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Wright, J.E. G, E.L. Braun, J.G. Burleigh, R.T. Kimball. 2025. Dynamic evolution of olfactory receptor genes in the Turkey Vulture and Black Vulture. Avian Research, 100285. doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2025.100285
Montalvo, L.D. G, R.T. Kimball, S.K. Robinson. 2025. Territorial aggression and coexistence in hybridizing Campylorhynchus: Disentangling the roles of climate, resource availability, and species interactions in western Ecuador. Journal of Avian Biology, 2025: e03299. doi.org/10.1002/jav.03299
Zhao, M. P, J. Oswald, J.M. Allen, H.L. Owen, P.A. Hosner, R.P. Garulnick, E.L. Braun, R.T. Kimball. 2025. A phylogenomic tree of wood-warblers (Aves: Parulidae): dealing with good, bad, and ugly samples. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 202: 108235. doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2024.108235.
Humbel, E.A. G, R.T. Kimball, L.A. Taylor. 2024. Males discriminate between substrate-borne cues of conspecific females based on age and mating status in the jumping spider, Habronattus brunneus. Royal Society Open Science, 11: 240658. doi.org/10.1098/rsos.240658.
Berv, J., S. Singhal, D. Field, N. Walker-Hale, S. McHugh, J.R. Shipley, E. Miller, R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, A. Dornburg, C.T. Parins-Fukuchi, R. Prum, B. Winger, M. Friedman, S. Smith. 2024. Genome and life-history evolution link bird diversification to the end-Cretaceous extinction. Science Advances 10: eadp0114. DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adp0114
Montalvo, L.D. G., R.T. Kimball, J. Austin, S.K. Robinson. 2024. Unraveling the Genomic Landscape of Campylorhynchus Wrens along Western Ecuador’s Precipitation Gradient: Insights into Isolation by Distance, Isolation by Environment, and Hybridization. Ecology and Evolution 14: e11661. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11661
Forthman, M.P, H. Phan U, C.W. Miller, R.T. Kimball. 2024. Phylogenetic placement of the leaf-footed bug tribes Agriopocorini, Amorbini, and Manocoreini (Heteroptera: Coreidae) using ultraconserved elements. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 202: zlae024. doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae024.
Gosai, K.R., L. Zhou, Y. Liu, E. L. Braun, R.T. Kimball, S.K. Robinson, E. Goodale. 2024. Investigating flock-associated mimicry: Examining the evidence for, and drivers of, plumage mimicry between the Greater and Lesser Necklaced Laughingthrush. Royal Society of Open Science. 11: 230976. doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230976.
Miller C.W., R.T. Kimball, M. Forthman P. 2024. The evolution of multi-component weapons in the superfamily of leaf-footed bugs. Evolution 74: 635-651. doi.org/10.1093/evolut/qpae011
Zhao, M. P, S.M. Kurtis G, E.A. Humbel G, E.V. Griffith U, T. Liu, E.L. Braun, R. Buchholz, R.T. Kimball. 2024. Bare parts in the Galliformes: the evolution of a multifunctional structure. Royal Society Open Science 11: 231695. doi/pdf/10.1098/rsos.231695
Zhou, L., C. Mammides, Y. Chen, W. Zhou, W. Dai, E. Braun, R.T. Kimball, Y. Liu, S.K. Robinson E. Goodale. 2024. High association strengths are linked to phenotypic similarity, including plumage color and patterns, of participants in mixed-species bird flocks of southwestern China. Current Zoology 70: 34-44. doi.org/10.1093/cz/zoac096.
Humbel, E.A. G., R.T. Kimball, L.A. Taylor. 2023. The role of high-contrast male facial stripes in mitigating female aggression in the jumping spider, Plexippus paykulli. Animal Behaviour 206: 13-27. doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2023.08.006
Zhou, W., R.T. Kimball, Y. Liu, S.K. Robinson. 2023. Functions of avian elongated tails, with suggestions for future studies. Ibis 165: 1091-1106. doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13222
Forthman, M. P, E.R.L. Gordon, R.T. Kimball. 2023. Low hybridization temperatures improve target capture success of invertebrate loci: a case study of leaf-footed bugs (Hemiptera: Coreoidea). Royal Society Open Science, 230307. doi.org/10.1098/rsos.230307.
Forthman M. P, C. Downie U, C.W. Miller, R.T. Kimball. 2023. Evolution of stridulatory mechanisms: vibroacoustic communication may be common in leaf-footed bugs and allies (Heteroptera: Coreoidea). Royal Society Open Science 10: 221348. doi.org/10.1098/rsos.221348.
