Gavin H. Thomas - Publications

Affiliations: 
University of Sheffield, Sheffield, England, United Kingdom 
Area:
phylogeny,macroevolution,birds

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2022 Hughes EC, Edwards DP, Thomas GH. The homogenization of avian morphological and phylogenetic diversity under the global extinction crisis. Current Biology : Cb. PMID 35868322 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.06.018  0.448
2022 Cooney CR, He Y, Varley ZK, Nouri LO, Moody CJA, Jardine MD, Liker A, Székely T, Thomas GH. Latitudinal gradients in avian colourfulness. Nature Ecology & Evolution. PMID 35379937 DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01714-1  0.641
2022 Gonzalez-Voyer A, Thomas GH, Liker A, Krüger O, Komdeur J, Székely T. Sex roles in birds: Phylogenetic analyses of the influence of climate, life histories and social environment. Ecology Letters. 25: 647-660. PMID 35199926 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13938  0.516
2022 Hughes EC, Edwards DP, Bright JA, Capp EJR, Cooney CR, Varley ZK, Thomas GH. Global biogeographic patterns of avian morphological diversity. Ecology Letters. 25: 598-610. PMID 35199925 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13905  0.469
2022 Tobias JA, Sheard C, Pigot AL, Devenish AJM, Yang J, Sayol F, Neate-Clegg MHC, Alioravainen N, Weeks TL, Barber RA, Walkden PA, MacGregor HEA, Jones SEI, Vincent C, Phillips AG, ... ... Thomas GH, et al. AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters. 25: 581-597. PMID 35199922 DOI: 10.1111/ele.13898  0.397
2022 Rombaut LMK, Capp EJR, Hughes EC, Varley ZK, Beckerman AP, Cooper N, Thomas GH. The evolution of the traplining pollinator role in hummingbirds: specialization is not an evolutionary dead end. Proceedings. Biological Sciences. 289: 20212484. PMID 35042413 DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2021.2484  0.354
2021 Rombaut LMK, Capp EJR, Cooney CR, Hughes EC, Varley ZK, Thomas GH. Allometric conservatism in the evolution of bird beaks. Evolution Letters. 6: 83-91. PMID 35127139 DOI: 10.1002/evl3.267  0.373
2020 Simpson KJ, Jardine EC, Archibald S, Forrestel EJ, Lehmann CER, Thomas GH, Osborne CP. Resprouting grasses are associated with less frequent fire than seeders. The New Phytologist. PMID 33155275 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17069  0.34
2020 Cooney CR, Sheard C, Clark AD, Healy SD, Liker A, Street SE, Troisi CA, Thomas GH, Székely T, Hemmings N, Wright AE. Ecology and allometry predict the evolution of avian developmental durations. Nature Communications. 11: 2383. PMID 32409662 DOI: 10.1038/S41467-020-16257-X  0.649
2020 Jardine EC, Thomas GH, Forrestel EJ, Lehmann CER, Osborne CP. The global distribution of grass functional traits within grassy biomes Journal of Biogeography. 47: 553-565. DOI: 10.1111/Jbi.13764  0.402
2020 Puttick MN, Ingram T, Clarke M, Thomas GH. MOTMOT: Models of trait macroevolution on trees (an update) Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 11: 464-471. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.13343  0.317
2019 Cooney CR, Varley ZK, Nouri LO, Moody CJA, Jardine MD, Thomas GH. Sexual selection predicts the rate and direction of colour divergence in a large avian radiation. Nature Communications. 10: 1773. PMID 30992444 DOI: 10.1038/S41467-019-09859-7  0.329
2018 Chira AM, Cooney CR, Bright JA, Capp EJR, Hughes EC, Moody CJA, Nouri LO, Varley ZK, Thomas GH. Correlates of rate heterogeneity in avian ecomorphological traits. Ecology Letters. PMID 30133084 DOI: 10.1111/Ele.13131  0.51
