Teresa M. Pegan

This study identifies over 170 putative inversion polymorphisms in 28 North American songbird species, suggesting they are common and may persist neutrally despite lacking clear phenotypic associations.

This study examines the spatiotemporal structure of the annual cycle in migratory birds, showing migratory periods are consistent across species and breeding/nonbreeding time is inversely related to migration distance.

The paper creates AvianLexiconAtlas, a database categorizing English bird common names into biological or cultural descriptors, finding 89% of names relate to biology/ecology.

This study uses genome data from 35 bird species to show that long-distance migration promotes genetic diversity and spatial genetic structure due to philopatry, not dispersal.