Publications

Advancing Research

The MWFB collections facilitate a wide array of uses, supporting research both by UC Davis faculty and broader scientists. During the past 15 years, we have witnessed an expanded use of our collections by outside researchers. This is reflected by increased queries of our holdings and numbers of peer-reviewed publications resulting in the use of our specimens. Recent and current research use has centered on new species discovery, taxonomic studies, genomics, evolution of Anatids, food web dynamics, long-term studies in avian productivity, and field and museum methods. Here we highlight some recent studies, outside of the museum's primary research programs, involving the use of our collections.

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Recent Publications

De Greef, E., Brashear, W., Delmore, K. E., and Fraser, K. C. Population structure, patterns of natal dispersal and demographic history in a declining aerial insectivore, the purple martin Progne subis. Journal of Avian Biology. 2022; e02929.

McDonough, M. M., Ferguson, A. W., Dowler, R. C., Gompper, M. E., and Maldonado, J. E. Phylogenomic systematics of the spotted skunks (Carnivora, Mephitidae, Spilogale): Additional species diversity and Pleistocene climate change as a major driver of diversification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 2022. Vol. 167: 107266.

Nesi, N., Tasgkogeorga, G., Tsang, S. M., Nicolas, V., Lalis, A., Scanlon, A. T., Riesle-Sbarbaro, S. A., Hitch, A. T., Juste, J., Pinzari, C. A., Bonaccorso, F. J., Todd, C. M., Lim, B. K., Simmons, N. B., McGowen, M. R., and Rossiter, S. J. Interrogating Phylogenetic Discordance Resolves Deep Splits in the Rapid Radiation of Old World Fruit Bats (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae). Systematic Biology. 2021; Vol. 0, No. 0: 1-13.

Tell, L. A., Hazelhurst, J. A., Bandivadekar, R. R., Brown, J. C., Spence, A. R., Powers, D. R., Agnew, D. W., Woods, L. W., and Engilis, Jr., A. Hummingbird (Family Trochilidae) Research: Welfare-conscious Study Techniques for Live Hummingbirds and Processing of Hummingbird Specimens. Museum of Texas Tech University Special Publications. 2021; No. 76.

Broken-Brow, J., Hitch, A. T., Armstrong, K. N., and Leung, L. K. P. Effect of fire on insectivorous bat activity in northern Australia: does fire intensity matter on a local scale? Australian Journal of Zoology. 2020; Vol. 67, No. 6: 260-268.

Godwin, B. L., LaCava, M. E. F., Mendelsohn, B., Gagne, R. B., Gustafson, K. D., Love Stowell, S. M., Engilis, Jr., A., Tell, L. A., and Ernest, H. B. Novel hybrid finds a peri‐urban niche: Allen’s Hummingbirds in southern California. Conservation Genetics. 2020; Vol. 21: 989-998.