Kimball, R.T., E.L. Braun, Y. Liu, L. Zhou, E. Goodale, W. Zhou, S.K. Robinson. 2023. Can convergence in mixed-species flocks lead to evolutionary divergence? Evidence for and methods to test this hypothesis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 378: 20220112. http://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0112
Kimball, R.T., M.R. Gostel, V.A. Funk, T.K. Lowrey, D.J. Crawford. 2023. Out of Africa to Madagascar – Then back? Molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of tribe Tarchonantheae (Asteraceae: Tarchonanthoideae). International Journal of Plant Sciences 184: 310-321. doi.org/10.1086/724334
Fuxjager, M., T.B. Ryder, N. Moody, C. Alfonso, C. Balakrishnan, J. Barske, M. Bosholn, W.A. Boyle, E.L. Braun, I. Chiver, R. Dakin, L. Day, R. Driver, L. Fusani, B. Horton, R.T. Kimball, S. Lipshutz, C. Mello, E. Miller, M. Webster, M. Wirthlin, R. Wollman, I. Moore, B. Schlinger. 2023. Systems biology as a framework to understand the physiological and endocrine bases of behavior and its evolution—from concepts to a case study in birds. Hormones and Behavior 151: 105340. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yhbeh.2023.105340
Carter, J., G. Spellman, R.T. Kimball, R. Safran, E. Funk, D. Schield, N. Kane. 2023. Estimating phylogenies from genomes: A beginners review of commonly used genomic data in vertebrate phylogenomics. Journal of Heredity 114: 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1093/jhered/esac061
Zhao, M. G, S.M. Kurtis G, N.D. White, A. Moncrieff, R.N. Leite, R.T. Brumfield, E.L. Braun, R.T. Kimball. 2023. Exploring Conflicts in Whole Genome Phylogenetics: A Case Study within Manakins (Aves: Pipridae). Systematic Biology 72: 161-178. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syac062
Zhao, M. G, J.G. Burleigh, U. Olsson, P. Alström, R.T. Kimball. 2023. A near-complete and time-calibrated phylogeny of the Old World flycatchers, robins and chats. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 178: 107646. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107646
Hosner, P.A., M. Zhao G, R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, J.G. Burleigh. 2022. Updating splits, lumps and shuffles: Reconciling GenBank names with standardized avian taxonomies. Ornithology 139: ukac045. https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukac045
Salter, J.F., P.A. Hosner, W.L.E. Tsai, J.E. McCormack, E.L. Braun, R.T. Kimball, R.T. Brumfield, B.C. Faircloth. 2022. Historical specimens and the limits of subspecies phylogenomics in the New World quails (Odontophoridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 175: 107559. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107559
Sangster G., E.L. Braun, U.S. Johansson, R.T. Kimball, G. Mayr, and A. Suh. 2022. Definitions for 25 higher-level clade names of birds. Avian Research 13(1): 100027. doi.org/10.1016/j.avrs.2022.100027.
Forthman, M. P, C.W. Miller, R.T. Kimball. 2022. Phylogenomic analysis with improved taxon sampling corroborates an Alydidae + Hydarinae + Pseudophloeinae clade (Heteroptera: Coreoidea: Alydidae, Coreidae). Organisms, Diversity and Evolution 22: 669-679. doi.org/10.1007/s13127-022-00548-w
Shogren, E.H., M. Anciães, J.Barske, C. Cestari, E. H. DuVal, M.G. Gaiotti, E.I. Johnson, R.T. Kimball, M.A. Marini, T.B. Ryder, M.N. Scholer, J.Ungvári, S.A. White, W.A. Boyle. 2022. Dancing drives evolution of sexual size dimorphism in manakins. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 289: 20212540. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.2540
Kimball, R.T., and E.L. Braun. 2022. Dynamic patterns of sex chromosome evolution in neognath birds: Many independent barriers to recombination at the ATP5F1A locus. Birds 3: 51-70. doi.org/10.3390/birds3010004
Enloe, C.M. G, W.A. Cox, A. Pandey, S. Taylor, S. Woltmann, R.T. Kimball. 2022. Genome-wide assessment of population structure in Florida’s coastal seaside sparrows. Conservation Genetics 23: 285-297. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-021-01411-9
Miller, C.D., M. Forthman P, C.W. Miller, R.T. Kimball. 2022. Extracting “legacy loci” from an invertebrate sequence capture dataset. Zoologica Scripta 51: 14-31. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12513
Forthman, M P, E.L. Braun and R.T. Kimball. 2022. Gene tree quality affects empirical coalescent branch length estimation. Zoologica Scripta 51: 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12512
Identified by the journal as a top cited paper for 2022-2023
White, N.D., Z.A. Batz, E.L. Braun, M.J. Braun, K.L. Carleton, R.T. Kimball, A. Swaroop. 2022. A novel exonic probe set captures phototransduction genes across birds (Aves), enabling efficient analysis of vision evolution. Molecular Ecology Resources 22: 587-601. https://doi.org/10.1111/1755-0998.13496.
Chen, D., P.A. Hosner, D.L. Dittman, J.P. O’Neill, S.M. Birks, E.L. Braun and R.T. Kimball. 2021. Divergence time estimation of Galliformes based on the best gene shopping scheme of ultraconserved elements. BMC Ecology and Evolution 21: 209. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-021-01935-1
Gordon, E.L., R.T. Kimball, and E.L. Braun. 2021. Protein Structure, Models of Sequence Evolution, and Data Type Effects in Phylogenetic Analyses of Mitochondrial Data: A Case Study in Birds. Diversity 13: 555. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-021-01411-9
Humbel, E G. R.T. Kimball, L.A. Taylor. 2021. Males respond to substrate-borne, not airborne, female chemical cues in the jumping spider, Habronattus pyrrithrix. Journal of Arachnology 49: 262-267. https://doi.org/10.1636/JoA-S-20-055.
Kimball, R.T., M. Guido U, P.A. Hosner P, E.L. Braun. 2021. When good mitochondria go bad: Cyto-nuclear discordance in landfowl (Aves: Galliformes). Gene 801: 145841. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gene.2021.145841.
Braun, E.L. and R.T. Kimball. 2021. Data types and the phylogeny of Neoaves. Birds 2: 1-22. https://doi.org/10.3390/birds2010001.
Kimball, R.T., P.A. Hosner P, and E.L. Braun. 2021. A phylogenomic supermatrix of Galliformes (landfowl) reveals biased branch lengths. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 158: 107091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107091
Leite, R.N., R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, E.P. Derryberry, P.A. Hosner, G.E. Derryberry, M. Anciães, J. McKay, A. Aleixo, C.C. Ribas, R.T. Brumfield, J. Cracraft. 2021. Phylogenomics of manakins (Aves: Pipridae) using alternative locus filtering strategies based on informativeness. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 155: 107013. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2020.107013.
