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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Richard O. Prum is an evolutionary biologist and ornithologist. He is the William Robertson Coe Professor of Ornithology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Yale University, as well as the head curator of vertebrate zoology at the university's Peabody Museum of Natural History. His 2017 book The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin’s Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World—and Us was named one of the 10 Best Books of 2017 by The New York Times and was a finalist for the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction.
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- Structural absorption by barbule microstructures of super black bird of paradise feathers (2018) (4422)
- A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing (2015) (765)
- A comprehensive phylogeny of birds (Aves) using targeted next-generation DNA sequencing (2016) (625)
- The biology of color (2017) (410)
- Evolution of Avian Plumage Color in a Tetrahedral Color Space: A Phylogenetic Analysis of New World Buntings (2008) (387)
- Structure, function, and self-assembly of single network gyroid (I4132) photonic crystals in butterfly wing scales (2010) (385)
- Development and evolutionary origin of feathers. (1999) (316)
- Coherent light scattering by blue feather barbs (1998) (311)
- PATTERNS AND PROCESSES OF DIVERSIFICATION: SPECIATION AND HISTORICAL CONGRUENCE IN SOME NEOTROPICAL BIRDS (1988) (309)
- Biomimetic Isotropic Nanostructures for Structural Coloration (2009) (299)
- The Evolutionary Origin And Diversification Of Feathers (2002) (283)
- Plumage Color Patterns of an Extinct Dinosaur (2010) (229)
- Structural colouration of avian skin: convergent evolution of coherently scattering dermal collagen arrays (2003) (216)
- Anatomically diverse butterfly scales all produce structural colours by coherent scattering (2006) (204)
- How Noniridescent Colors Are Generated by Quasi‐ordered Structures of Bird Feathers (2009) (202)
- How colorful are birds? Evolution of the avian plumage color gamut (2011) (194)
- Anatomy, Physics, and Evolution of Structural Colors (2006) (194)
- Self-assembly of amorphous biophotonic nanostructures by phase separation (2009) (191)
- The colour of fossil feathers (2008) (187)
- THE LANDE–KIRKPATRICK MECHANISM IS THE NULL MODEL OF EVOLUTION BY INTERSEXUAL SELECTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR MEANING, HONESTY, AND DESIGN IN INTERSEXUAL SIGNALS (2010) (185)
- PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE NEST ARCHITECTURE OF NEOTROPICAL OVENBIRDS (FURNARIIDAE) (1999) (181)
- Branched integumental structures in Sinornithosaurus and the origin of feathers (2001) (178)
- Structural colouration of mammalian skin: convergent evolution of coherently scattering dermal collagen arrays (2004) (177)
- Two-dimensional Fourier analysis of the spongy medullary keratin of structurally coloured feather barbs (1999) (167)
- Coevolution of Male and Female Genital Morphology in Waterfowl (2007) (165)
- Molecular evidence for an activator-inhibitor mechanism in development of embryonic feather branching. (2005) (149)
- Shh-Bmp2 signaling module and the evolutionary origin and diversification of feathers. (2002) (140)
- Aesthetic evolution by mate choice: Darwin's really dangerous idea (2012) (140)
- The Evolution of Beauty: How Darwin's Forgotten Theory of Mate Choice Shapes the Animal World - and Us (2017) (126)
- PHYLOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF THE EVOLUTION OF ALTERNATIVE SOCIAL BEHAVIOR IN THE MANAKINS (AVES: PIPRIDAE) (1994) (122)
- Phylogenetic Analysis of the Evolution of Display Behavior in the Neotropical Manakins (Aves: Pipridae) (2010) (120)
- Structure and optical function of amorphous photonic nanostructures from avian feather barbs: a comparative small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) analysis of 230 bird species (2012) (120)
- Phylogenetic Tests of Alternative Intersexual Selection Mechanisms: Trait Macroevolution in a Polygynous Clade (Aves: Pipridae) (1997) (119)
- Structural coloration in a fossil feather (2010) (115)
- Sexual selection and the evolution of mechanical sound production in manakins (Aves: Pipridae) (1998) (113)
- 3D imaging spectroscopy for measuring hyperspectral patterns on solid objects (2012) (110)
- High-speed video analysis of wing-snapping in two manakin clades (Pipridae: Aves) (2003) (110)
- Development of colour-producing β-keratin nanostructures in avian feather barbs (2009) (107)