2018 Pigot AL, Dyer EE, Redding DW, Cassey P, Thomas GH, Blackburn TM. Species invasions and the phylogenetic signal in geographical range size Global Ecology and Biogeography. 27: 1080-1092. DOI: 10.1111/Geb.12768  0.515
2017 Cooney CR, Bright JA, Capp EJ, Chira AM, Hughes EC, Moody CJ, Nouri LO, Varley ZK, Thomas GH. Mega-evolutionary dynamics of the adaptive radiation of birds. Nature. PMID 28146475 DOI: 10.1038/Nature21074  0.475
2017 Clarke M, Thomas GH, Freckleton RP. Trait Evolution in Adaptive Radiations: Modeling and Measuring Interspecific Competition on Phylogenies. The American Naturalist. 189: 121-137. PMID 28107052 DOI: 10.1086/689819  0.494
2017 Puttick MN, Kriwet J, Wen W, Hu S, Thomas GH, Benton MJ. Body length of bony fishes was not a selective factor during the biggest mass extinction of all time Palaeontology. 60: 727-741. DOI: 10.1111/Pala.12309  0.445
2016 Chira AM, Thomas GH. The impact of rate heterogeneity on inference of phylogenetic models of trait evolution. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. PMID 27653965 DOI: 10.1111/Jeb.12979  0.406
2016 Cooper N, Thomas GH, Venditti C, Meade A, Freckleton RP. A cautionary note on the use of Ornstein Uhlenbeck models in macroevolutionary studies. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Linnean Society of London. 118: 64-77. PMID 27478249 DOI: 10.1111/Bij.12701  0.304
2016 Simpson KJ, Ripley BS, Christin PA, Belcher CM, Lehmann CE, Thomas GH, Osborne CP. Determinants of flammability in savanna grass species. The Journal of Ecology. 104: 138-148. PMID 26877549 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12503  0.427
2016 Simpson KJ, Ripley BS, Christin PA, Belcher CM, Lehmann CER, Thomas GH, Osborne CP. Determinants of flammability in savanna grass species Journal of Ecology. 104: 138-148. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2745.12503  0.371
2015 Puttick MN, Thomas GH. Fossils and living taxa agree on patterns of body mass evolution: a case study with Afrotheria. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 282. PMID 26674947 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2015.2023  0.383
2015 Edwards DP, Gilroy JJ, Thomas GH, Uribe CA, Haugaasen T. Land-Sparing Agriculture Best Protects Avian Phylogenetic Diversity. Current Biology : Cb. 25: 2384-91. PMID 26344093 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2015.07.063  0.413
2014 Sánchez-Baracaldo P, Thomas GH. Adaptation and convergent evolution within the Jamesonia-Eriosorus complex in high-elevation biodiverse Andean hotspots. Plos One. 9: e110618. PMID 25340770 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0110618  0.511
2014 Portugal SJ, Maurer G, Thomas GH, Hauber ME, Grim T, Cassey P. Nesting behaviour influences species-specific gas exchange across avian eggshells. The Journal of Experimental Biology. 217: 3326-32. PMID 25232199 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.103291  0.397
2014 Jetz W, Thomas GH, Joy JB, Redding DW, Hartmann K, Mooers AO. Global distribution and conservation of evolutionary distinctness in birds. Current Biology : Cb. 24: 919-30. PMID 24726155 DOI: 10.1016/J.Cub.2014.03.011  0.743
2014 Puttick MN, Thomas GH, Benton MJ. High rates of evolution preceded the origin of birds. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 68: 1497-510. PMID 24471891 DOI: 10.1111/Evo.12363  0.374
2013 Thomas GH, Hartmann K, Jetz W, Joy JB, Mimoto A, Mooers AO. PASTIS: An R package to facilitate phylogenetic assembly with soft taxonomic inferences Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 4: 1011-1017. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12117  0.731
2013 Ezard THG, Thomas GH, Purvis A. Inclusion of a near-complete fossil record reveals speciation-related molecular evolution Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 4: 745-753. DOI: 10.1111/2041-210X.12089  0.422
