This paper introduces a framework to scale BirdFlow models to 153 North American migratory bird species using integrated data, achieving biologically realistic movement predictions.

Movement Ecology · Apr 30, 2026Peer-reviewedEcology

Migration strategies of a high-latitude breeding songbird (Setophaga coronata coronata) revealed using multi-sensor geolocators and stable isotopes

Stephanie J. Szarmach, Johanna K Beam, Mads Moore, Benjamin Mark Van Doren, Alan Brelsford, David P. L. Toews

The paper tracks myrtle warbler migration using geolocators and isotopes, finding most birds migrate to the southeastern U.S., not the Pacific Coast as previously hypothesized.

Movement Ecology · Dec 20, 2025Peer-reviewedAnimal Behavior & Cognition

Comparative analysis examining patterns of genomic differentiation across multiple episodes of population divergence in birds

Kira E. Delmore, Juan S. Lugo Ramos, Benjamin Mark Van Doren, Max Lundberg, Staffan Bensch, Darren E. Irwin, Miriam Liedvogel

The paper examines genomic differentiation patterns across eight bird sister pairs, finding correlations between differentiation metrics and genomic features like gene density, with higher repeatability in more reproductively isolated pairs.

Evolution Letters · Mar 15, 2018Peer-reviewedGenomics

Correlated patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation across an avian family

Benjamin Mark Van Doren, Leonardo Campagna, Barbara Helm, Juan Carlos Illera, Irby J. Lovette, Miriam Liedvogel

The paper examines genetic diversity and differentiation patterns in stonechats and related species, finding similar genomic regions are important in evolution across independent lineages.

Molecular Ecology · Mar 3, 2017Peer-reviewedGenomics