| A phylogenomic study of birds reveals their evolutionary history SJ Hackett, RT Kimball, S Reddy, RCK Bowie, EL Braun, MJ Braun, ... science 320 (5884), 1763-1768, 2008 | 2439 | 2008 |
| Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds JA McGuire, CC Witt, JV Remsen, A Corl, DL Rabosky, DL Altshuler, ... Current Biology 24 (8), 910-916, 2014 | 521 | 2014 |
| Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics S Feng, J Stiller, Y Deng, J Armstrong, QI Fang, AH Reeve, D Xie, G Chen, ... Nature 587 (7833), 252-257, 2020 | 453 | 2020 |
| Specimen collection: an essential tool LA Rocha, A Aleixo, G Allen, F Almeda, CC Baldwin, MVL Barclay, ... Science 344 (6186), 814-815, 2014 | 366 | 2014 |
| Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of hummingbirds: Bayesian and maximum likelihood analyses of partitioned data and selection of an appropriate partitioning strategy JA McGuire, CC Witt, DL Altshuler, JV Remsen Systematic biology 56 (5), 837-856, 2007 | 356 | 2007 |
| Why do phylogenomic data sets yield conflicting trees? Data type influences the avian tree of life more than taxon sampling S Reddy, RT Kimball, A Pandey, PA Hosner, MJ Braun, SJ Hackett, ... Systematic biology 66 (5), 857-879, 2017 | 329 | 2017 |
| Phylogenomic evidence for multiple losses of flight in ratite birds J Harshman, EL Braun, MJ Braun, CJ Huddleston, RCK Bowie, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 105 (36), 13462-13467, 2008 | 289 | 2008 |
| Predictable convergence in hemoglobin function has unpredictable molecular underpinnings C Natarajan, FG Hoffmann, RE Weber, A Fago, CC Witt, JF Storz Science 354 (6310), 336-339, 2016 | 270 | 2016 |
| Repeated elevational transitions in hemoglobin function during the evolution of Andean hummingbirds J Projecto-Garcia, C Natarajan, H Moriyama, RE Weber, A Fago, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 110 (51), 20669-20674, 2013 | 218 | 2013 |
| A well-tested set of primers to amplify regions spread across the avian genome RT Kimball, EL Braun, FK Barker, RCK Bowie, MJ Braun, JL Chojnowski, ... Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50 (3), 654-660, 2009 | 207 | 2009 |
| Predictable evolution toward flightlessness in volant island birds NA Wright, DW Steadman, CC Witt Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (17), 4765-4770, 2016 | 206 | 2016 |
| Energetics, lifestyle, and reproduction in birds RM Sibly, CC Witt, NA Wright, C Venditti, W Jetz, JH Brown Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (27), 10937-10941, 2012 | 172 | 2012 |
| Metabolic ‘engines’ of flight drive genome size reduction in birds NA Wright, TR Gregory, CC Witt Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 281 (1779), 20132780, 2014 | 146 | 2014 |
| Parsimony and model-based analyses of indels in avian nuclear genes reveal congruent and incongruent phylogenetic signals T Yuri, RT Kimball, J Harshman, RCK Bowie, MJ Braun, JL Chojnowski, ... Biology 2 (1), 419-444, 2013 | 139 | 2013 |
| A higher-level taxonomy for hummingbirds JA McGuire, CC Witt, JV Remsen Jr, R Dudley, DL Altshuler Journal of Ornithology 150 (1), 155-165, 2009 | 125 | 2009 |
| Contribution of a mutational hot spot to hemoglobin adaptation in high-altitude Andean house wrens SC Galen, C Natarajan, H Moriyama, RE Weber, A Fago, PM Benham, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (45), 13958-13963, 2015 | 116 | 2015 |
| Diverse avian malaria and other haemosporidian parasites in Andean house wrens: evidence for regional co‐diversification by host‐switching SC Galen, CC Witt Journal of Avian Biology 45 (4), 374-386, 2014 | 96 | 2014 |
| Ancient horizontal transfers of retrotransposons between birds and ancestors of human pathogenic nematodes A Suh, CC Witt, J Menger, KR Sadanandan, L Podsiadlowski, M Gerth, ... Nature communications 7 (1), 11396, 2016 | 90 | 2016 |
| Complementary shifts in photoreceptor spectral tuning unlock the full adaptive potential of ultraviolet vision in birds MB Toomey, O Lind, R Frederiksen, RW Curley Jr, KM Riedl, D Wilby, ... Elife 5, e15675, 2016 | 78 | 2016 |
| Deeply conserved susceptibility in a multi‐host, multi‐parasite system LN Barrow, SM McNew, N Mitchell, SC Galen, HL Lutz, H Skeen, T Valqui, ... Ecology letters 22 (6), 987-998, 2019 | 76 | 2019 |
Frederick H. SheldonCurator/Professor Emeritus, LSUVerified email at lsu.edu
