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Overview

Rebecca J. Safran is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their research spans multiple areas within biological sciences, with primary focus on the intersection of ecology, evolution, and behavior.

The main fields of study for Safran include Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science. Within these broader domains, their work concentrates on several subfields such as Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Developmental Biology.

Key topics addressed in Safran's research cover Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Genetic diversity and population structure, Avian ecology and behavior, Plant and animal studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior, and Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock.

Safran has published papers in a variety of scientific journals. Frequent publication venues include Trends in Ecology & Evolution, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Evolution, and Ecology and Evolution.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Safran cover subjects related to model selection, speciation, migratory divides, and female bird song in the context of sex differences. Notable publications include:

  • A biologist's guide to model selection and causal inference (2021), published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Rapid speciation via the evolution of pre-mating isolation in the Iberá Seedeater (2021), published in Science
  • Speciation by sexual selection: 20 years of progress (2021), published in Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • A migratory divide spanning two continents is associated with genomic and ecological divergence (2022), published in Evolution
  • Analysis of female song provides insight into the evolution of sex differences in a widely studied songbird (2020), published in Animal Behaviour

Collaboration has been a significant component of Safran's work. Frequent co-authors include Drew R. Schield, Zachary M. Laubach, Sage A. Madden, Elizabeth S. C. Scordato, and Yu Liu, with multiple joint publications indicating ongoing research partnerships.

Best Publications

  • Vertebrate pigmentation: from underlying genes to adaptive function

    Joanna K. Hubbard;J. Albert C Uy;Mark Erno Hauber;Hopi E. Hoekstra

  • Evolutionary divergence in acoustic signals: causes and consequences

    Matthew R. Wilkins;Nathalie Seddon;Rebecca J. Safran

  • Plumage coloration, not length or symmetry of tail-streamers, is a sexually selected trait in North American barn swallows

    Rebecca J. Safran;Kevin J. McGraw

  • Sexual selection accelerates signal evolution during speciation in birds

    Nathalie Seddon;Carlos A. Botero;Joseph A. Tobias;Peter O. Dunn

  • Contributions of natural and sexual selection to the evolution of premating reproductive isolation: a research agenda.

    Rebecca J. Safran;Elizabeth S.C. Scordato;Elizabeth S.C. Scordato;Laurel B. Symes;Rafael L. Rodríguez

  • Mechanisms of assortative mating in speciation with gene flow: Connecting theory and empirical research

    Michael Kopp;Maria R Servedio;Tamra C Mendelson;Rebecca J Safran

  • Waterbird responses to experimental drawdown: implications for the multispecies management of wetland mosaics

    Oriane W. Taft;Mark A. Colwell;Craig R. Isola;Rebecca J. Safran

  • How feather colour reflects its melanin content

    Kevin McGraw;R. J. Safran;K. Wakamatsu

  • Transitions between phases of genomic differentiation during stick-insect speciation

    Rüdiger Riesch;Moritz Muschick;Dorothea Lindtke;Romain Villoutreix

  • Dynamic Paternity Allocation as a Function of Male Plumage Color in Barn Swallows

    R. J. Safran;R. J. Safran;C. R. Neuman;C. R. Neuman;Kevin McGraw;Kevin McGraw;I. J. Lovette;I. J. Lovette

  • YOU CAN'T JUDGE A PIGMENT BY ITS COLOR: CAROTENOID AND MELANIN CONTENT OF YELLOW AND BROWN FEATHERS IN SWALLOWS, BLUEBIRDS, PENGUINS, AND DOMESTIC CHICKENS

    Kevin J. McGraw;Kazumasa Wakamatsu;Shosuke Ito;Paul M. Nolan

  • The rate of telomere loss is related to maximum lifespan in birds

    Gianna M Tricola;Mirre J P Simons;Els Atema;Raoul K Boughton

  • Sexual signal exaggeration affects physiological state in male barn swallows.

    Rebecca J. Safran;Rebecca J. Safran;James S. Adelman;Kevin J. McGraw;Michaela Hau

  • Benthic invertebrates at foraging locations of nine waterbird species in managed wetlands of the northern San Joaquin Valley, California

    Rebecca J. Safran;Craig R. Isola;Mark A. Colwell;Oriane E. Williams

  • An experimental analysis of the heritability of variation in glucocorticoid concentrations in a wild avian population.

    Brittany R. Jenkins;Maren N. Vitousek;Joanna K. Hubbard;Rebecca J. Safran

  • Environmental harshness is positively correlated with intraspecific divergence in mammals and birds

    Carlos A. Botero;Roi Dor;Roi Dor;Christy M. Mccain;Rebecca J. Safran

  • Stress and success: Individual differences in the glucocorticoid stress response predict behavior and reproductive success under high predation risk

    Maren N. Vitousek;Maren N. Vitousek;Brittany R. Jenkins;Rebecca J. Safran

  • Genomic approaches to understanding population divergence and speciation in birds

    David P. L. Toews;Leonardo Campagna;Scott A. Taylor;Christopher N. Balakrishnan

  • Phylogeny of the genus Hirundo and the Barn Swallow subspecies complex.

    Roi Dor;Rebecca J. Safran;Frederick H. Sheldon;David W. Winkler

  • Are yolk androgens and carotenoids in barn swallow eggs related to parental quality

    Rebecca J. Safran;Rebecca J. Safran;Kevin M. Pilz;Kevin J. McGraw;Stephanie M. Correa

  • Data from: Transitions between phases of genomic differentiation during stick-insect speciation

    Rüdiger Riesch;Moritz Muschick;Dorothea Lindtke;Romain Villoutreix

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrik Nosil
Patrik Nosil University of Sheffield
Bernard J. Crespi
Bernard J. Crespi Simon Fraser University
Rüdiger Riesch
Rüdiger Riesch Royal Holloway University of London
Kevin J. McGraw
Kevin J. McGraw Arizona State University
Irby J. Lovette
Irby J. Lovette Cornell University
Tomáš Albrecht
Tomáš Albrecht Charles University
Mark E. Hauber
Mark E. Hauber Queens College, CUNY
David W. Winkler
David W. Winkler Cornell University
Nolan C. Kane
Nolan C. Kane University of Colorado Boulder
Rafael Rodríguez
Rafael Rodríguez University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

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