Publications
| chewing lice of genus myrsidea (phthiraptera: menoponidae) from turdidae (passeriformes) of costa rica, with descriptions of seven new species. | a total of 166 individuals from 10 bird species belonging to the family turdidae were examined for chewing lice in costa rica during 2004, 2009 and 2010. a total of 12 species of the louse genus myrsidea were collected from 54 birds, including four previously named, seven new undescribed species, and one identified as myrsidea sp. names, descriptions and illustrations are given for the seven new species of myrsidea. they and their type hosts are: myrsidea assimilis sp. nov. ex turdus assimilis ( ... | 2013 | 26120705 |
| geographic isolation drives divergence of uncorrelated genetic and song variation in the ruddy-capped nightingale-thrush (catharus frantzii; aves: turdidae). | montane barriers influence the evolutionary history of lineages by promoting isolation of populations. the effects of these historical processes are evident in patterns of differentiation among extant populations, which are often expressed as genetic and behavioral variation between populations. we investigated the effects of geographic barriers on the evolutionary history of a mesoamerican bird by studying patterns of genetic and vocal variation in the ruddy-capped nightingale-thrush (turdidae: ... | 2016 | 26302950 |