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1086

Overview

Kevin Winker is affiliated with the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the United States. Their research intersects primarily with Environmental Science and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology.

Their work explores several subfields, including Ecology, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecological Modeling.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics such as genetic diversity and population structure, avian ecology and behavior, genomics and phylogenetic studies, wildlife ecology and conservation, species distribution and climate change, plant and animal studies, and ecology and vegetation dynamics studies.

Kevin Winker's recent publications include:

  • "Comparative Analyses of Vertebrate Gut Microbiomes Reveal Convergence between Birds and Bats" (2020), published in mBio
  • "In Vivo Competitions between Fibrobacter succinogenes, Ruminococcus flavefaciens, and Ruminoccus albus in a Gnotobiotic Sheep Model Revealed by Multi-Omic Analyses" (2021), published in Munich Personal RePEc Archive (Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich)
  • "An overview of speciation and species limits in birds" (2021), published in The Auk
  • "Sixty-first Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds" (2020), published in The Auk
  • "Divergence, gene flow, and speciation in eight lineages of trans-Beringian birds" (2020), published in Molecular Ecology

Frequent publication venues for Kevin Winker's work include:

  • The Auk
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Molecular Ecology
  • PeerJ
  • Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Travis C. Glenn
  • R. Terry Chesser
  • Pamela C. Rasmussen
  • Jessica F. McLaughlin
  • Kevin G. McCracken

Best Publications

  • Cryptic species as a window on diversity and conservation

    David Bickford;David J. Lohman;Navjot S. Sodhi;Peter K.L. Ng

  • Evidence and implications of recent climate change in northern Alaska and other arctic regions.

    Larry D. Hinzman;Neil D. Bettez;W. Robert Bolton;F. Stuart Chapin

  • Phylogenetic Placement of Exact Amplicon Sequences Improves Associations with Clinical Information

    Stefan Janssen;Daniel McDonald;Antonio Gonzalez;Jose A. Navas-Molina

  • Comparative Analyses of Vertebrate Gut Microbiomes Reveal Convergence between Birds and Bats

    Se Jin Song;Jon G. Sanders;Frédéric Delsuc;Jessica Metcalf

  • Intercontinental Spread of Asian-origin H5N8 to North America through Beringia by Migratory Birds

    Dong-Hun Lee;Mia Kim Torchetti;Kevin Winker;Hon S. Ip

  • More than 1000 ultraconserved elements provide evidence that turtles are the sister group of archosaurs

    Nicholas G. Crawford;Brant C. Faircloth;John E. McCormack;Robb T. Brumfield

  • Phylogenetic diversity among low-virulence newcastle disease viruses from waterfowl and shorebirds and comparison of genotype distributions to those of poultry-origin isolates

    L. Mia Kim;Daniel J. King;Phillip E. Curry;David L. Suarez

  • Specimen collection: An essential tool

    L. A. Rocha;A. Aleixo;G. Allen;F. Almeda

  • Fifty-Second Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds

    R. Terry Chesser;Richard C. Banks;F. Keith Barker;Carla Cicero

  • Natural History Museums in a Postbiodiversity Era

    Kevin Winker

  • Fifty-First Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds

    R. Terry Chesser;Richard C. Banks;F. Keith Barker;Carla Cicero

  • Cryptic genetic diversity in "widespread" Southeast Asian bird species suggests that Philippine avian endemism is gravely underestimated.

    David J. Lohman;David J. Lohman;Krista K. Ingram;Dewi M. Prawiradilaga;Kevin Winker

  • Daily Mass Gains Among Woodland Migrants at an Inland Stopover Site

    Kevin Winker;Dwain W. Warner;A. R. Weisbrod;A. R. Weisbrod

  • Movements of birds and avian influenza from Asia into Alaska.

    Kevin Winker;Kevin G. McCracken;Daniel D. Gibson;Christin L. Pruett

  • Wintering Wood Thrush movements and mortality in southern Veracruz

    J. H. Rappole;M. A. Ramos;K. Winker

  • Out of Amazonia again and again: episodic crossing of the Andes promotes diversification in a lowland forest flycatcher

    Matthew J Miller;Matthew J Miller;Eldredge Bermingham;John Klicka;Patricia Escalante

  • The effects of sample size on population genetic diversity estimates in song sparrows Melospiza melodia

    Christin L. Pruett;Kevin Winker

  • Population Dynamics of the Wood Thrush in Southern Veracruz, Mexico

    Kevin Winker;John H. Rappole;Mario A. Ramos

  • Chapter 1: Subspecies Represent Geographically Partitioned Variation, A Gold Mine of Evolutionary Biology, and a Challenge for Conservation

    Kevin Winker

  • The use of movement data as an assay of habitat quality.

    Kevin Winker;John H. Rappole;Mario A. Ramos

  • Evidence and Implications of Recent Climate Change in Northern Alaska and Other Arctic Regions

    L. D. Hinzman;N. Bettez;W. R. Bolton;F. S. Chapin

Frequent Co-Authors

Travis C. Glenn
Travis C. Glenn University of Georgia
Brant C. Faircloth
Brant C. Faircloth Louisiana State University
Irby J. Lovette
Irby J. Lovette Cornell University
John Klicka
John Klicka University of Washington
Gary R. Graves
Gary R. Graves National Museum of Natural History
David E. Swayne
David E. Swayne United States Department of Agriculture
Frederick H. Sheldon
Frederick H. Sheldon Louisiana State University
Robert G. Moyle
Robert G. Moyle University of Kansas
Erica Spackman
Erica Spackman United States Department of Agriculture
Sievert Rohwer
Sievert Rohwer University of Washington

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