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Latitudinal Gradients and Evolution
Paleo-climate Change and Evolution
Hybrid Zones
Great American Biotic Interchange
Avian Vocal Evolution
Ecological Opportunity
Molecular Clocks
Phylogeography and Phylogenetics
Trait Evolution
Other
Pulido-Santacruz, P. & J. T. Weir. 2016. Extinction as a driver of avian latitudinal diversity gradients. Evolution. 70:860-872.
Online Article
Lawson, A. & J.T. Weir. 2014. Latitudinal gradients in climatic niche evolution accelerate trait evolution at high latitudes. Ecology Letters. 17:1427–1436.
Online Article
Weir, J. T. 2014. Environmental harshness, latitude and incipient speciation. Molecular Ecology. 23: 251-253.
Online Article
Kennedy, J. D., Z. Wang, J.T. Weir, C. Rahbek, J. Fjeldsĺ, T. D. Price. 2014. Into and out of the tropics: dynamics of the generation of the latitudinal gradient among New World passerine birds. Journal of Biogeography. In press.
Weir, J. T., D. Wheatcroft, & T. Price. 2012. The role of ecological constraint in driving the evolution of avian song frequency across a latitudinal gradient. Evolution. 66:2773-2783.
Weir, J. T. & D. Wheatcroft. 2011. A latitudinal gradient in rates of evolution of avian syllable diversity and song length. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B. 278:1713-1720.
Online article
Weir, J. T. & T. Price. 2011. Limits to speciation inferred from times to secondary sympatry and ages of hybridizing species along a latitudinal gradient. American Naturalist. 177:462-469.
Online article
Weir, J. T. & D. Schluter. 2007. The latitudinal gradient in recent speciation and extinction rates of birds and mammals. Science 315: 1574–1576.
Reprint | ScienceNOW | Nature News | Why Files | New Scientist | Supplement | Comment and response | More comment and response | F1000 (Article Factor = 12)
Lawson, A. & J.T. Weir. 2014. Latitudinal gradients in climatic niche evolution accelerate trait evolution at high latitudes. Ecology Letters. 17:1427–1436.
Online Article
Weir, J. T. 2009. Implications of genetic differentiation in Neotropical montane forest birds. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 96: 410-433.
Reprint
Weir, J. T. & D. Schluter. 2007. The latitudinal gradient in recent speciation and extinction rates of birds and mammals. Science 315: 1574–1576.
Reprint | ScienceNOW | Nature News | Why Files | New Scientist | Supplement | Comment and response | More comment and response | F1000 (Article Factor = 12)
Weir, J. T. 2006. Divergent timing and patterns of species accumulation in lowland and highland neotropical birds. Evolution 60: 842–855.
Reprint | Support Online Figures
Weir, J. T. & D. Schluter. 2004. Ice sheets promote speciation in boreal birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences 271: 1881–1887.
Reprint | Natural History Samplings | TREE Update
Pulido-Santacruz, P, A. Aleixo, J. T. Weir. 2018. Morphologically cryptic Amazonian bird species pairs exhibit strong post-zygotic reproductive isolation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Accepted.
Barrera-Guzman, A. O., A. Aleixo, M. D. Shawkey, J. T. Weir. 2018. Hybrid speciation leads to novel male secondary sexual ornamentation of an Amazonian bird. PNAS. 115: E218-E225.
Online Article | New York Times. | "As it happens" podcast interview. Go to minute 19 of part 1. | CBC (well written news article). | ScienceNOW | Folha de S.Paola (Portuguese) |
Weir, J.T., M.S. Faccio, P. Pulido-Santacruz, A. Barrera-Guzmán & A. Aleixo. 2015. Hybridization in headwater regions, and the role of rivers as drivers of speciation in Amazonian birds. Evolution. In press.
Weir, J. T. & T. Price. 2011. Limits to speciation inferred from times to secondary sympatry and ages of hybridizing species along a latitudinal gradient. American Naturalist. 177:462-469.
Reprint
Weir, J. T., E. Bermingham & D. Schluter. 2009. The Great American Biotic Interchange in birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA): 106: 21737-21742.
Reprint | Support Online Material (22 MB)
Weir, J. T., D. Wheatcroft, & T. Price. 2012. The role of ecological constraint in driving the evolution of avian song frequency across a latitudinal gradient. Evolution. In Press.
