List of works - Barbara M. Tomotani

A new fossil species of Procellaria (Aves: Procellariiformes) from the Pliocene of New Zealand ⬇️

scholarly article published in 2021

A new fossil species of kiwi (Aves: Apterygidae) from the mid-Pleistocene of New Zealand

scientific article published in 2021

A reassessment of the taxonomy of Crypturellus noctivagus (Wied, 1820)

A songbird compensates for wing molt during escape flights by reducing the molt gap and increasing angle of attack

scientific article published on 28 May 2019

Carrying a logger reduces escape flight speed in a passerine bird, but relative logger mass may be a misleading measure of this flight performance detriment

scientific article published in 2018

Changing distributions of the cosmopolitan mosquito species Culex quinquefasciatus Say and endemic Cx. pervigilans Bergroth (Diptera: Culicidae) in New Zealand

Climate Change Impacts: Birds

Climate change leads to differential shifts in the timing of annual cycle stages in a migratory bird

scientific article

Climate change relaxes the time constraints for late-born offspring in a long-distance migrant

scientific article published in September 2016

Colour variation and taxonomy of Picumnus limae Snethlage, 1924 and P. fulvescens Stager, 1961 (Piciformes: Picidae)

Early arrival is not associated with more extra-pair fertilizations in a long-distance migratory bird

Extreme bill dimorphism leads to different but overlapping isotopic niches and similar trophic positions in sexes of the charismatic extinct huia

scientific article published in January 2022

Feeding ecology analysis supports a marine diet in the extinct Chatham Island Duck (Anas chathamica)

scientific article

Field and laboratory studies provide insights into the meaning of day-time activity in a subterranean rodent (Ctenomys aff. knighti), the tuco-tuco

scientific article

Great tits do not compensate over time for a radio-tag-induced reduction in escape-flight performance

scientific article published in 2021

Historical distribution data of New Zealand endemic families Callaeidae and Notiomystidae (Aves, Passeriformes) ⬇️

article by Rodrigo B. Salvador et al published 30 August 2019 in Check List

Integrating Causal and Evolutionary Analysis of Life-History Evolution: Arrival Date in a Long-Distant Migrant

scientific article published in 2021

Invertebrates in Science Communication: Confronting Scientists’ Practices and the Public’s Expectations

scientific article

Modeling natural photic entrainment in a subterranean rodent (Ctenomys aff. knighti), the Tuco-Tuco

scientific article

Morphology and vocalization support specific status of the Chestnut-headed Chachalaca, Ortalis motmot ruficeps (Wagler, 1830) (Aves; Galliformes; Cracidae)

scientific article published in 2020

Ortalis remota: a forgotten and critically endangered species of chachalaca (Galliformes: Cracidae) from Eastern Brazil

scientific article published on 18 August 2017

Paleoecological and isotopic analysis of fossil continental mollusks of Sandelzhausen (Miocene, Germany)

scientific article published in 2018

Polygenic basis for adaptive morphological variation in a threatened Aotearoa | New Zealand bird, the hihi (Notiomystis cincta)

scientific article published on 26 August 2020

Publication practice in Taxonomy: Global inequalities and potential bias against negative results

Short-term, but not long-term, increased daytime workload leads to decreased night-time energetics in a free-living song bird

scientific article published on 19 July 2019

Simulated moult reduces flight performance but overlap with breeding does not affect breeding success in a long-distance migrant

scientific article published in 2017

Social modulation of the daily activity rhythm in a solitary subterranean rodent, the tuco-tuco (Ctenomys sp)

scientific article

Taxonomy of the European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca (Aves: Muscicapidae)

scientific article published on 11 July 2017

Temperature has a causal and plastic effect on timing of breeding in a small songbird

scientific article published on 23 March 2020

The Kraken: when myth encounters science

The rarest of the rare: rediscovery and status of the critically endangered Belem Curassow, Crax fasciolata pinima (Pelzeln, 1870)

scientific article published in 2019

Timing avian long-distance migration: from internal clock mechanisms to global flights.

scientific article published in November 2017

Timing manipulations reveal the lack of a causal link across timing of annual-cycle stages in a long-distance migrant

scientific article published on 09 September 2019

List of works by Barbara M. Tomotani

A new fossil species of Procellaria (Aves: Procellariiformes) from the Pliocene of New Zealand ⬇️

A new fossil species of kiwi (Aves: Apterygidae) from the mid-Pleistocene of New Zealand

A reassessment of the taxonomy of Crypturellus noctivagus (Wied, 1820)

A songbird compensates for wing molt during escape flights by reducing the molt gap and increasing angle of attack

Carrying a logger reduces escape flight speed in a passerine bird, but relative logger mass may be a misleading measure of this flight performance detriment

Changing distributions of the cosmopolitan mosquito species Culex quinquefasciatus Say and endemic Cx. pervigilans Bergroth (Diptera: Culicidae) in New Zealand

Climate Change Impacts: Birds

Climate change leads to differential shifts in the timing of annual cycle stages in a migratory bird

Climate change relaxes the time constraints for late-born offspring in a long-distance migrant

Colour variation and taxonomy of Picumnus limae Snethlage, 1924 and P. fulvescens Stager, 1961 (Piciformes: Picidae)

Early arrival is not associated with more extra-pair fertilizations in a long-distance migratory bird

Extreme bill dimorphism leads to different but overlapping isotopic niches and similar trophic positions in sexes of the charismatic extinct huia

Feeding ecology analysis supports a marine diet in the extinct Chatham Island Duck (Anas chathamica)

Field and laboratory studies provide insights into the meaning of day-time activity in a subterranean rodent (Ctenomys aff. knighti), the tuco-tuco

Great tits do not compensate over time for a radio-tag-induced reduction in escape-flight performance

Historical distribution data of New Zealand endemic families Callaeidae and Notiomystidae (Aves, Passeriformes) ⬇️

Integrating Causal and Evolutionary Analysis of Life-History Evolution: Arrival Date in a Long-Distant Migrant

Invertebrates in Science Communication: Confronting Scientists’ Practices and the Public’s Expectations

Modeling natural photic entrainment in a subterranean rodent (Ctenomys aff. knighti), the Tuco-Tuco

Morphology and vocalization support specific status of the Chestnut-headed Chachalaca, Ortalis motmot ruficeps (Wagler, 1830) (Aves; Galliformes; Cracidae)

Ortalis remota: a forgotten and critically endangered species of chachalaca (Galliformes: Cracidae) from Eastern Brazil

Paleoecological and isotopic analysis of fossil continental mollusks of Sandelzhausen (Miocene, Germany)

Polygenic basis for adaptive morphological variation in a threatened Aotearoa | New Zealand bird, the hihi (Notiomystis cincta)

Publication practice in Taxonomy: Global inequalities and potential bias against negative results

Short-term, but not long-term, increased daytime workload leads to decreased night-time energetics in a free-living song bird

Simulated moult reduces flight performance but overlap with breeding does not affect breeding success in a long-distance migrant

Social modulation of the daily activity rhythm in a solitary subterranean rodent, the tuco-tuco (Ctenomys sp)

Taxonomy of the European Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca (Aves: Muscicapidae)

Temperature has a causal and plastic effect on timing of breeding in a small songbird

The Kraken: when myth encounters science

The rarest of the rare: rediscovery and status of the critically endangered Belem Curassow, Crax fasciolata pinima (Pelzeln, 1870)

Timing avian long-distance migration: from internal clock mechanisms to global flights.

Timing manipulations reveal the lack of a causal link across timing of annual-cycle stages in a long-distance migrant