Yucatan Bird List, Information and Photos for Bird-Watching and Nature Tours offered at Hacienda Chichen Resort. Birding with Jim Conrad at our private Maya Jungle. LICHEN USE BY WILDLIFE IN NORTH AMERICA. Stephen Sharnoff and Roger Rosentreter (Bureau of Land Management, Idaho) Updated: February 2, 1998. Return to Lichens and. Kevin Winker. Curator of Birds & Professor University of Alaska Museum (of the North) 907 Yukon Drive Fairbanks, Alaska 99775. Email: [email protected]. Seemingly not as shy as the other brown thrushes, not as bold as the Robin, the Wood Thrush seems intermediate between those two related groups. It sometimes nests in. Kevin Winker. Kevin Winker. Curator of Birds & Professor University of Alaska Museum (of the North) 9. Yukon Drive. Fairbanks, Alaska 9. ![]() Email: kevin. winker@alaska. EDUCATIONPostdoctoral Researcher, Smithsonian Institution, 1. Ph. D. Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior. University of Minnesota. M. S. University of Minnesota, 1. B. S. College of Biological Sciences, University of Minnesota. B. A. American Indian Studies. College of Liberal Arts. University. of Minnesota, 1. POSITIONSCurator of Birds and Professor, University. Alaska Museum, Department of Biology and Wildlife, and Institute. Arctic Biology, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. March 1. 99. 7. - present. Feb 1. 99. 7. I use specimen- based, genetic, and ecological comparative approaches and feel that our understanding of these areas will be advanced most effectively through a combination of field, collection, and laboratory studies. This is an exciting age to be a biologist, and my research amalgamates the best of 1. I actively address the conservation and management implications of this work and attempt to show why it is important to society. In conjunction with curation, my research interests are broader: I have strong interests in collections- based approaches to ecological and environmental issues such as contaminants, stable isotopes, biological responses to climate change, and emerging diseases such as avian influenza. I like to couple academic and applied research when possible. Prospective students must have a commitment to a specimen- based approach to research questions if they are to gain the most from our core strengths as a university museum. During the peak of migration, Swainson's Thrushes are often very common in woodlots and parks, lurking in the thickets, slipping into fruiting trees to pluck berries. The wolverine is the largest member of the weasel family. The powerful jaws and large teeth of the wolverine are able to demolish frozen carrion and bones. 03 Jun: Brief Ovenbird encounter ![]() GRANTS SINCE 2. 00. National Science Foundation, 2. DBI- 1. 34. 94. 19; $4. CSBR: Natural History Collections: Critical infrastructure needs in the University of Alaska Museum’s bird collection. Seed grant for Song Sparrow genomics ($2. EAGER: Using ultraconserved. UCEs) as genomic markers to study shallow levels of evolutionary divergence. GK- 1. 2 Program: The CASE (Changing Alaska Science Education) for enhancing understanding of climate change. Genetic drift versus genetic draft in Holarctic ducks: How often does non- coding nuclear DNA violate selective neutrality? Avian influenza virus ecology and phylogenetics in wild birds. John du Pont, 2. 00. Philippine avian diversity. Brought West Valley high school teacher Cyndie Beale into our genetics lab. Fish & Wildlife Service (Contract 7. C2. 18; $1. 50,0. Identification of bird carcasses and remains collected during the Selendang Ayu incident. Genetic diversity and patterns of speciation in selected tropical southeast Asian taxa. Specimen cases for the University of Alaska Museum bird collection. Gibson; $8. 7,2. 59). USDA- ARS Specific Cooperative Agreement, 2. Determine baseline rates of avian pathogens in wild birds in Alaska and Pacific Rim countries for Homeland Security Surveillance. The Arctic Archival Observatory. Survey of western Alaska waterbirds and associated species for Asian- origin AI viruses. Specimen case expansion of the University of Alaska bird collection. Gibson; $7. 3,4. 27). Coastal Marine Institute, U. S. Minerals Management Service, 1. Seabird samples as resources for marine environmental assessment. Alton Jones Foundation, 1. Avian differentiation on Haida Gwaii. Biogeographic and evolutionary dynamics of Old World and New World avifaunas. Support of the University of Alaska Museum ornithology program. Kevin Mc. Cracken (postdoc, 2. Professor, University of Miami). Olga Butorina (Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar, 2. Fayetteville State University). Christin Pruett (postdoc, 2. Assistant Professor,Tabor College). Jeff Peters (co- advised postdoc, 2. Associate Professor, Wright State University). PUBLICATIONS - ANNOTATED (pdf files are provided for download for personal use only)Pruett, C. Spern, and K. Island life and isolation: The population genetics of Pacific Wrens on the North Pacific rim. Condor 1. 19: 0. 00- 0. Winker, K., and J. Collectively, we need to accelerate Arctic specimen sampling. Arctic Science 3: 0. Adapterama I: Universal stubs and primers for thousands of dual- indexed Illumina libraries (i. Tru & i. Next). Molecular Ecology Resources 1. An examination of species limits in the Aulacorhynchus “prasinus” toucanet complex (Aves: Ramphastidae). Peer. J 4: e. 23. PDFCampbell, K. Braile, and K. Winker 2. 01. 6. Integration of genetic and phenotypic data in 4. Philippine birds shows heterogeneous divergence processes and numerous cryptic species. PLo. S ONE 1. 