Weir, J. T. & D. Wheatcroft. 2011. A latitudinal gradient in rates of evolution of avian syllable diversity and song length. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B. 278:1713-1720.
Online article
Weir, J.T. & A. Lawson. 2015. Evolutionary rates across gradients. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. In press.
Lawson, A. & J.T. Weir. 2014. Latitudinal gradients in climatic niche evolution accelerate trait evolution at high latitudes. Ecology Letters. 17:1427–1436.
Online Article
Weir, J. T. & S. Mursleen. 2013. Diversity dependent cladogenesis and trait evolution in the adaptive radiation of the auks (Aves: Alcidae). Evolution. 67: 403-416.
Online Article
Kennedy, J. D., J. T. Weir, D. M. Hooper, D. T. Tietze, J. Martens, & T. D. Price. 2012. Ecological limits on diversification of the Himalayan core Corvoidea. Evolution. In press.
Harmon, L. J., J. B. Losos, T. J. Davies, R. G. Gillespie, J. L. Gittleman, W. B. Jennings, K. H. Kozak, M. A. McPeek, F. Moreno-Roark, T. J. Near, A. Purvis, R. E. Ricklefs, D. Schluter, J. A. Schulte II, O. Seehausen, B. L. Sidlauskas, O. Torres-Carvajal, J. T. Weir, & A. Ř. Mooers. 2010. Early bursts of body size and shape evolution are rare in comparative data. Evolution. 64: 2385-2396.
Online article
Harmon, L. J., J. T. Weir, C. D. Brock, R. E. Glor & W. Challenger.2008. GEIGER: investigating evolutionary radiations. Bioinformatics 24: 129–131.
Reprint
Weir, J. T. & D. Schluter. 2011. Are rates of molecular evolution in mammals substantially accelerated in warmer environments? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences. 278:1291-1293.
Online article
Weir, J. T. & D. Schluter. 2008. Calibrating the avian molecular clock. Molecular Ecology 17: 2321–2328.
Reprint | Published online dataset of clock calibrations | Supporting Online Methods | Addendum | BEAST tips
J. T. Weir, O. Haddrath, H. A. Robertson, R. M. Colbourne, A. J. Baker. 2016. Explosive ice age diversification in kiwi. PNAS. 113:E5580-E5587.
Online Article
Weir, J. T. & M. Price. 2011. Andean uplift promotes lowland speciation through vicariance and dispersal in Dendrocincla woodcreepers. Molecular Ecology. 20: 4550-4563.
Online article
Chaves, J. A., J. T. Weir, & T. B. Smith. 2011. Diversification in Adelomyia hummingbirds follows Andean uplift. Molecular Ecology. 20: 4564–4576.
Online article
Weir, J. T., E. Bermingham, M. J. Miller, J. Klicka & M. A. González. 2008. Phylogeography of a morphologically diverse Neotropical montane species, the Common Bush-Tanager (Chlorospingus ophthalmicus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47: 650–664.
Reprint
Miller, M.J., Bermingham, E., Klicka, J,, Escalante, P. Raposo do Amaral, F.S., Weir, J.T., & Winker, K. 2008. Out of Amazonia again and again: Episodic crossing of the Andes promotes diversification in a lowland forest flycatcher. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences 275: 1133-1142.
Reprint
Cooney, C. R., J. A. Tobias, J. T. Weir, C. A. Botero, & N. Seddon. 2017. Sexual selection, speciation, and constraints on geographical range overlap in birds. Ecology Letters. published online.
Online Article
Weir, J.T. & A. Lawson. 2015. Evolutionary rates across gradients. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. In press.
Rowe, M., T. Albrecht, E.R.A.Cramer, A. Johnsen, T. Laskemoen, J.T. Weir & J.T. Lifjeld. 2015. Postcopulatory sexual selection is associated with accelerated evolution of sperm morphology. Evolution. 69: 1044-1052.
Online Article
Lawson, A. & J.T. Weir. 2014. Latitudinal gradients in climatic niche evolution accelerate trait evolution at high latitudes. Ecology Letters. 17:1427–1436.
Online Article
Weir, J. T. & S. Mursleen. 2013. Diversity dependent cladogenesis and trait evolution in the adaptive radiation of the auks (Aves: Alcidae). Evolution. 67: 403-416.
