Positive association between population genetic differentiation and speciation rates in New World birds

MG Harvey, GF Seeholzer, BT Smith… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
An implicit assumption of speciation biology is that population differentiation is an important
stage of evolutionary diversification, but its significance as a rate-limiting control on …

Great-tailed Grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus) as a tolerant host of avian malaria parasites

MA Pacheco, FC Ferreira, CJ Logan, KB McCune… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Great-tailed Grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus) are a social, polygamous bird species whose
populations have rapidly expanded their geographic range across North America over the …

A Complete Species-Level Phylogeny of the Grackles (Quiscalus spp.), Including the Extinct Slender-Billed Grackle, Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA

AFLA Powell, FK Barker, SM Lanyon - The condor, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The grackles (Quiscalus spp.), together with their sister genus Euphagus, compose
a clade within the New World blackbirds (Icteridae). We used gene sequences of …

Invasion of the emperor's grackle

BD Peer - Ardeola, 2011 - BioOne
The great-tailed grackle Quiscalus mexicanus was introduced by Aztec Emperor Auitzotl
beyond its native range in 16th century Mexico. Haemig provides valuable details on the …

Vector-Borne Blood Parasites of the Great-Tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) in East-Central Texas, USA

AJ Golnar, MCI Medeiros, K Rosenbaum, J Bejcek… - Microorganisms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Great-tailed grackles (Quiscalus mexicanus) have dramatically expanded into North
America over the past century. However, little is known about the blood that parasites they …

Ecology and Ethnobiology of the Slender-billed Grackle Quiscalus palustris

PD Haemig - Journal of Ornithology, 2010 - Springer
A renaissance-era encyclopedia compiled by Fray Bernardino de Sahagun and his research
group of elite native scholars from the Royal College of the Holy Cross, Tlatelolco, Valley of …

Range dynamics, rather than convergent selection, explain the mosaic distribution of red‐winged blackbird phenotypes

MJ Dufort, F Keith Barker - Ecology and Evolution, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Geographic distributions of genetic and phenotypic characters can illuminate historical
evolutionary processes. In particular, mosaic distributions of phenotypically similar …

A study on the role of social information sharing leading to range expansion in songbirds with large vocal repertoires: Enhancing our understanding of the Great-tailed …

S Bowser, M MacPherson - 2021 - osf.io
The acoustic adaptation hypothesis posits that animal sounds are influenced by the habitat
properties that shape acoustic constraints (Ey and Fischer 2009, Morton 2015, Sueur and …

An instance of hybridization with Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula) and male parental care by Great-tailed Grackle (Q. mexicanus)

AFLA Powell, JS Kirkley - The Wilson Journal of …, 2021 - meridian.allenpress.com
ABSTRACT Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) and Common Grackle (Q. quiscula)
are phylogenetically distant among grackles and were historically allopatric. Northward …

[書籍][B] Molecular phylogenetics of the New World blackbirds (Icteridae)

AFLA Powell - 2012 - search.proquest.com
Abstract The New World blackbirds (Icteridae) are among the best known songbirds, both
through exemplar species, such as the Red-winged Blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus), and …