian populations of the geographically widespread boa Corallus enydris inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 4:88-92.

Jackman, T. R. A. Larson, K. de Queiroz, and J. B. Losos. 1999. Phylogenetic Relationships and Tempo of Early Diversification in Anolis Lizards. Syst. Biol. 48:254-285.

Jorge da Silva, Jr., Nelson. 1995. Molecular systematics and evolution of venoms in the South American "triad" coral snakes (Micrurus, Elapidae). Ph.D. thesis, Department of Zoology, BrighamYoungUniversity, Provo, Utah.

Jorge da Silva, Jr., N., and J.W. Sites, Jr. Phylogeny of South American triad coral snakes (Elapidae, Micrurus) based on molecular characters.

Keogh, J. S. 1997. Phylogenetic Studies on Australo-Papuan Elapid Snakes Based on Morphology and DNA. Ph.D. Thesis. University of Sydney (Australia).

Keogh, J. S. 1998. Molecular phylogeny of elapid snakes and a consideration of their biogeographic history. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 63, 177-203.

Keogh, J. S., Shine, R. and Donnellan, S. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships of terrestrial Australo-Papuan elapid snakes based on cytochrome b and 16S rRNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 10, 67-81.

King, R. B. and R. Lawson. 1996. Sex linked inheritance of fumarate hydratase alleles in natricine snakes. J. Heredity 87:81-83.

Lamb, T. and Bauer, A. 2000. Systematics of the Pachydactylus rugosus complex of southern African geckos (Squamata: Gekkonidae). African Zoology 35:in press.

Lance, V. A., T. Cort, J. Masuoka, R. Lawson and P. Saltmna. 1995. Unusually high zinc concentrations in snake plasma, with observations on plasma zinc concentrations in lizards, turtles and alligators. J. Zool., Lond. 235: 577-585.

Leaché, A. D. and T. W. Reeder (2002). Molecular systematics of the eastern fence lizard (Sceloporus undulatus): A comparison of parsimony, likelihood, and Bayesian approaches.Syst. Biol.51: 44-68.

Markezich, A. L., C. J. Cole, and H. C. Dessauer. 1997. The blue and green whiptail lizards (Squamata: Teiidae: Cnemidophorus) of the peninsula de Paraguana, Venezuela: Systematics, ecology, description of two new taxa, and relationships to whiptails of the Guianas. Amer. Mus. Natur. Hist. Novitates 3207:1-60.

Orange, D.I. 1997. Comparative biogeography within and among four species of lizards in western North American deserts (Crotaphytidae: Crotaphytus bicinctores, C. Collaris, Gambelia wislizeni; Phrynosomatidae: Sceloporus magister. Biological Sciences. Las Vegas. University of Nevada, Las Vegas: 275pp.

Pellegrino, K. C. M., M. T. Rodrigues, et al. 2001. A molecular perspective on the evolution of microteiid lizards (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae), and a new classification for the family. J. Linn Soc. Lond74:315-338.

Reeder, T. W. 1995. Phylogenetic relationships among phrynosomatid lizards as inferred from mitochondrial ribosomal DNA sequences: Substitutional bias and the information content of transitions relative to transversions. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 4: 203-222.

Reeder, T. W., and J. J. Wiens. 1996. Evolution of the lizard family Phrynosomatidae as inferred from diverse types of data. Herpetological Monographs 10:43-84.

Reeder, T. W., Charles J. Cole, and H. Dessauer. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships of Cnemidophorus (Squamata: Teiidae): A test of monophyly, re-evaluation of karyotypic evolution, and review of hybrid origins.AmericanMuseum Novitates 3365:1–61.

Reeder, T. W., and R. R. Montanucci. 2001. A phylogenetic analysis of the horned lizard genus Phrynosoma (Phrynosomatidae): Evidence from mitochondrial DNA and morphology. Copeia 2001:309–323.

Richmond, J. Q., and T. W. Reeder. 2002. Evidence for parallel ecological speciation in scincid lizards of the Eumeces skiltonianus species group (Squamata: Scincidae). Evolution 56:1498–1513.

Schell, D. M., and T. M. Schwaner. 1999. Nitrogen isotope ratios and quick death in Tasmania. Abstract, Amer. Soc. Limnology and Oceanography, New Mexico 1-5 Feb. 1999.

