Jon Fjeldså

Jon Fjeldså

Professor, emeritus


  1. Published

    BOX 1, Molekylærbiologi og "Conservation Biology"

    Fjeldså, Jon, 1993, In: Naturens Verden. 5, p. 200-201

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  2. Published

    Biodiversity

    Fjeldså, Jon & Øllgaard, B., 1997, Oyacachi - People and Biodiversity. Kalø: Centre for Research on Cultural and Biological Diversity of Andean Rainforests (DIVA), p. 58-60

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingReport chapterResearch

  3. Published

    Biodiversity and enviromental stability

    Fjeldså, Jon & Lovett, J. C., 1997, In: Biodiversity and Conservation. 6, p. 315-323

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Biodiversity cradles and museums segregating within hotspots of endemism

    Sonne, Jesper, Dalsgaard, Bo, Borregaard, Michael Krabbe, Kennedy, J., Fjeldså, Jon & Rahbek, Carsten, 2022, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 289, 1981, 10 p., 20221102.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Biogeographic history of cuckoo-shrikes (Aves: Passeriformes): transoceanic colonization of Africa from Australo-Papua

    Jønsson, Knud Andreas, Bowie, R. C. K., Nylander, J. A. A., Christidis, L., Norman, J. & Fjeldså, Jon, 2010, In: Journal of Biogeography. 37, 9, p. 1767-1781 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Biogeographic patterns and evolution of the avifauna of relict high-attitude woodlands of the Andes

    Fjeldså, Jon, 1992, In: Steenstrupia. 18, p. 9-62

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Biogeographical modules and island roles: a comparison of Wallacea and the West Indies

    Carstensen, D. W., Dalsgaard, Bo, Svenning, J., Rahbek, Carsten, Fjeldså, Jon, Sutherland, W. J. & Olesen, J. M., 2012, In: Journal of Biogeography. 39, 4, p. 739-749 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    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

  9. Published

    Biogeography and Diversification of African forest faunas: Implications for Conservation

    Fjeldså, Jon, Bayes, M. K., Bruford, M. W. & Roy, M. S., 2005, Tropical Rainsforests: Past, Present and Future. p. 127-147

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

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    Biogeography and biotic assembly of Indo-Pacific Corvoid passerine birds

    Jønsson, Knud Andreas, Borregaard, Michael Krabbe, Carstensen, D. W., Hansen, Louis André, Kennedy, J. D., Machac, Antonin, Marki, P. Z., Fjeldså, Jon & Rahbek, Carsten, Nov 2017, In: Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics. 48, p. 231-253 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Biogeography of the birds of the Polylepis woodlands of the Andes

    Fjeldså, Jon, 1992, Paramo. An Andean Ecosystem under Human Influence. London, San Diego, New York: Academic Press, p. 282

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

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    Biogeography, diversification and conservation of African forest faunas

    Fjeldså, Jon, Bayes, M. K., Bruford, M. W. & Roy, M. S., 2004, Tropical Rainforests: Past, Present and Future. Chicago University Press, Chicago, p. 127-146

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

  13. Published

    Biographic patterns in birds of high Andean relict woodlands

    Fjeldså, Jon, 1991, Acta XX Congressus Internationalis ornithologicé. Wellington: New Zealand Orn. Congress Trust Board, p. 342-353

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

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    Birds of the high Andes

    Fjeldså, Jon & Krabbe, N. K., 1990, Copenhagen and Svendborg, Denmark: Museum Tusculanum. 881 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearch

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    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

  16. Published

    Building mountain biodiversity: geological and evolutionary processes

    Rahbek, Carsten, Borregaard, Michael Krabbe, Antonelli, A., K. Colwell, R., Holt, B. G., Nogues, David Bravo, Rasmussen, Christian Mac Ørum, Richardson, Katherine, Rosing, Minik Thorleif, Whittaker, R. J. & Fjeldså, Jon, 2019, In: Science. 365, 6458, p. 1114-1119 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

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    Cartografiar la avifauna Andina: una base cientifica para establecer prioridades de conservation