- Explosive eversion and functional morphology of the duck penis supports sexual conflict in waterfowl genitalia (2010) (104)
- Theory of the growth and evolution of feather shape. (2001) (98)
- Mechanisms and Evidence of Genital Coevolution: The Roles of Natural Selection, Mate Choice, and Sexual Conflict. (2015) (97)
- A Fourier Tool for the Analysis of Coherent Light Scattering by Bio-Optical Nanostructures1 (2003) (96)
- Blue integumentary structural colours in dragonflies (Odonata) are not produced by incoherent Tyndall scattering (2004) (91)
- Reaction–diffusion models of within-feather pigmentation patterning (2002) (84)
- Genetic evidence supports song learning in the three‐wattled bellbird Procnias tricarunculata (Cotingidae) (2007) (82)
- Syringeal morphology, phylogeny, and evolution of the neotropical manakins (Aves, Pipridae). American Museum novitates ; no. 3043 (1992) (79)
- Barb geometry of asymmetrical feathers reveals a transitional morphology in the evolution of avian flight (2015) (78)
- Evolution of the morphological innovations of feathers. (2005) (76)
- Structural Diversity of Arthropod Biophotonic Nanostructures Spans Amphiphilic Phase-Space. (2015) (74)
- Higher-level phylogeny and morphological evolution of tyrant flycatchers, cotingas, manakins, and their allies (Aves: Tyrannida). (2006) (74)
- WHY ORNITHOLOGISTS SHOULD CARE ABOUT THE THEROPOD ORIGIN OF BIRDS (2002) (70)
- COHERENT SCATTERING OF ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT BY AVIAN FEATHER BARBS (2003) (68)
- Courting Bird Sings with Stridulating Wing Feathers (2005) (67)
- Aeroelastic Flutter Produces Hummingbird Feather Songs (2011) (65)
- A hierarchical model of plumage: morphology, development, and evolution. (2003) (64)
- The limits of sexual conflict in the narrow sense: new insights from waterfowl biology (2012) (58)
- How colorful are fruits? Limited color diversity in fleshy fruits on local and global scales. (2013) (56)
- Phylogeny and Evolutionary History of Old World Suboscine Birds (Aves: Eurylaimides) (2006) (55)
- Short-range order and near-field effects on optical scattering and structural coloration. (2011) (54)
- Variation in carotenoid–protein interaction in bird feathers produces novel plumage coloration (2012) (51)
- Interspecific social dominance mimicry in birds (2014) (50)
- Monophyly and phylogeny of the Schiffornis group (Tyrannoidea) (1989) (50)
- Electron tomography, three-dimensional Fourier analysis and colour prediction of a three-dimensional amorphous biophotonic nanostructure (2009) (49)
- Phylogenetic interrelationships of the barbets (Aves: Capitonidae) and toucans (Aves: Ramphastidae) based on morphology with comparisons to DNA‐DNA hybridization (1988) (47)
- A test of the monophyly of the manakins (Pipridae) and of the cotingas (Cotingidae) based on morphology (1990) (46)
- Molecular diversity, metabolic transformation, and evolution of carotenoid feather pigments in cotingas (Aves: Cotingidae) (2012) (44)
- Diversity, physiology, and evolution of avian plumage carotenoids and the role of carotenoid-protein interactions in plumage color appearance. (2015) (43)
- Colour-producing β-keratin nanofibres in blue penguin (Eudyptula minor) feathers (2011) (41)
- Pervasive Correlated Evolution in Gene Expression Shapes Cell and Tissue Type Transcriptomes (2018) (39)
- A comprehensive multilocus phylogeny of the Neotropical cotingas (Cotingidae, Aves) with a comparative evolutionary analysis of breeding system and plumage dimorphism and a revised phylogenetic classification. (2014) (37)
- Coevolutionary aesthetics in human and biotic artworlds (2013) (36)
- A Preliminary Phylogenetic Hypothesis for the Cotingas (Cotingidae) Based on Mitochondrial DNA (2000) (35)
- Display behavior, foraging ecology, and systematics of the Golden-winged Manakin (Masius chrysopterus) (1987) (35)
- Structural color production by constructive reflection from ordered collagen arrays in a bird (Philepitta castanea: Eurylaimidae) (1994) (34)
- Double scattering of light from biophotonic nanostructures with short-range order (2009) (33)
- Complex coevolution of wing, tail, and vocal sounds of courting male bee hummingbirds (2018) (32)
- Domain morphology, boundaries, and topological defects in biophotonic gyroid nanostructures of butterfly wing scales (2016) (31)
- Hummingbird feather sounds are produced by aeroelastic flutter, not vortex-induced vibration (2013) (31)
- A molecular phylogeny of the cotingas (Aves: Cotingidae). (2007) (31)
