R. C. K. Bowie

This study shows common cranes soar over open sea during migration, challenging assumptions about thermal conditions and flight strategies.

The paper creates a comprehensive tetrapod trait database using phylogeny-informed imputation, revealing data gaps and biases in trait distribution across species.

This study investigates convergent evolution in open-habitat chats using phylogenomic analyses to assess the roles of ILS, introgression, and novel mutations.

The paper documents population genomic responses to habitat loss in Savannah sparrows over 128 years, finding that genetic diversity was not correlated with habitat loss and that immigration mitigated diversity loss but reduced divergence at adaptive loci.

This study shows that Horned Lark plumage adapts to balance camouflage and thermoregulation by matching soil brightness and reflectance across different environments.

This study analyzes genomic variation and population histories of spotted and barred owls, identifying hybrids and revealing genetic isolation and population bottlenecks.

The paper shows that learned songs in African sunbirds evolve in punctuated bursts with long periods of stasis, suggesting strong selection constraints on song evolution.

This paper revises the taxonomy and phylogeny of African spurfowls using morphological, behavioral, and DNA evidence, identifying 25 species and clarifying their evolutionary relationships.