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Sonya M. Clegg

Sonya M. Clegg

University of Oxford
United Kingdom

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Ecology
  • Extinction
  • Natural selection

Sonya M. Clegg mainly focuses on Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Zosterops, Zoology and Range. While the research belongs to areas of Ecology, Sonya M. Clegg spends her time largely on the problem of Gene flow, intersecting her research to questions surrounding Genetic structure and Passerine. Within one scientific family, Sonya M. Clegg focuses on topics pertaining to Genetic variation under Evolutionary biology, and may sometimes address concerns connected to Heritability, Sexual selection and Plumage.

Her Zosterops research integrates issues from Genetic drift and Species complex. Her Zoology research includes elements of Haemoproteus and Ecosystem. Her Haemoproteus research is multidisciplinary, incorporating elements of Biodiversity, Avian malaria, Lineage and Haemosporida.

Her most cited work include:

  • Genetic consequences of sequential founder events by an island-colonizing bird (249 citations)
  • The ‘island rule’ in birds: medium body size and its ecological explanation (178 citations)
  • MICROEVOLUTION IN ISLAND FORMS: THE ROLES OF DRIFT AND DIRECTIONAL SELECTION IN MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERGENCE OF A PASSERINE BIRD (176 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Her primary areas of study are Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Zoology, Haemoproteus and Zosterops. Her Ecology study incorporates themes from Biological dispersal and Genetic structure, Genetic diversity. The various areas that she examines in her Evolutionary biology study include Zosterops lateralis, Gene flow, Directional selection and Genetic divergence.

Her Zoology research incorporates elements of Niche, Generalist and specialist species and Ecological release. Sonya M. Clegg combines subjects such as Range, Avian malaria, Haemosporida, Insular biogeography and Host with her study of Haemoproteus. Her study in Zosterops is interdisciplinary in nature, drawing from both Genetic drift, Genetic variation and Species complex.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Ecology (86.84%)
  • Evolutionary biology (48.68%)
  • Zoology (44.74%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2017-2021)?

  • Evolutionary biology (48.68%)
  • Ecology (86.84%)
  • Zosterops lateralis (34.21%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Sonya M. Clegg mostly deals with Evolutionary biology, Ecology, Zosterops lateralis, Divergence and Genetic algorithm. Her Evolutionary biology study deals with Sympatric speciation intersecting with Evolutionary ecology. Among her research on Ecology, you can see a combination of other fields of science like Geography and Demography.

Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Evolutionary dynamics and Gene flow. Her Genetic algorithm research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Genetic Speciation, Biodiversity, Insular biogeography, Archipelago and Extinction. Her Natural selection research integrates issues from Climate change and Global change.

Between 2017 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • Climate, host phylogeny and the connectivity of host communities govern regional parasite assembly (47 citations)
  • Climate variation influences host specificity in avian malaria parasites (37 citations)
  • A simple dynamic model explains the diversity of island birds worldwide. (19 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Ecology
  • Extinction
  • Natural selection

The scientist’s investigation covers issues in Ecology, Evolutionary biology, Zosterops lateralis, Range and Divergence. Her work on Phylogeography expands to the thematically related Ecology. Her Evolutionary biology research incorporates themes from Host specificity, Avian malaria, Haemosporida and Disease ecology.

Her work carried out in the field of Zosterops lateralis brings together such families of science as Natural selection and Directional selection.

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Best Publications

Genetic consequences of sequential founder events by an island-colonizing bird

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (2002)

307 Citations

Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection.

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Science (2017)

247 Citations

A review of global diversity in avian haemosporidians (Plasmodium and Haemoproteus: Haemosporida): new insights from molecular data

Nicholas J. Clark;Nicholas J. Clark;Sonya M. Clegg;Marcos R. Lima.
International Journal for Parasitology (2014)

245 Citations

The ‘island rule’ in birds: medium body size and its ecological explanation

Sonya M Clegg;Ian P F Owens.
Proceedings of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2002)

213 Citations

Combining genetic markers and stable isotopes to reveal population connectivity and migration patterns in a neotropical migrant, Wilson's warbler (Wilsonia pusilla).

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Molecular Ecology (2003)

207 Citations

MICROEVOLUTION IN ISLAND FORMS: THE ROLES OF DRIFT AND DIRECTIONAL SELECTION IN MORPHOLOGICAL DIVERGENCE OF A PASSERINE BIRD

Sonya M. Clegg;Sandie M. Degnan;Craig Moritz;Arnaud Estoup.
Evolution (2002)

196 Citations

Phylogeographical approaches to assessing demographic connectivity between breeding and overwintering regions in a Nearctic-Neotropical warbler (Wilsonia pusilla).

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Molecular Ecology (2002)

120 Citations

Avian haematozoan parasites and their associations with mosquitoes across Southwest Pacific Islands

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Molecular Ecology (2008)

114 Citations

MORPHOLOGICAL SHIFTS IN ISLAND-DWELLING BIRDS: THE ROLES OF GENERALIST FORAGING AND NICHE EXPANSION

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Evolution (2003)

113 Citations

Direct versus indirect sexual selection: genetic basis of colour, size and recruitment in a wild bird

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Proceedings of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2006)

109 Citations

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