Villegas, M., B.A. Loiselle, R.T. Kimball, and J.G. Blake. 2021. Ecological niche differentiation in Chiroxiphia and Antilophia manakins (Aves Pipridae). PLoS ONE 16: e0243760. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0243760
Huang, P. G, C.M. St.Mary, R.T. Kimball. 2020. Habitat urbanization and stress response are primary predictors of personality variation in Northern cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis). Journal of Urban Ecology 6. Juaa015. https://doi.org/10.1093/jue/juaa015
Forthman, M. P, C.W. Miller, R.T. Kimball. 2020. Phylogenomics of the leaf-footed bug subfamily Coreinae (Hemiptera: Coreidae): application of ultraconserved elements at shallower depths. Insect Systematics and Diversity 4:2. doi.org/10.1093/isd/ixaa009.
Hosner, P.A. P, H. Owens, E.L. Braun, and R.T. Kimball. 2020. Phylogeny and diversification of the gallopheasants (Aves: Galliformes): testing roles of sexual selection and environmental niche divergence. Zoologica Scripta 49: 549-562. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12441
Ksepka, D.T., A.M. Balanoff , N.A. Smith, G.S. Bever, B.S. Bhullar, E. Bourdon, E.L. Braun, J.G. Burleigh, J.A. Clarke, M.W. Colbert, J.R. Corfield, F.J. Degrange, V.L. De Pietri, C.M. Early, D.J. Field, P.M. Gignac, M.E.L. Gold, E.D. Jarvis, R.T. Kimball, S. Kawabe, L. Lefebvre, J. Marugán-Lobón, C.S. Mongle, A. Morhardt, M.A. Norell, R.C. Ridgely, R.P. Scofield, C.P. Tambussi, C.R. Torres, M. van Tuinen, S.A. Walsh,A. Watanabe, L.M. Witmer, A.K. Wright , L.E. Zanno, and J.B. Smaers. 2020. Tempo and pattern of avian brain size evolution. Current Biology 30: 2026-2036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.03.060
Emberts, Z., C.M. St. Mary, C.C. Howard, M. Forthman P, P.W. Bateman, U. Somjee, W.S. Hwang, D. Li, R.T. Kimball, C.W. Miller. 2020. The evolution of autotomy in leaf-footed bugs. Evolution. 74: 897-910. doi.org/10.1111/evo.13948
Tiley, G.P. G, A. Pandey G, R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, J.G. Burleigh. 2020. Whole genome phylogeny of Gallus: Introgression and data-type effects. Avian Research 11: 7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40657-020-00194-w
Chavarria-Pizarro, T. G, J.P. Gomez, J. Ungvari-Martin, R. Bay , M.M. Miyamoto, R.T. Kimball. 2019. Strong phenotypic divergence in spite of low genetic structure in the endemic Mangrove Warbler subspecies (Setophaga petechial xanthotera) of Costa Rica. Ecology and Evolution. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.5826
Kimball, R.T., C.H. Oliveros, N. Wang, N.D. White, F.K. Barker, D.J. Field, D.T. Ksepka, R.T. Chesser, R.G. Moyle, M.J. Braun, R.T. Brumfield, B.C. Faircloth, B.T. Smith, and E.L. Braun. 2019. A phylogenomic supertree of birds. Diversity 11: 109. https://doi.org/10.3390/d11070109.
2020 Best Paper Award Winner in Diversity
Forthman, M. P, C.W. Miller, R.T. Kimball. 2019. Phylogenomic analysis suggests Coreidae and Alydidae (Hemiptera: Heteroptera) are not monophyletic. ZooScripta 48: 520-534. https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.12353
Oliveros, C.H., D.J. Field, D.T. Ksepka, F.K. Barker, A. Aleixo, M.J. Andersen, Per Alström, Brett W. Benz, E.L. Braun, M.J. Braun, G.A. Bravo, R.T. Brumfield, R.T. Chesser, S. Claramunt, J. Cracraft, A.M. Cuervo, E.P. Derryberry, T.C. Glenn, M.G. Harvey, P.A. Hosner, L. Joseph, R.T. Kimball, A.L. Mack, C.M. Miskelly, A.T. Peterson, M.B. Robbins, F.H. Sheldon, L.F. Silveira, B.T. Smith, N.D. White, R.G. Moyle, B.C. Faircloth. 2019. Earth history and the passerine superradiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116: 7916-7925. doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1813206116 (Altmetric 288; top 5%)
Han, K.-L. G, R.T. Kimball, and J.A. Cox. 2019. Testing hypotheses driving genetic structure in the cooperatively breeding brown-headed nuthatch (Sitta pusilla). Ibis 161: 939-942. doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12642.
Zhao, M. G, Y. Chang, R.T. Kimball, J. Zhao, F. Lei, and Y. Qu. 2019. Pleistocene glaciation explains the disjunct distribution of the Chestnut-vented Nuthatch (Aves, Sittidae). Zoologica Scripta 48: 33-45. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12327
Tamashiro, R.A. U, N.D. White, M.J. Braun, B.C. Faircloth, E.L. Braun, and R.T. Kimball. 2019. What are the roles of taxon sampling and model fit in tests of cyto-nuclear discordance using avian mitogenomic data? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 130: 132-142. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.008
Kieran, T.J., E.R.L. Gordon, M. Forthman P, R. Hoey-Chamberlain, R.T. Kimball, B.C. Faircloth, C. Weirauch, T.C. Glenn. 2019. Insight from an ultraconserved element bait set designed for hemipteran phylogenetics integrated with genomic resources. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 130: 297-303. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.026
Chen, D. P, E.L. Braun, M. Forthman P, R.T. Kimball, and Z. Zhang. 2018. A simple strategy for recovering ultraconserved elements, exons, and introns from low coverage shotgun sequencing of museum specimens: placement of the partridge genus Tropicoperdix within the Galliformes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 129: 304-314. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.09.005
Liang, B., N. Wang, N. Li, R.T. Kimball, and E.L. Braun. 2018 Comparative genomics reveals a burst of homoplasy-free numt insertions. Molecular Biology and Evolution 35: 2060-2064. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msy112
Tiley, G.P. G, R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, and J.G. Bureigh. 2018. Comparison of the Chinese Bamboo Partridge and Red Junglefowl genome sequences highlights the importance of demography in genome evolution. BMC Genomics 19: 336. doi: 10.1186/s12864-018-4711-0
Huang, P. G, R.T. Kimball, and C.M. St. Mary. 2018. Does the use of a multi-trait, multi-test approach to measure animal personality yield different behavioural syndrome results? Behaviour 155: 115-150. DOI: 10.1163/1568539X-00003480.