    Fjeldså, Jon, 2002, Bosques Nublados del Neotropico. Costa Rica: InBio, p. 125-152

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

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    Center for tropisk biodiversitet

    Fjeldså, Jon, 2000, In: Naturens Verden. 2, p. 2-5

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

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    Changes in the functional diversity of modern bird species over the last million years

    Germain, Ryan Ross, Feng, S., Buffan, L., Carmona, C. P., Chen, G., Graves, G. R., Tobias, J. A., Rahbek, Carsten, Lei, F., Fjeldså, Jon, Hosner, Peter Andrew, Gilbert, M Thomas P, Zhang, G. & Nogues, David Bravo, 2023, In: PNAS. 120, 7, 9 p., e2201945119.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Changing places: how the results of new fieldwork in Rubeho Mountains influence conservation priorities in the Eastern Arc Ecoregion

    Doggart, N., Perkin, A., Kiure, J., Fjeldså, Jon & Burgess, N., 2006, In: African Journal of Ecology. 44, p. 134-144

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  21. Published

    Chronology and mode of speciation in the Andean avifauna

    Garcia-Moreno, J. & Fjeldså, Jon, 2000, Isolated Vertebrate Communities in the Tropics. p. 25-46

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

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    Circumscription of a monophyletic family for the tapaculos (Aves: Rhinocryptidae): Psiloramphus in and Melanopareia out

    Ericson, P. G. P., Olson, S. L., Irestedt, M., Alvarenga, H. & Fjeldså, Jon, 2010, In: Journal of Ornithology. 151, p. 337–345 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Climate Cycles, Habitat Stability, and Lineage Diversification in an African Biodiversity Hotspot

    Bowie, R. C. K., Monahan, W. B. & Fjeldså, Jon, 2023, In: Diversity. 15, 3, 25 p., 394.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

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    Coalescent models reveal the relative roles of ancestral polymorphism, vicariance, and dispersal in shaping phylogeographical structure of an African montane forest robin

    Bowie, R. C. K., Fjeldså, Jon, Hackett, S. J., Bates, J. M. & Crowe, T. M., 2005, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 38, p. 171-188

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Cocapata and Saila Pata

    Fjeldså, Jon, Kessler, M. & Swanson, G., 1999, Denmark.

    Research output: Book/ReportReportResearch

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    Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation

    Zhang, G., Li, C., Li, Q., Li, B., Larkin, D. M., Lee, C., Storz, J. F., Antunes, A., Greenwold, M. J., Meredith, R. W., Ödeen, A., Cui, J., Zhou, Q., Xu, L., Pan, H., Wang, Z., Jin, L., Zhang, P., Hu, H., Yang, W. & 85 others, Hu, J., Xiao, J., Yang, Z., Liu, Y., Xie, Q., Yu, H., Lian, J., Wen, P., Zhang, F., Li, H., Zeng, Y., Xiong, Z., Liu, S., Zhou, L., Huang, Z., An, N., Wang, J., Zheng, Q., Xiong, Y., Wang, G., Wang, B., Wang, J., Fan, Y., Rodrigues da Fonseca, Rute Andreia, Alfaro Nuñez, L. A., Schubert, Mikkel, Orlando, L. A. A., Mourier, T., Howard, J. T., Ganapathy, G., Pfenning, A., Whitney, O., Rivas, M. V., Hara, E., Smith, J., Farré, M., Narayan, J., Slavov, G., Romanov, M. N., Borges, R., MacHado, J. P., Khan, I., Springer, M. S., Gatesy, J., Hoffmann, F. G., Opazo, J. C., Håstad, O., Sawyer, R. H., Kim, H., Kim, K. W., Kim, H. J., Cho, S., Li, N., Huang, Y., Bruford, M. W., Zhan, X., Dixon, A., Bertelsen, Mads Frost, Derryberry, E., Warren, W., Wilson, R. K., Li, S., Ray, D. A., Green, R. E., O'Brien, S. J., Griffin, D., Johnson, W. E., Haussler, D., Ryder, O. A., Willerslev, Eske, Graves, G. R., Alström, P., Fjeldså, Jon, Mindell, D. P., Edwards, S. V., Braun, E. L., Rahbek, Carsten, Burt, D. W., Houde, P., Zhang, Y., Yang, H., Wang, J., Jarvis, E. D., Gilbert, M Thomas P & Wang, J., 2014, In: Science. 346, 6215, p. 1311-1320 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Comparative phylogeography of two widespread magpies: importance of habitat preference and breeding behavior on genetic structure in China