Slowinski, J. B., and J. S. Keogh. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships of elapid snakes based on cytochrome b mtDNA sequences. Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 15:157-164.

Slowinski, J. B., J. Boundy, and R. Lawson. In press. The phylogenetic relationships of Asian coral snakes (Elapidae: Calliophis and Maticora) based on morphological and molecular characters. Herpetologica.

Thompson, J. S. 1994. Genetic Variation of the Allopatric Populations of the Florida Green Water Snake (Nerodia floridana) Through Allozyme Electrophoresis. M.S. Thesis, Southeastern LouisianaUniversity, Hammond, LA.

Vitt, L. J., J. P. Caldwell, P. A. Zani, and T. A. Titus. 1997. The role of habitat shift in the evolution of lizard morphology: evidence from tropical Tropidurus. Proc. Natl. Acad Sci. USA 94:3828-3832.

Wiens, J. J., T. W. Reeder, and A. N. Montes De Oca. 1999. Molecular phylogenetics and evolution of sexual dichromatism among populations of the Yarrow's spiny lizard (Sceloporus jarrovii). Evolution 53:1884-1897.

Wiens, J. J., and T. W. Reeder. 1997. Phylogeny of the spiny lizards (Sceloporus) based on molecular and morphological evidence. Herpetological Monographs 11:1-101.

Wiens, J. J., and T. W. Reeder. 1995. Combining data sets with different numbers of taxa for phylogenetic analysis. Systematic Biology 44:548-558.

Ornithology

Aleixo, A. 2002. Molecular systematics and the role of the "varzea"-"terra-firme" ecotone in the diversification of Xiphorhynchus woodcreepers (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae). Auk 119:621=640.

Aleixo, A. 2002. Molecular systematics, phylogeography, and population genetics of Xiphorhynchus (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae) in the Amazon basin. Biological Sciences. Ph.D. dissertation. LouisianaStateUniversity, Baton Rouge.

Apanius, V.,Yorinks, N., Bermingham, E., and R.E. Ricklefs. In press. Island and taxon effects in the prevalance of blood parasites and activity of the immune system in Lesser Antillean birds. Ecology.

Arctander, P. 1995. Comparison of a mitochondrial gene and a corresponding nuclear pseudogene. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B 262;13-19.

Arctander, P., and J. Fjeldså. 1994. Andean tapaculos of the genus Scytalopus (Aves, Rhinocryptidae): A study of speciation using DNA sequence data. Pp. 205-225 in V. Loeschcke, J. Tomiuk, and S. K. Jain (eds.), Conservation Genetics, Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, Switzerland.

Austin, J. J. 1996. Molecular phylogenetics of Puffinus shearwaters: Preliminary evidence from mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequences. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 5:77-88.

Avise, J. C. 1994. Molecular markers, natural history and evolution. Chapman and Hall, New York, New York. (Several of Avise’s studies cited in this book used tissues supplied by LSU.)

Avise, J.C. 2000. Phylogeography: The History and Formation of Species. HarvardUniversity Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Several of Avise’s studies cited in this book used tissues supplied by LSU.)

Baltosser, W. H. and S. M. Russell. 1999. Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri). In The Birds of North America (A. Poole and F. Gill, eds.). The Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA, and The American Ornithologists' Union, Washington, D.C.

Barker, F.K. 1999. The evolution of cooperative breeding in Campylorhynchus wrens: A comparative approach. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL.

Barker, F. K., and S. M. Lanyon. 2000. The impact of parsimony weighting schemes on inferred relationships among toucans and Neotropical barbets (Aves: Piciformes). Mol. Phyl. Evol. 15:215-234.

Bates, J. M., S. J. Hackett, and J. M. Goerck. 1999. Mitochondrial DNA sequences reveal high levels of genetic differentiation in two lineages of antbirds (Dyrmophila and Hypocnemis). Auk 116: 1093-1106.

Bates, J. M., and R. M. Zink. 1994. Evolution into the Andes: molecular evidence for species relationships in the genus Leptopogon. Auk 111:507-515.

Bermingham, E., G. Seutin, and R. E. Ricklefs. 1996. Regional approaches to conservation biology: RFLPs, DNA sequences, and Caribbean birds. Pp. 104-124 in Smith T. B. and R. K. Wayne (eds.), Molecular Genetic Approaches in Conservation. OxfordUniversity Press, NY.

