The genomic landscape, causes, and consequences of extensive phylogenomic discordance in Old World mice and rats

Thomas, G.W.C., Hughes, J. J., Kumon T., Berv. J. S., Nordgren, C. E., Lampson, M., Levine, M., Searle, J. B., Good, J. M., The genomic landscape, causes, and consequences of extensive phylogenomic discordance in Old World mice and rats. bioRxiv 2023.08.28.555178 Student advisee

The pace of mitochondrial molecular evolution varies with seasonal migration distance

Pegan, M. T., Berv. J. S., Gulson-Castillo, E.R., Kimmitt, A. A., Winger, B. M., The pace of mitochondrial molecular evolution varies with seasonal migration distance. in press, Evolution 2023.08.01.551470 Student advisee

CRAN Task View: Phylogenetics

Gearty, W., O'Meara, B., Berv. J. S., Ballen, G. S., Ferreira, D., Lapp, H., Schmitz, L., Smith, M. R., Upham, N. S., Nations, J. A. (2022). CRAN Task View: Phylogenetics. Version 2022-10-25.

Molecular early burst associated with the diversification of birds at the K-Pg boundary

Berv, J. S., Singhal, S., Field, Daniel. J., Walker-Hale, N., McHugh, W. S., Shipley, J. R., Miller, E. T., Kimball, R. T., Braun, E. L., Dornburg, A., Parins-Fukuchi, C. T., Prum, R. O., Friedman, M., Smith, S. A., Molecular early burst associated with the diversification of birds at the K-Pg boundary. bioRxiv. 2022.10.21.513146 Student advisee

Ecological selectivity and the evolution of mammalian substrate preference across the K-Pg boundary

Hughes, J. J.*, Berv, J. S.*, Chester, S. G. B., Sargis, E. J., Field, D. J. (2021). Ecological selectivity and the evolution of mammalian substrate preference across the K-Pg boundary. Ecology and Evolution, 11, 14540-14554. Student advisee *shared first authorship

Genomic phylogeography of the White-crowned Manakin Pseudopipra pipra (Aves: Pipridae) illuminates a continental-scale radiation out of the Andes

Berv, J. S., Campagna, L., Feo, T. J., Castro-Astor, I., Ribas, C. C., Prum, R. O., Lovette, I. J., (2021). Genomic phylogeography of the White-crowned Manakin Pseudopipra pipra (Aves: Pipridae) illuminates a continental-scale radiation out of the Andes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 164, 107205. Student advisee

Recent divergence and lack of shared phylogeographic history characterize the diversification of neotropical savanna birds

van Els, P., Zarza, E., Rocha Moreira, L., Gómez-Bahamón, V., Santana, A., Aleixo, A., Ribas, C. C., do Rêgo, P. S., Santos, M. P. D., Zyskowski, K., Prum, R. O., Berv, J. S., (2021). Recent divergence and lack of shared phylogeographic history characterize the diversification of neotropical savanna birds. Journal of Biogeography.

Timing the Extant Avian Radiation: The Rise of Modern Birds, and the Importance of Modeling Molecular Rate Variation

Field, D. J., Berv, J. S., Hsiang, A. Y., Lanfear, R., Landis, M. J., Dornburg, A., (2020). Timing the Extant Avian Radiation: The Rise of Modern Birds, and the Importance of Modeling Molecular Rate Variation. In: Pittman, M., Xu, X. (Eds.), Pennaraptoran Theropod Dinosaurs Past Progress and New Frontiers. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, pp. 159-181.

An inverse latitudinal gradient in infection probability and phylogenetic diversity for Leucocytozoon blood parasites in New World birds

Fecchio, Alan ... Berv, J. S., et al (author list truncated) (2019). An inverse latitudinal gradient in infection probability and phylogenetic diversity for Leucocytozoon blood parasites in New World birds, Journal of Animal Ecology.

TEMPO AND MODE: USING GENOMIC, ANATOMICAL, AND LIFE-HISTORY DATA TO INTEGRATE THE MICRO- AND MACROEVOLUTION OF BIRDS

Berv, J. S. Tempo and Mode: Using Genomic, Anatomical, and Life-History Data to Integrate the Micro-and Macroevolution of Birds, 2019. Cornell University. PhD Dissertation

Early Evolution of Modern Birds Structured by Global Forest Collapse at the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction

Field, D. J., Bercovici, A., Berv, J. S., Dunn, R., Fastovsky, D. E., Lyson, T. R, Vajda, V., Gauthier, J. A. (2018). Early Evolution of Modern Birds Structured by Global Forest Collapse at the End-Cretaceous Mass Extinction. Current Biology.

Complex coevolution of wing, tail, and vocal sounds of courting male bee hummingbirds

Clark, C. J., McGuire, J. A., Bonaccoroso, E., Berv, J. S., Prum, R. O. (2018). Complex coevolution of wing, tail, and vocal sounds of courting male bee hummingbirds. Evolution.

Genomic Signature of an Avian Lilliput Effect across the K-Pg Extinction

Berv, J. S., Field, D. J. (2018). Genomic Signature of an Avian Lilliput Effect across the K-Pg Extinction, Systematic Biology. Publisher's Award for Excellence in Systematic Research

A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing

Prum, R. O.*., Berv, J. S.*, Dornburg, A., Field, D. J., Townsend, J.P., Lemmon, E.M., Lemmon, A. R. (2015). A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing, Nature. *shared first authorship

Divergence in morphology, calls, song, mechanical sounds, and genetics supports species status for the Inaguan hummingbird (Trochilidae: Calliphlox evelynae lyrura)

Feo, T., Musser, J., Berv. J. S., Clark, C. J. (2015). Divergence in morphology, calls, song, mechanical sounds, and genetics supports species status for the Inaguan hummingbird (Trochilidae: Calliphlox evelynae; lyrura). The Auk: Ornithological Advances.

A comprehensive multilocus phylogeny of the Neotropical cotingas (Cotingidae, Aves) with a comparative evolutionary analysis of breeding system and plumage dimorphism and a revised phylogenetic classification

Berv, J. S., Prum, R. O. (2014). A comprehensive multilocus phylogeny of the Neotropical cotingas (Cotingidae, Aves) with a comparative evolutionary analysis of breeding system and plumage dimorphism and a revised phylogenetic classification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.