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2025
Dougherty, PJ*, RS Terrill, and MD Carling. Molting strategy influences vulnerability to climate change in migratory birds. American Naturalist https://doi.org/10.1086/739609
*PhD student
Dougherty, PJ* and MD Carling. Incorporating the full annual cycle when studying reproductive isolation and speciation. Journal of Avian Biology https://doi.org/10.1002/jav.03450
*PhD student
McClean, BS,…, MD Carling, …, et al. (45 total authors). Extending mammal specimens with their essential traits. Journal of Mammalogy https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyaf062
Semenov, G, H Kenyon, E Funk, W Anderson, M McQuillan, J Spinelli, A Russell, N Martinez, A Van Huynh, A Alexander, R Schweizer, E Linck, Z Cheviron, M Carling, T Roth, M Robbins, A Rice, and S Taylor. Replicate geographic transects across a hybrid zone reveal parallelism and differences in the genetic architecture of reproductive isolation. Evolution Letters https://doi.org/10.1093/evlett/qraf009.
2024
Stager, M, DK Eddy*, CR Elise, ZA Cheviron, and MD Carling. Haemosporidian infection does not alter aerobic performance in the Pink-sided Junco (Junco hyemalis mearnsi). Ornithology https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukae065.
*former MS student
Martin, AA*, JA Johnson, RB Berry, MD Carling, and C Martinez del Rio. Contrasting genomic diversity and inbreeding levels among two closely related falcon species with overlapping geographic distributions. Molecular Ecology https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17549
*MS student
Dougherty, PJ* and MD Carling. Go west, young bunting: recent climate change drives rapid movement of a Great Plains hybrid zone. Evolution qpae118.
*PhD student
2023
Schweizer, RM, A Romero, BW Tobalske, G Semenov, MD Carling, A Rice, SA Taylor, and ZA Cheviron. Thermal acclimation in a non-migratory songbird occurs via changes to metabolic rate, but not conductance. Journal of Experimental Biology 226 (19): jeb245208.
Brito, BT, NL Bjornlie, MD Carling, and JR Goheen. Diet selection, commonness, and rarity in a pair of smooth-toothed pocket gophers. Journal of Mammalogy 104 (5): 915–928
Natola, L, SM Billerman*, MD Carling, SS Seneviratne, and D Irwin. Geographic variability of hybridization between Red-naped and Red-breasted Sapsuckers. Evolution 77 (2): 580–592
*former PhD student
2022
Minor, NR*, PJ Dougherty*, SA Taylor, and MD Carling. Estimating hybridization in the wild using citizen science data: a path forward. Evolution 76 (2): 362-372
*These authors contributed equally
2021
Stager, M, NR Senner, DL Swanson, MD Carling, DK Eddy*, TJ Grieves, and ZA Cheviron. Temperature heterogeneity correlates with intraspecific variation in physiological flexibility in a small endotherm. Nature Communications 12:4401
*MS student
2020
Feng, S, …, LC Megna*, MD Carling, … et al. (141 total authors). Densely sampling genomes across the diversity of birds increases power of comparative genomics analyses. Nature 587: 252-257.
*PhD student
Merkle, BG, BR Barber, and MD Carling. Drawn to Natural History: Enhancing field courses with drawing and field journal instruction. Natural Science Education; 49:e20019.
Kenney, ML*, J Belthoff, MD Carling, TA Miller, and TE Katzner. Spatial and temporal patterns in age structure of Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos) wintering in eastern North America. Journal of Field Ornithology 91(1):92–101
*undergraduate
2019
Billerman, SM*, CA Cicero, RCK Bowie, and MD Carling. Phenotypic differences maintained despite weak genetic divergence across a moving woodpecker hybrid zone. Molecular Ecology doi: 10.1111/mec.15043
*PhD student
2017
Morales-Rozo, A, EA Tenorio, MD Carling, and CD Cadena. Origin and cross-century dynamics of an avian hybrid zone. BMC Evolutionary Biology – doi: 10.1186/s12862-017-1096-7
Billerman, SM* and MD Carling. Differences in aggressive responses do not contribute to shifts in a sapsucker hybrid zone. The Auk: Ornithological advances – doi: 10.1642/AUK-16-142.1.
*PhD student
2016
Maley, JM, J van Dort, RC Juarez, JE McCormack and MD Carling. The Fonseca Rail: a new sub-species from Honduras. Western Birds – doi: 10.21199/WB47.4.1.
Billerman, SM*, MA Murphy, and MD Carling. Climate change mediates sapsucker (Aves: Sphyrapicus) hybrid zone movement. Ecology and Evolution – doi: 10.1002/ece3.2507.
*PhD student
Oswald, JE, MG Harvey, R Remsen, D Foxworth, SW Cardiff, LC Megna*, MD Carling and RT Brumfield. Willet be one species or two? A genomic view of the evolutionary history of Tringa semipalmata. The Auk: Ornithological Advances – doi: 10.1642/AUK-15-232.1
*PhD student
2015
Saucier, JR*, C Sanchez, and MD Carling. Patterns of genetic and morphological divergence in the Plain Wren (Cantorchilus modestus) species complex. The Auk: Ornithological Advances dx.doi.org/10.1642/AUK-15-8.1.
*MS student
Jones, MR*, ZA Cheviron, and MD Carling. Spatially variable coevolution between a Haemosporidian parasite and the MHC of a widely distributed passerine. Ecology and Evolution doi: 10.1002/ece3.1391.