Brawn, J. D., T. M. Collins, M. Medina, and E. Bermingham. 1996. Effects of physical isolation on geographic variation within three species of neotropical birds. Molecular Ecology 5: 33-46.

Brumfield, R. T. and M. J. Braun. Submitted. Phylogenetic relationships in the genus Manacus (Pipridae): character conflict between isozymes and male plumage color. Auk.

Brumfield, R. T., and A. P. Capparella. 1996. Historical diversification of birds in northwestern South America: A molecular perspective on the role of vicariant events. Evolution 50:1607-1624.

Brumfield, R. T., and A. P. Capparella. 1996. Genetic differentiation and taxonomy in the Troglodytes aedon (House Wren) species group. Condor 98:547-556.

Brumfield, R. T., R. W. Jernigan, D. B. McDonald, and M. J. Braun. 2001. Evolutionary implications of divergent clines in an avian (Manacus; Aves) hybrid zone. Evolution 55:2070-2087.

Brumfield, R. T., D. L. Swofford, and M. J. Braun. 1997. Evolutionary relationships among the potoos (Nyctibiidae) based on isozymes. Ornithological Monographs 48:129-145.

Burns, K. J. 1998. Molecular systematics of tanagers (Thraupinae): evolution and biogeography of a diverse radiation of Neotropical birds. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 8: 334-348.

Burns, K. J. 1998. A phylogenetic perspective on the evolution of sexual dichromatism in tanagers (Thraupidae): The role of female versus male plumage. Evolution 52: 1219-1224.

Burns, K. J. 1998. Molecular phylogenetics of the genus Piranga: implications for biogeography and the evolution of morphology and behavior. Auk 115: 621-634.

Burns, K. J., S. J. Hackett, et al. 2002. Phylogenetic relationships and morphological diversity in Darwins's finches and their relatives.Evolution56: 1240-1252.

Clayton, D. H., and K. P. Johnson. 2003. Linking coevolutionary history to ecological process: Doves and lice. Evolution 57:2335-2341.

Chesser, R. T. 1999. Molecular systematics of the rhinocryptid genus Pteroptochos. Condor 101:439-446.

Chesser, R. T. 2000. Evolution in the high Andes: The phylogenetics of Muscisaxicola ground-tyrants. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 15:369-380.

Cibois, A. 2003. Mitochondrial DNA phylogeny of babblers (Timaliidae). Auk 120:35-54.

Cibois, A., M. V. Kalyakin, L. X. Han, and E. Pasquet. 2002. Molecular phylogenetics of babblers (Timaliidae): Re-evaluation of the genera Yuhina and Stachyris. J. Avian Biol. 33:380-390.

Cicero, C. 1998. Sibling species of titmice in the Parus inornatus complex (Aves: Paridae). Univ.Calif. Publ. Zool.128:1-217.

Cicero, C. and N. K. Johnson. 1998. Molecular phylogeny and ecological diversification in a clade of New World songbirds (genus Vireo). Molecular Ecology 7:1359-1370.

Cicero, C., and N. K. Johnson. 2001. Higher-level phylogeny of New World vireos (Aves: Vireonidae) based on sequences of multiple mitochondrial DNA genes. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 20:27-40.

Cicero, C., and N. K. Johnson. 2002. Phylogeny and character evolution in the Empidonax group of tyrant flycatchers (Aves: Tyrannidae): A test of W. E. Lanyon's hypothesis using mtDNA sequences. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 22:289-302.

Cohen, B. L., A. J. Baker, K. Blechschmidt, D. L. Dittmann, R. W. Furness, J. A. Gerwin, A. J. Helbig, J. de Korte, H. D. Marshall, R. L. Palma, H.-U. Peter, R. Ramli, M. S. Willcox, R. H. Wilson, and R. M. Zink. 1997. Enigmatic phylogeny of Skuas (Aves: Stercorariidae). Proc. Roy. Soc. London B 264:181-190.

Cohn-Haft, M. 2000. A case study in Amazonian biogeography: Vocal and DNA-sequence variation in Hemitriccus flycatchers. Ph.D. dissertation. Biological Sciences. LouisianaStateUniversity, Baton Rouge.

