James Van Remsen Jr.
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James Van Remsen Jr.'s Degrees
- PhD Zoology Louisiana State University
- Masters Zoology Louisiana State University
- Bachelors Zoology Louisiana State University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, James Vanderbeek "Van" Remsen Jr. is an American ornithologist. His main research field is the Neotropical avifauna. In 1999, he founded the South American Classification Committee. In 2013, he was honored with the Brewster Medal of the American Ornithologists' Union.
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Published Works
- Molecular Phylogenetics and the Diversification of Hummingbirds (2014) (308)
- MISUSE OF DATA FROM MIST-NET CAPTURES TO ASSESS RELATIVE ABUNDANCE IN BIRD POPULATIONS (1996) (275)
- Contribution of River-Created Habitats to Bird Species Richness in Amazonia (1983) (268)
- High dispersal ability inhibits speciation in a continental radiation of passerine birds (2012) (264)
- Phylogenetic systematics and biogeography of hummingbirds: Bayesian and maximum likelihood analyses of partitioned data and selection of an appropriate partitioning strategy. (2007) (260)
- PATTERN, PROCESS, AND RIGOR MEET CLASSIFICATION (2005) (123)
- Use and misuse of bird lists in community ecology and conservation (1994) (123)
- Arboreal dead-leaf-searching birds of the neotropics (1984) (116)
- High Incidence of "Leapfrog" Pattern of Geographic Variation in Andean Birds: Implications for the Speciation Process (1984) (114)
- HBW and BirdLife International Illustrated Checklist of the Birds of the World Volume 1: Non‐passerines Josep del Hoyo and Nigel J. Collar 2014. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. 903 pages, hundreds of color plates. ISBN 9788496553941. $209 (Hardcover) (2015) (111)
- The importance of continued collecting of bird specimens to ornithology and bird conservation (1995) (102)
- The diets of neotropical trogons, motmots, barbets and toucans (1993) (100)
- FORTY-FOURTH SUPPLEMENT TO THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS (2003) (97)
- The Birds of South America, Volume II. The Suboscine Passerines Robert S. Ridgely Guy Tudor (1997) (96)
- Chapter 6: Subspecies as a Meaningful Taxonomic Rank in Avian Classification (2010) (89)
- FORTY-SEVENTH SUPPLEMENT TO THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS (2006) (74)
- A higher-level taxonomy for hummingbirds (2008) (74)
- INSIGHTS INTO THE MAINTENANCE OF HIGH SPECIES DIVERSITY IN THE NEOTROPICS: HABITAT SELECTION AND FORAGING BEHAVIOR IN UNDERSTORY BIRDS OF TROPICAL AND TEMPERATE FORESTS (1997) (66)
- Frequency of arthropods in stomachs of tropical hummingbirds (1986) (60)
- Community Organization and Ecology of Birds of High Elevation Humid Forest of the Bolivian Andes (1985) (57)
- Fifty-Fourth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds (2003) (55)
- AN ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS FOR HEAVIER PARASITE LOADS OF BRIGHTLY COLORED BIRDS: EXPOSURE AT THE NEST (1997) (52)
- Fifty-eighth supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds (2017) (52)
- Was Bachman's Warbler a bamboo specialist? (1986) (49)
- Distribution patterns of Buarremon Brush-finches (Emberizinae) and interspecific competition in Andean birds (1995) (49)
- Fifty-Fifth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-list of North American Birds (2004) (47)
- Fifty-seventh Supplement to the American Ornithologists' UnionCheck-list of North American Birds (2010) (43)
- Fifty-sixth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union: Check-list of North American Birds (2005) (42)
- The need for proper vouchering in phylogenetic studies of birds. (2007) (41)
- Distribution patterns and zoogeography of Atlapetes Brush-finches (Emberizinae) of the Andes (1995) (40)
- TRUE WINTER RANGE OF THE VEERY (CATHARUS FUSCESCENS): LESSONS FOR DETERMINING WINTER RANGES OF SPECIES THAT WINTER IN THE TROPICS (2001) (40)