*MS student
2014
Jones, MR*, ZA Cheviron, and MD Carling. Variation in positively selected major histocompatibility complex class I loci in Rufous-collared Sparrows (Zonotrichia capensis). Immunogenetics doi: 10.1007/ s00251-014-0800-7
*MS student
Tabak, MA, S Poncet, K Passfield, MD Carling, and C Martinez del Rio. The relationship between distance and genetic similarity among invasive rat populations in the Falkland Islands. Conservation Genetics doi: 10.1007/s10592-014-0646-4
Cheviron, ZA, C Natarajan, J Projecto-Garcia, DK Eddy, J Jones, MD Carling, CC Witt, H Moriyama, RE Weber, A Fago, and JF Storz. Integrating evolutionary and functional analyses to test hypotheses about molecular adaptation: A case study of altitudinal differentiation in hemoglobin function in an Andean sparrow, Zonotrichia capensis. Molecular Biology and Evolution doi: 10.1093/molbev/msu234
Zuckerberg, B, M Carling, R Dor, E Ferree, G Spellman and A Townsend. Differential relationships between habitat fragmentation and within-population genetic diversity of three forest-dwelling birds. bioRxiv: http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/004903
Harris, RB, MD Carling, and IJ Lovette. The influence of sampling design on species tree inference: a new relationship for the New World chickadees (Aves: Poecile). Evolution 68: 501-513.
2013
Jones, MR*, ZA Cheviron, and MD Carling. Spatial patterns of avian malaria prevalence in Zonotrichia capensis on the western slope of the Peruvian Andes. Journal of Parasitology 99: 903-905.
*MS student
Maley, JM, JR Saucier* and MD Carling. Refutation of Wyoming nesting record of Pacific Wren. Western Birds 44: 141-142.
*MS student
2012
Dor, R, MD Carling, IJ Lovette, FH Sheldon, and DW Winkler. Species tree for the Tree Swallows (Genus Tachycineta): an alternative phylogenetic hypothesis to the mitochondrial gene tree. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65: 317-322.
Carling, MD and HA Thomassen. The role of environmental heterogeneity in maintaining reproductive isolation between hybridizing Passerina (Aves: Cardinalidae) buntings. International Journal of Ecology, vol. 2012, article ID 295463, doi:10.1155/2012/295463.
Invited submission for special issue on Ecological Speciation.
2011
Cheviron, ZA†, MD Carling†, and RT Brumfield. Effect of postmortem interval on RNA isolated from field-preserved avian tissues. Condor 113: 483-489.
†these authors contributed equally.
Carling, MD and B Zuckerberg. Spatio-temporal changes in the genetic structure of the Passerina bunting hybrid zone. Molecular Ecology 20: 1166-1175.
Featured in Birding magazine.
Florez, A*, MD Carling, and CD Cadena. Reconstructing the phylogeny of “Buarremon” brush-finches and near relatives (Aves: Emberizidae) from individual gene trees. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58: 297-303.
*undergraduate
Carling, MD, LG Serene*, and IJ Lovette. Using historical DNA to characterize hybridization between Baltimore (Icterus galbula) and Bullock’s (Icterus bullockii) orioles. Auk 128: 61-68.
*undergraduate
2010
Brumfield, RT and MD Carling.The influence of hybrid zones on species tree inference in manakins. In Estimating species trees: Practical and theoretical aspects (LL Knowles and S Kubatko, eds.). Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, NJ.
Carling, MD, IJ Lovette, and RT Brumfield. Historical divergence and gene flow: coalescent analyses of mitochondrial, autosomal and sex-linked loci in Passerina buntings. Evolution 64: 1762-1772.
2009
Carling, MD and RT Brumfield. Speciation in Passerina buntings: introgression patterns of sex-linked loci identify a candidate gene region for reproductive isolation. Molecular Ecology 18: 834-847.
2008
Carling, MD and RT Brumfield. Haldane’s rule in an avian system: using cline theory and divergence population genetics to test for differential introgression of mitochondrial, autosomal and sex-linked loci across the Passerina bunting hybrid zone. Evolution 62: 2600-2615.
Carling, MD and RT Brumfield. Integrating phylogenetic and population genetic analyses of multiple loci to test species divergence hypotheses in Passerina buntings. Genetics 178: 363-377.
2007
Brumfield, RT, JG Tello, ZA Cheviron, MD Carling, N Crochet, and KV Rosenberg. Phylogenetic conservatism and antiquity of a tropical specialization: army-ant-following in the typical antbirds (Thamnophilidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 45: 1-13.
Carling, MD and RT Brumfield. Gene sampling strategies for multi-locus population estimates of genetic diversity (θ). PLoS ONE 2(1): e160.
2006
Avsharian Wiseman P, MD Carling, and JA Byers. Frequency and correlates of birth-site fidelity in pronghorns (Antilocapra americana). Journal of Mammalogy 87: 312-317.
2003
Carling, MD, P Avsharian Wiseman, and JA Byers. Microsatellite analysis reveals multiple paternity in a population of wild pronghorn antelopes (Antilocapra americana). Journal of Mammalogy 84: 1237-1243.
Carling, MD, C Passavant, and JA Byers. DNA microsatellites of pronghorn (Antilocapra americana). Molecular Ecology Notes 3: 10-11.
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