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Sievert Rohwer is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Environmental Science.

Their work is focused within several subfields including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Genetics, Ecology, Molecular Biology, and Cell Biology. Rohwer's main research topics encompass Genetic diversity and population structure, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Plant and animal studies, Avian ecology and behavior, Identification and Quantification in Food, and melanin and skin pigmentation.

They have contributed to the scientific community with publications in several notable venues:

  • The Auk
  • Evolution Letters
  • Nature Communications
  • Molecular Ecology
  • PLoS ONE

Notable recent papers by Sievert Rohwer include:

  • "Selection on a small genomic region underpins differentiation in multiple color traits between two warbler species" (2020) in Evolution Letters
  • "Cryptic and extensive hybridization between ancient lineages of American crows" (2020) in Molecular Ecology
  • "Signatures of mitonuclear coevolution in a warbler species complex" (2021) in Nature Communications
  • "Interspecific forced copulations generate most hybrids in broadly sympatric ducks" (2022) in PLoS ONE
  • "Filoplume morphology covaries with their companion primary suggesting that they are feather-specific sensors" (2021) in The Auk

Sievert Rohwer has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including:

  • Vanya G. Rohwer
  • Silu Wang
  • David P. L. Toews
  • Darren E. Irwin
  • Kevin Epperly

Best Publications

  • THE SOCIAL SIGNIFICANCE OF AVIAN WINTER PLUMAGE VARIABILITY.

    Sievert Rohwer

  • Parent Cannibalism of Offspring and Egg Raiding as a Courtship Strategy

    Sievert Rohwer

  • The Evolution of Reliable and Unreliable Badges of Fighting Ability

    Sievert Rohwer

  • Status signaling in harris sparrows some experiments in deception

    Sievert Rohwer

  • THE COST OF DOMINANCE AND ADVANTAGE OF SUBORDINATION IN A BADGE SIGNALING SYSTEM.

    Sievert Rohwer;Paul W. Ewald

  • The Evolution of Conspicuous and Distinctive Coloration for Communication in Birds

    Gregory S. Butcher;Sievert Rohwer

  • Status signalling in harris sparrows: Experimental deceptions achieved

    Sievert Rohwer;Sievert Rohwer;Frank C. Rohwer;Frank C. Rohwer

  • Delayed Maturation in Passerine Plumages and the Deceptive Acquisition of Resources

    Sievert Rohwer;Stephen D. Fretwell;David M. Niles

  • Evolutionary lag versus bill-size constraints: a comparative study of the acceptance of cowbird eggs by old hosts

    Sievert Rohwer;Carol D. Spaw

  • PLUMAGE AND MITOCHONDRIAL DNA HAPLOTYPE VARIATION ACROSS A MOVING HYBRID ZONE

    Sievert Rohwer;Eldredge Bermingham;Christopher Wood

  • EFFECTS OF SUPPLEMENTAL FEEDING ON TIMING OF BREEDING, CLUTCH-SIZE AND POLYGYNY IN RED- WINGED BLACKBIRDS AGELAIUS PHOENICEUS

    Paul W. Ewald;Sievert Rohwer

  • Vicariance biogeography in the Pleistocene and speciation in North American wood warblers: a test of Mengel's model

    Eldredge Bermingham;Sievert Rohwer;Scott Freeman;Chris Wood

  • Allometry of the duration of flight feather molt in birds.

    Sievert Rohwer;Robert E. Ricklefs;Vanya G. Rohwer;Michelle M. Copple

  • A Comparative Study of Eggshell Thickness in Cowbirds and Other Passerines

    Carol D. Spaw;Sievert Rohwer

  • Trans-Beringia comparisons of mitochondrial DNA differentiation in birds

    Robert M. Zink;Sievert Rohwer;Alexander V. Andreev;Donna L. Dittmann

  • Complex biogeographic history of a Holarctic passerine.

    Sergei V. Drovetski;Robert M. Zink;Sievert Rohwer;Igor V. Fadeev

  • Dyed birds achieve higher social status than controls in Harris' sparrows

    Sievert Rohwer

  • Asymmetries in male aggression across an avian hybrid zone

    Scott F. Pearson;Sievert Rohwer

  • Coverable badges and resource defence in birds

    Andrew J. Hansen;Andrew J. Hansen;Sievert Rohwer

  • Winter Versus Summer Explanations of Delayed Plumage Maturation in Temperate Passerine Birds

    Sievert Rohwer;Gregory S. Butcher

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert M. Zink
Robert M. Zink University of Minnesota
Darren E. Irwin
Darren E. Irwin University of British Columbia
Irby J. Lovette
Irby J. Lovette Cornell University
John Klicka
John Klicka University of Washington
Gary Voelker
Gary Voelker Texas A&M University
Keith A. Hobson
Keith A. Hobson University of Western Ontario
Kevin Winker
Kevin Winker University of Alaska Fairbanks
Eldredge Bermingham
Eldredge Bermingham Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza
Adolfo G. Navarro-Sigüenza National Autonomous University of Mexico
Michael Wink
Michael Wink Heidelberg University

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