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List of works by Gavin H. Thomas

A cautionary note on the use of Ornstein Uhlenbeck models in macroevolutionary studies

scientific article

A simple polytomy resolver for dated phylogenies

article by Tyler S. Kuhn et al published 21 March 2011 in Methods in Ecology and Evolution

A supertree approach to shorebird phylogeny

scientific article published on 24 August 2004

Adaptation and convergent evolution within the Jamesonia-Eriosorus complex in high-elevation biodiverse Andean hotspots

scientific article

An avian explosion

scientific article published in Nature

Bergmann's idiosyncratic rule: a role for fecundity selection?

scientific article published on 20 February 2009

Body length of bony fishes was not a selective factor during the biggest mass extinction of all time

article published in 2017

Body size diversification in anolis: novel environment and island effects

scientific article published on 27 March 2009

Breeding systems, climate, and the evolution of migration in shorebirds

scientific article published in 2009

Comparative analyses of the influence of developmental mode on phenotypic diversification rates in shorebirds

scientific article

Dating placentalia: Morphological clocks fail to close the molecular fossil gap

scientific article

Determinants of flammability in savanna grass species

scientific article published on 26 November 2015

Ecology and allometry predict the evolution of avian developmental durations

scientific article published on 14 May 2020

Energy, range dynamics and global species richness patterns: reconciling mid-domain effects and environmental determinants of avian diversity

scientific article

Erratum: Global distribution and conservation of rare and threatened vertebrates

scientific article published in Nature

Evolutionary pathways in shorebird breeding systems: sexual conflict, parental care, and chick development

scientific article published in October 2005

Fossils and living taxa agree on patterns of body mass evolution: a case study with Afrotheria

scientific article

Global biogeographic patterns of avian morphological diversity

scientific article published on 24 February 2022

Global biogeography and ecology of body size in birds

scientific article published in March 2009

Global distribution and conservation of evolutionary distinctness in birds

scientific article

Global distribution and conservation of rare and threatened vertebrates.

scientific article

Global patterns of geographic range size in birds

scientific article published in July 2006

Grenyer et al. reply

scientific article published in Nature

Heterogeneous relationships between rates of speciation and body size evolution across vertebrate clades

scientific article published on 26 October 2020

High rates of evolution preceded the origin of birds

scientific article

Human impacts and the global distribution of extinction risk

scientific article

Inclusion of a near-complete fossil record reveals speciation-related molecular evolution

article by Thomas H. G. Ezard et al published August 2013 in Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Integrating ecology into macroevolutionary research

scientific article (publication date: 23 October 2011)

Land-Sparing Agriculture Best Protects Avian Phylogenetic Diversity

scientific article

Limited male incubation ability and the evolution of egg size in shorebirds

scientific article

MOTMOT: models of trait macroevolution on trees

article

Macroecology and extinction risk correlates of frogs

scientific article published in 2008

Mega-evolutionary dynamics of the adaptive radiation of birds

scientific article

Migratory behavior of birds affects their coevolutionary relationship with blood parasites ⬇️

scientific article published on October 24, 2011

Nesting behaviour influences species-specific gas exchange across avian eggshells.

scientific article published in September 2014

PASTIS: an R package to facilitate phylogenetic assembly with soft taxonomic inferences

scientific article published in 2013

Phylogenetic distributions of British birds of conservation concern

scientific article (publication date: 22 September 2008)

Phylogeny of shorebirds, gulls, and alcids (Aves: Charadrii) from the cytochrome-b gene: parsimony, Bayesian inference, minimum evolution, and quartet puzzling

scientific article

Regional variation in the historical components of global avian species richness

article

Sex roles in birds: Phylogenetic analyses of the influence of climate, life histories and social environment

scientific article published in 2022

Sexual Conflict and the Evolution of Breeding Systems in Shorebirds

Sexual Conflict, Ecology, and Breeding Systems in Shorebirds

Sexual conflict over parental care: a case study of shorebirds

Sexual selection predicts the rate and direction of colour divergence in a large avian radiation

scientific article published on 16 April 2019

Shedding light on the 'dark side' of phylogenetic comparative methods

scientific article

Spatial turnover in the global avifauna

scientific article

Sympatric Speciation in Birds Is Rare: Insights from Range Data and Simulations

article by Albert B. Phillimore et al published May 2008 in The American Naturalist

The State of the World's Birds and the Future of Avian Diversity

The geography of body size – challenges of the interspecific approach

scientific article published in 2007

The global diversity of birds in space and time

scientific article (publication date: 15 November 2012)

The impact of rate heterogeneity on inference of phylogenetic models of trait evolution.

scientific article

The signature of competition in ecomorphological traits across the avian radiation

scientific article published on 11 November 2020

Topography, energy and the global distribution of bird species richness

scientific article published in May 2007

Trait Evolution in Adaptive Radiations: Modeling and Measuring Interspecific Competition on Phylogenies

scientific article published on 7 December 2016

Using pose estimation to identify regions and points on natural history specimens

scientific article published in 2023

Why are birds' eggs colourful? Eggshell pigments co-vary with life-history and nesting ecology among British breeding non-passerine birds

scientific article published on 3 May 2012

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