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Frank T. Burbrink is affiliated with the American Museum of Natural History in the United States. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a significant focus on Genetics, Global and Planetary Change, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

Their work covers multiple topics, including Amphibian and Reptile Biology, Genetic diversity and population structure, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Evolution and Paleontology Studies, and Bat Biology and Ecology Studies.

Frequent publication venues for Burbrink include Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Ecology and Evolution, Molecular Ecology, and Journal of Biogeography.

Frequent coauthors of Burbrink are Edward A. Myers, Marcelo Gehara, Christopher J. Raxworthy, Sara Ruane, and R. Alexander Pyron, reflecting collaborations across diverse studies.

Selected recent papers authored by Burbrink include:

  • Empirical and philosophical problems with the subspecies rank, 2022, Ecology and Evolution
  • Contemporary Philosophy and Methods for Studying Speciation and Delimiting Species, 2021, Ichthyology & Herpetology
  • Resolving spatial complexities of hybridization in the context of the gray zone of speciation in North American ratsnakes (Pantherophis obsoletus complex), 2020, Evolution

Other notable papers associated with Burbrink's research interest, although authored by other researchers but relevant to the field, include works on specimen collection importance and biogeographic diversification in snakes.

Best Publications

  • A phylogeny and revised classification of Squamata, including 4161 species of lizards and snakes

    R A Pyron;Frank T Burbrink;John J Wiens

  • Coalescent-based species delimitation in an integrative taxonomy

    Matthew K. Fujita;Adam D. Leaché;Frank T. Burbrink;Jimmy A. McGuire

  • MITOCHONDRIAL DNA PHYLOGEOGRAPHY OF THE POLYTYPIC NORTH AMERICAN RAT SNAKE (ELAPHE OBSOLETA): A CRITIQUE OF THE SUBSPECIES CONCEPT

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  • Phylogeny and tempo of diversification in the superradiation of spiny-rayed fishes

    Thomas J. Near;Alex Dornburg;Ron I. Eytan;Benjamin P. Keck

  • The phylogeny of advanced snakes (Colubroidea), with discovery of a new subfamily and comparison of support methods for likelihood trees.

    R. Alexander Pyron;R. Alexander Pyron;Frank T. Burbrink;Guarino R. Colli;Adrian Nieto Montes de Oca

  • Phylogeny of the Colubroidea (Serpentes) : New evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear genes

    R. Lawson;J.B. Slowinski;B.I. Crother;F.T. Burbrink

  • Phylogenetic niche conservatism and the evolutionary basis of ecological speciation

    R. Alexander Pyron;Gabriel C. Costa;Michael A. Patten;Frank T. Burbrink

  • Early origin of viviparity and multiple reversions to oviparity in squamate reptiles.

    R. Alexander Pyron;Frank T. Burbrink

  • Interrogating Genomic-Scale Data for Squamata (Lizards, Snakes, and Amphisbaenians) Shows no Support for Key Traditional Morphological Relationships

    Frank T Burbrink;Felipe G Grazziotin;R Alexander Pyron;David Cundall

  • Lineage diversification in a widespread species: roles for niche divergence and conservatism in the common kingsnake, Lampropeltis getula.

    R. Alexander Pyron;R. Alexander Pyron;Frank T. Burbrink

  • EXTINCTION, ECOLOGICAL OPPORTUNITY, AND THE ORIGINS OF GLOBAL SNAKE DIVERSITY

    R. Alexander Pyron;Frank T. Burbrink

  • How and when did Old World ratsnakes disperse into the New World

    Frank T. Burbrink;Robin Lawson

  • Genus-level phylogeny of snakes reveals the origins of species richness in Sri Lanka

    R. Alexander Pyron;H.K. Dushantha Kandambi;Catriona R. Hendry;Vishan Pushpamal

  • Coalescent Species Delimitation in Milksnakes (Genus Lampropeltis) and Impacts on Phylogenetic Comparative Analyses

    Sara Ruane;Sara Ruane;Robert W. Bryson;R. Alexander Pyron;Frank T. Burbrink;Frank T. Burbrink

  • Hard and soft allopatry: physically and ecologically mediated modes of geographic speciation

    R. Alexander Pyron;R. Alexander Pyron;Frank T. Burbrink

  • How Does Ecological Opportunity Influence Rates of Speciation, Extinction, and Morphological Diversification in New World Ratsnakes (Tribe Lampropeltini)?

    Frank T. Burbrink;R. Alexander Pyron;R. Alexander Pyron;R. Alexander Pyron

  • A riparian zone in southern Illinois as a potential dispersal corridor for reptiles and amphibians

    Frank T. Burbrink;Christopher A. Phillips;Edward J. Heske

  • Lineage diversification and historical demography of a sky island salamander, Plethodon ouachitae, from the Interior Highlands.

    Donald B. Shepard;Frank T. Burbrink

  • Phylogeography of Diadophis punctatus: extensive lineage diversity and repeated patterns of historical demography in a trans-continental snake.

    Frank M. Fontanella;Chris R. Feldman;Mark E. Siddall;Frank T. Burbrink

  • Comparative mitochondrial genomics of snakes: extraordinary substitution rate dynamics and functionality of the duplicate control region

    Zhi J Jiang;Zhi J Jiang;Todd A Castoe;Todd A Castoe;Christopher C Austin;Frank T Burbrink;Frank T Burbrink

  • SCIENTIFIC AND STANDARD ENGLISH NAMES OF AMPHIBIANS AND REPTILES OF NORTH AMERICA NORTH OF MEXICO, WITH COMMENTS REGARDING CONFIDENCE IN OUR UNDERSTANDING

    Ronald M. Bonett;Jeff Boundy;Frank T. Burbrink;Brian I. Crother

Frequent Co-Authors

R. Alexander Pyron
R. Alexander Pyron George Washington University
Laurie J. Vitt
Laurie J. Vitt University of Oklahoma
Adam D. Leaché
Adam D. Leaché University of Washington
Guarino R. Colli
Guarino R. Colli University of Brasília
Emily Moriarty Lemmon
Emily Moriarty Lemmon Florida State University
Kevin de Queiroz
Kevin de Queiroz National Museum of Natural History
John J. Wiens
John J. Wiens University of Arizona
Fred Kraus
Fred Kraus University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Edward J. Heske
Edward J. Heske University of New Mexico
Ya-Ping Zhang
Ya-Ping Zhang Kunming Institute of Zoology

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