Kevin J Burns

Summary

Affiliation: San Diego State University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Phylogenetic relationships and morphological diversity in Darwin's finches and their relatives
    Kevin J Burns
    Department of Biology, San Diego State University, California 92182 4614, USA
    Evolution 56:1240-52. 2002
  2. ncbi Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of Neotropical tanagers in the genus Tangara
    Kevin J Burns
    Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182 4614, USA
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 32:838-54. 2004
  3. ncbi Population-level history of the wrentit (Chamaea fasciata): implications for comparative phylogeography in the California Floristic Province
    Kevin J Burns
    Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182 4614, USA
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 38:117-29. 2006

Detail Information

Publications3

  1. ncbi Phylogenetic relationships and morphological diversity in Darwin's finches and their relatives
    Kevin J Burns
    Department of Biology, San Diego State University, California 92182 4614, USA
    Evolution 56:1240-52. 2002
    ..Recent studies have shown that adaptive evolution in Darwin's finches occurred relatively quickly. Our data show that among the relatives of Darwin's finches, the evolution of bill diversity was also rapid and extensive...
  2. ncbi Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of Neotropical tanagers in the genus Tangara
    Kevin J Burns
    Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182 4614, USA
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 32:838-54. 2004
    ..The time frame of Tangara speciation corresponds more closely to a period of continued uplift in the Andes during the late Miocene and Pliocene...
  3. ncbi Population-level history of the wrentit (Chamaea fasciata): implications for comparative phylogeography in the California Floristic Province
    Kevin J Burns
    Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182 4614, USA
    Mol Phylogenet Evol 38:117-29. 2006
    ..The wrentit did not show marked divergence between northern and southern California defined by the Transverse Ranges, a pattern seen in a variety of other taxa within this region, including some birds...