Eimanifar, A. P, R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun and J.D. Ellis. 2018. Mitochondrial genome diversity and population structure of two western honey bee subspecies in the Republic of South Africa. Scientific Reports. 8:1333. DOI:10.1038/s41598-018-19759-3.
Cattau, C.E. G, R.J. Fletcher, Jr., R.T. Kimball, C.W. Miller, and W.M. Kitchens. 2017. Rapid morphological change of a top predator with the invasion of a novel prey. Nature Ecology and Evolution. doi.org/10.1038/s41559-017-0378-1
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Hosner, P.A. P, J.A. Tobias, E.L. Braun, R.T. Kimball. 2017. How do seemingly non-vagile clades accomplish trans-marine dispersal? Trait and dispersal evolution in the landfowl. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B: 284. Article # 20170210. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2017.0210.
Reddy, S., R.T. Kimball, A. Pandey G, P.A. P, M.J. Braun, S.J. Hackett, K.-L. Han, J. Harshman, C.J. Huddleston, S. Kingston, B.D. Marks, K.J. Miglia, W.S. Moore, F.H. Sheldon, C.C. Witt, T. Yuri, E.L. Braun. 2017. Why do phylogenomic data sets yield conflicting trees? Data type influences the avian tree of life more than taxon sampling. Systematic Biology 66: 857-879. doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syx041.
Wang, N., P.A. Hosner, P B. Liang, E.L. Braun, R.T. Kimball. 2017. Historical relationships of three enigmatic phasianid genera (Aves: Galliformes) inferred using phylogenomic and mitogenomic data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 109: 217-225. doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.01.006
Wang, N.G, R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, B. Liang, Z. Zhang. 2017. Ancestral range reconstruction of Galliformes: the effects of topology and taxon sampling. Journal of Biogeography 44:122-135. doi:10.1111/jbi.12782
Sun, K., R.T. Kimball, T. Liu, X. Wei, L. Jin, T. Jiang, A. Lin, and J. Feng. 2016. The complex evolutionary history of big-eared horseshoe bats (Rhinolophus macrotis complex): insights from genetic, morphological and acoustic data. Scientific Reports: 35417. doi:10.1038/srep35417.
Hosner, P.A.P, E.L. Braun, and R.T. Kimball. 2016 Rapid and recent diversification of curassows, guans, and chachalacas (Galliformes: Cracidae) out of Mesoamerica: phylogeny inferred from mitochondrial, intronic, and ultraconserved element sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 102: 320-330. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.06.006
Gong, Y., R.T. Kimball, C. St. Mary, X. Cui, L. Wang, Y. Jiang and H. Wang. 2016. Kin-biased conspecific brood parasitism in a native mandarin duck population. Journal of Ornithology 157: 1063-1072. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-016-1353-3
Wang, N.G and R.T. Kimball. 2016. Re-evaluating the distribution of cooperative breeding in birds: is it tightly linked with altriciality? Journal of Avian Biology 47: 724-730. doi: 10.1111/jav.00869
Meiklejohn, K.A.P, B. Faircloth, T. Glenn, R.T. Kimball, and E.L. Braun. 2016. Analysis of a rapid evolutionary radiation using ultraconserved elements (UCEs): Evidence for a bias in some multi-species coalescent methods. Systematic Biology 65: 612-627. doi: 10.1093/sysbio/syw014.
Hosner, P.A.P, B.C. Faircloth, T.C. Glenn, E.L. Braun, and R.T. Kimball. 2016. Avoiding missing data biases in assembling the landfowl tree of life (Aves: Galliformes). Molecular Biology and Evolution 33:1110-1125. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msv347.
Persons, N. U, P.A. Hosner P, K.A. Meiklejohn P, E.L. Braun and R.T. Kimball. 2016. Sorting out relationships among the grouse and ptarmigan using intron, mitochondrial, and ultra-conserved element sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 98: 123-132. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2016.02.003
Han, K-L G, J.A. Cox, and R.T. Kimball. 2015. Uncommon levels of relatedness and parentage in a cooperatively breeding bird, the Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla). The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 127: 593-600. doi: 10.1676/14-193.1.
Hosner, P.A. P, E.L. Braun and R.T. Kimball. 2015. Land connectivity changes and global cooling shaped the colonization history and diversification of New World quail (Aves: Galliformes: Odontophoridae). Journal of Biogeography. 42: 1883-1895. DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12555.
Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball, and E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53-63. doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.12.003
Jin, L., S. Yang, R. T. Kimball, L. Xie, X. Yue, B. Luo, K. Sun, J. Feng. 2015. Do pups recognize maternal calls in pomona leaf-nosed bats, Hipposideros pomona? Animal Behaviour 100: 200-207. doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2014.12.006
Sun, K., K.A. MeiklejohnP, B. C. Faircloth, T. C. Glenn, E.L. Braun, and R.T. Kimball. 2014. The evolution of peafowl and other taxa with ocelli (eyespots): A phylogenomic approach. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B 281: 1790 Article # 20140823. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2014.0823
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Crawford, D.J., M. Tadesse, R.T. Kimball, M.E. Mort, P. Carrillo-Reyes and I. Sanchez-Vega. 2014. Coreopsis section Pseudoagarista (Asteraceae: Coreopsideae): Molecular phylogeny, chromosome numbers, and comments on taxonomy and distribution. Taxon 63: 1092-1102. doi.org/10.12705/635.31
Kimball, R.T. and E.L. Braun. 2014. Does more sequence data improve estimates of galliform phylogeny? Analyses of a rapid radiation using a complete data matrix. PeerJ 2:e361.
