Bats and birds: exceptional longevity despite high metabolic rates

J Munshi-South, GS Wilkinson - Ageing research reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
Bats and birds live substantially longer on average than non-flying mammals of similar body
size. The combination of small body size, high metabolic rates, and long lifespan in bats and …

New insights into New World biogeography: An integrated view from the phylogeny of blackbirds, cardinals, sparrows, tanagers, warblers, and allies

FK Barker, KJ Burns, J Klicka… - The Auk …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Understanding the biogeographic origins and temporal sequencing of groups within a
region or of lineages within an ecosystem can yield important insights into evolutionary …

An update of Wallace's zoogeographic regions of the world

BG Holt, JP Lessard, MK Borregaard, SA Fritz… - Science, 2013 - science.org
Modern attempts to produce biogeographic maps focus on the distribution of species, and
the maps are typically drawn without phylogenetic considerations. Here, we generate a …

Spatial mismatch and congruence between taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity: the need for integrative conservation strategies in a changing world

V Devictor, D Mouillot, C Meynard, F Jiguet… - Ecology …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Ecology Letters (2010) 13: 1030–1040 Abstract Functional and phylogenetic diversity are
increasingly quantified in various fields of ecology and conservation biology. The need to …

Evolutionary covariation in geometric morphometric data: analyzing integration, modularity, and allometry in a phylogenetic context

CP Klingenberg, J Marugán-Lobón - Systematic biology, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Quantifying integration and modularity of evolutionary changes in morphometric traits is
crucial for understanding how organismal shapes evolve. For this purpose, comparative …

[책][B] Field guide to the birds of South-East Asia

C Robson - 2020 - books.google.com
This is the first-time flexi-cover edition of this classic field guide, which is the definitive
volume on the region's birdlife. This award-winning book, which was first published in 2000 …

[책][B] Systematics and taxonomy of Australian birds

L Christidis, W Boles - 2008 - books.google.com
Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds presents an up-to-date classification of
Australian birds. Building on the authors 1994 book, The Taxonomy and Species of Birds of …

Why do birds participate in mixed-species foraging flocks? A large-scale synthesis

H Sridhar, G Beauchamp, K Shanker - Animal Behaviour, 2009 - Elsevier
Mixed-species flocks of foraging birds have been documented from terrestrial habitats all
over the world and are thought to form for either improved feeding efficiency or better …

Using the BirdTree. org website to obtain robust phylogenies for avian comparative studies: a primer

D Rubolini, A Liker, LZ Garamszegi, AP Møller… - Current …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Comparative studies of trait evolution require accounting for the shared evolutionary history.
This is done by including phylogenetic hypotheses into statistical analyses of species' traits …

Interspecific variation in fear responses predicts urbanization in birds

AP Møller - Behavioral Ecology, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Urbanization and domestication share features in terms of characters that are favored by
selection. These include loss of fear of humans, reduced corticosterone levels, prolonged …