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Avian Phylogenetics

Avian Phylogenetics is the scientific discipline that reconstructs and analyzes the evolutionary relationships among bird species using genetic, morphological, and fossil evidence to infer their historical patterns of descent.

884

Publications

69.4K

Citations

2.2K

Authors

911

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

153

Parents

Publications

884

Ecological Adaptations for Breeding in Birds

Allen Keast, David Lack · Journal of Animal Ecology · 1970 · 3.9K citations

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A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History

Shannon J. Hackett, Rebecca T. Kimball, Sushma Reddy et al. · Science · 2008 · 2.2K citations

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

Erich D. Jarvis, Siavash Mirarab, Andre J. Aberer et al. · Science · 2014 · 2K citations · Full text

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A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing

Richard O. Prum, Jacob S. Berv, Alex Dornburg et al. · Nature · 2015 · 1.7K citations

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Evolution of Darwin’s finches and their beaks revealed by genome sequencing

Sangeet Lamichhaney, Jonas Berglund, Markus Sällman Almén et al. · Nature · 2015 · 1.1K citations

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1–5 of 884

Authors

2.2K

  1. PG
    Per G. P. Ericson

    Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden

    24 publications · 1.8K citations

    21

    h-index

  2. JC
    Joël Cracraft

    American Museum of Natural History, United States

    19 publications · 3.9K citations

    18

    h-index

  3. RM
    Robert M. Zink

    University of Minnesota, United States

    18 publications · 1.9K citations

    18

    h-index

  4. JF
    Jon Fjeldså

    University of Copenhagen, Denmark

    20 publications · 3.4K citations

    18

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  5. MI
    Martin Irestedt

    Swedish Museum of Natural History, Sweden

    19 publications · 1.1K citations

    17

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1–5 of 2.2K

Institutions

911

  1. American Museum of Natural History

    New York, United States

    38 h-index

    105 publications

    21.8K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    27 h-index

    94 publications

    12.7K citations

  3. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    25 h-index

    55 publications

    6.8K citations

  4. Swedish Museum of Natural History

    Stockholm, Sweden

    25 h-index

    58 publications

    3.3K citations

  5. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    24 h-index

    90 publications

    42.1K citations

  6. Uppsala University

    Uppsala, Sweden

    22 h-index

    54 publications

    23.2K citations

  7. Museum of Vertebrate Zoology

    Berkeley, United States

    22 h-index

    52 publications

    41.1K citations

  8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    22 h-index

    67 publications

    5.1K citations

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Venues

  1. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

    92 publications · 5.4K citations

    46

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  2. The Auk

    67 publications · 5.3K citations

    37

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  3. Evolution

    27 publications · 2K citations

    25

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  4. Molecular Biology and Evolution

    MBE · 23 publications · 2.3K citations

    22

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  5. Ibis

    25 publications · 1.1K citations

    21

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