28/06/2013 15:19
The Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius) is a widespread Paleartic species which includes 33-35 more or less differentiated subspecies. A study by Akimova et al. (2007) unraveled the relationships between these...
28/06/2013 15:14
While working on this site, I realized that there are numerous bird species nobody knows. We are all familier with the local species and birds regularly shown in documentaries. But there is a huge variety of bird species (over 10,000 species).
So, occasionally I will randomly pick a species...
13/04/2012 14:33
The website has been silent for some time now and I do not know if I will find the time to complete it. Next month I will start my PhD in Wageningen on White-fronted Geese. Hopefully I can find some time to work on this site.
24/02/2011 13:30
The website hasn't been updated for a while. This is because I'm working very hard on my thesis (landsnails) and another project (great tits). But when this is al passed, I will start writing again on the website.
12/10/2010 14:55
I have put the first articles on the site. It is just the abstract, but all the articles can be found on the internet for free. Enjoy.
Palaeognathae
Galloanserae
Anatidae
Phasianidae
12/10/2010 14:52
The phylogenetic position and speciation dynamics of the genus Perdix (Phasianidae, Galliformes)
XIN-KANG BAO, NAI-FA LIU, JIANG-YONG QU, XIAO-LI WANG, BEI AN, LONG-YING WEN, SEN SONG
Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56 (2010) 840–847
Abstract. The nuclear gene...
12/10/2010 14:47
The complete mitochondrial genomes of the whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica) and black swan (Cygnus atratus): dating evolutionary divergence in Galloanserae
FENG JIANG, YONHWANG MIAO, WEI LIANG, HAIYAN YE, HAILIN LIU, BIN LIU
Mol Biol Rep (2010)...
12/10/2010 14:45
A phylogenetic supertree of the fowls (Galloanserae, Aves)
SOO HYUNG EO, OLAF R. P. BININDA-EMONDS & JOHN P. CARROLL
Zoologica Scripta, 38, 465–481
Abstract.The fowls (Anseriformes and Galliformes) comprise one of the major lineages of birds and occupy almost...
12/10/2010 14:41
Phylogenetic relationships based on two mitochondrial genes and hybridization patterns in Anatidae
J. GONZALEZ, H. DÜTTMANN & M. WINK
Journal of Zoology 279 (2009) 310–318
Abstract. We produced DNA sequence data from two mitochondrial genes (cytochrome b and the...
12/10/2010 14:32
A new Transantarctic relationship: morphological evidence for a Rheidae–Dromaiidae–Casuariidae clade (Aves, Palaeognathae, Ratitae)
ESTELLE BOURDON, ARMAND DE RICQLES and JORGE CUBO
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2009, 156, 641–663
Abstract. Although...
