Jon Fjeldså

Jon Fjeldså

Professor, emeritus


  1. Published

    The association between morphological and ecological characters across a global passerine radiation

    Kennedy, J. D., Marki, P. Z., Fjeldså, Jon & Rahbek, Carsten, 2020, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 89, 4, p. 1094-1108 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Expansion in geographical and morphological space drives continued lineage diversification in a global passerine radiation

    Kennedy, J. D., Borregaard, Michael Krabbe, Marki, P. Z., Machac, Antonin, Fjeldså, Jon & Rahbek, Carsten, 19 Dec 2018, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 285, 1893, 9 p., 20182181.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Into and out of the tropics: the generation of the latitudinal gradient among New World passerine birds

    Kennedy, J. D., Wang, Z., Weir, J. T., Rahbek, Carsten, Fjeldså, Jon & Price, T. D., 2014, In: Journal of Biogeography. 41, 9, p. 1746-1757 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Historical limits on species co-occurrence determine variation in clade richness among New World passerine birds

    Kennedy, J. D., Price, T. D., Fjeldså, Jon & Rahbek, Carsten, Apr 2017, In: Journal of Biogeography. 44, 4, p. 736-747 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  5. Published

    Does the colonization of new biogeographic regions influence the diversification and accumulation of clade richness among the Corvides (Aves: Passeriformes)?

    Kennedy, J. D., Borregaard, Michael Krabbe, Jønsson, Knud Andreas, Holt, B. G., Fjeldså, Jon & Rahbek, Carsten, Jan 2017, In: Evolution. 71, 1, p. 38-50 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  6. Published

    The influence of wing morphology upon the dispersal, geographical distributions and diversification of the Corvides (Aves; Passeriformes)

    Kennedy, J. D., Borregaard, Michael Krabbe, Jønsson, Knud Andreas, Marki, P. Z., Fjeldså, Jon & Rahbek, Carsten, 14 Dec 2016, In: Royal Society of London. Proceedings B. Biological Sciences. 283, 1844, 10 p., 20161922.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Species richness and endemism of plant and bird communities along two gradients of elevation, humidity, and land use in Bolivian Andes

    Kessler, M., Herzog, S. K., Fjeldså, Jon & Bach, K., 2001, In: Diversity and Distributions. 7, p. 61-77

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Patterns of species richness and narrow endemism of terrestrial bird species in the Afrotropical Region

    Klerk, H. D., Crowe, T. M., Fjeldså, Jon & Burgess, N. D., 2002, In: Journal of Zoology. 256, p. 327-342

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Biogeographical patterns of endemic terrestrial Afrotropical birds

    Klerk, H. D., Crowe, T. M., Fjeldså, Jon & Burgess, N. D., 2002, In: Diversity and Distributions. 8, p. 147-162

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  10. Published

    Avian diversity in the Ecuadorian Andes

    Krabbe, N., Skov, F., Fjeldså, Jon & Petersen, I. K., 1998, In: DIVA Technical Report. 4, p. 1-143

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  11. Published

    Untangling cryptic diversity in the High Andes: Revision of the Scytalopus [magellanicus] complex (Rhinocryptidae) in Peru reveals three new species

    Krabbe, N. K., Schulenberg, T. S., Hosner, Peter Andrew, Rosenberg, K. V., Davis, T. J., Rosenberg, G. H., Lane, D. F., Andersen, M. J., Robbins, M. B., Cadena, C. D., Valqui, T., Salter, J. F., Spencer, A. J., Angulo, F. & Fjeldså, Jon, 2020, In: Auk. 137, 2, p. 1-26 26 p., ukaa003.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Reconciling supertramps, great speciators and relict species with the taxon cycle stages of a large island radiation (Aves: Campephagidae)

    Le Pepke, M., Irestedt, M., Fjeldså, Jon, Rahbek, Carsten & Jønsson, Knud Andreas, Jun 2019, In: Journal of Biogeography. 46, 6, p. 1214-1225

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    The potential drivers in forming avian biodiversity hotspots in the East Himalaya Mountains of Southwest China

    Lei, F., Qu, Y., Song, G., Alström, P. & Fjeldså, Jon, 2015, In: Integrative Zoology. 10, 2, p. 171-181 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  14. Published

    Shaped by uneven Pleistocene climate: mitochondrial phylogeographic pattern and population history of white wagtail Motacilla alba (Aves: Passeriformes)