- Nuclear β‐catenin localization supports homology of feathers, avian scutate scales, and alligator scales in early development (2015) (30)
- Novel methoxy-carotenoids from the burgundy-colored plumage of the Pompadour Cotinga Xipholena punicea. (2010) (30)
- Manakin display and visiting behaviour: a comparative test of sensory drive (2008) (30)
- Aeroelastic flutter of feathers, flight and the evolution of non-vocal communication in birds (2015) (29)
- Palaeontology: Dinosaurs take to the air (2003) (29)
- Structural resonance and mode of flutter of hummingbird tail feathers (2013) (28)
- THE ANATOMY AND PHYSICS OF AVIAN STRUCTURAL COLOURS in 1999. Proceedings of the 22nd International Ornithological Congress. Adams, N. J. & Slotow, R. H. (eds.) Durban, South Africa: Bird Life South Africa (2004) (27)
- Independent evolutionary reductions of the phallus in basal birds (2008) (27)
- Vibrational and electronic spectroscopy of the retro-carotenoid rhodoxanthin in avian plumage, solid-state films, and solution. (2013) (25)
- Structurally assisted super black in colourful peacock spiders (2019) (25)
- Exceptional three-dimensional preservation and coloration of an originally iridescent fossil feather from the Middle Eocene Messel Oil Shale (2013) (25)
- The Hairy-Downy game: a model of interspecific social dominance mimicry. (2012) (23)
- Species status of the white-fronted manakin, Lepidothrix serena (Pipridae), with comments on conservation biology (1994) (20)
- ARE CURRENT CRITIQUES OF THE THEROPOD ORIGIN OF BIRDS SCIENCE? REBUTTAL TO FEDUCCIA (2002) (2003) (19)
- Observations of the White-fronted Manakin (Pipra serena) in Suriname (1985) (19)
- Contribution of double scattering to structural coloration in quasiordered nanostructures of bird feathers. (2010) (19)
- Moulting tail feathers in a juvenile oviraptorisaur (2010) (18)
- Display Behavior and Natural History of the Yellow-Crowned Manakin (Heterocercus flavivertex: Pipridae) (1996) (17)
- Lek behavior and natural history of the Velvet Asity (Philepitta castanea: Eurylaimidae) (1997) (17)
- Fruit advertisement strategies in two Neotropical plant–seed disperser markets (2015) (17)
- Carotenoids from the crimson and maroon plumages of Old World orioles (Oriolidae). (2013) (17)
- Convergent evolution of super black plumage near bright color in 15 bird families (2019) (16)
- The evolution of black plumage from blue in Australian fairy-wrens (Maluridae): genetic and structural evidence (2010) (16)
- The erection mechanism of the ratite penis (2012) (16)
- Smithornis broadbills produce loud wing song by aeroelastic flutter of medial primary wing feathers (2016) (16)
- The displays of the White‐throated Manakin Corapipo gutturalis in Suriname (2008) (15)
- Who's Your Daddy? (2008) (15)
- Phylogenetic relationships of the Cinnamon Tyrant, Neopipo cinnamomea, to the tyrant flycatchers (Tyrannidae) (1995) (15)
- Evolution of single gyroid photonic crystals in bird feathers (2020) (14)
- Mechanism of carotenoid coloration in the brightly colored plumages of broadbills (Eurylaimidae) (2014) (14)
- Evidence of phenotypic plasticity of penis morphology and delayed reproductive maturation in response to male competition in waterfowl (2017) (14)
- Nuclear magnetic resonance analysis of carotenoids from the burgundy plumage of the Pompadour Cotinga (Xipholena punicea). (2013) (14)
- Theoretical morphology and development of flight feather vane asymmetry with experimental tests in parrots. (2014) (13)
- A new species of piha ( Cotingidae : Lipaugus ) from the Cordillera Central of Colombia (12)
- Theory of the development of curved barbs and their effects on feather morphology (2016) (11)
- Structural Color: How Noniridescent Colors Are Generated by Quasi‐ordered Structures of Bird Feathers (Adv. Mater. 26–27/2010) (2010) (10)
- Longisquama Fossil and Feather Morphology (2001) (10)
- Expanding the eggshell colour gamut: uroerythrin and bilirubin from tinamou (Tinamidae) eggshells (2020) (8)
- A new genus for the Andean Green Pihas (Cotingidae) (2001) (8)
- Fourier Blues: Structural Coloration of Biological Tissues (2013) (7)
- New records of birds from the summit of Cerro Guaiquinima, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela (2003) (7)
- Mimicry Cycles, Traps, and Chains: The Coevolution of Toucan and Kiskadee Mimicry (2016) (6)
- Genomic phylogeography of the White-crowned Manakin Pseudopipra pipra (Aves: Pipridae) illuminates a continental-scale radiation out of the Andes (2019) (5)
- Sexual Selection Studies: A NESCent Catalyst Meeting (2015) (4)
- Recent divergence and lack of shared phylogeographic history characterize the diversification of neotropical savanna birds (2021) (4)