Meicklejohn, K.A., M.J. Danielson, E.L. Braun, B.C. Faircloth, T. C. Glenn, and R.T. Kimball. 2014. Incongruence among different mitochondrial regions: A case study using complete mitogenomes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 78: 314-323. PDF
Kimball, R.T., N. Wang , C.N. Ferguson , V. Heimer-McGinn , and E.L. Braun. In Press. Identifying localized biases in large datasets: A case study using the Avian Tree of Life. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. PDF
Patel, S., R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun. In Press. Error in Phylogenetic Estimation for Bushes in the Tree of Life. Journal of Phylogenetics and Evolutionary Biology 1:110. PDF
Sun, K., L. Luo, R.T. Kimball, X. Wei, L. Jin, T. Jiang, G. Li and J. Feng. 2014. Geographic variation in the acoustic traits of greater horseshoe bats: testing the importance of drift and ecological selection in evolutionary processes. PLoS One: 8 e70368.
Wang, N., R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, B. Liang, Z. Zhang. 2013. Assessing phylogenetic relationships among Galliformes: a multigene phylogeny with expanded taxon sampling in Phasianidae. PLOS One: 8: e64312.
Yuri, T., R.T. Kimball, J. Harshman, R.C.K. Bowie, M.J. Braun, J.L. Chojnowski, K-L Han, Hackett, S.J., C.J. Huddleston, W.S. Moore, S. Reddy, F.H. Sheldon, D.W. Steadman, C.C. Witt, and E.L. Braun. 2013. Parsimony and model-based analyses of indels in avian nuclear genes reveal congruent and incongruent phylogenetic signals. Biology 2: 419-444. PDF
Smith, J.V., E.L. Braun and R.T. Kimball. 2013. Ratite non-monophyly: Independent evidence from 40 novel loci. Systematic Biology 62: 45-49. PDF
Wang, N. and R.T Kimball. 2012. Nestmate killing by obligate brood parasitic chicks: Is this linked to obligate siblicidal behavior? Journal of Ornithology 153: 825-31. PDF
Wang, N., E.L. Braun, and R.T. Kimball. 2012. Testing hypotheses about the sister group of the Passeriformes using an independent 30 locus dataset. Molecular Biology and Evolution 29: 737-750. PDF
Braun, E.L., R.T. Kimball, K-L Han, N.R. Iuhasz-Velez, A.J. Bonilla, J.L. Chojnowski, J.V. Smith, R.C.K. Bowie, M.J. Braun, Hackett, S.J., J. Harshman, C.J. Huddleston, B.D. Marks, K.J. Miglia, W.S. Moore, S. Reddy, F.H. Sheldon, C.C. Witt and T. Yuri. 2011. Homoplastic microinversions and the avian tree of life. BMC Evolution 11: 141. PDF
Kimball, R.T., C.M. St. Mary, and E.L. Braun. 2011. A macroevolutionary perspective on multiple sexual traits in the Phasianidae (Galliformes). International Journal of Evolutionary Biology. Article ID: 423938, doi:10.4061/2011/423938. PDF
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 and T. Yuri. 2011. Are transposable element insertions homoplasy free? An examination of the avian tree of life. Systematic Biology 60: 375-386. PDF
Haas, S.E., J.A. Cox, J.V. Smith, and R.T. Kimball. 2010. Fine-scale spatial genetic structure in the cooperatively breeding Brown-Headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla). Southeastern Naturalist. Southeastern Naturalist 9: 743-756. PDF
Lomáscolo, S., D. Levey, R.T. Kimball, and B. Bolker. 2010. Dispersers shape fruit diversity in the genus Ficus (Moraceae). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 107: 14668-14672. PDF
Bonilla, A.J., E.L. Braun, and R.T. Kimball. 2010. Comparative molecular evolution and phylogenetic utility of 3’-UTRs and introns in Galliformes. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56: 536-542. PDF
Whiteman, N.K., S.V. Dosanjh, R. Palma, J. Hull, R.T. Kimball, P. Sanchez, J.H. Sarasola, P.G. Parker. 2009. Molecular and morphological divergence in a pair of bird species and their ectoparasites. Journal of Parasitology 95: 1372–1382. PDF
Kimball, R. T., E. L. Braun, R. C. K. Bowie, M. J. Braun, J.L. Chojnowsk, S. J. Hackett, K-L Han, J. Harshman, V. Heimer-Torres, C. J. Huddleston, B. D. Marks, K. J. Miglia, W.S. Moore, S. Reddy, F.H. Sheldon, J. V. Smith, C. C. Witt, and T. Yuri. 2009. A well-tested set of resources to amplify nuclear regions across the avian genome. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50: 654-660. PDF
Krakauer, A. and R.T. Kimball. 2009. Interspecific brood parasitism in galliform birds. Ibis 151 373-381.