- Molecular phylogenetics of the hummingbird genus Coeligena. (2009) (36)
- Fifty-Third Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds (2012) (34)
- FIFTY-TWO AMAZONIAN BIRD SPECIES NEW TO BOLIVIA (1987) (31)
- Complementary Roles of Phenotype and Genotype in Subspecies Delimitation. (2017) (30)
- Bird Predation By Praying Mantises: A Global Perspective (2017) (28)
- Higher classification of New World parrots (Psittaciformes; Arinae), with diagnoses of tribes. (2013) (28)
- PATTERNS OF ELEVATIONAL AND LATITUDINAL DISTRIBUTION, INCLUDING A "NICHE SWITCH," IN SOME GUANS (CRACIDAE) OF THE ANDES (1990) (26)
- Geographic Variation and Species Limits in Cinnycerthia Wrens of the Andes (1996) (25)
- Molecular Phylogenetics and the Diversification of Hummingbirds (2014) (24)
- Hematozoa from passeriform birds in Louisiana. (1993) (24)
- DNA-sequence data require revision of the parrot genus Aratinga (Aves: Psittacidae). (2013) (23)
- Additions to the Avifauna of Bolivia (1980) (23)
- Geographic Variation, Zoogeography, and Possible Rapid Evolution in Some Cranioleuca Spinetails (Furnariidae) of the Andes (1984) (22)
- Additions to the Avifauna of Bolivia, Part 2 (1983) (21)
- Fiftieth Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds (2009) (20)
- The generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): Reconciling taxonomy with phylogeny. (2017) (19)
- Fifty-ninth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds (2018) (18)
- Age and sexual difference in spatial distribution and mobility in manakins (Pipridae): inferences from mist-netting (1983) (18)
- The “Coerebidae”: a polyphyletic taxon that dramatizes historical over-emphasis on bill shape as a taxonomic character (2003) (17)
- Sixty-first Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds (2020) (16)
- DNA sequence data reveal a subfamily-level divergence within Thamnophilidae (Aves: Passeriformes). (2012) (16)
- Zoogeography and geographic variation of Atlapetes rufinucha (Aves: Emberizinae), including a distinctive new subspecies, in southern Peru and Bolivia (1993) (15)
- Bolivia has the opportunity to create the planet's richest park for terrestrial biota (1995) (15)
- A “rapid assessment program” for assigning species rank? (2016) (14)
- Sixty-second Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds (2021) (12)
- Clarifications about current research on the status of Ivory-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus principalis) in Arkansas. (2006) (12)
- RANGE EXTENSIONS FOR SOME BOLIVIAN BIRDS 2. COLUMBIDAE TO RHINOCRYPTIDAE (1986) (12)
- Sixtieth Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds (2019) (11)
- The Pervasive Influence of Ted Parker on Neotropical Field Ornithology (1997) (11)
- Pseudasthenes , a new genus of ovenbird (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae) (2010) (11)
- First records of Sporophila caerulescens from Colombia; a probable long distance migrant from southern South America (1979) (10)
- A revised classification of the Icteridae (Aves) based on DNA sequence data. (2016) (10)
- A New Genus for the Yellow-Shouldered Grosbeak (1997) (9)
- Classification of the Polytminae (Aves: Trochilidae). (2015) (8)
- The genus Caryothraustes (Cardinalinae) is not monophyletic (1994) (7)
- The regional, national, and international importance of Louisiana's coastal avifauna (2019) (7)
- Range extensions for some Bolivian birds, 3 (Tyrannidae to Passeridae) (1987) (6)
- FORTY-SIXTH SUPPLEMENT TO THE AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGISTS’ UNION CHECK-LIST OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS (2005) (6)
- Erratum: Molecular phylogenetics and the diversification of hummingbirds (Current Biology (2014) 24 (910-916)) (2014) (6)
- Classification of a clade of New World doves (Columbidae: Zenaidini). (2013) (6)
- Dead leaf searching by the orange crowned warbler in louisiana usa in winter (1989) (6)
