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Ecology and Evolution
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2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
95
Citations
33496
World Ranking
356
National Ranking
2

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Panama Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Panama Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Panama Leader Award

Overview

Eldredge Bermingham is affiliated with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. Their research work primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a focus on Genetics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, and Paleontology. Their academic contributions center around topics such as genetic diversity and population structure, parasite biology and host interactions, evolution and paleontology studies, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, and fish biology, ecology, and behavior.

The scientist has authored several papers throughout recent years, contributing to various recognized scientific journals. Key publications include:

  • "Demographic consequences of foraging ecology explain genetic diversification in Neotropical bird species," 2021, Ecology Letters
  • "Author Correction: Speciation by hybridization in Heliconius butterflies," 2021, Nature
  • "Geography is a stronger predictor of diversification of monogenean parasites (Platyhelminthes) than host relatedness in characin fishes of Middle America," 2025, PLoS ONE
  • "Geography is a stronger predictor of diversification of monogenean parasites (Platyhelminthes) than host relatedness in characid fishes of Middle America," 2024, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Bermingham frequently collaborates with several researchers across their publications. Among their most frequent co-authors are Fernando Alda, Edgar F. Mendoza-Franco, William Hanson-Regan, Ruth G. Reina, and Mark E. Torchin. These collaborations have formed part of studies published in diverse venues.

Publication venues where Bermingham has contributed include:

  • Ecology Letters
  • Nature
  • PLoS ONE
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

The research conducted by Bermingham incorporates a multidisciplinary approach that bridges genetics with ecological and evolutionary perspectives. Their work on parasite-host relationships within fish species highlights geography as a significant factor influencing diversification, while their studies on Neotropical birds examine how foraging ecology impacts genetic diversification. This intersection of evolutionary biology and environmental factors characterizes much of their scientific inquiry.

Bermingham's research output reflects ongoing contributions to understanding complex biological systems, particularly in tropical ecosystems. Their engagement with a variety of topics such as population genetics and parasite biology demonstrates an integrative approach to studying biodiversity and species interactions within ecological contexts.

Best Publications

  • Intraspecific Phylogeography: The Mitochondrial DNA Bridge Between Population Genetics and Systematics

    J C Avise;J Arnold;R M Ball;E Bermingham

  • The Sorcerer II Global Ocean Sampling Expedition: Northwest Atlantic through Eastern Tropical Pacific

    Douglas B. Rusch;Aaron L Halpern;Granger Sutton;Karla B. Heidelberg;Karla B. Heidelberg

  • Plant DNA barcodes and a community phylogeny of a tropical forest dynamics plot in Panama

    W. John Kress;David L. Erickson;F. Andrew Jones;Nathan G. Swenson

  • Genome 10K: A Proposal to Obtain Whole-Genome Sequence for 10 000 Vertebrate Species

    David Haussler;Stephen J. O'Brien;Oliver A. Ryder;F. Keith Barker

  • CHAPTER 8 – Fish Biogeography and Molecular Clocks: Perspectives from the Panamanian Isthmus

    Eldredge Bermingham;S. Shawn McCafferty;Andrew P. Martin

  • Divergence in proteins, mitochondrial DNA, and reproductive compatibility across the isthmus of Panama.

    Nancy Knowlton;Lee A. Weigt;Luis Aníbal Solórzano;DeEtta K. Mills

  • MOLECULAR ZOOGEOGRAPHY OF FRESHWATER FISHES IN THE SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES

    Eldredge Bermingham;John C. Avise

  • Speciation by hybridization in Heliconius butterflies

    Jesús Mavárez;Camilo A. Salazar;Eldredge Bermingham;Christian Salcedo

  • Comparative phylogeography: concepts and applications

    E. Bermingham;C. Moritz

  • Mitochondrial DNA evolution at a turtle's pace: evidence for low genetic variability and reduced microevolutionary rate in the Testudines.

    J C Avise;B W Bowen;T Lamb;A B Meylan

  • Epidemic disease decimates amphibian abundance, species diversity, and evolutionary history in the highlands of central Panama

    Andrew J. Crawford;Karen R. Lips;Eldredge Bermingham

  • Comparative mtDNA phylogeography of neotropical freshwater fishes: testing shared history to infer the evolutionary landscape of lower Central America

    E. Bermingham;A. P. Martin

  • REAP: an integrated environment for the manipulation and phylogenic analysis of restriction data.

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  • The molecular basis of an avian plumage polymorphism in the wild: A melanocortin-1-receptor point mutation is perfectly associated with the melanic plumage morph of the bananaquit, Coereba flaveola

    Emmalize Theron;Kim Hawkins;Eldredge Bermingham;Robert E. Ricklefs

  • Molecular systematics and biogeography of the Neotropical monkey genus, Alouatta.

    L Cortés-Ortiz;E Bermingham;C Rico;E Rodrı́guez-Luna

  • The concept of the taxon cycle in biogeography

    Robert E. Ricklefs;Eldredge Bermingham

  • Population structure and biogeography of migratory freshwater fishes (Prochilodus: Characiformes) in major South American rivers.

    Arjun Sivasundar;Eldredge Bermingham;Guillermo Ortí

  • EARLY LIFE HISTORIES, OCEAN CURRENTS, AND THE POPULATION GENETICS OF CARIBBEAN REEF FISHES

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  • Evolutionary Relationships, Cospeciation, and Host Switching in Avian Malaria Parasites

    Robert E. Ricklefs;Sylvia M. Fallon;Eldredge Bermingham

  • A conserved supergene locus controls colour pattern diversity in Heliconius butterflies.

    Mathieu Joron;Mathieu Joron;Mathieu Joron;Riccardo Papa;Margarita Beltrán;Nicola Chamberlain

  • Evolutionary history of the genus Rhamdia (Teleostei: Pimelodidae) in Central America

    Anabel Perdices;Eldredge Bermingham;Antonia Montilla;Ignacio Doadrio

  • The West Indies as a laboratory of biogeography and evolution.

    Robert E. Ricklefs;Eldredge Bermingham

  • Phylogeographic population structure of Red-winged Blackbirds assessed by mitochondrial DNA

    Ball Rm;Freeman S;James Fc;Bermingham E

  • Marine incursion into South America

    Nathan R. Lovejoy;Eldredge Bermingham;Andrew P. Martin

Frequent Co-Authors

Irby J. Lovette
Irby J. Lovette Cornell University
Robert E. Ricklefs
Robert E. Ricklefs University of Missouri–St. Louis
Andrew J. Crawford
Andrew J. Crawford Universidad de Los Andes
Chris D. Jiggins
Chris D. Jiggins University of Cambridge
Christopher W. Dick
Christopher W. Dick University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jan E. Conn
Jan E. Conn New York State Department of Health
Camilo Salazar
Camilo Salazar Universidad del Rosario
Britta Denise Hardesty
Britta Denise Hardesty CSIRO Ocean and Atmosphere
Stephen P. Hubbell
Stephen P. Hubbell University of California, Los Angeles
Marilyn E. Scott
Marilyn E. Scott McGill University

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