Online Article
Seddon, N., C. A. Botero, J. A. Tobias, P. O. Dunn, H. E. A. MacGregor, D. R. Rubenstein, J. A. C. Uy, J. T. Weir, L. A. Whittingham, and R. J. Safran. 2013. Sexual selection accelerates signal evolution during speciation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 280:20131065
Online Article
Weir, J. T., D. Wheatcroft, & T. Price. 2012. The role of ecological constraint in driving the evolution of avian song frequency across a latitudinal gradient. Evolution. 66: 2773-2783.
Reprint
Kennedy, J. D., J. T. Weir, D. M. Hooper, D. T. Tietze, J. Martens, & T. D. Price. 2012. Ecological limits on diversification of the Himalayan core Corvoidea. Evolution. 66: 2599-613.
Reprint
Weir, J. T. & D. Wheatcroft. 2011. A latitudinal gradient in rates of evolution of avian syllable diversity and song length. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B. 278:1713-1720.
Reprint
Harmon, L. J., J. B. Losos, T. J. Davies, R. G. Gillespie, J. L. Gittleman, W. B. Jennings, K. H. Kozak, M. A. McPeek, F. Moreno-Roark, T. J. Near, A. Purvis, R. E. Ricklefs, D. Schluter, J. A. Schulte II, O. Seehausen, B. L. Sidlauskas, O. Torres-Carvajal, J. T. Weir, & A. Ř. Mooers. 2010. Early bursts of body size and shape evolution are rare in comparative data. Evolution. 64: 2385-2396.
Reprint
Harmon, L. J., J. T. Weir, C. D. Brock, R. E. Glor & W. Challenger.2008. GEIGER: investigating evolutionary radiations. Bioinformatics 24: 129–131.
Reprint
Gyug, L & Weir, J. T. 2017. American avocet breeding habitat, behaviour and use of nesting platforms at Kelowna, British Columbia. British Columbia Birds. 17: 13-17.
Online Article
Gyug, L & Weir, J. T. 2017. American avocet and black-necked stilt breeding status and population trends at Kelowna, British Columbia, 1997-2015. British Columbia Birds. 17: 2-12.
Online Article
Hager, S. B., et al.. 2017. Continent-wide analysis of how urbanization affects bird-window collision mortality in North America. Biological Conservation. Accepted.
Germain, R., J. T. Weir, & B. Gilbert. 2016. Species coexistence: macroevolutionary relationships and the contingency of historical interactions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 283: 20160047.
Online Article Proofs Reprint
Olivier, L. & J.T. Weir. 2014. SimRAD: an R package for simulation-based prediction of the number of loci expected in RADseq and similar genotyping by sequencing approaches. Molecular Ecology Resources. Molecular Ecology Resources. 14: 1314–1321.
Online Article
Seddon, N., C. A. Botero, J. A. Tobias, P. O. Dunn, H. E. A. MacGregor, D. R. Rubenstein, J. A. C. Uy, J. T. Weir, L. A. Whittingham, and R. J. Safran. Accepted. Sexual selection accelerates signal evolution during speciation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 280:20131065
Online Article
Bloom, D. D., J. T. Weir, K. R. Piller, N. R. Lovejoy. 2013. Do freshwater fishes diversify faster than marine fishes? A test using state-dependent diversification analyses and molecular phylogenetics of New World silversides (Atherinopsidae). Evolution. 67: 2040–2057.
Online Article
Desantis, L., Brendan, D., Weir, J.T., Boonstra, R. 2013. Mediating free glucocorticoid levels in the blood of vertebrates: Are corticosteroid-binding proteins always necessary? In press. Functional Ecology. 27: 107-119.
Online PDF
Miller, M. J., J. T. Weir, G. R. Angehr, P. Guitton, & E. Bermingham. 2011. An ornithological survey of Pinas Bay, a site on the Pacific coast of Darien Province, Panama. Boletin SAO. 20.
Reprint
Weir, J. 1999a. The breeding biology of an American avocet colony in British Columbia. British Columbia Birds 7: 3-7. (Documents the breeding biology of the first discovered colony of the species in British Columbia at Alki Lake, Kelowna)
Weir, J. 1999b. A west coast record of a juvenile boreal owl. British Columbia Birds 7: 11-12. (Breeding record at Garibaldi Provincial Park represents the first breeding record for coastal British Columbia and the fifth record for the province)
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Weir Lab members underlined.