2012 Jetz W, Thomas GH, Joy JB, Hartmann K, Mooers AO. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature. 491: 444-8. PMID 23123857 DOI: 10.1038/Nature11631  0.742
2012 Jenkins T, Thomas GH, Hellgren O, Owens IP. Migratory behavior of birds affects their coevolutionary relationship with blood parasites. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 66: 740-51. PMID 22380437 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.2011.01470.X  0.611
2012 Davies TJ, Cooper N, Felizola Diniz-Filho JA, Thomas GH, Meiri S. Using phylogenetic trees to test for character displacement: A model and an example from a desert mammal community Ecology. 93: S44-S51. DOI: 10.1890/11-0400.1  0.4
2012 Thomas GH, Freckleton RP. MOTMOT: Models of trait macroevolution on trees Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 3: 145-151. DOI: 10.1111/J.2041-210X.2011.00132.X  0.385
2012 Cassey P, Thomas GH, Portugal SJ, Maurer G, Hauber ME, Grim T, Lovell PG, Mikšík I. Why are birds' eggs colourful? Eggshell pigments co-vary with life-history and nesting ecology among British breeding non-passerine birds Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 106: 657-672. DOI: 10.1111/J.1095-8312.2012.01877.X  0.463
2011 McInnes L, Baker WJ, Barraclough TG, Dasmahapatra KK, Goswami A, Harmon LJ, Morlon H, Purvis A, Rosindell J, Thomas GH, Turvey ST, Phillimore AB. Integrating ecology into macroevolutionary research. Biology Letters. 7: 644-6. PMID 21527505 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2011.0358  0.654
2011 Kuhn TS, Mooers A, Thomas GH. A simple polytomy resolver for dated phylogenies Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 2: 427-436. DOI: 10.1111/J.2041-210X.2011.00103.X  0.633
2009 Thomas GH, Meiri S, Phillimore AB. Body size diversification in anolis: novel environment and island effects. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 63: 2017-30. PMID 19453734 DOI: 10.1111/J.1558-5646.2009.00694.X  0.716
2009 Olson VA, Davies RG, Orme CD, Thomas GH, Meiri S, Blackburn TM, Gaston KJ, Owens IP, Bennett PM. Global biogeography and ecology of body size in birds. Ecology Letters. 12: 249-59. PMID 19245587 DOI: 10.1111/J.1461-0248.2009.01281.X  0.673
2009 Thomas GH. Bergmann's idiosyncratic rule: a role for fecundity selection? Molecular Ecology. 18: 1027-9. PMID 19243514 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-294X.2009.04083.X  0.363
2009 García-Peña GE, Thomas GH, Reynolds JD, Székely T. Breeding systems, climate, and the evolution of migration in shorebirds Behavioral Ecology. 20: 1026-1033. DOI: 10.1093/Beheco/Arp093  0.552
2009 Grenyer R, Orme CDL, Jackson SF, Thomas GH, Davies RG, Davies TJ, Jones KE, Olson VA, Ridgely RS, Rasmussen PC, Ding TS, Bennett PM, Blackburn TM, Gaston KJ, Gittleman JL, et al. Global distribution and conservation of rare and threatened vertebrates (Nature (2006) 444, (93-96)) Nature. 458: 238. DOI: 10.1038/Nature07834  0.457
2008 Thomas GH. Phylogenetic distributions of British birds of conservation concern. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 275: 2077-83. PMID 18544508 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2008.0549  0.53
2008 Phillimore AB, Orme CD, Thomas GH, Blackburn TM, Bennett PM, Gaston KJ, Owens IP. Sympatric speciation in birds is rare: insights from range data and simulations. The American Naturalist. 171: 646-57. PMID 18419572 DOI: 10.1086/587074  0.772
2008 Thomas GH, Orme CDL, Davies RG, Olson VA, Bennett PM, Gaston KJ, Owens IPF, Blackburn TM. Regional variation in the historical components of global avian species richness Global Ecology and Biogeography. 17: 340-351. DOI: 10.1111/J.1466-8238.2008.00384.X  0.536