    Li, X., Dong, F., Lei, F., Alström, P., Zhang, R., Ödeen, A., Fjeldså, Jon, Ericson, P. G. P., Zou, F. & Yang, X., 2016, In: Journal of Avian Biology. 47, 2, p. 263-274 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    The partitioning of Africa: statistically defined biogeographical regions in sub-Saharan Africa

    Linder, H. P., Klerk, H. M. D., Born, J., Burgess, Neil David, Fjeldså, Jon & Rahbek, Carsten, 2012, In: Journal of Biogeography. 39, 7, p. 1189-1205 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  16. Published

    Explosive radiation and spatial expansion across the cold environments of the Old World in an avian family

    Liu, B., Alström, P., Olsson, U., Fjeldså, Jon, Quan, Q., Roselaar, K. C. S., Saitoh, T., Yao, C., Hao, Y., Wang, W., Qu, Y. & Lei, F., Aug 2017, In: Ecology and Evolution. 7, 16, p. 6346-6357 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Interpreting the process behind endemism in China by integrating the phylogeography and ecological niche models of the Stachyridopsis ruficeps

    Liu, H., Wang, W., Song, G., Qu, Y., Li, S., Fjeldså, Jon & Lei, F., 2 Oct 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 10, 13 p., e46761.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Public support for conserving bird species runs counter to climate change impacts on their distributions

    Lundhede, Thomas, Jacobsen, Jette Bredahl, Hanley, N., Fjeldså, Jon, Rahbek, Carsten, Strange, Niels & Thorsen, Bo Jellesmark, 2014, In: P L o S One. 9, 7, 8 p., e101281.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Description of a new Cranioleuca Spinetail from Bolivia and a "leapfrog pattern" of geographical variation in the genus

    Maijer, S. & Fjeldså, Jon, 1997, In: Ibis. 139, p. 606-616

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    A distinctive new subspecies of the green-cheeked parakeet (Pyrrhura Molinae, Psittacidae) from Bolivia

    Maijer, S., Herzog, S. K., Kessler, M., Friggens, M. T. & Fjeldså, Jon, 1999, In: Ornitological Neotropical. 9, p. 185-191

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Adaptive radiation and the evolution of nectarivory in a large songbird clade

    Marki, P. Z., Kennedy, J. D., Cooney, C. R., Rahbek, Carsten & Fjeldså, Jon, 2019, In: Evolution. 73, 6, p. 1226-1240

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. Published

    Molecular phylogenetics and species limits in a cryptically coloured radiation of Australo-Papuan passerine birds (Pachycephalidae: Colluricincla)

    Marki, P. Z., Fjeldså, Jon, Irestedt, M. & Jønsson, Knud Andreas, Jul 2018, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 124, p. 100-105 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Supermatrix phylogeny and biogeography of the Australasian Meliphagides radiation (Ayes: Passeriformes)

    Marki, P. Z., Jønsson, Knud Andreas, Irestedt, M., Nguyen, J. M. T., Rahbek, Carsten & Fjeldså, Jon, Feb 2017, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 107, p. 516-529 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Breeding system evolution influenced the geographic expansion and diversification of the core Corvoidea (Aves: Passeriformes)

    Marki, P. Z., Fabre, P. F., Jønsson, Knud Andreas, Rahbek, Carsten, Fjeldså, Jon & Kennedy, J. D., 2015, In: Evolution. 69, 7, p. 1874-1924 51 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Social selection parapatry in Afrotropical sunbirds

    McEntee, J. P., Peñalba, J. V., Werema, C., Mulungu, E., Mbilinyi, M., Moyer, D., Hansen, Louis André, Fjeldså, Jon & Bowie, R. C. K., Jun 2016, In: Evolution. 70, 6, p. 1307-1321 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Fuglene i Danmark

    Meltofte, H. & Fjeldså, Jon, 2002, København: Gyldendal. 749 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  27. Published

    Klimapenge redder regnskov: DOF finansierer opkøb af CO2-skov i Ecuador

    Meltofte, H. & Fjeldså, Jon, 2011, In: Fugle og Natur. 2011, 4, p. 26-27 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleCommunication

  28. Published

    Molecular phylogeny of Chloropseidae and Irenidae - cryptic species and biogeography

    Moltesen, M. M., Irestedt, M., Fjeldså, Jon, Ericson, P. G. P. & Jønsson, Knud Andreas, 2012, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 65, 3, p. 903-914 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  29. Published

