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Overview

Scott M. Lanyon is a researcher affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States. Their work focuses primarily on the field of Environmental Science, with particular attention to Ecology and Developmental Biology as subfields of study.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Marine animal studies overview

Scott M. Lanyon has contributed to publications in prominent scientific venues such as Birds of the World and The Auk. Their recent papers include:

  • "Painted Bunting (Passerina ciris)," published in 2020 in Birds of the World
  • "2021 AOS Kessel Fellowship for Ornithological Research to Michelle Roper," published in 2021 in The Auk

Throughout their research career, Lanyon has collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Peter E. Lowther
  • Christopher W. Thompson
  • Thomas S. Schulenberg
  • Sabrina S. Taylor
  • Kyle H. Elliott

Best Publications

  • DETECTING INTERNAL INCONSISTENCIES IN DISTANCE DATA

    Scott M. Lanyon

  • New insights into New World biogeography: An integrated view from the phylogeny of blackbirds, cardinals, sparrows, tanagers, warblers, and allies

    F. Keith Barker;F. Keith Barker;Kevin J. Burns;John Klicka;Scott M. Lanyon

  • A comprehensive multilocus phylogeny for the wood-warblers and a revised classification of the Parulidae (Aves).

    Irby J. Lovette;Jorge L. Pérez-Emán;John P. Sullivan;Richard C. Banks

  • Going to extremes: contrasting rates of diversification in a recent radiation of new world passerine birds.

    F. Keith Barker;Kevin J. Burns;John Klicka;Scott M. Lanyon

  • A molecular phylogeny of the New World orioles (Icterus): the importance of dense taxon sampling.

    Kevin E. Omland;Scott M. Lanyon;Sabine J. Fritz

  • Phylogenetics and diversification of tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), the largest radiation of Neotropical songbirds.

    Kevin J. Burns;Allison J. Shultz;Allison J. Shultz;Pascal O. Title;Pascal O. Title;Nicholas A. Mason;Nicholas A. Mason

  • Reconstructing plumage evolution in orioles (Icterus): repeated convergence and reversal in patterns.

    Kevin E. Omland;Scott M. Lanyon

  • The ubiquity of avian ultraviolet plumage reflectance

    Muir D. Eaton;Muir D. Eaton;Scott M. Lanyon

  • RECONSTRUCTING THE EVOLUTION OF COMPLEX BIRD SONG IN THE OROPENDOLAS

    J. Jordan Price;Scott M. Lanyon

  • Interspecific brood parasitism in blackbirds (Icterinae): a phylogenetic perspective

    Scott M. Lanyon

  • NEW WORLD NINE-PRIMARIED OSCINE RELATIONSHIPS: CONSTRUCTING A MITOCHONDRIAL DNA FRAMEWORK

    John Klicka;Kevin P. Johnson;Scott M. Lanyon

  • Site Fidelity and Habitat Quality as Determinants of Settlement Pattern in Male Painted Buntings

    Scott M. Lanyon;Charles F. Thompson

  • The Stochastic Mode of Molecular Evolution: What Consequences for Systematic Investigations?

    Scott M. Lanyon

  • Phylogenetic frameworks: towards a firmer foundation for the comparative approach

    Scott M. Lanyon

  • Losses of female song with changes from tropical to temperate breeding in the New World blackbirds

    J. Jordan Price;Scott M. Lanyon;Kevin E. Omland

  • A MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY OF THE BLACKBIRDS (ICTERIDAE): FIVE LINEAGES REVEALED BY CYTOCHROME-B SEQUENCE DATA

    Scott M. Lanyon;Kevin E. Omland

  • Molecular systematics of the grackles and allies, and the effect of additional sequence (CYT B and ND2)

    Kevin P. Johnson;Kevin P. Johnson;Scott M. Lanyon

  • A comprehensive multilocus assessment of sparrow (Aves: Passerellidae) relationships

    John Klicka;F. Keith Barker;Kevin J. Burns;Scott M. Lanyon

  • MOLECULAR PERSPECTIVE ON HIGHER-LEVEL RELATIONSHIPS IN THE TYRANNOIDEA (AVES)

    Scott M. Lanyon

  • Patterns of song evolution and sexual selection in the oropendolas and caciques

    J. Jordan Price;J. Jordan Price;Scott M. Lanyon

  • REEXAMINATION OF BARBET MONOPHYLY USING MITOCHONDRIAL-DNA SEQUENCE DATA

    Scott M. Lanyon;John G. Hall

  • Interspecific brood parasitism in blackbirds (Icterinae)

    Scott M Lanyon

Frequent Co-Authors

John Klicka
John Klicka University of Washington
Kevin E. Omland
Kevin E. Omland University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Irby J. Lovette
Irby J. Lovette Cornell University
Kevin P. Johnson
Kevin P. Johnson University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Charles F. Thompson
Charles F. Thompson Illinois State University
William A. Searcy
William A. Searcy University of Miami
Ken Yasukawa
Ken Yasukawa Beloit College
A. Townsend Peterson
A. Townsend Peterson University of Kansas
Peter R. Crane
Peter R. Crane Yale University
Charles G. Sibley
Charles G. Sibley American Museum of Natural History

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