Cooper, A. 1997. Studies of avian ancient DNA: From Jurassic park to modern island extinctions. Pp. 345-373 in D. P. Mindell (ed.), Avian Molecular Evolution and Systematics, Academic Press, New York.

Cooper A., and D. Penny. 1997. Mass survival of birds across the Cretaceous-Tertiary Boundary: Molecular evidence. Science 275:1109-1113.

Cotter, J.-P. 2000. Multilocus nuclear analysis of the phylogenetic position of Coscoroba coscoroba. M.S. thesis, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado.

Crochet P.-A., Bonhomme F., Lebreton J.-D. 2000. Molecular phylogeny and plumage evolution in gulls (Larini). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 13: 47-57.

Defilippis, V. R. 1995. Evolution of cytochrome oxidase I versus cytochrome in ten Picidae species (Class: Ave). M.S. thesis, Wayne State Univ., Detroit, Michigan.

DeFilippis, V. R., and Moore, W. S. 2000. Resolution of phylogenetic relationships among recently evolved species as a function of amount of DNA sequence: An empirical study based on woodpeckers (Aves: Picidae). Molec. Phylog. Evol. 16:143-160.

Demastes, J. W., and J. V. Remsen. 1994. The genus Caryothraustes (Cardinalinae) is not monophyletic. Wilson Bulletin, 106:733-738.

Dodge, A., A. Fry, R. Zink, and R. C. Blackwell. 1995. Comparison of phylogenetic patterns in mitochondrial DNA sequences and restriction sites. Wilson Bulletin 107:641-654.

Drovetski, S. V., R. M. Zink, I. V. Fadeev, E. V. Nesterov, E. A. Koblik, Y. A. Red'kin, and S. Rohwer. 2004. Mitochondrial phylogeny of Locustella and related genera. Journal of Avian Biology 35:105-110.

Dunham, S. 1996. Phylogeny of owls (Strigiformes) based on mitochondrial cytochrome-b sequences. M.S. thesis, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada.

Dwyer, G. M. 1998. Molecular sex determination and winter distribution of a monomorphic bird, the Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus). M.S. Thesis, Southeastern LouisianaUniversity, Hammond, LA.

Eggert, L. 1996. A phylogeographic approach to management of coastal California cactus wrens (Campylorhynchus brunneicapillus). M.S. thesis, San DiegoStateUniversity, San Diego, California.

Ericson, P. G. P, T. J. Parsons, and U. S. Johansson. Morphological and molecular support for non-monophyly of the Galloanserae. In press. Proceedings of "New Perspectives on the Origin and Early Evolution of Birds". Special Publication of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.

Espinosa de los Monteros, A. 1998. Phylogenetic relationships among the Trogons. Auk 115:937-954.

Espinosa de los Monteros, A. 2000. Higher-level phylogeny of Trogoniformes. Mol. Phyl. Evol. 14:20-34.

Fleischer, R. C., G. Fuller and D. Ledig. 1995. Genetic structure of endangered clapper rail (Rallus longirostris) populations in southern California. Conservation Biology 9:1234-1243.

Freeman, S. and R. M. Zink. 1995. The phylogeny of the blackbirds estimated from restriction sites in mitochondrial DNA. Systematic Biology 44:410-421.

Freeland, J. R., and P. T. Boag. 1999. Paraphyly in the tree-finches, and two divergent lineages in the warbler finch. Auk 116:577-588.

Foster, S. A., W. A. Cresko, K. P. Johnson, M. U. Tlusty, and H. W. Willmott. 1996. Patterns of homoplasy in behavioral evolution. In: Homoplasy: The Recurrence of Similarity in Evolution (M. J. Sanderson and L. Hufford, eds.). Academic Press, San Diego.

Fry, A. J., and R. M. Zink. 1998. Geographic analysis of nucleotide diversity and song sparrow (Aves: Emberizidae) population history. Molecular Ecology 7:1303-1313.

García-Moreno, J. 1997. Speciation in young (Plio/Pleistocene) montane forest birds in the tropical Andes region. Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen.

García-Moreno, J., Arctander, P., & Fjeldså, J. 1998. Pre-Pleistocene differentiation among chat-tyrants. Condor, 100:629-640.

García-Moreno, J., Arctander, P., & Fjeldså, J. 1999. Strong diversification at the treeline among Metallura hummingbirds. Auk (American Ornithologists Union), 116:702-711.