
Darwin's Finches
12/24/23 • 20 min
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References:
Abzhanov, A. (2010). Darwin's Galapagos finches in modern biology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 365(1543), 1001-1007.
Beausoleil, M. O., Lorena Carrión-Avilés, P., Podos, J., Camacho, C., Rabadán-González, J., Richard, R., ... & Hendry, A. P. (2023). The fitness landscape of a community of Darwin’s finches. Evolution, qpad160.
Carrión, P. L., Raeymaekers, J. A., De León, L. F., Chaves, J. A., Sharpe, D. M., Huber, S. K., ... & Hendry, A. P. (2022). The terroir of the finch: How spatial and temporal variation shapes phenotypic traits in DARWIN'S finches. Ecology and Evolution, 12(10), e9399.
Carvajal‐Endara, S., Hendry, A. P., Emery, N. C., Neu, C. P., Carmona, D., Gotanda, K. M., ... & Johnson, M. T. (2020). The ecology and evolution of seed predation by Darwin's finches on Tribulus cistoides on the Galápagos Islands. Ecological monographs, 90(1), e01392.
De León, L. F., Sharpe, D. M., Gotanda, K. M., Raeymaekers, J. A., Chaves, J. A., Hendry, A. P., & Podos, J. (2019). Urbanization erodes niche segregation in Darwin's finches. Evolutionary Applications, 12(7), 1329-1343.
Enbody, E. D., Sendell-Price, A. T., Sprehn, C. G., Rubin, C. J., Visscher, P. M., Grant, B. R., ... & Andersson, L. (2022). Large effect loci have a prominent role in Darwin’s finch evolution. bioRxiv, 2022-10.
Funk, E. R., & Burns, K. J. (2018). Biogeographic origins of Darwin's finches (Thraupidae: Coerebinae). The Auk: Ornithological Advances, 135(3), 561-571.
Harvey, J. A., Chernicky, K., Simons, S. R., Verrett, T. B., Chaves, J. A., & Knutie, S. A. (2021). Urban living influences the nesting success of Darwin’s finches in the Galápagos Islands. Ecology and Evolution, 11(10), 5038-5048.
Hervías-Parejo, S., Olesen, J. M., Nogales, M., Traveset, A., & Heleno, R. (2019). Dispersal of fern spores by Galápagos finches. Journal of Ornithology, 160, 831-833.
Knutie, S. A., Chaves, J. A., & Gotanda, K. M. (2019). Human activity can influence the gut microbiota of Darwin's finches in the Galapagos Islands. Molecular ecology, 28(9), 2441-2450.
Lawson, L. P., Niedzwiecki, J., & Petren, K. (2019). Darwin's finches: a model of landscape effects on metacommunity dynamics in the Galápagos Archipelago. Ecography, 42(10), 1636-1647.
Long, K. L., Prothero, D. R., & Syverson, V. J. (2020). How do small birds evolve in response to climate change? Data from the long‐term record at La Brea tar pits. Integrative Zoology, 15(4), 249-261.
Ranganath, H. A. (2018). Darwin’s finches: a goldmine for evolutionary biologists. Journal of Genetics, 97(4), 807-809.
Reaney, A. M., Bouchenak‐Khelladi, Y., Tobias, J. A., & Abzhanov, A. (2020). Ecological and morphological determinants of evolutionary diversification in Darwin's finches and their relatives. Ecology and Evolution, 10(24), 14020-14032.
Román‐Palacios, C., & Wiens, J. J. (2018). The Tortoise and the Finch: Testing for island effects on diversification using two iconic Galápagos radiations. Journal of biogeography, 45(8), 1701-1712.
Rubin, C. J., Enbody, E. D., Dobreva, M. P., Abzhanov, A., Davis, B. W., Lamichhaney, S., ... & Andersson, L. (2022). Rapid adaptive radiation of Darwin’s finches depends on ancestral genetic modules. Science Advances, 8(27), eabm5982.
Tattersall, G. J., Chaves, J. A., & Danner, R. M. (2018). Thermoregulatory windows in Darwin's finches. Functional Ecology, 32(2), 358-368.
Thanks for listening! (also I meant to say "La" Niña not "El" Niña!)
Follow me on instagram: matt.rossella
Support the podcast: patreon.com/blurbs439
References:
Abzhanov, A. (2010). Darwin's Galapagos finches in modern biology. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 365(1543), 1001-1007.
Beausoleil, M. O., Lorena Carrión-Avilés, P., Podos, J., Camacho, C., Rabadán-González, J., Richard, R., ... & Hendry, A. P. (2023). The fitness landscape of a community of Darwin’s finches. Evolution, qpad160.
Carrión, P. L., Raeymaekers, J. A., De León, L. F., Chaves, J. A., Sharpe, D. M., Huber, S. K., ... & Hendry, A. P. (2022). The terroir of the finch: How spatial and temporal variation shapes phenotypic traits in DARWIN'S finches. Ecology and Evolution, 12(10), e9399.
Carvajal‐Endara, S., Hendry, A. P., Emery, N. C., Neu, C. P., Carmona, D., Gotanda, K. M., ... & Johnson, M. T. (2020). The ecology and evolution of seed predation by Darwin's finches on Tribulus cistoides on the Galápagos Islands. Ecological monographs, 90(1), e01392.
De León, L. F., Sharpe, D. M., Gotanda, K. M., Raeymaekers, J. A., Chaves, J. A., Hendry, A. P., & Podos, J. (2019). Urbanization erodes niche segregation in Darwin's finches. Evolutionary Applications, 12(7), 1329-1343.
Enbody, E. D., Sendell-Price, A. T., Sprehn, C. G., Rubin, C. J., Visscher, P. M., Grant, B. R., ... & Andersson, L. (2022). Large effect loci have a prominent role in Darwin’s finch evolution. bioRxiv, 2022-10.