1: e. Kessel, and D. In Memoriam: Brina Cattell Kessel, 1. Auk 1. 33: 8. 20- 8. PDFAOU Committee on Classification and Nomenclature (one of 1. Fifty- seventh supplement to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check- list of North American Birds. Auk 1. 33: 5. 44- 5. PDFWithrow, J. Gerasimov, N. Gerasimov, A. Shestopalov, and K. Occurrence and taxonomy of Arctic Warblers (Phylloscopus borealis) sensu lato in North America. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 1. PDFWinker, K. Systematics, population genetics, and taxonomy, and their importance for tracking avifaunal change. In Shuford, W. Gill (eds.) Avifaunal Change in Western North America. Studies of Western Birds 2. Western Field Ornithologists In press. PDFLavretsky, P., J. Kulikova, Y. Zhuravlev, R. Slattery, and K. Becoming pure: identifying generational classes of admixed individuals within lesser an greater scaup populations. Molecular Ecology 2. Faircloth, and K. Development and characterization of microsatellite loci for common raven (Corvus corax) and cross species amplification in other Corvidae. BMC Research Notes 8: 6. PDFWinker, K. Loon 8. Winker, K., K. Campbell, C. Fricilone, and A. Johnson 2. 01. 5. Phylochronology of an avian migrant during autumn stopover appears to show a time signal in genetic diversity. Loon 8. 7: 4. 7- 5. A student- led project involving a graduate student, an undergraduate, and a high- school student. Migrant Swainson’s Thrushes have a nonrandom distribution of genetic variation through time. PDF Benson, A.- M., and K. High- latitude passerine migrants overlap energetically demanding events in autumn. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 1. Time constraints on migratory birds to molt, store fat, and migrate in autumn are probably most severe in populations breeding at high- latitudes. We found that time constraints among high- latitude migrants of 1. Fairbanks, Alaska are correlated with overlaps of molt and fattening. We found a negative relationship between length of breeding ground occupancy and the amounts of molt- migration overlap and a positive relationship between molt- fat overlap and distance to wintering range. No individual completely overlapped the peak levels of both molt intensity and fat storage observed within a species, but several individuals approached this theoretical maximum in four species. Our results show that high- latitude passerines can overlap energetically demanding events but there is considerable variation among species in how they do this. Many birds appear to push energetic limits by overlapping molt, migration, and fattening to a degree not previously documented. PDFAOU Committee on Classification and Nomenclature (one of 1. Fifty- sixth supplement to the American Ornithologists’ Union Check- list of North American Birds. Auk 1. 32: 7. 48- 7. PDF Lee, D.- H., M. Torchetti, K. Ip, Song, C.- S., and D. Intercontinental spread of Asian- origin H5. N8 to North America through Beringia by migratory birds. Journal of Virology 8. Points to Beringia as being important for the intercontinental spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). The Eurasian H5. N8 clade 2. China (2. 01. 3), then spread via migratory birds in early 2. South Korea and Japan, and then to Beringia by summer 2. Three subgroups emerged and spread along different flyways during fall 2. Europe, North America, and East Asia. The North American strain provided critical genetic material to the highly pathogenic virus that subsequently infected nearly 5. U. S. This is the most severe economic impact of a zoonotic disease in the history of the U. S. Indications that the Common Redpoll (Acanthis flammea) is double brooded in Alaska. Western Birds 4. 6: 2. PDFPeters, J. Lavretsky, I. Kulikova, R. Zhuravlev, and K. Mito- nuclear discord in six congeneric lineages of Holarctic ducks (genus Anas). Molecular Ecology 2. We sequenced 2. 0 nuclear introns to test for concordant patterns of Old World–New World differentiation between mt. DNA and nuclear (nu) DNA for six lineages of Holarctic ducks (genus Anas). Genetic differentiation for both marker types varied widely among these lineages (idiosyncratic population histories), but mt. DNA and nu. DNA divergence within lineages was not significantly correlated. OW–NW nu. DNA differentiation was generally lower than mt. DNA divergence, and we found higher rates of gene flow for nu. DNA than mt. DNA for four of the six lineages. These species show prominent mito- nuclear divergence discord, and lineage sorting cannot explain this. Male- mediated intercontinental gene flow is likely a leading contributor. Fifty- fifth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check- list of North American Birds. Auk 1. 31: CSi- CSxv. PDF. Rocha, L. et al. Specimen collection: An essential tool. Science 3. 44: 8. PDF Winker, K. Loon 8. Withrow, J., and K. Genetics of a high- latitude cryptic speciation event: American and Pacific golden plovers. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 1. PDFWithrow, J., S. Sealy, and K. The genetics of divergence in the Northern Saw- whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus). Auk 1. 31: 7. 3- 8. Mc. Cracken, and K. How thrushes conquered North America: A comparative phylogeography approach. Peer. J 1: e. 20. Five species of migratory thrushes occupy a transcontinental range across northern North America.
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