New Zealand Passerines Help Clarify the Diversification of Major Songbird Lineages during the Oligocene

Dating the diversification of the major lineages of Passeriformes (Aves)

(2014) Per GP Ericson et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Mitogenomic data resolve basal relationships among passeriform and passeridan birds

(2014) F. Keith Barker   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Niche filling slows the diversification of Himalayan songbirds

(2014) Trevor D. Price et al.   NATURE

Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds

(2014) E. D. Jarvis et al.   SCIENCE

A new synthesis of the molecular systematics and biogeography of honeyeaters (Passeriformes: Meliphagidae) highlights biogeographical and ecological complexity of a spectacular avian radiation

(2014) Leo Joseph et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

Identifying localized biases in large datasets: A case study using the avian tree of life

(2013) Rebecca T. Kimball et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Beyond phylogeny: pelecaniform and ciconiiform birds, and long-term niche stability

(2013) Gillian C. Gibb et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Resolving deep lineage divergences in core corvoid passerine birds supports a proto-Papuan island origin

(2013) Marie Aggerbeck et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

PhyloBayes MPI: Phylogenetic Reconstruction with Infinite Mixtures of Profiles in a Parallel Environment

(2013) Nicolas Lartillot et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

The age of the crown group of passerine birds and its evolutionary significance – molecular calibrations versus the fossil record

(2013) Gerald Mayr   SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY

Strong mitochondrial DNA support for a Cretaceous origin of modern avian lineages

(2012) Joseph W Brown et al.   BMC BIOLOGY

ECOLOGICAL LIMITS ON DIVERSIFICATION OF THE HIMALAYAN CORE CORVOIDEA

(2012) Jonathan D. Kennedy et al.   EVOLUTION

Rapid Characterization of Mitochondrial Genome Rearrangements in Australian Songbirds Using Next-generation Sequencing Technology

(2012) G. M. Cooke et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Bayesian Phylogenetics with BEAUti and the BEAST 1.7

(2012) Alexei J. Drummond et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

PartitionFinder: Combined Selection of Partitioning Schemes and Substitution Models for Phylogenetic Analyses

(2012) R. Lanfear et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The global diversity of birds in space and time

(2012) W. Jetz et al.   NATURE

Reconstructing past species assemblages reveals the changing patterns and drivers of extinction through time

(2012) L. Bromham et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Phylogeny and Biogeography of the Core Babblers (Aves: Timaliidae)

(2012) Robert G. Moyle et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Macroevolutionary patterns in the diversification of parrots: effects of climate change, geological events and key innovations

(2011) Manuel Schweizer et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

An early Miocene diversity of parrots (Aves, Strigopidae, Nestorinae) from New Zealand

(2011) Trevor H. Worthy et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Testing Hypotheses about the Sister Group of the Passeriformes Using an Independent 30-Locus Data Set

(2011) N. Wang et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Evolution of Modern Birds Revealed by Mitogenomics: Timing the Radiation and Origin of Major Orders

(2011) M. A. Pacheco et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

The evolutionary history of cockatoos (Aves: Psittaciformes: Cacatuidae)

(2011) Nicole E. White et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Molecular and morphological evidences place the extinct New Zealand endemic Turnagra capensis in the Oriolidae

(2011) Dario Zuccon et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

The New Zealand Thrush: An Extinct Oriole

(2011) Ulf S. Johansson et al.   PLoS One

Major global radiation of corvoid birds originated in the proto-Papuan archipelago

(2011) K. A. Jonsson et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Best Practices for Justifying Fossil Calibrations

(2011) James F. Parham et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Mesozoic retroposons reveal parrots as the closest living relatives of passerine birds

(2011) Alexander Suh et al.   Nature Communications

Index-Free De Novo Assembly and Deconvolution of Mixed Mitochondrial Genomes

(2010) B. J. McComish et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Vicars, tramps and assembly of the New Zealand avifauna: a review of molecular phylogenetic evidence

(2010) STEVEN A. TREWICK et al.   IBIS

Biogeographical and phylogenetic implications of an early Miocene wren (Aves: Passeriformes: Acanthisittidae) from New Zealand

(2010) Trevor H. Worthy et al.   JOURNAL OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

Obtaining mtDNA genomes from next-generation transcriptome sequencing: A case study on the basal Passerida (Aves: Passeriformes) phylogeny

(2010) Benoit Nabholz et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

A Large Fruit Pigeon (Columbidae) from the Early Miocene of New Zealand

(2009) Trevor H. Worthy et al.   AUK

Southeast Asia's changing palaeogeography

(2009) R. Hall   BLUMEA

Recombination in Glomus intraradices, a supposed ancient asexual arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus

(2009) Daniel Croll et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

ABySS: A parallel assembler for short read sequence data

(2009) J. T. Simpson et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Tinamous and Moa Flock Together: Mitochondrial Genome Sequence Analysis Reveals Independent Losses of Flight among Ratites

(2009) Matthew J. Phillips et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Accounting for Calibration Uncertainty in Phylogenetic Estimation of Evolutionary Divergence Times

(2009) Simon Y. W. Ho et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Bird evolution: testing the metaves clade with six new mitochondrial genomes

(2008) Mary Morgan-Richards et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Convergent Evolution of Hawaiian and Australo-Pacific Honeyeaters from Distant Songbird Ancestors

(2008) Robert C. Fleischer et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Velvet: Algorithms for de novo short read assembly using de Bruijn graphs

(2008) D. R. Zerbino et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

The Waipounamu Erosion Surface: questioning the antiquity of the New Zealand land surface and terrestrial fauna and flora

(2008) C. A. LANDIS et al.   GEOLOGICAL MAGAZINE

Toward Resolving Deep Neoaves Phylogeny: Data, Signal Enhancement, and Priors

(2008) R. C. Pratt et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Explosive avian radiations and multi-directional dispersal across Wallacea: Evidence from the Campephagidae and other Crown Corvida (Aves)

(2008) Knud A. Jønsson et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Phylogenetic relationships within Passerida (Aves: Passeriformes): A review and a new molecular phylogeny based on three nuclear intron markers

(2008) Ulf S. Johansson et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Phylogeny of the avian genus Pitohui and the evolution of toxicity in birds

(2008) J DUMBACHER et al.   MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION

A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History

(2008) S. J. Hackett et al.   SCIENCE

A Rapid Bootstrap Algorithm for the RAxML Web Servers

(2008) Alexandros Stamatakis et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

The division of the major songbird radiation into Passerida and ‘core Corvoidea’ (Aves: Passeriformes) — the species tree vs. gene trees

(2008) Martin Irestedt et al.   ZOOLOGICA SCRIPTA

Polyphyletic origin of toxic Pitohui birds suggests widespread occurrence of toxicity in corvoid birds

(2007) K. A Jonsson et al.   Biology Letters

Molecular phylogeny of songbirds (Aves: Passeriformes) and the relative utility of common nuclear marker loci

(2007) Simone Treplin et al.   CLADISTICS