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 …

The avian clade Passerida was first identified based on DNA–DNA hybridization data [CG
Sibley, JE Ahlquist, Phylogeny and Classification of Birds, 1990, Yale University Press, New …

Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) plays important roles as an anti-oxidant and in collagen synthesis.
These important roles, and the relatively large amounts of vitamin C required daily, likely …

The first edition of Tropical Rain Forests: an Ecological and Biogeographical Comparison
exploded the myth of 'the rain forest'as a single, uniform entity. In reality, the major tropical …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The babblers are a diverse group of passerine birds comprising 452 species. The group was
long regarded as a “scrap basket” in taxonomic classification schemes. Although several …

R. TERRY CHESSER, 1, 12, 13 RICHARD C. BANKS, 1 F. KEITH BARKER, 2 CARLA
CICERO, 3 JON L. DUNN, 4 ANDREW W. KRATTER, 5 IRBY J. LOVETTE, 6 PAMELA C …

Sylvioidea is one of the three superfamilies recognized within the largest avian radiation, the
parvorder Passerida. In the present study, which is the first taxon-dense analysis of the …