List of works - John P. Dumbacher

A 'toxin mantle' as defensive barrier in a tropical bird: evolutionary exploitation of the basic permeability barrier forming organelles

scientific article published in April 2014

A Passerine Bird's evolution corroborates the geologic history of the island of New Guinea

scientific article published in 2011

A new species of round-eared sengi (genusMacroscelides) from Namibia

article

A new subspecies of Tesia olivea (Sylviidae) from Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand ⬇️

Author Correction: Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics

Bird-Window Collisions at a West-Coast Urban Park Museum: Analyses of Bird Biology and Window Attributes from Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

scientific article

Blood parasites in owls with conservation implications for the Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis)

scientific article

Complete mitochondrial genome sequences of the northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) and the barred owl (Strix varia; Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae) confirm the presence of a duplicated control region

scientific article published on 10 October 2017

Complete mitochondrial genome sequences of the northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) and the barred owl (Strix varia; Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae) confirm the presence of a duplicated control region

DNA metabarcoding reveals the threat of rapidly expanding barred owl populations to native wildlife in western North America

scientific article published in 2022

Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

Evaluating hybridization capture with RAD probes as a tool for museum genomics with historical bird specimens.

scientific article

Evidence that toxin resistance in poison birds and frogs is not rooted in sodium channel mutations and may rely on “toxin sponge” proteins

scientific article published in 2021

Evolution of Toxicity in Pitohuis: I. Effects of Homobatrachotoxin on Chewing Lice (Order Phthiraptera)

scholarly article published in The Auk, October 1999

Exposure to rodenticides in Northern Spotted and Barred Owls on remote forest lands in northwestern California: evidence of food web contamination

scientific article published on 11 January 2018

Genetic differentiation within a widespread "supertramp" taxon: Molecular phylogenetics of the Louisiade White-eye (Zosterops griseotinctus).

scientific article published on 28 August 2015

Genome Assembly of <i>Pyrocephalus nanus</i>: A Step Toward the Genetic Conservation of the Endangered Little Vermilion Flycatcher of the Galapagos Islands

scientific article published in 2024

Genomic Variation and Recent Population Histories of Spotted (Strix occidentalis) and Barred (Strix varia) Owls

scientific article published on 01 May 2021

Home range and use of diurnal shelters by the Etendeka round-eared sengi, a newly discovered Namibian endemic desert mammal

scientific article

Homobatrachotoxin in the genus Pitohui: chemical defense in birds?

scientific article published on October 30, 1992

Isolation of a Complete Circular Virus Genome Sequence from an Alaskan Black-Capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Gastrointestinal Tract Sample.

scientific article

Melyrid beetles (Choresine): a putative source for the batrachotoxin alkaloids found in poison-dart frogs and toxic passerine birds

scientific article

Mid-Pleistocene divergence of Cuban and North American ivory-billed woodpeckers

scientific article

More Examples of Fruiting Trees Visited Predominantly by Birds of Paradise

Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) Genome: Divergence with the Barred Owl (Strix varia) and Characterization of Light-Associated Genes

scientific article published on October 2017

Novel Picornavirus Associated with Avian Keratin Disorder in Alaskan Birds

scientific article published on 26 July 2016

Petrosaltator gen. nov., a new genus replacement for the North African sengi Elephantulus rozeti (Macroscelidea; Macroscelididae)

scientific article

Phylogeny and taxonomy of the round-eared sengis or elephant-shrews, genus Macroscelides (Mammalia, Afrotheria, Macroscelidea)

scientific article published in 2012

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

scientific article

Phylogeny of the owlet-nightjars (Aves: Aegothelidae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequence

scientific article published in December 2003

Phylogeography of the Vermilion Flycatcher species complex: Multiple speciation events, shifts in migratory behavior, and an apparent extinction of a Galápagos-endemic bird species

scientific article

Population connectivity across a highly fragmented distribution: Phylogeography of the Chalcophaps doves

scholarly article published in 2022

Prevalence and differential host-specificity of two avian blood parasite genera in the Australo-Papuan region

scientific article published in December 2004

Prevalence and diversity of avian haemosporidian parasites across islands of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea

scientific article published on 01 April 2022

Reconstructing the molecular phylogeny of giant sengis (Macroscelidea; Macroscelididae; Rhynchocyon).

scientific article

Skin as a Toxin Storage Organ in the Endemic New Guinean GenusPitohui

scholarly article published in The Auk, July 2009

Speciation and gene flow across an elevational gradient in New Guinea kingfishers

scientific article published on 11 September 2020

Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation ⬇️

journal article from 'PLOS Biology' published in 2018

The flight of the Passenger Pigeon: phylogenetics and biogeographic history of an extinct species

scientific article

Whole-Genome Analysis of Introgression Between the Spotted Owl and Barred Owl (Strix occidentalis and Strix varia, Respectively; Aves: Strigidae) in Western North America

scientific article published on 10 December 2018

Whole-genome analysis of introgression between the spotted owl and barred owl (Strix occidentalisandStrix varia, respectively; Aves: Strigidae) in western North America