Haas, S.E., J.V. Smith, R.T. Kimball, and A.M. Clark. 2009. Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the brown-headed nuthatch (Sitta pusilla). Conservation Genetics 10: 1393-1395. PDF
Haas, S.E., R.T. Kimball, J. Martin, and W. Kitchens. 2008. Genetic divergence among snail kite subspecies: implications for the conservation of the endangered Florida snail kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis). Ibis 151: 181-185. PDF
Crawford, D.J., M. Tadesse, M.E. Mort, R.T. Kimball, and C.P. Randle. 2009. Coreopsideae. Pp. 713-730 in Systematics, Evolution, and Biogeography of Compositae. Funk, V.A., A. Susanna, T.F. Stuessy, and R.J. Bayer, eds. International Association of Plant Taxonomy (Sheridan Press, Ann Arbor). PDF
Funk, V.A., A.A. Anderberg, B.G. Baldwin, R.J. Bayer, M. Bonifacino, I. Breitwieser, L. Brouillet, R. Carbajal, R. Chan, A.X.P. Coutinho, D.J. Crawford, J.J.V. Crisci, M.O. Dillon, S.E. Freire, M. Galbany-Casals, N. Garcia-Jacas, B. Gemeinholzer, M. Gruenstaeudl, H.W. Lack, H.V. Hansen, S. Himmelreich, J.W. Kadereit, M. Källersjö, V. Karaman-Castro, P.O. Karis, L. Katinas, S. Keeley, N. Kilian, R.T. Kimball, T.K. Lowrey, J. Lundberg, R.J. McKenzie, M.E. Mort, B. Nordenstam, C. Oberprieler, S. Ortiz, J.L. Panero, P.B. Pelser, C.P. Randle, H. Robinson, N. Roque, G. Sancho, E. Schilling, J.C. Semple, M. Serrano, R. Smissen, T.F. Stuessy, A. Susanna, M. Tadesse, M. Unwin, L. Urbatsch, E. Urtubey, J. Vallès, R. Vogt, S. Wagstaff, J. Ward, and L.E. Watson. 2009. Compositae Meta-supertree: The Next Generation. Pp. 747-777in Systematics, Evolution, and Biogeography of Compositae. V.A. Funk, A. Susanna, T.F. Stuessy, and R. J. Bayer, eds. Vienna: International Association of Plant Taxonomy. (Printed by Sheridan Press, Ann Arbor). PDF
Hackett, S.*, R. T. Kimball*, S. Reddy*, R. Bowie, E. L. Braun, M. Braun, J.L. Chojnowski, W.A. Cox, K-L Han, J. Harshman, C. Huddleston, B. Marks, K. Miglia, W.S. Moore, F.H. Sheldon, D. Steadman,and C. Witt and T. Yuri. 2008. A phylogenomic study of birds reveals their evolutionary history. Science 320: 1763-1768. PDF
* Authors contributed equally.
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Kimball, R.T., and E.L. Braun. 2008. A multigene phylogeny of Galliformes supports a single origin of erectile ability in non-feathered facial traits. Journal of Avian Biology 39: 438-445. 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, S.J. Steppan, C. C. Witt, and T. Yuri. 2008. Phylogenomic evidence for multiple losses of flight in ratite birds. Proceedings of the
National Academy of Sciences 105:13462-13467. PDF
Hull, J.M., W.K. Savage, J.L. Bollmer, R.T. Kimball, P.G. Parker, N.K. Whiteman, H.B. Ernest. 2008. On the origin of the Galápagos hawk: an examination of phenotypic differentiation and mitochondrial paraphyly. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 95: 779-789. PDF
Lomáscolo, S., P. Speranza , and R.T. Kimball. 2008. Correlated evolution of fig size and color in Ficus (Moraceae) supports the Dispersal Syndrome hypothesis. Oecologia 156:783-796. PDF
Mort, M.E., C.P. Randle, R.T. Kimball, M. Tadesse, and D.J. Crawford. 2008. Phylogeny of Coreopsideae (Asteraceae): Insights from nuclear and plastid sequences. Taxon. 57: 109-120.
Chojnowski, J., R.T. Kimball, and E.L. Braun. 2008. Introns outperform exons in analyses of basal avian phylogeny using clathrin heavy chain genes. Gene. 410: 89-96. PDF
Yuri, T., R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun and M.J. Braun. 2008. Duplication and accelerated evolution of growth hormone gene in passerine birds. Molecular Biology and Evolution 25:352-361. PDF
Whiteman, N.K., R.T. Kimball, and P.G. Parker. 2007. Co-phylogeography and comparative population genetics of the threatened Galapagos hawk and three ectoparasite species: ecology shapes population histories within parasite communitites. Molecular Ecology 16: 4759-4773. PDF
Chojnowski, J.L., J. Franklin, Y. Katsu, T. Iguchi,L.J. Guillette Jr, R.T. Kimball and E.L. Braun. 2007. Patterns of vertebrate isochore evolution revealed by comparison of expressed mammalian, avian and crocodilian genes. Journal of Molecular Evolution 65: 259-266. PDF
Cox, W.A., R.T. Kimball, and E.L. Braun. 2007. Phylogenetic position of the New World quail (Odontophoridae): eight nuclear loci and three mitochondrial regions contradict morphology and the Sibley-Ahlquist tapestry. Auk 124: 71-84. PDF
Gibb, G.C., O. Kardailsky, R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, and D. Penny. 2007. Mitochondrial genomes and avian phylogeny: Complex characters and resolvability without explosive radiations. Molecular Biology and Evolution 24: 269-280. PDF
Kimball, R.T., E.L. Braun, J.D. Ligon, E. Randi, and V. Lucchini. 2006. Using molecular phylogenetics to interpret evolutionary changes in morphology and behavior in the Phasianidae. Acta Zoologica Sinica 52 (supplement): 362-365. PDF
Crowe, T.M., P. Bloomer, E. Randi, V. Lucchini, R. Kimball, E. Braun, and J.G. Groth. 2006. Supra-generic cladistics of landfowl (Order Galliformes). Acta Zoologica Sinica 52 (supplement): 358-361. PDF
Bollmer, J. L., R.T. Kimball, N. K. Whiteman, J. H. Sarasola, and P.G. Parker. 2006. Phylogeography of the Galápagos Hawk (Buteo galapagoensis): a recent arrival to the Galápagos Islands. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39: 237-247. PDF
Kimball, R.T. 2006. Hormonal control of avian coloration. Pp. 431-468. in Bird Coloration I: measurements and mechanisms. G. E. Hill and K. McGraw, eds. Harvard University Press. PDF
Crawford, D. J., E. Landolt, D. H. Les, and R.T. Kimball. 2005. Speciation in duckweeds (Lemnaceae): phylogenetic and ecological inferences. Aliso 22:229-240. PDF