Topics
Latitudinal Gradients and Evolution
Paleo-climate Change and Evolution
Hybrid Zones
Great American Biotic Interchange
Avian Vocal Evolution
Ecological Opportunity
Molecular Clocks
Phylogeography and Phylogenetics
Trait Evolution
Other
Latitudinal Gradients and Evolution
Pulido-Santacruz, P. & J. T. Weir. 2016. Extinction as a driver of avian latitudinal diversity gradients. Evolution. 70:860-872.
Online Article
Lawson, A. & J.T. Weir. 2014. Latitudinal gradients in climatic niche evolution accelerate trait evolution at high latitudes. Ecology Letters. 17:1427–1436.
Online Article
Weir, J. T. 2014. Environmental harshness, latitude and incipient speciation. Molecular Ecology. 23: 251-253.
Online Article
Kennedy, J. D., Z. Wang, J.T. Weir, C. Rahbek, J. Fjeldsĺ, T. D. Price. 2014. Into and out of the tropics: dynamics of the generation of the latitudinal gradient among New World passerine birds. Journal of Biogeography. In press.
Weir, J. T., D. Wheatcroft, & T. Price. 2012. The role of ecological constraint in driving the evolution of avian song frequency across a latitudinal gradient. Evolution. 66:2773-2783.
Weir, J. T. & D. Wheatcroft. 2011. A latitudinal gradient in rates of evolution of avian syllable diversity and song length. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B. 278:1713-1720.
Online article
Weir, J. T. & T. Price. 2011. Limits to speciation inferred from times to secondary sympatry and ages of hybridizing species along a latitudinal gradient. American Naturalist. 177:462-469.
Online article
Weir, J. T. & D. Schluter. 2007. The latitudinal gradient in recent speciation and extinction rates of birds and mammals. Science 315: 1574–1576.
Reprint | ScienceNOW | Nature News | Why Files | New Scientist | Supplement | Comment and response | More comment and response | F1000 (Article Factor = 12)
Paleo-climate Change and Evolution
Lawson, A. & J.T. Weir. 2014. Latitudinal gradients in climatic niche evolution accelerate trait evolution at high latitudes. Ecology Letters. 17:1427–1436.
Online Article
Weir, J. T. 2009. Implications of genetic differentiation in Neotropical montane forest birds. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 96: 410-433.
Reprint
Weir, J. T. & D. Schluter. 2007. The latitudinal gradient in recent speciation and extinction rates of birds and mammals. Science 315: 1574–1576.
Reprint | ScienceNOW | Nature News | Why Files | New Scientist | Supplement | Comment and response | More comment and response | F1000 (Article Factor = 12)
Weir, J. T. 2006. Divergent timing and patterns of species accumulation in lowland and highland neotropical birds. Evolution 60: 842–855.
Reprint | Support Online Figures
Weir, J. T. & D. Schluter. 2004. Ice sheets promote speciation in boreal birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences 271: 1881–1887.
Reprint | Natural History Samplings | TREE Update
Hybrid Zones
Pulido-Santacruz, P, A. Aleixo, J. T. Weir. 2018. Morphologically cryptic Amazonian bird species pairs exhibit strong post-zygotic reproductive isolation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Accepted.
Barrera-Guzman, A. O., A. Aleixo, M. D. Shawkey, J. T. Weir. 2018. Hybrid speciation leads to novel male secondary sexual ornamentation of an Amazonian bird. PNAS. 115: E218-E225.
Online Article | New York Times. | "As it happens" podcast interview. Go to minute 19 of part 1. | CBC (well written news article). | ScienceNOW | Folha de S.Paola (Portuguese) |
Weir, J.T., M.S. Faccio, P. Pulido-Santacruz, A. Barrera-Guzmán & A. Aleixo. 2015. Hybridization in headwater regions, and the role of rivers as drivers of speciation in Amazonian birds. Evolution. In press.
Weir, J. T. & T. Price. 2011. Limits to speciation inferred from times to secondary sympatry and ages of hybridizing species along a latitudinal gradient. American Naturalist. 177:462-469.
Reprint
Great American Biotic Interchange
Weir, J. T., E. Bermingham & D. Schluter. 2009. The Great American Biotic Interchange in birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (USA): 106: 21737-21742.
Reprint | Support Online Material (22 MB)
Avian Vocal Evolution
Weir, J. T., D. Wheatcroft, & T. Price. 2012. The role of ecological constraint in driving the evolution of avian song frequency across a latitudinal gradient. Evolution. In Press.