List of works by John P. Dumbacher

A 'toxin mantle' as defensive barrier in a tropical bird: evolutionary exploitation of the basic permeability barrier forming organelles

A Passerine Bird's evolution corroborates the geologic history of the island of New Guinea

A new species of round-eared sengi (genusMacroscelides) from Namibia

A new subspecies of Tesia olivea (Sylviidae) from Chiang Mai province, northern Thailand ⬇️

Author Correction: Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics

Bird-Window Collisions at a West-Coast Urban Park Museum: Analyses of Bird Biology and Window Attributes from Golden Gate Park, San Francisco

Blood parasites in owls with conservation implications for the Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis)

Complete mitochondrial genome sequences of the northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) and the barred owl (Strix varia; Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae) confirm the presence of a duplicated control region

Complete mitochondrial genome sequences of the northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) and the barred owl (Strix varia; Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae) confirm the presence of a duplicated control region

Complete mitochondrial genome sequences of the northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) and the barred owl (Strix varia; Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae) confirm the presence of a duplicated control region

DNA metabarcoding reveals the threat of rapidly expanding barred owl populations to native wildlife in western North America

Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics

Evaluating hybridization capture with RAD probes as a tool for museum genomics with historical bird specimens.

Evidence that toxin resistance in poison birds and frogs is not rooted in sodium channel mutations and may rely on “toxin sponge” proteins

Evolution of Toxicity in Pitohuis: I. Effects of Homobatrachotoxin on Chewing Lice (Order Phthiraptera)

Exposure to rodenticides in Northern Spotted and Barred Owls on remote forest lands in northwestern California: evidence of food web contamination

Genetic differentiation within a widespread "supertramp" taxon: Molecular phylogenetics of the Louisiade White-eye (Zosterops griseotinctus).

Genome Assembly of <i>Pyrocephalus nanus</i>: A Step Toward the Genetic Conservation of the Endangered Little Vermilion Flycatcher of the Galapagos Islands

Genomic Variation and Recent Population Histories of Spotted (Strix occidentalis) and Barred (Strix varia) Owls

Home range and use of diurnal shelters by the Etendeka round-eared sengi, a newly discovered Namibian endemic desert mammal

Homobatrachotoxin in the genus Pitohui: chemical defense in birds?

Isolation of a Complete Circular Virus Genome Sequence from an Alaskan Black-Capped Chickadee (Poecile atricapillus) Gastrointestinal Tract Sample.

Melyrid beetles (Choresine): a putative source for the batrachotoxin alkaloids found in poison-dart frogs and toxic passerine birds

Mid-Pleistocene divergence of Cuban and North American ivory-billed woodpeckers

More Examples of Fruiting Trees Visited Predominantly by Birds of Paradise

Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) Genome: Divergence with the Barred Owl (Strix varia) and Characterization of Light-Associated Genes

Novel Picornavirus Associated with Avian Keratin Disorder in Alaskan Birds

Petrosaltator gen. nov., a new genus replacement for the North African sengi Elephantulus rozeti (Macroscelidea; Macroscelididae)

Phylogeny and taxonomy of the round-eared sengis or elephant-shrews, genus Macroscelides (Mammalia, Afrotheria, Macroscelidea)

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

Phylogeny of the owlet-nightjars (Aves: Aegothelidae) based on mitochondrial DNA sequence

Phylogeography of the Vermilion Flycatcher species complex: Multiple speciation events, shifts in migratory behavior, and an apparent extinction of a Galápagos-endemic bird species

Population connectivity across a highly fragmented distribution: Phylogeography of the Chalcophaps doves

Prevalence and differential host-specificity of two avian blood parasite genera in the Australo-Papuan region

Prevalence and diversity of avian haemosporidian parasites across islands of Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea

Reconstructing the molecular phylogeny of giant sengis (Macroscelidea; Macroscelididae; Rhynchocyon).

Skin as a Toxin Storage Organ in the Endemic New Guinean GenusPitohui

Speciation and gene flow across an elevational gradient in New Guinea kingfishers

Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation ⬇️

The flight of the Passenger Pigeon: phylogenetics and biogeographic history of an extinct species

Whole-Genome Analysis of Introgression Between the Spotted Owl and Barred Owl (Strix occidentalis and Strix varia, Respectively; Aves: Strigidae) in Western North America

Whole-genome analysis of introgression between the spotted owl and barred owl (Strix occidentalisandStrix varia, respectively; Aves: Strigidae) in western North America

Whole-genome sequences suggest long term declines of spotted owl (Strix occidentalis) (Aves: Strigiformes: Strigidae) populations in California