    Specimen collection is essential for modern science

    Nachman, M. W., Beckman, E. J., Bowie, R. C. K., Cicero, C., Conroy, C. J., Dudley, R., Hayes, T. B., Koo, M. S., Lacey, E. A., Martin, C. H., McGuire, J. A., Patton, J. L., Spencer, C. L., Tarvin, R. D., Wake, M. H., Wang, I. J., Achmadi, A., Álvarez-Castañeda, S. T., Andersen, M. J., Arroyave, J. & 99 others, Austin, C. C., Barker, F. K., Barrow, L. N., Barrowclough, G. F., Bates, J., Bauer, A. M., Bell, K. C., Bell, R. C., Bronson, A. W., Brown, R. M., Burbrink, F. T., Burns, K. J., Cadena, C. D., Cannatella, D. C., Castoe, T. A., Chakrabarty, P., Colella, J. P., Cook, J. A., Cracraft, J. L., Davis, D. R., Rabosky, A. R. D., D'Elía, G., Dumbacher, J. P., Dunnum, J. L., Edwards, S. V., Esselstyn, J. A., Faivovich, J., Fjeldså, Jon, Flores-Villela, O. A., Ford, K., Fuchs, J., Fujita, M. K., Good, J. M., Greenbaum, E., Greene, H. W., Hackett, S., Hamidy, A., Hanken, J., Haryoko, T., Hawkins, M. T. R., Heaney, L. R., Hillis, D. M., Hollingsworth, B. D., Hornsby, A. D., Hosner, Peter Andrew, Irham, M., Jansa, S., Jiménez, R. A., Joseph, L., Kirchman, J. J., LaDuc, T. J., Leaché, A. D., Lessa, E. P., López-Fernández, H., Mason, N. A., McCormack, J. E., McMahan, C. D., Moyle, R. G., Ojeda, R. A., Olson, L. E., Onn, C. K., Parenti, L. R., Parra-Olea, G., Patterson, B. D., Pauly, G. B., Pavan, S. E., Peterson, A. T., Poe, S., Rabosky, D. L., Raxworthy, C. J., Reddy, S., Rico-Guevara, A., Riyanto, A., Rocha, L. A., Ron, S. R., Rovito, S. M., Rowe, K. C., Rowley, J., Ruane, S., Salazar-Valenzuela, D., Shultz, A. J., Sidlauskas, B., Sikes, D. S., Simmons, N. B., Stiassny, M. L. J., Streicher, J. W., Stuart, B. L., Summers, A. P., Tavera, J., Teta, P., Thompson, C. W., Timm, R. M., Torres-Carvajal, O., Voelker, G., Voss, R. S., Winker, K., Witt, C., Wommack, E. A. & Zink, R. M., 2023, In: PLOS Biology. 21, 11, 6 p., e3002318.

    Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debateResearchpeer-review

  30. Published

    The phylogeny of the Cisticolidae (Aves: Passeriformes) based on nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequence data, and implications for the evolution of a unique nest-building technique.

    Nguembock, B., Fjeldså, Jon, Tillier, A. & Pasquet, E., 2007, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 42, p. 272-286 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  31. Published

    Molecular phylogeny of Carduelinae (Aves, Passeriformes, Fringillidae) supports polyphyly of Serinus and Carduelis and a profound taxonomic revision of these genera

    Nguembock, B., Fjeldså, Jon, Coloux, A. & Pasquet, E., 2009, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 51, p. 169-181

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Molecular phylogenetic analysis of all members of the genus Elminia confirms their presence within the Stenostiridae clade.

    Nguembock, B., Fjeldså, Jon, Cruaud, C. & Pasquet, E., 2008, In: Zoologica Scripta. 37, 6, p. 591-602

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Phylogeny of Laniarius: Molecular data reveal L. liberatus synonymous with L. erlangeri and "plumage coloration" as unreliable morphologic character for defining species and species groups.

    Nguembock, B., Fjeldså, Jon, Couloux, A. & Pasquet, E., 2008, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 48, ?, p. 396-407

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Polyphyly of the genus Apalis and a new generic name for the species pulchra and ruwenzorii

    Nguembock, B., Fjeldså, Jon, Couloux, A., Cruaud, C. & Pasquet, E., 2008, In: Ibis. 150, p. 756-765

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    A multigene phylogeny reveals novel relationships for aberrant genera of Australo-Papuan core Corvoidea and polyphyly of the Pachycephalidae and Psophodidae (Aves: Passeriformes)

    Norman, J. A., Ericson, P. G. P., Jønsson, Knud Andreas, Fjeldså, Jon & Christidis, L., 2009, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 52, p. 488-497

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Phylogenetic relationships of fantails (Aves: Rhipiduridae): A misplaced species among a rapid radiation of Australo-Papuan songbirds