Weir, J. T. & D. Wheatcroft. 2011. A latitudinal gradient in rates of evolution of avian syllable diversity and song length. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B. 278:1713-1720.
Online article
Ecological Opportunity
Weir, J.T. & A. Lawson. 2015. Evolutionary rates across gradients. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. In press.
Lawson, A. & J.T. Weir. 2014. Latitudinal gradients in climatic niche evolution accelerate trait evolution at high latitudes. Ecology Letters. 17:1427–1436.
Online Article
Weir, J. T. & S. Mursleen. 2013. Diversity dependent cladogenesis and trait evolution in the adaptive radiation of the auks (Aves: Alcidae). Evolution. 67: 403-416.
Online Article
Kennedy, J. D., J. T. Weir, D. M. Hooper, D. T. Tietze, J. Martens, & T. D. Price. 2012. Ecological limits on diversification of the Himalayan core Corvoidea. Evolution. In press.
Harmon, L. J., J. B. Losos, T. J. Davies, R. G. Gillespie, J. L. Gittleman, W. B. Jennings, K. H. Kozak, M. A. McPeek, F. Moreno-Roark, T. J. Near, A. Purvis, R. E. Ricklefs, D. Schluter, J. A. Schulte II, O. Seehausen, B. L. Sidlauskas, O. Torres-Carvajal, J. T. Weir, & A. Ř. Mooers. 2010. Early bursts of body size and shape evolution are rare in comparative data. Evolution. 64: 2385-2396.
Online article
Harmon, L. J., J. T. Weir, C. D. Brock, R. E. Glor & W. Challenger.2008. GEIGER: investigating evolutionary radiations. Bioinformatics 24: 129–131.
Reprint
Molecular Clocks
Weir, J. T. & D. Schluter. 2011. Are rates of molecular evolution in mammals substantially accelerated in warmer environments? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences. 278:1291-1293.
Online article
Weir, J. T. & D. Schluter. 2008. Calibrating the avian molecular clock. Molecular Ecology 17: 2321–2328.
Reprint | Published online dataset of clock calibrations | Supporting Online Methods | Addendum | BEAST tips
Phylogeography and Phylogenetics
J. T. Weir, O. Haddrath, H. A. Robertson, R. M. Colbourne, A. J. Baker. 2016. Explosive ice age diversification in kiwi. PNAS. 113:E5580-E5587.
Online Article
Weir, J. T. & M. Price. 2011. Andean uplift promotes lowland speciation through vicariance and dispersal in Dendrocincla woodcreepers. Molecular Ecology. 20: 4550-4563.
Online article
Chaves, J. A., J. T. Weir, & T. B. Smith. 2011. Diversification in Adelomyia hummingbirds follows Andean uplift. Molecular Ecology. 20: 4564–4576.
Online article
Weir, J. T., E. Bermingham, M. J. Miller, J. Klicka & M. A. González. 2008. Phylogeography of a morphologically diverse Neotropical montane species, the Common Bush-Tanager (Chlorospingus ophthalmicus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 47: 650–664.
Reprint
Miller, M.J., Bermingham, E., Klicka, J,, Escalante, P. Raposo do Amaral, F.S., Weir, J.T., & Winker, K. 2008. Out of Amazonia again and again: Episodic crossing of the Andes promotes diversification in a lowland forest flycatcher. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences 275: 1133-1142.
Reprint
Trait Evolution
Cooney, C. R., J. A. Tobias, J. T. Weir, C. A. Botero, & N. Seddon. 2017. Sexual selection, speciation, and constraints on geographical range overlap in birds. Ecology Letters. published online.
Online Article
Weir, J.T. & A. Lawson. 2015. Evolutionary rates across gradients. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. In press.
Rowe, M., T. Albrecht, E.R.A.Cramer, A. Johnsen, T. Laskemoen, J.T. Weir & J.T. Lifjeld. 2015. Postcopulatory sexual selection is associated with accelerated evolution of sperm morphology. Evolution. 69: 1044-1052.
Online Article
Lawson, A. & J.T. Weir. 2014. Latitudinal gradients in climatic niche evolution accelerate trait evolution at high latitudes. Ecology Letters. 17:1427–1436.
Online Article
Weir, J. T. & S. Mursleen. 2013. Diversity dependent cladogenesis and trait evolution in the adaptive radiation of the auks (Aves: Alcidae). Evolution. 67: 403-416.