- Structural color from solid-state polymerization-induced phase separation. (2021) (4)
- Female resistance to sexual coercion can evolve to preserve the indirect benefits of mate choice (2019) (4)
- CONSTRAINT AND FUNCTION IN THE PREDEFINITIVE PLUMAGES OF MANAKINS (AVES: PIPRIDAE). (2021) (3)
- Subdivision of ancestral scale genetic program underlies origin of feathers and avian scutate scales (2018) (3)
- Phylogenetic analysis of the morphological and behavioral evolution of the Neotropical manakins (Aves:Pipridae). (1989) (3)
- Pervasive correlated evolution in gene expression shapes cell type transcriptomes (2016) (2)
- The Role of Sexual Autonomy in Evolution by Mate Choice (2015) (2)
- Hummingbird plumage color diversity exceeds the known gamut of all other birds (2022) (2)
- Material for Plumage Color Patterns of an Extinct Dinosaur (2010) (1)
- Erratum (2008) (1)
- Structural coloration in a fossil feather Supplementary data (2010) (1)
- A long-cherished view of how and why feathers evolved has now been overturned (2003) (1)
- Genomic phylogeography of the White-crowned Manakin Pseudopipra pipra (Aves: Pipridae) illuminates a continental-scale radiation out of the Andes. (2021) (1)
- Higher-Order Musical Temporal Structure in Bird Song (2021) (1)
- Visualization of color as birds see it (2013) (1)
- Single Gyroid and Inverse b.c.c. Photonic Crystals in Bird Feathers (2020) (1)
- Molecular diversity, metabolic transformation, and evolution of carotenoid feather pigments in cotingas (Aves: Cotingidae) (2012) (1)
- Molecular early burst associated with the diversification of birds at the K–Pg boundary (2023) (1)
- Chapter 9. Systems Emergence: The Origin of Individuals in Biological and Biocultural Evolution (2019) (1)
- Mechanism of carotenoid coloration in the brightly colored plumages of broadbills (Eurylaimidae) (2014) (0)
- Sexual Selection Studies : 1 Progress , Challenges , and Future Directions (2013) (0)
- The Life of Birds. David Attenborough (2000) (0)
- Supporting Online Material for Aeroelastic Flutter Produces Hummingbird Feather Songs (2011) (0)
- Study of Angle Dependent Reflection from a 3-D Quasi-Ordered Photonic Crystal (2008) (0)
- (A) Harlequin duck ( and (B) African goose (), two species with a short phallus and no forced copula (2011) (0)
- Structural Diversity of Self-Assembled Iridescent Arthropod Biophotonic Nanostructures (2015) (0)
- Coevolutionary aesthetics in human and biotic artworlds (2013) (0)
- Color production by isotropic nanostructures with short-range order in bird feather barbs (2013) (0)
- The Unfeathered Bird. By Katrina van Grouw. Princeton (New Jersey): Princeton University Press. $49.95. xiii + 287 p.; ill.; index. ISBN: 978-0-691-15134-2. 2013. (2013) (0)
- Comparison of barb geometry in modern and Mesozoic asymmetrical flight feathers reveals a transitional morphology during the evolution of avian flight (2015) (0)
- Fruit advertisement strategies in two Neotropical plant–seed disperser markets (2015) (0)
- S06-3 The theropod origin of feathers: congruence between development, paleontology, and phylogeny (2006) (0)
- Our milk surplus: an opportunity or a danger for the Third World? (1980) (0)
- Fighting isn’t sexy in lekking Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus) (2022) (0)
- Nano-dumbells pack densely to form birefringent photonic crystals (2011) (0)
- Evolution of plumage coloration and sexual dichromatism in the family Pittidae ( Passeriformes : Tyranni ) (2015) (0)
- The Quarterly Review of Biology THE EVOLUTIONARY ORIGIN AND DIVERSIFICATION OF FEATHERS (2002) (0)
- A NESCent Catalyst Meeting (2014) (0)
- Peer Review #3 of "Visual and acoustic components of courtship in the bird-of-paradise genus Astrapia (Aves: Paradisaeidae) (v0.1)" (2017) (0)
- Structural Color of Biological and Biomimetic Amorphous Nanostructures (2009) (0)
- Performance All the Way Down (2023) (0)
- Moultingtail feathers inajuvenileoviraptorisaur ARISING FROM (2010) (0)
- Encyclopedia of Birds. Joseph Forshaw (2000) (0)
- Different colors of canthaxanthin in feathers of Eudocimus ruber,Iodopleura isabellae and Piranga rubra (2011) (0)
- Book Review:Birds of Madagascar: A Photographic Guide Pete Morris, Frank Hawkins (1999) (0)
- Structural absorption by barbule microstructures of super black bird of paradise feathers (2018) (0)
- biophotonic nanostructure colour prediction of a three-dimensional amorphous Electron tomography , three-dimensional Fourier analysis and (2009) (0)
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