    Zhang, R., Song, G., Qu, Y., Alström, P., Ramos, R., Xing, X., Ericson, P. G. P., Fjeldså, Jon, Wang, H., Yang, X., Kristin, A., Shestopalov, A. M., Choe, J. C. & Lei, F., 2012, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 65, 2, p. 562-572 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Complementarity of species distributions as a tool for prioritising conservation actions in Africa: Testing the efficiency of using coarse-scale distribution data

    Fjeldså, Jon & Tushabe, H., 2005, African Biodiversity. Springer, p. 1-24

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

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    Complete mitochondrial genomes of living and extinct pigeons revise the timing of the columbiform radiation

    Soares, A. E. R., Novak, B. J., Haile, James Seymour, Heupink, T. H., Fjeldså, Jon, Gilbert, M Thomas P, Poinar, H., Church, G. M. & Shapiro, B., 2016, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 16, 9 p., 230.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Complete taxon sampling of the avian genus Pica (magpies) reveals ancient relictual populations and synchronous Late-Pleistocene demographic expansion across the Northern Hemisphere

    Song, G., Zhang, R., Alström, P., Irestedt, M., Cai, T., Qu, Y., Ericson, P. G. P., Fjeldså, Jon & Lei, F., 2018, In: Journal of Avian Biology. 49, 2, 14 p., e01612.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Completing Wallace's journey

    Kennedy, J. D. & Fjeldså, Jon, 2020, In: Science. 367, 6474, p. 140-141

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Complexity of avian evolution revealed by family-level genomes

    Stiller, J., Feng, S., Chowdhury, A-A., Rivas-González, I., Duchêne, D. A., Fang, Q., Deng, Y., Kozlov, A., Stamatakis, A., Claramunt, S., Nguyen, J. M. T., Ho, S. Y. W., Faircloth, B. C., Haag, J., Houde, P., Cracraft, J., Balaban, M., Mai, U., Chen, G., Gao, R. & 32 others, Zhou, C., Xie, Y., Huang, Z., Cao, Z., Yan, Z., Ogilvie, H. A., Nakhleh, L., Lindow, Bent Erik Kramer, Morel, B., Fjeldså, Jon, Hosner, Peter Andrew, Rodrigues da Fonseca, Rute Andreia, Petersen, Bent, Tobias, J. A., Székely, T., Kennedy, J. D., Hart Reeve, A., Liker, A., Stervander, M., Antunes, A., Tietze, D. T., Bertelsen, Mads Frost, Lei, F., Rahbek, Carsten, Graves, G. R., Schierup, M. H., Warnow, T., Braun, E. L., Gilbert, M Thomas P, Jarvis, E. D., Mirarab, S. & KU, thw266, 2024, In: Nature. 629, p. 851–860 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the grassbirds and allies (Locustellidae) reveals extensive non-monophyly of traditional genera, and a proposal for a new classification

    Alström, P., Cibois, A., Irestedt, M., Zuccon, D., Gelang, M., Fjeldså, Jon, Andersen, M. J., Moyle, R. G., Pasquet, E. & Olsson, U., 2018, In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 127, p. 367-375 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Comprehensive phylogeny of the laughingthrushes and allies (Aves, Leiothrichidae) and a proposal for a revised taxonomy

    Cibois, A., Gelang, M., Alström, P., Pasquet, E., Fjeldså, Jon, Ericson, P. G. P. & Olsson, U., 1 Jul 2018, In: Zoologica Scripta. 47, 4, p. 428-440

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Connections between the Atlantic and the Amazonian forest avifaunas represent distinct historical events