- Geographical ecology of Neotropical kingfishers (1980) (4)
- 3 BIRD SPECIES NEW TO BOLIVIA (1981) (4)
- Schizoeaca-Harterti-Bejaranoi New-Subspecies With Notes On Taxonomy And Natural History Of Schizoeaca Aves Furnariidae (1981) (4)
- Addendum to the Sixty-first Supplement to the American Ornithological Society's Check-list of North American Birds (2021) (4)
- SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE SLATY ELAENIA (2004) (3)
- YELLOW-BILLED LOON ((;AVIA ADAMSII) (1974) (3)
- Correction of Cassicinae Bonaparte, 1853 (Aves, Icteridae) to Cacicinae Bonaparte, 1853. (2016) (3)
- Pearled Treerunner (Margarornis squamiger) (2020) (1)
- Pale-breasted Spinetail (Synallaxis albescens) (2020) (1)
- Range extensions for some Bolivian birds, 1 (Tinamiformes to Charadriiformes) (1985) (1)
- SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION OF THE AZURE GALLINULE ( PORPHYRULA FLA l ? 1 ltOST ’ Is ) , WITH COMMENTS ON VAGRANCY IN RAILS AND GALLINULES (2002) (1)
- Lineated Foliage-gleaner (Syndactyla subalaris) (2020) (1)
- A brief history of the generic classification of the Trochilini (Aves: Trochilidae): the chaos of the past and problems to be resolved. (2017) (1)
- Academy of Natural Sciences: job cuts. (2005) (1)
- A TRIBUTE TO THE CAREER OF NED K. JOHNSON: ENDURING STANDARDS THROUGH CHANGING TIMES (2007) (1)
- TWO NEW SUBSPECIES OF CINNYCERTHIA FULVA (AVES : TROGLODYTIDAE) FROM THE SOUTHERN ANDES (1998) (1)
- Ochre-cheeked Spinetail (Synallaxis scutata) (2020) (0)
- Brown-rumped Foliage-gleaner (Automolus melanopezus) (2020) (0)
- Book Review:A Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. James A. Jobling (1993) (0)
- Kingfishers, Bee-Eaters & Rollers C. Hilary Fry Kathie Fry (1993) (0)
- Plain-crowned Spinetail (Synallaxis gujanensis) (2020) (0)
- Austral Canastero (Asthenes anthoides) (2020) (0)
- IIC. Community Ecology (1987) (0)
- Errata: Fifty-First Supplement to the American Ornithologists' Union Check-List of North American Birds (2010) (0)
- The generic nomenclature of the Trochilini: a correction. (2019) (0)
- REVIEWERS FOR THE JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY (2001) (0)
- Crag Chilia (Ochetorhynchus melanurus) (2020) (0)
- Rusty-backed Spinetail (Cranioleuca vulpina) (2020) (0)
- Black-throated Thistletail (Asthenes harterti) (2020) (0)
- Brown Cacholote (Pseudoseisura lophotes) (2020) (0)
- Report and the Diversification of Hummingbirds (2014) (0)
- Marañon Spinetail (Synallaxis maranonica) (2020) (0)
- In memoriam: Theodore A. Parker III, 1953-1993 (1997) (0)
- Streak-backed Canastero (Asthenes wyatti) (2020) (0)
- Bolivian Earthcreeper (Tarphonomus harterti) (2020) (0)
- Black-throated Spinetail (Synallaxis castanea) (2020) (0)
- Table of Contents (2010) (0)
- Crested Hornero (Furnarius cristatus) (2020) (0)
- Spectacled Prickletail (Siptornis striaticollis) (2020) (0)
- Gray-bellied Spinetail (Synallaxis cinerascens) (2020) (0)
- Dusky-tailed Canastero (Pseudasthenes humicola) (2020) (0)
- Gray-headed Spinetail (Cranioleuca semicinerea) (2020) (0)
- Red-faced Spinetail (Cranioleuca erythrops) (2020) (0)
- Itatiaia Spinetail (Asthenes moreirae) (2020) (0)
- White-collared Foliage-gleaner (Anabazenops fuscus) (2020) (0)
- Chestnut-winged Hookbill (Ancistrops strigilatus) (2020) (0)
- William Brewster Memorial Award, 2013 (2013) (0)
- Scale-throated Earthcreeper (Upucerthia dumetaria) (2020) (0)
- Guttulate Foliage-gleaner (Syndactyla guttulata) (2020) (0)
- Cinnamon-rumped Foliage-gleaner (Philydor pyrrhodes) (2020) (0)
- Buff-winged Cinclodes (Cinclodes fuscus) (2020) (0)
- Academy of Natural Sciences: Job Cuts. (2005) (0)
- Speckled Spinetail (Cranioleuca gutturata) (2020) (0)
- Black-capped Foliage-gleaner (Philydor atricapillus) (2020) (0)
- Dark-bellied Cinclodes (Cinclodes patagonicus) (2020) (0)
- Des Murs's Wiretail (Sylviorthorhynchus desmursii) (2020) (0)
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