Crawford, D. J., E. Landolt, D. H. Les, J. K. Archibald, and R.T. Kimball. 2005. Allozyme variation within and divergence between Lemna gibba and L. disperma: systematic and biogeographic implications. Aquatic Botany 83: 119-128. PDF
Kimball, R.T. and D.J. Crawford. 2004. Phylogeny of Coreopsideae (Asteraceae) using ITS sequences suggests lability in reproductive characters. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 33: 127-139. PDF
Les, D.H., D.J. Crawford, R.T. Kimball, M.L. Moody, and E. Landolt. 2003. Biogeography of discontinuously distributed hydrophytes: a molecular appraisal of intercontinental disjunctions. International Journal of Plant Sciences 164: 917-932. PDF
Kimball, R.T., J.C. Bednarz, and P.G. Parker. 2003. Occurrence and evolution of cooperative breeding among diurnal raptors (Accipitridae and Falconidae). Auk 120: 717-729. PDF
Kimball, R.T., D.J. Crawford, D.H. Les, and E. Landolt. 2003. Out of Africa: molecular phylogenetics and biogeography of Wolffiella (Lemnaceae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 79: 565-576. PDF
Kimball, R.T., E.D. Smith, and D.J. Crawford. 2003. Molecular phylogeny and evolution of Coreocarpus (Asteraceae). Evolution 57: 52-61. PDF
Braun, E.L. and R.T. Kimball. 2002. Examining Basal Avian Divergences with Mitochondrial Sequences: Model Complexity, Taxon Sampling and Sequence Length. Systematic Biology 51:614-625. PDF
Les, D.H., D.J. Crawford, E. Landolt, J.D. Gabel, and R.T. Kimball. 2002. Phylogeny and systematics of Lemnaceae Dumortier, the duckweed family. Systematic Botany 27: 221-240. PDF
Kimball, R.T., D.J. Crawford, J.R. Page and P. J. Harmon. 2001. Intersimple Sequence Repeat (ISSR) diversity within Monarda fistulosa var. brevis (Lamiaceae) and divergence between var. brevis and var. fistulosa in West Virginia. Brittonia 53: 511-518. PDF
Crawford, D. J., E. Landolt , D. H. Les, and R. T. Kimball. 2001. Allozyme studies in Lemnaceae: variation and relationships in Lemna sections Alatae and Biformes. Taxon 50: 987-999. PDF
Crawford, D.J., R.T. Kimball, and M. Tadesse. 2001. The generic placement of a morphologically enigmatic species in Asteraceae: evidence from ITS sequences. Plant Systematics and Evolution 228: 63-69. PDF
Armstrong, M.H., E.L. Braun, and R.T. Kimball. 2001. Phylogenetic Utility of Avian Ovomucoid Intron G: A Comparison of Nuclear and Mitochondrial Phylogenies in the Galliformes. Auk 118: 799-804. PDF
Kimball, R.T., E.L. Braun, J.D. Ligon, E. Randi, and V. Lucchini. 2001. A Molecular Phylogeny of the Peacock-pheasants (Galliformes: Polyplectron spp.) Indicates Loss and Reduction of Ornamental Traits and Display Behaviors. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 73: 187-198. PDF
Randi, E., V. Lucchini, A. Hennache, R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, and J.D. Ligon. 2001. Evolution of the mitochondrial DNA control-region and cytochrome b genes, and the inference of phylogenetic relationships in the avian genus Lophura (Galliformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 19: 187-201. PDF
Lowrey, T.K., C.J. Quinn, R.K. Taylor, R. Chan, R.T. Kimball, J.C. De Nardi. 2001. Molecular and morphological reassessment of relationships with the Vittadinia group of Astereae (Asteraceae). American Journal of Botany 88: 1279-1289. PDF
Braun, E.L., and R.T. Kimball. 2001. Polytomies, the power of phylogenetic inference, and the stochastic nature of molecular evolution: a reply to Walsh et al. (1999). Evolution 55: 1261-1263. PDF
Randi, E, V. Lucchini, T. Armijo-Prewitt, R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, and J.D. Ligon. 2000. Mitochondrial DNA phylogeny and speciation of the tragopans. Auk 117: 1003-1015. PDF
Kimball, R.T. and J.D. Ligon. 1999. Evolution of avian plumage dichromatism from a proximate perspective. American Naturalist 154: 182-193. PDF
Kimball, R.T., E.L. Braun, P. Zwartjes, T.M. Crowe, and J.D. Ligon. 1999. A molecular phylogeny of the pheasants and partridges suggests that these lineages are not monophyletic. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 11: 38-54. PDF
Furlow, F.B., R.T. Kimball, M.C. Marshall. 1998. Are rooster crows honest signals of fighting ability? Auk 115: 763-766. PDF
Ligon, J.D., R.T. Kimball, and M. Merola-Zwartjes. 1998. Mate choice in red junglefowl: the issues of multiple ornaments and fluctuating asymmetry. Animal Behaviour: 55: 41-50. PDF
Kimball, R.T. 1997. Male morphology and nest-site quality in House Sparrows. Wilson Bulletin 109: 711-719. PDF
Kimball, R.T., J.D. Ligon, and M. Merola-Zwartjes. 1997. Testicular asymmetry and secondary sexual characters in red junglefowl. Auk 114: 221-228. PDF
Kimball, R.T., E.L. Braun, and J.D. Ligon. 1997. Resolution of the phylogenetic position of the Congo peafowl, Afropavo congensis: a biogeographic and evolutionary enigma. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 264: 1517-1523. PDF
Kimball, R.T., J.D. Ligon, and M. Merola-Zwartjes. 1997. Fluctuating asymmetry in red junglefowl. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 10: 441-457. PDF
Hagelin, J.C. and R.T. Kimball. 1997. A female Gambel’s Quail with partial male plumage. Wilson Bulletin 109:544-546. PDF
Kimball, R.T. 1996. Female choice for male morphological traits in house sparrows, Passer domesticus. Ethology 102:639-648. PDF
Møller, A.P., R.T. Kimball, and J. Erritzoe. 1996. Sexual ornamentation, condition, and immune defense in the house sparrow Passer domesticus. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 39: 317-322. PDF
Non-Refereed Publications
Boardman, L., R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, S. Fuchs, B. Grünewald and J.D. Ellis. 2020. Mitochondrial genome of Apis mellifera anatoliaca (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B 5: 1887-1877.