    Batalha-Filho, H., Fjeldså, Jon, Fabre, P. F. & Miyaki, C. Y., Jan 2013, In: Journal of Ornithology. 154, 1, p. 41-50 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Conservation priorities in the forest of the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania, based on primates, duikers and birds

    Dinesen, L., Lehmberg, T., Rahner, M. C. & Fjeldså, Jon, 2001, In: Biological Conservation. 99, p. 223-236

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Continent-wide conservation priorities and diversification processes

    Fjeldså, Jon & Rahbek, Carsten, 1999, Conservation in a changing world: Integrating processes into priorities for action. Cambridge, U.K.: Cambridge University Press, p. 139-160

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearch

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    Continued development of bird collections a. d. 2007: practical experiences notably from the Solomon Islands

    Fjeldså, Jon & Kristensen, J. T. B., 2010, Proceedings of the 5th International Meeting of European Bird Curators. Bauernfeind, E., Gamauf, A., Berg, H-M. & Muraoka, V. (eds.). Publishing House of the Natural History Museum of Vienna, p. 147-156 10 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingArticle in proceedingsResearchpeer-review

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    Convergent evolution, habitat shifts and variable diversification rates in the ovenbird-woodcreeper family (Furnariidae)

    Irestedt, M., Fjeldså, Jon, Dalén, L. & Ericson, P. G. P., 2009, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 9, 268, 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Correlation between endemism and local ecoclimatic stability documented by comparing Andean bird distributions and remotely sensed land surface data

    Fjeldså, Jon, Lambin, E. & Mertens, B., 1999, In: Ecography. 22, p. 63-78

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Correlations among species distributions, human density and human infrastructure across the high biodiversity tropical mountains of Africa

    Burgess, N. D., Balmford, A., Cordeiro, N. J., Küper, W., Fjeldså, Jon, Rahbek, Carsten, Sanderson, E. W., Scharlemann, J. P. W., Sommer, J. H. & Williams, P. H., 2007, In: Biological Conservation. 134, p. 164-177 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    DNA revolutionerer vores viden om spurvefuglenes udvikling

    Fjeldså, Jon, 2003, In: Dyr i Natur og Museum. 1, p. 16-20

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  43. Published

    Danmarks natur i nationalt og internationalt perspektiv

    Fjeldså, Jon, Møller, Peter Rask & Scharff, Nikolaj, 2012, Danmarks Natur frem mod 2020: om at stoppe tabet af biologisk mangfoldighed. Meltofte, H. (ed.). Det Grønne Kontaktudvalg, p. 23-27 5 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingReport chapterCommunication

  44. Published

    Danske ornitologer langt fra hjemmet: fra P. W. Lund til international fuglebeskyttelse

    Fjeldså, Jon, 2006, In: Dansk Ornitologisk Forenings Tidsskrift. 100, p. 265-275

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  45. Published

    De sidste urskove i Perus højfjeld

    Fjeldså, Jon, 1990, In: Fugle. 1990-1, p. 28-30

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearch

  46. Published

    Demographic reconstruction from ancient DNA supports rapid extinction of the great auk

    Thomas, J. E., Carvalho, G. R., Haile, J., Rawlence, N. J., Martin, M. D., Ho, S. Y. W., Sigfusson, A. P., Josefsson, V. A., Frederiksen, M., Linnebjerg, J. F., Castruita, J. A. S., Niemann, J., Sinding, M-H. S., Sandoval-Velasco, M., Soares, A. E. R., Lacy, R., Barilaro, C., Best, J., Brandis, D., Cavallo, C. & 17 others, Elorza, M., Garrett, K. L., Groot, M., Johansson, F., Lifjeld, J. T., Nilson, G., Serjeanston, D., Sweet, P., Fuller, E., Hufthammer, A. K., Meldgaard, Morten, Fjeldså, Jon, Shapiro, B., Hofreiter, M., Stewart, J. R., Gilbert, M Thomas P & Knapp, M., 2019, In: eLife. 8, 35 p., e47509.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics

    Feng, S., Stiller, J., Deng, Y., Armstrong, J., Fang, Q., Hart Reeve, A., Xie, D., Chen, G., Guo, C., Faircloth, B. C., Petersen, B., Wang, Z., Zhou, Q., Diekhans, M., Chen, W., Andreu-Sánchez, S., Margaryan, A., Howard, J. T., Parent, C., Pacheco, G. & 130 others, Sinding, Mikkel Holger Strander, Puetz, Lara Christine, Cavill, Emily Louisa, Ribeiro, Â. M., Eckhart, L., Fjeldså, Jon, Hosner, Peter Andrew, Brumfield, R. T., Christidis, L., Bertelsen, Mads Frost, Sicheritz-Pontén, Thomas, Tietze, D. T., Robertson, B. C., Song, G., Borgia, G., Claramunt, S., Lovette, I. J., Cowen, S. J., Njoroge, P., Dumbacher, J. P., Ryder, O. A., Fuchs, J., Bunce, M., Burt, D. W., Cracraft, J., Meng, G., Hackett, S. J., Ryan, P. G., Jønsson, Knud Andreas, Jamieson, I. G., Rodrigues da Fonseca, Rute Andreia, Braun, E. L., Houde, P., Mirarab, S., Suh, A., Hansson, B., Ponnikas, S., Sigeman, H., Stervander, M., Frandsen, P. B., van der Zwan, H., van der Sluis, R., Visser, C., Balakrishnan, C. N., Clark, A. G., Fitzpatrick, J. W., Bowman, R., Chen, N., Cloutier, A., Sackton, T. B., Edwards, S. V., Foote, D. J., Shakya, S. B., Sheldon, F. H., Vignal, A., Soares, A. E. R., Shapiro, B., González-Solís, J., Ferrer-Obiol, J., Rozas, J., Riutort, M., Tigano, A., Friesen, V., Dalén, L., Urrutia, A. O., Székely, T., Liu, Y., Campana, M. G., Corvelo, A., Fleischer, R. C., Rutherford, K. M., Gemmell, N. J., Dussex, N., Mouritsen, H., Thiele, N., Delmore, K., Liedvogel, M., Franke, A., Hoeppner, M. P., Krone, O., Fudickar, A. M., Milá, B., Ketterson, E. D., Fidler, A. E., Friis, G., Parody-Merino, Á. M., Battley, P. F., Cox, M. P., Lima, N. C. B., Prosdocimi, F., Parchman, T. L., Schlinger, B. A., Loiselle, B. A., Blake, J. G., Lim, H. C., Day, L. B., Fuxjager, M. J., Baldwin, M. W., Braun, M. J., Wirthlin, M., Dikow, R. B., Ryder, T. B., Camenisch, G., Keller, L. F., Dacosta, J. M., Hauber, M. E., Louder, M. I. M., Witt, C. C., McGuire, J. A., Mudge, J., Megna, L. C., Carling, M. D., Wang, B., Taylor, S. A., Del-Rio, G., Aleixo, A., Vasconcelos, A. T. R., Mello, C. V., Weir, J. T., Haussler, D., Li, Q., Yang, H., Wang, J., Lei, F., Rahbek, Carsten, Gilbert, M Thomas P, Graves, G. R., Jarvis, E. D., Paten, B. & KU, thw266, 2020, In: Nature. 587, 7833, p. 252-257

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    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

  49. Published

    Description of two new Cisticola species endemic to the marshes of the Kilombero floodplain of southwestern Tanzania

    Fjeldså, Jon, Dinesen, Lars, Davies, O. R., Irestedt, M., Krabbe, N. K., Hansen, Louis André & Bowie, R. C. K., 2021, In: Ibis. 163, 4, p. 1330-1354 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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    Determinants of bird species richness, endemism, and island network roles in Wallacea and the West Indies: is geography sufficient or does current and historical climate matter?

    Dalsgaard, Bo, Carstensen, D. W., Fjeldså, Jon, Maruyama, P. K., Rahbek, Carsten, Sandel, B. S., Sonne, Jesper, Svenning, J., Wang, Z. & Sutherland, W. J., 2014, In: Ecology and Evolution. 4, 20, p. 4019–4031 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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