Online Article
Seddon, N., C. A. Botero, J. A. Tobias, P. O. Dunn, H. E. A. MacGregor, D. R. Rubenstein, J. A. C. Uy, J. T. Weir, L. A. Whittingham, and R. J. Safran. 2013. Sexual selection accelerates signal evolution during speciation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 280:20131065
Online Article
Weir, J. T., D. Wheatcroft, & T. Price. 2012. The role of ecological constraint in driving the evolution of avian song frequency across a latitudinal gradient. Evolution. 66: 2773-2783.
Reprint
Kennedy, J. D., J. T. Weir, D. M. Hooper, D. T. Tietze, J. Martens, & T. D. Price. 2012. Ecological limits on diversification of the Himalayan core Corvoidea. Evolution. 66: 2599-613.
Reprint
Weir, J. T. & D. Wheatcroft. 2011. A latitudinal gradient in rates of evolution of avian syllable diversity and song length. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B. 278:1713-1720.
Reprint
Harmon, L. J., J. B. Losos, T. J. Davies, R. G. Gillespie, J. L. Gittleman, W. B. Jennings, K. H. Kozak, M. A. McPeek, F. Moreno-Roark, T. J. Near, A. Purvis, R. E. Ricklefs, D. Schluter, J. A. Schulte II, O. Seehausen, B. L. Sidlauskas, O. Torres-Carvajal, J. T. Weir, & A. Ř. Mooers. 2010. Early bursts of body size and shape evolution are rare in comparative data. Evolution. 64: 2385-2396.
Reprint
Harmon, L. J., J. T. Weir, C. D. Brock, R. E. Glor & W. Challenger.2008. GEIGER: investigating evolutionary radiations. Bioinformatics 24: 129–131.
Reprint
Other
Gyug, L & Weir, J. T. 2017. American avocet breeding habitat, behaviour and use of nesting platforms at Kelowna, British Columbia. British Columbia Birds. 17: 13-17.
Online Article
Gyug, L & Weir, J. T. 2017. American avocet and black-necked stilt breeding status and population trends at Kelowna, British Columbia, 1997-2015. British Columbia Birds. 17: 2-12.
Online Article
Hager, S. B., et al.. 2017. Continent-wide analysis of how urbanization affects bird-window collision mortality in North America. Biological Conservation. Accepted.
Germain, R., J. T. Weir, & B. Gilbert. 2016. Species coexistence: macroevolutionary relationships and the contingency of historical interactions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 283: 20160047.
Online Article Proofs Reprint
Olivier, L. & J.T. Weir. 2014. SimRAD: an R package for simulation-based prediction of the number of loci expected in RADseq and similar genotyping by sequencing approaches. Molecular Ecology Resources. Molecular Ecology Resources. 14: 1314–1321.
Online Article
Seddon, N., C. A. Botero, J. A. Tobias, P. O. Dunn, H. E. A. MacGregor, D. R. Rubenstein, J. A. C. Uy, J. T. Weir, L. A. Whittingham, and R. J. Safran. Accepted. Sexual selection accelerates signal evolution during speciation. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 280:20131065
Online Article
Bloom, D. D., J. T. Weir, K. R. Piller, N. R. Lovejoy. 2013. Do freshwater fishes diversify faster than marine fishes? A test using state-dependent diversification analyses and molecular phylogenetics of New World silversides (Atherinopsidae). Evolution. 67: 2040–2057.
Online Article
Desantis, L., Brendan, D., Weir, J.T., Boonstra, R. 2013. Mediating free glucocorticoid levels in the blood of vertebrates: Are corticosteroid-binding proteins always necessary? In press. Functional Ecology. 27: 107-119.
Online PDF
Miller, M. J., J. T. Weir, G. R. Angehr, P. Guitton, & E. Bermingham. 2011. An ornithological survey of Pinas Bay, a site on the Pacific coast of Darien Province, Panama. Boletin SAO. 20.
Reprint
Weir, J. 1999a. The breeding biology of an American avocet colony in British Columbia. British Columbia Birds 7: 3-7. (Documents the breeding biology of the first discovered colony of the species in British Columbia at Alki Lake, Kelowna)
Weir, J. 1999b. A west coast record of a juvenile boreal owl. British Columbia Birds 7: 11-12. (Breeding record at Garibaldi Provincial Park represents the first breeding record for coastal British Columbia and the fifth record for the province)
© 2010 Jason Weir
Drawing by: J Weir