Boardman, L., A. Eimanifar, R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, S. Fuchs, B. Grünewald and J.D. Ellis. 2020. The mitochondrial genome of the Maltese honey bee, Apis mellifera ruttneri (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B 5: 877-878.
Boardman, L., A. Eimanifar, R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, S. Fuchs, B. Grünewald and J.D. Ellis. 2020. The complete mitochondrial genome of Apis mellifera jemenitica (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae), the Arabian honey bee. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 5: 875-878.
Boardman, L., A. Eimanifar, R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, S. Fuchs, B. Grünewald and J.D. Ellis. 2020. The mitochondrial genome of the Spanish honey bee Apis mellifera iberiensis (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae), from Portugal. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 5: 17-18.
Boardman, L., A. Eimanifar, R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, S. Fuchs, B. Grünewald and J.D. Ellis. 2020. The complete mitochondrial genome of the West African honey bee Apis mellifera adansonii (Hymenoptera: Apidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B 5: 11-12.
Boardman, L., A. Eimanifar, R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, S. Fuchs, B. Grünewald and J.D. Ellis. 2020. The mitochondrial genome of Apis mellifera simensis (Hymenoptera: Apidae), an Ethiopian honey bee. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 5: 9-10.
Boardman, L., A. Eimanifar, R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, S. Fuchs, B. Grünewald and J.D. Ellis. 2019. The mitochondrial genome of the Carniolan honey bee, Apis mellifera carnica (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B 4: 3288-3290.
Boardman, L., A. Eimanifar, R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, S. Fuchs, B. Grünewald and J.D. Ellis. 2019. The complete mitochondrial genome of Apis mellifera unicolor (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae), the Malagasy honey bee. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 4:3286-3287.
Eimanifar, A., R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, S. Fuchs, B. Grünewald and J.D. Ellis. 2017. The complete mitochondrial genome of an east African honey bee, Apis mellifera monticola Smith (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae). Mitochondrial DANN Part B 2: 589-590.
Eimanifar, A., R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, D.M. Moustafa, N. Haddad, S. Fuchs, B. Grünewald and J.D. Ellis. 2017. The complete mitochondrial genome of the Egyptial honey bee, Apis mellifera lamarckii (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae). Mito. DNA Part B 2: 270-272.
Eimanifar, A., R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, S. Fuchs, B. Grünewald and J.D. Ellis. 2017. The complete mitochondrial genome of Apis mellifera meda (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B 2: 268-269.
Eimanifar, A., R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, S. Fuchs, B. Grünewald and J.D. Ellis. 2017. The complete mitochondrial genome of Apis nuluensis Tingek, an Asian honey bee (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B 2:552-553. DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1365655.
Eimanifar, A., R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, S. Fuchs, B. Grünewald and J.D. Ellis. 2017. The complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenetic placement of Apis nigrocincta Smith (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae), an Asian, cavity-nesting honey bee. Mitochondrial DNA Part B 2: 249-250. DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2017.1318683.
Kimball, R.T. 2016. Book Review: Bird Families of the World. Journal of Ornithology 87: 339-340.
Eimanifar, A., R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, and J.D. Ellis. 2016. The complete mitochondrial genome of the Cape honey bee, Apis mellifera capensis Esch. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae). Mitochondrial DNA Part B. DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1241682
Eimanifar, A., R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, and J.D. Ellis. 2016. The complete mitochondrial genome of the hybrid honey bee, Apis mellifera capensis × Apis mellifera scutellata, from South Africa. Mitochondrial DNA Part B. DOI: 10.1080/23802359.2016.1250132
Haas, S.E. G, J.V. Smith G, R.T. Kimball, and A.M. Clark. 2009. Isolation and characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the brown-headed nuthatch (Sitta pusilla). Conservation Genetics 10: 1393-1395.
Government Publications
Finch, D.M., J.L. Ganey, W. Yong, R. Kimball, and R. Sallabanks. 1997. Effects and interactions of fire, logging, and grazing. In Songbird Ecology in Southwestern Ponderosa Pine Forests: A literature review. USDA Forest Service Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-GTR-292: 103-136.
Mehlman, D., K. Gordon, D. Gray, R. Kimball, M.J. Mund-Meyerson. 1995. 1995 survey for and habitat characteristics of the southwestern willow flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) in the Isleta-Belen reach of the Rio Grande, New Mexico. Report to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District.
Mund, M.J., R. Kimball, D. Mehlman, K. Gordon, J. Travis, and D. Gray. 1994. Survey for the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher, Empidonax traillii extimus, in the Middle Rio Grande Flood Protection Project area, Isleta Pueblo to south of Belen. Report to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District.