Session Organizer(s):
Fran James
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Oral Presentations
10:00
James, F C ; Pourtless IV, J A BIRDS, MANIRAPTORAN DINOSAURS, AND CLADISTICS
10:15
Pourtless IV, J A ; James, F C WHAT’S IN A NAME? DEFINITIONS AND THE MEANING OF THE TERM “BIRD”
10:30
Brown, J W ; Rest, J S ; Garcia-Moreno, J ; Sorenson, M D ; Mindell, D P DATING THE ORIGINS OF MAJOR CLADES OF BIRDS USING MULTIPLE FOSSIL CALIBRATIONS AND A RELAXED MOLECULAR CLOCK.
10:45
Joseph, L ; Wilke, T REVIEW OF MTDNA DATA ON EVOLUTION OF SOUTH AMERICAN AND AUSTRALIAN BIRDS DEFINES CHALLENGES FOR AVIAN BIOGEOGRAPHY
11:00
Miller, M J ; Bermingham, E ; Winker, K GENETIC VARIATION IN SIXTY MIDDLE AMERICAN BIRD SPECIES REVEALS ECOLOGY’S IMPACT ON POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION & HISTORY
11:15
Baker, A J ; Pereira, S L A MOLECULAR TIMESCALE FOR BIRDS
11:30
Griffiths, C S ; Barrowclough, G F ; Groth, J G ; Mertz, L PHYLOGENY, DIVERSITY, AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE ACCIPITRIDAE BASED ON DNA SEQUENCES OF THE RAG-1 EXON
11:45
Tello, J G ; Moyle, R G ; Cracraft, J L ; Marchese, D J ; Ribas, C C ; Brumfield, R T TEMPORAL PATTERNS OF DIVERSIFICATION OF NEW WORLD SUBOSCINES (AVES: PASSERIFORMES)
12:00
Han, K ; Braun, M J MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS OF CAPRIMULGIDAE
12:15
Johnson, K P ; Weckstein, J D MOLECULAR SYSTEMATICS OF NEW WORLD DOVES: GEOTRYGON, LEPTOTILA, AND ZENAIDA.
14:00
Cicero, C ; Rising, J D PHYLOGENY OF AIMOPHILA SPARROWS, AN UNNATURAL ASSEMBLAGE: INSIGHT INTO MORPHOLOGY, ECOLOGY, AND BEHAVIOR.
14:15
Barber, B R ; Rice, N H SYSTEMATICS, BIOGEOGRAPHY AND HABITAT EVOLUTION IN THE TITYRIDAE (PASSERIFORMES: TYRANNOIDEA).
14:30
Brumfield, R T ; Edwards, S V RECONSTRUCTING THE MANACUS (AVES: PIPRIDAE) SPECIES TREE FROM FIVE INCOMPLETELY SORTED NUCLEAR GENE TREES
14:45
Carling, M D ; Brumfield, R T TESTING SPECIES DIVERGENCE HYPOTHESES IN PASSERINA BUNTINGS: A CASE STUDY IN USING A COMBINED PHYLOGENETIC AND POPULATION GENETIC APPROACH WITH MULTIPLE LOCI.
15:00
Ribas, C C ; Moyle, R G ; Miyaki, C Y ; Cracraft, J L LINKING ANDEAN TECTONICS TO MULTIPLE INDEPENDENT REGIMES OF DIVERSIFICATION IN A SINGLE CLADE OF PARROTS.
15:15
Sedano, R E ; Burns, K J PHYLOGENY, BIOGEOGRAPHY AND PLUMAGE PATTERN EVOLUTION OF MOUNTAIN TANAGERS IN THE GENERA _BUTHRAUPIS_ AND _BANGSIA_