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- Publications
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Avian evolution, Gondwana biogeography and the Cretaceous–Tertiary mass extinction event
- J. Cracraft
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the Royal Society of London…
- 7 March 2001
The fossil record has been used to support the origin and radiation of modern birds (Neornithes) in Laurasia after the Cretaceous–Tertiary mass extinction event, whereas molecular clocks have… Expand
Historical Biogeography and Patterns of Differentiation within the South American Avifauna: Areas of Endemism
- J. Cracraft
- Geography
- 1985
A new time tree reveals Earth history’s imprint on the evolution of modern birds
- Santiago Claramunt, J. Cracraft
- Biology, Medicine
- Science Advances
- 1 December 2015
Estimates of the timing of evolution of modern birds reveals the influence of paleogeography and paleoclimate on diversification. Determining the timing of diversification of modern birds has been… Expand
Phylogenetic relationships among modern birds (Neornithes): towards an avian tree of life
- J. Cracraft, F. K. Barker, +11 authors D. P. Mindell
- History
- 12 August 2004
Modem perceptions of the inonophyly of avian higher taxa {modern birds, Neomiihes) and their interrelationships are the legacy uf systematic work undertaken in the 19th century. Before Llie… Expand
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Discriminating between phylogenetic signal and random noise in DNA sequences
- D. Hillis, M. Miyamoto, J. Cracraft
- Biology
- 1991
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A palaeobiogeographic model for biotic diversification within Amazonia over the past three million years
- C. Ribas, A. Aleixo, A. Nogueira, C. Miyaki, J. Cracraft
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological…
- 22 February 2012
Many hypotheses have been proposed to explain high species diversity in Amazonia, but few generalizations have emerged. In part, this has arisen from the scarcity of rigorous tests for mechanisms… Expand
LINEAGE DIVERSIFICATION AND MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION IN A LARGE‐SCALE CONTINENTAL RADIATION: THE NEOTROPICAL OVENBIRDS AND WOODCREEPERS (AVES: FURNARIIDAE)
- Elizabeth P. Derryberry, Santiago Claramunt, +6 authors Robb T. Brumfield
- Biology, Medicine
- Evolution; international journal of organic…
- 1 October 2011
Patterns of diversification in species‐rich clades provide insight into the processes that generate biological diversity. We tested different models of lineage and phenotypic diversification in an… Expand
Area-relationships in the Neotropical lowlands: an hypothesis based on raw distributions of Passerine birds
- J. Bates, S. Hackett, J. Cracraft
- Biology
- 1 July 1998
Using raw geographic distributions for Neotropical species and subspecies of the perching birds (Order Passeriformes), we present an hypothesis of area- relationships for twelve avian areas of… Expand
The Morphology of the Syrinx in Passerine Birds
- J. Cracraft, Peter L. Ames
- Biology
- 1972
S (ENGLISH, GERMAN, SPANISH, RUSSIAN) . 1 H I S T O R Y O F SYRINGEAL M O R P H O L O G Y 9 A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S . . . 12 M E T H O D S AND MATERIALS 13 METHODS OF DISSECTION AND PREPARATION… Expand
Phylogeny and phylogenetic classification of the tyrant flycatchers, cotingas, manakins, and their allies (Aves: Tyrannides)
- J. G. Tello, Robert G. Moyle, Daniel J. Marchese, J. Cracraft
- Biology
- 1 October 2009
Phylogenetic relationships among the Tyrannides were assessed using over 4000 base pairs of nuclear recombination activating 1 (RAG‐1) and 2 (RAG‐2) DNA sequence data from about 93% of all described… Expand