Terry Chesser, Ph.D. (Former Employee)
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A tangled tale of two teal: Population history of the grey Anas gracilis and chestnut teal a. castanea of Australia A tangled tale of two teal: Population history of the grey Anas gracilis and chestnut teal a. castanea of Australia
Two Australian species of teal (Anseriformes: Anatidae: Anas), the grey teal Anas gracilis and the chestnut teal A. castanea, are remarkable for the zero or near-zero divergence recorded between them in earlier surveys of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) diversity. We confirmed this result through wider geographical and population sampling as well as nucleotide sampling in the more rapidly...
Authors
L. Joseph, G.J. Adcock, C. Linde, K.E. Omland, R. Heinsohn, Chesser R. Terry, D. Roshier
[book review] Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds -- Les Christidis and Walter E. Boles. Collingwood, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing, 2008 [book review] Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds -- Les Christidis and Walter E. Boles. Collingwood, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing, 2008
Systematists argue that the importance of our work lies not only in the elucidation of evolutionary relationships, but also in the incorporation of evolutionary information into classifications and the use of these classifications by government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, professional scientists, and others interested in biodiversity. If this is true, and I think that it is...
Authors
R. Terry Chesser
First record of Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata from western Peru First record of Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata from western Peru
No abstract available.
Authors
R.T. Chesser, D. Susanibar
Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American birds Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American birds
This is the eighth Supplement since the publication of the 7th edition of the Check-list of North American Birds (American Ornithologists’ Union [AOU] 1998). It summarizes decisions made by the AOU’s Committee on Classification and Nomenclature-North and Middle America between 1 January and 31 December 2007.
Authors
Richard C. Banks, R. Terry Chesser, Carla Cicero, Jon L. Dunn, Andrew W. Kratter, Irby J. Lovette, Pamela C. Rasmussen, J.V. Remsen, James D. Rising, Douglas F. Stotz, Kevin Winker
On the phylogenetic position of the scrub-birds (Passeriformes: Menurae: Atrichornithidae) of Australia On the phylogenetic position of the scrub-birds (Passeriformes: Menurae: Atrichornithidae) of Australia
Evolutionary relationships of the scrub-birds Atrichornis were investigated using complete sequences of the recombination-activating gene RAG-1 and the proto-oncogene c-mos for two individuals of the noisy scrub-bird Atrichornis clamosus. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that Atrichornis was sister to the genus Menura (the lyrebirds) and that these two genera (the Menurae) were sister to...
Authors
R.T. Chesser, Have J. ten
Tarphonomus, a new genus of ovenbird (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae) from South America Tarphonomus, a new genus of ovenbird (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae) from South America
Tarphonomus, a new genus of ovenbird (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae) from South America, is described. Species included in the new genus, formerly placed in Upucerthia, are T. certhioides and T. harterti.
Authors
R.T. Chesser, R.T. Brumfield
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A tangled tale of two teal: Population history of the grey Anas gracilis and chestnut teal a. castanea of Australia A tangled tale of two teal: Population history of the grey Anas gracilis and chestnut teal a. castanea of Australia
Two Australian species of teal (Anseriformes: Anatidae: Anas), the grey teal Anas gracilis and the chestnut teal A. castanea, are remarkable for the zero or near-zero divergence recorded between them in earlier surveys of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) diversity. We confirmed this result through wider geographical and population sampling as well as nucleotide sampling in the more rapidly...
Authors
L. Joseph, G.J. Adcock, C. Linde, K.E. Omland, R. Heinsohn, Chesser R. Terry, D. Roshier
[book review] Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds -- Les Christidis and Walter E. Boles. Collingwood, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing, 2008 [book review] Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds -- Les Christidis and Walter E. Boles. Collingwood, VIC, Australia: CSIRO Publishing, 2008
Systematists argue that the importance of our work lies not only in the elucidation of evolutionary relationships, but also in the incorporation of evolutionary information into classifications and the use of these classifications by government agencies, nongovernmental organizations, professional scientists, and others interested in biodiversity. If this is true, and I think that it is...
Authors
R. Terry Chesser
First record of Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata from western Peru First record of Blackpoll Warbler Dendroica striata from western Peru
No abstract available.
Authors
R.T. Chesser, D. Susanibar
Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American birds Forty-ninth supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American birds
This is the eighth Supplement since the publication of the 7th edition of the Check-list of North American Birds (American Ornithologists’ Union [AOU] 1998). It summarizes decisions made by the AOU’s Committee on Classification and Nomenclature-North and Middle America between 1 January and 31 December 2007.
Authors
Richard C. Banks, R. Terry Chesser, Carla Cicero, Jon L. Dunn, Andrew W. Kratter, Irby J. Lovette, Pamela C. Rasmussen, J.V. Remsen, James D. Rising, Douglas F. Stotz, Kevin Winker
On the phylogenetic position of the scrub-birds (Passeriformes: Menurae: Atrichornithidae) of Australia On the phylogenetic position of the scrub-birds (Passeriformes: Menurae: Atrichornithidae) of Australia
Evolutionary relationships of the scrub-birds Atrichornis were investigated using complete sequences of the recombination-activating gene RAG-1 and the proto-oncogene c-mos for two individuals of the noisy scrub-bird Atrichornis clamosus. Phylogenetic analysis revealed that Atrichornis was sister to the genus Menura (the lyrebirds) and that these two genera (the Menurae) were sister to...
Authors
R.T. Chesser, Have J. ten
Tarphonomus, a new genus of ovenbird (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae) from South America Tarphonomus, a new genus of ovenbird (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae) from South America
Tarphonomus, a new genus of ovenbird (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae) from South America, is described. Species included in the new genus, formerly placed in Upucerthia, are T. certhioides and T. harterti.
Authors
R.T. Chesser, R.T. Brumfield
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