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Knud A. Jønsson is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research spans several interconnected domains within biological sciences, primarily focusing on genetics, ecology, and molecular biology.

The main fields of study for this scientist include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Within these broad areas, their work delves into subfields such as Molecular Biology, Ecology, Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Ecological Modeling.

Their research topics cover a variety of specific areas:

  • Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Gut microbiota and health
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Plant and animal studies

Knud A. Jønsson has published in multiple scientific venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Molecular Ecology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Nature Communications

Among recent publications, notable papers include:

  • "Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics" (2020, Nature)
  • "Identifying the causes and consequences of assembly gaps using a multiplatform genome assembly of a bird-of-paradise" (2020, Molecular Ecology Resources)
  • "Avian gut microbiomes taking flight" (2021, Trends in Microbiology)
  • "The avian W chromosome is a refugium for endogenous retroviruses with likely effects on female-biased mutational load and genetic incompatibilities" (2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)
  • "Species-specific but not phylosymbiotic gut microbiomes of New Guinean passerine birds are shaped by diet and flight-associated gut modifications" (2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences)

Frequent collaboration partners in their research include:

  • Kasun H. Bodawatta
  • Martin Irestedt
  • Michael Poulsen
  • Mozes P. K. Blom
  • Kateřina Sam

Best Publications

  • Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds

    Erich D. Jarvis;Siavash Mirarab;Andre J. Aberer;Bo Li;Bo Li;Bo Li

  • An Update of Wallace’s Zoogeographic Regions of the World

    Ben G. Holt;Jean-Philippe Lessard;Michael K. Borregaard;Susanne A. Fritz

  • Dense sampling of bird diversity increases power of comparative genomics.

    Shaohong Feng;Josefin Stiller;Yuan Deng;Joel Armstrong;Joel Armstrong

  • Major global radiation of corvoid birds originated in the proto-Papuan archipelago

    Knud A. Jønsson;Pierre-Henri Fabre;Robert E. Ricklefs;Jon Fjeldså

  • Ecological and evolutionary determinants for the adaptive radiation of the Madagascan vangas.

    Knud A. Jonsson;Pierre-Henri Fabre;Susanne A. Fritz;Rampal S. Etienne

  • A phylogenetic supertree of oscine passerine birds (Aves: Passeri)

    Knud A. Jønsson;Jon Fjeldså

  • Identifying the causes and consequences of assembly gaps using a multiplatform genome assembly of a bird-of-paradise.

    Valentina Peona;Mozes P.K. Blom;Mozes P.K. Blom;Luohao Xu;Reto Burri

  • An unexpectedly long history of sexual selection in birds-of-paradise

    Martin Irestedt;Knud A Jønsson;Jon Fjeldså;Les Christidis;Les Christidis

  • Avian gut microbiomes taking flight

    Kasun H. Bodawatta;Sarah M. Hird;Kirsten Grond;Michael Poulsen

  • Supermatrix phylogeny and biogeography of the Australasian Meliphagides radiation (Aves: Passeriformes)

    Petter Zahl Marki;Petter Zahl Marki;Knud A. Jønsson;Martin Irestedt;Jacqueline M.T. Nguyen

  • Settling down of seasonal migrants promotes bird diversification

    Jonathan Rolland;Frédéric Jiguet;Knud Andreas Jønsson;Knud Andreas Jønsson;Fabien L. Condamine;Fabien L. Condamine

  • A supermatrix phylogeny of corvoid passerine birds (Aves: Corvides) ☆

    Knud Andreas Jønsson;Knud Andreas Jønsson;Knud Andreas Jønsson;Pierre-Henri Fabre;Jonathan D. Kennedy;Ben G. Holt

  • Evidence of taxon cycles in an Indo-Pacific passerine bird radiation (Aves: Pachycephala).

    Knud Andreas Jønsson;Martin Irestedt;Les Christidis;Sonya M. Clegg

  • Brains, tools, innovation and biogeography in crows and ravens

    Knud A Jønsson;Pierre-Henri Fabre;Martin Irestedt

  • Explosive avian radiations and multi-directional dispersal across Wallacea: evidence from the Campephagidae and other Crown Corvida (Aves).

    Knud Andreas Jønsson;Martin Irestedt;Jerome Fuchs;Per Gp Ericson

  • Tracking Animal Dispersal: From Individual Movement to Community Assembly and Global Range Dynamics.

    Knud Andreas Jønsson;Knud Andreas Jønsson;Anders P. Tøttrup;Michael Krabbe Borregaard;Sally A. Keith

  • A new genus of rodent from wallacea (Rodentia: Muridae: Murinae: Rattini), and its implication for biogeography and Indo-Pacific Rattini systematics

    Pierre Henri Fabre;Marie Pagès;Marie Pagès;Guy G. Musser;Yuli S. Fitriana

  • The spatio-temporal colonization and diversification across the Indo-Pacific by a ‘great speciator’ (Aves, Erythropitta erythrogaster)

    Martin Irestedt;Pierre-Henri Fabre;Henrique Batalha-Filho;Knud A. Jønsson;Knud A. Jønsson

  • The avian W chromosome is a refugium for endogenous retroviruses with likely effects on female-biased mutational load and genetic incompatibilities.

    Valentina Peona;Octavio M Palacios-Gimenez;Julie Blommaert;Jing Liu;Jing Liu

  • Specific gut bacterial responses to natural diets of tropical birds

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  • Biogeographical history of cuckoo‐shrikes (Aves: Passeriformes): transoceanic colonization of Africa from Australo‐Papua

    Knud Andreas Jønsson;Knud Andreas Jønsson;Rauri C. K. Bowie;Johan A. A. Nylander;Les Christidis;Les Christidis

  • Resolving deep lineage divergences in core corvoid passerine birds supports a proto-Papuan island origin

    Marie Aggerbeck;Jon Fjeldsa;Leslie Christidis;Leslie Christidis;Pierre-Henri Fabre;Pierre-Henri Fabre

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon Fjeldså
Jon Fjeldså University of Copenhagen
Martin Irestedt
Martin Irestedt Swedish Museum of Natural History
Carsten Rahbek
Carsten Rahbek University of Copenhagen
Per G. P. Ericson
Per G. P. Ericson Swedish Museum of Natural History
Janette A Norman
Janette A Norman Southern Cross University
Leslie Christidis
Leslie Christidis Southern Cross University
Gary R. Graves
Gary R. Graves National Museum of Natural History
Per Alström
Per Alström Uppsala University
Michael K. Borregaard
Michael K. Borregaard University of Copenhagen
Erich D. Jarvis
Erich D. Jarvis Rockefeller University

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