    Nyári, A. S., Benz, B. W., Jønsson, Knud Andreas, Fjeldså, Jon & Moyle, R. G., 2009, In: Zoologica Scripta. 38, p. 553-561

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Status survey and conservation action plan. Grebes

    O'Donnel, C. & Fjeldså, Jon, 1997, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge UK: IUCN/Species Survival Commission. 59 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

  38. Published

    Erratum: Opposing demographic histories reveal rapid evolution in grebes (Aves: Podicipedidae)

    Ogawa, L. M., Pulgarin, P. C., Vance, D. A., Fjeldså, Jon & van Tuinen, M., 2017, In: Auk. 134, 3, p. 627 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Opposing demographic histories reveal rapid evolution in grebes (Aves: Podicipedidae)

    Ogawa, L. M., Pulgarin, P. C., Vance, D. A., Fjeldså, Jon & van Tuinen, M., 2015, In: The Auk: Ornithological Advances. 132, 4, p. 771-786 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Nephelomyias, a new genus of tyrant flycatchers (Passeriformes: Tyrannidae)

    Ohlson, J. I., Fjeldså, Jon & Ericson, P. G. P., 2009, In: Zootaxa. 2290, p. 36-40

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    Tyrant flycatchers coming out in the open: phylogeny and ecological radiation of Tyrannidae (Aves, Passeriformes)

    Ohlson, J., Fjeldså, Jon & Ericson, P., 3 May 2008, In: Zoologica Scripta. 37, ?, p. 314-335

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Phylogeny and classification of the New World suboscines (Aves, Passeriformes)

    Ohlson, J., Irestedt, M., Ericson, P. G. P. & Fjeldså, Jon, 7 Feb 2013, In: Zootaxa. 3613, 1, p. 1-35 35 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published

    A revised classification of the fluvicoline tyrant flycatchers (Passeriformes, Tyrannidae, Fluvicolinae)

    Ohlson, J. I., Irestedt, M., Batalha Filho, H., Ericson, P. G. P. & Fjeldså, Jon, 2020, In: Zootaxa. 4747, 1, p. 167-176

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  44. Published

    Molecular phylogeny of the manakins (Ayes: Passeriformes: Pipridae), with a new classification and the description of a new genus

    Ohlson, J. I., Fjeldså, Jon & Ericson, P. G. P., 1 Dec 2013, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 69, 3, p. 796-804 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  45. Published

    Nuclear DNA from a 180-year-old study skin reveals the phylogenetic position of the Kinglet Calyptura Calyptura cristata (Passeriformes: Tyrannides).

    Ohlson, J. I., Irestedt, M., Fjeldså, Jon & Ericson, P. G. P., 2012, In: Ibis. 154, 3, p. 533-541 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  46. Published

    Independant evolution of two darwinian marsh dwelling ovenbirds (Furnariidae:Limnornis, Limnoctites

    Olson, S. L., Irestedt, M., Ericson, P. G. P. & Fjeldså, Jon, 2005, In: Ornitologica Neotropical. 16, p. 347-359

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Published

    Species diversity in the Arctic

    Payer, D. C., Josefson, A. B. & Fjeldså, Jon, 2013, Arctic biodiversity assessment: status and trends in Arctic biodiversity. Meltofte, H. (ed.). Akureyri: Conservation of Arctic Flora and Fauna (CAFF), p. 66-77 11 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingReport chapterResearchpeer-review

  48. Published

    Within-host speciation of malaria parasites

    Pérez-Tris, J., Hallgren, O., Krizanauskenene, A., Walderström, J., Secondi, J., Bonneaud, C., Fjeldså, Jon, Hasselquist, D. & Bensch, S., 2007, In: PLoS ONE. 2, 2, p. e235 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Published

    The Central Andes of Peru: a key area for the conservation of Polylepis forest biodiversity

    Quispe-Melgar, H. R., Sevillano-Ríos, C. S., Navarro Romo, W. C., Ames-Martínez, F. N., Camel, V., Fjeldså, Jon & Kessler, M., 2019, In: Journal of Ornithology. 161, p. 217-228

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Ornitologisk forskning ved Center for Makroøkologi, Evolution og Klima

    Rahbek, Carsten, Tøttrup, Anders P., Kristensen, M. W., Jønsson, Knud Andreas, Thorup, Kasper & Fjeldså, Jon, 2011, Fugleåret 2010. Copenhagen: Dansk Ornitologisk Forening, p. 259-266 7 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsCommunication

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