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Witt, C. C., and R. W. Dickerman. In review. Differential migration by sex in North American Short-eared Owls (Asio flammeus).
DuBay, S. G., and C. C. Witt. In review. An improved phylogeny of the Andean tit-tyrants (Aves, Tyrannidae): more characters trump sophisticated analyses. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
Schmitt, C. J., D. C. Schmitt, J. Tiravanti C., F. Angulo P., I. Franke, L. Pollack, & C. C. Witt. In review. Avifauna of a relict Podocarpus forest in the Cachil Valley, Northwest Peru. Cotinga.
Sibly, R. M., C. C. Witt, N. A. Wright, C. Venditti, W. Jetz, and J. H. Brown. 2012. Energetics, ecology and reproduction in birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA, in press.
Jones, M. R., and C. C. Witt. 2012. Vocal formant spacing reveals subspecies composition of non-breeding Sandhill Crane populations. Wildlife Society Bulletin, in press.
Johnson, A. B., S. M. McNew, M. S. Graus, and C. C. Witt. 2011. Mitochondrial DNA and meteorological data suggest a Caribbean origin for New Mexico’s first Sooty Tern (Onychoprion fuscatus). Western Birds, 42:233-242. (pdf)
Engel, J. I., M. H. Hennan, C. C. Witt, and J. D. Weckstein. 2011. Genetic affinities of three vagrant Cave Swallows (Petrochelidon fulva) from eastern North America. Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 123(4):840-845. (pdf)
Witt, C. C. and E. Bautista-Obispo. 2011. Triorchidism in a hummingbird. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 123(3):632–635. (pdf)
Braun, E. L., R. T. Kimball, K.-L. Han, N. R. Iuhasz, A. J. Bonilla, J. L. Chojnowski, J. V. Smith, R. C. K. Bowie, M. J. Braun, S. J. Hackett, J. Harshman, C. J. Huddleston, B. D. Marks, K. J. Miglia, W. S. Moore, S. Reddy, F. H. Sheldon, C. C. Witt, & T. Yuri. 2011. Homoplastic Microinversions and the Avian Tree of Life. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11:141-. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-11-141. (pdf)
Baumann, M. J., N. D. Pederson, J. Oldenettel, M. S. Graus, S. M. McNew, & C. C. Witt. 2011. Molecular and morphological evidence confirm the first record of Eastern Whip-poor-will (Caprimulgus vociferus) for New Mexico. NMOS Bulletin, 39:1-10. (pdf)
Benham, P. M., E. J. Beckman, S. G. DuBay, M. Flores, A. B. Johnson, M. J. Lelevier, C. J. Schmitt, N. A. Wright, and C. C. Witt. 2011. Satellite imagery reveals new critical habitat for endangered bird species in the high Andes of Peru. Endangered Species Research 13(2):145-157. (Open Access Full Text)
Han, K-L., E. L. Braun, R. T. Kimball, S. Reddy, R. C. K. Bowie, M. J. Braun, J. L. Chojnowski, S. J. Hackett, J. Harshman, C. J. Huddleston, B. D. Marks, K. J. Miglia, W. S. Moore, F. H. Sheldon, D. W. Steadman, C. C. Witt & T. Yuri. 2011. Are transposable element insertions homoplasy free? An examination using the avian tree of life. Systematic Biology 60(3)375-386. (pdf)
Witt, C. C., M. S. Graus, and H. A. Walker. 2010. Molecular data confirm the first record of Long-billed Murrelet (Brachyramphus perdix) for New Mexico. Western Birds, 41:160-167. (pdf)
Kirchman, J. J., C. C. Witt, J. A. McGuire, G. R. Graves. 2010. DNA from 100-year old holotype confirms the validity of a potentially extinct hummingbird species. Biology Letters. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2009.0545 (pdf) (Evolución y Diversidad article)
Gregory, T. R., C. Andrews, J. A. McGuire, & C. C. Witt. 2009. The smallest avian genomes are found in hummingbirds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 276:3753-3757. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.1004 (pdf) (Science News Article) (JOURNAL COVER)
Merkord, C. L., T. Mark, D. Susanibar, A. B. Johnson, & C. C. Witt. 2009. Avifaunal survey of the Rio Chipaota Valley in the Cordillera Azul region, San Martín, Perú. Ornitologia Neotropical 20(4):535-552. (pdf)
Witt, C. C., & D. F. Lane. 2009. Range extensions for two rare high-Andean birds in central Perú. Cotinga 31:90-94. (pdf)
Dubay, S. G., and C. C. Witt. 2009. Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes reguloides). In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=422121.
Capparella, A. P., & C. C. Witt. 2009. Pardusco (Nephelornis oneilli). In Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=34094.
Kimball, R. T., E. L. Braun, F. K. Barker, R. Bowie, M. J. Braun, J. L. Chojnowski, S. J. Hackett, K.-L. Han, J. Harshman, V. Heimer-Torres, W. Holznagel, C. J. Huddleston, B. D. Marks, K. J. Miglia, W. S. Moore, S. Reddy, F. H. Sheldon, J. V. Smith, C. C. Witt, & T. Yuri. 2008. A well-tested set of primers to amplify regions spread across the avian genome. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50:654-660. (pdf)
McGuire, J. A., C. C. Witt, J. V. Remsen, Jr., R. Dudley, & D. L. Altshuler. 2008. A higher-level taxonomy for hummingbirds. Journal of Ornithology. (pdf)
Harshman, J., E. L. Braun, M. J. Braun, C. J. Huddleston, R. C. K. Bowie, J. L. Chojnowski, S. J. Hackett, K.-L. Han, R. T. Kimball, B. D. Marks, K. J. Miglia, W. S. Moore, S. Reddy, F. H. Sheldon, D. W. Steadman, S. J. Steppan, C. C. Witt, & T. Yuri. 2008. Phylogenomic Evidence for Multiple Losses of Flight in Ratite Birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105:13462-13467. (pdf)
Hackett, S. J., R. T. Kimball, S. Reddy, E. L. Braun, M. J. Braun, W. A. Cox, J Harshman, C. J. Huddleston, R. C. K. Bowie, J. L. Chojnowski, K.-L. Han, B. D. Marks, K J. Miglia, W. S. Moore, F. H. Sheldon, D. W. Steadman, C. C. Witt, and T. Yuri. 2008. Phylogenomics rewrites the evolutionary history of birds. Science 320: 1763-1768. (pdf) (Recommended by Faculty of 1000)
Witt, C. C. and S. Maliakal-Witt. 2007. Why are diversity and endemism linked on islands? Ecography 30: 331-333. (pdf) (Recommended by Faculty of 1000)
McGuire, J. A., C. C. Witt, D. L. Altshuler, J. V. Remsen, Jr. 2007. Phylogenetic Systematics and Biogeography of Hummingbirds: Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood Analyses of Partitioned Data and Selection of an Appropriate Partitioning Strategy. Systematic Biology 56: 837-856. (pdf)