Funk, E. R., & Burns, K. J. (2018). Biogeographic origins of Darwin's finches (Thraupidae: Coerebinae). The Auk: Ornithological Advances, 135(3), 561-571.
Harvey, J. A., Chernicky, K., Simons, S. R., Verrett, T. B., Chaves, J. A., & Knutie, S. A. (2021). Urban living influences the nesting success of Darwin’s finches in the Galápagos Islands. Ecology and Evolution, 11(10), 5038-5048.
Hervías-Parejo, S., Olesen, J. M., Nogales, M., Traveset, A., & Heleno, R. (2019). Dispersal of fern spores by Galápagos finches. Journal of Ornithology, 160, 831-833.
Knutie, S. A., Chaves, J. A., & Gotanda, K. M. (2019). Human activity can influence the gut microbiota of Darwin's finches in the Galapagos Islands. Molecular ecology, 28(9), 2441-2450.
Lawson, L. P., Niedzwiecki, J., & Petren, K. (2019). Darwin's finches: a model of landscape effects on metacommunity dynamics in the Galápagos Archipelago. Ecography, 42(10), 1636-1647.
Long, K. L., Prothero, D. R., & Syverson, V. J. (2020). How do small birds evolve in response to climate change? Data from the long‐term record at La Brea tar pits. Integrative Zoology, 15(4), 249-261.
Ranganath, H. A. (2018). Darwin’s finches: a goldmine for evolutionary biologists. Journal of Genetics, 97(4), 807-809.
Reaney, A. M., Bouchenak‐Khelladi, Y., Tobias, J. A., & Abzhanov, A. (2020). Ecological and morphological determinants of evolutionary diversification in Darwin's finches and their relatives. Ecology and Evolution, 10(24), 14020-14032.
Román‐Palacios, C., & Wiens, J. J. (2018). The Tortoise and the Finch: Testing for island effects on diversification using two iconic Galápagos radiations. Journal of biogeography, 45(8), 1701-1712.
Rubin, C. J., Enbody, E. D., Dobreva, M. P., Abzhanov, A., Davis, B. W., Lamichhaney, S., ... & Andersson, L. (2022). Rapid adaptive radiation of Darwin’s finches depends on ancestral genetic modules. Science Advances, 8(27), eabm5982.
Tattersall, G. J., Chaves, J. A., & Danner, R. M. (2018). Thermoregulatory windows in Darwin's finches. Functional Ecology, 32(2), 358-368.
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Adrian, C. R., & Dowding, J. E. (2003). The Wrybill Anarhynchus frontalis: a brief review of status, threats and work in progress. Wader Study Group Bulletin, 100, 20-24.
Armitage, I. (2007). Wrybills (Anarhynchus frontalis) at the Manawatu River Estuary, North Island, New Zealand. Notornis, 54(2), 118–119.
Conklin, J. R., Verkuil, Y. I., Riegen, A. C., & Battley, P. F. (2019). How wry is a wrybill?. Wader Study, 126(3), 228–235.
Crossland, A. C., Crutchley, P., & Mugan, N. (2012). Record number of Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis) staging at Lake Ellesmere on southward migration. Stilt, 61, 30–33.
Hughey, K. F. (1997). The diet of the Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis) and the Banded Dotterel (Charadrius bicinctus) on two braided rivers in Canterbury, New Zealand. Notornis, 44, 185–193.
Hughey, K. F. (1998). Nesting home range sizes of Wrybill (Anarhynchus frontalis) and Banded Dotterel (Charadrius bicinctus) in relation to braided riverbed characteristics. Notornis, 45, 103–111
Books used for research:
Birdstories - Geoff Norman
Birds of New Zealand and Outlying Islands - M.F. Soper
Birds New Zealand (beauty like no other) - Paul Gibson
The Brilliance of Birds - Skye Wishart & Edin Whitehead
Know Your New Zealand Birds - Murdoch Riley
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Hassell, C. J., & Rogers, D. I. (2002). Painted Snipe nesting at Taylor's Lagoon near Broome, north-western Australia. Stilt, 41, 14-21.
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Jaensch, R. (2009). Further records of Australian painted snipe Rostratula australis in the Lake Eyre Basin, Queensland, with evidence of breeding. Stilt, 56, 40-42.
Jaensch, R., McCabe, J., Wahl, J., & Houston, W. (2004). Breeding by Australian painted snipe on the Torilla Plain, Brigalow Belt coast, Queensland. The Stilt, 45, 39-42.
Knuckey, C. G., Trainor, C. R., Firth, R. C. S., Sansom, J. L., & Trainer, J. E. (2013). A record of the Endangered Australian Painted Snipe Rostratula australis (Gould, 1838) in the Fortescue valley, Pilbara region. Wader Study Group Bulletin, 120(1), 11-14.
Lane, B. A., & Rogers, D. I. (2000). The Australian Painted Snipe Rostratula (benghalensis) australis: an endangered species. The Stilt, 36, 26-34.
Lindsey, A. (2009). Some observations on the behaviour of the Australian Painted Snipe. The Whistler, 3, 53-54.
Fraser, N. Some observations of the foraging behaviour of the Australian Painted-snipe and the Greater Painted-snipe. Whistler, 36.
Fraser, N. (2020). A review of Australian Painted-snipe records from the Hunter Region, 1966-2020. The Whistler, 14, 35-43.
Rogers, D., Hance, I., Paton, S., Tzaros, C., Griffioen, P., Herring, M., ... & Weston, M. (2005). The breeding bottleneck: Breeding habitat and population decline in the Australian Painted Snipe. Status and Conservation of Seabirds in the East Asian-Australasian Flyway, 15-23.
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