2008 Cooper N, Bielby J, Thomas GH, Purvis A. Macroecology and extinction risk correlates of frogs Global Ecology and Biogeography. 17: 211-221. DOI: 10.1111/J.1466-8238.2007.00355.X  0.447
2007 Gaston KJ, Davies RG, Orme CD, Olson VA, Thomas GH, Ding TS, Rasmussen PC, Lennon JJ, Bennett PM, Owens IP, Blackburn TM. Spatial turnover in the global avifauna. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 274: 1567-74. PMID 17472910 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2007.0236  0.718
2007 Davies RG, Orme CD, Storch D, Olson VA, Thomas GH, Ross SG, Ding TS, Rasmussen PC, Bennett PM, Owens IP, Blackburn TM, Gaston KJ. Topography, energy and the global distribution of bird species richness. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 274: 1189-97. PMID 17311781 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2006.0061  0.714
2007 Meiri S, Thomas GH. The geography of body size - Challenges of the interspecific approach Global Ecology and Biogeography. 16: 689-693. DOI: 10.1111/J.1466-8238.2007.00343.X  0.447
2007 Grenyer R, Orme CDL, Davies TJ, Jackson SF, Davies RG, Olson VA, Jones KE, Gaston KJ, Blackburn TM, Thomas GH, Bennett PM, Rasmussen PC, Ding TS, Gittleman JL, Owens IPF. Grenyer et al. reply Nature. 450: E20. DOI: 10.1038/Nature06375  0.403
2007 Thomas GH, Székely T, Reynolds JD. Sexual Conflict and the Evolution of Breeding Systems in Shorebirds Advances in the Study of Behavior. 37: 279-342. DOI: 10.1016/S0065-3454(07)37006-X  0.54
2007 Székely T, Kosztolányi A, Küpper C, Thomas GH. Sexual conflict over parental care: A case study of shorebirds Journal of Ornithology. 148: S211-S217. DOI: 10.1007/S10336-007-0218-1  0.584
2006 Lislevand T, Thomas GH. Limited male incubation ability and the evolution of egg size in shorebirds. Biology Letters. 2: 206-8. PMID 17148363 DOI: 10.1098/Rsbl.2005.0428  0.38
2006 Storch D, Davies RG, Zajícek S, Orme CD, Olson V, Thomas GH, Ding TS, Rasmussen PC, Ridgely RS, Bennett PM, Blackburn TM, Owens IP, Gaston KJ. Energy, range dynamics and global species richness patterns: reconciling mid-domain effects and environmental determinants of avian diversity. Ecology Letters. 9: 1308-20. PMID 17118005 DOI: 10.1111/J.1461-0248.2006.00984.X  0.706
2006 Grenyer R, Orme CD, Jackson SF, Thomas GH, Davies RG, Davies TJ, Jones KE, Olson VA, Ridgely RS, Rasmussen PC, Ding TS, Bennett PM, Blackburn TM, Gaston KJ, Gittleman JL, et al. Global distribution and conservation of rare and threatened vertebrates. Nature. 444: 93-6. PMID 17080090 DOI: 10.1038/Nature05237  0.717
2006 Davies RG, Orme CD, Olson V, Thomas GH, Ross SG, Ding TS, Rasmussen PC, Stattersfield AJ, Bennett PM, Blackburn TM, Owens IP, Gaston KJ. Human impacts and the global distribution of extinction risk. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 273: 2127-33. PMID 16901831 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2006.3551  0.657
2006 Orme CD, Davies RG, Olson VA, Thomas GH, Ding TS, Rasmussen PC, Ridgely RS, Stattersfield AJ, Bennett PM, Owens IP, Blackburn TM, Gaston KJ. Global patterns of geographic range size in birds. Plos Biology. 4: e208. PMID 16774453 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pbio.0040208  0.719
2006 Thomas GH, Freckleton RP, Székely T. Comparative analyses of the influence of developmental mode on phenotypic diversification rates in shorebirds. Proceedings. Biological Sciences / the Royal Society. 273: 1619-24. PMID 16769632 DOI: 10.1098/Rspb.2006.3488  0.595
2006 Székely T, Thomas GH, Cuthill IC. Sexual conflict, ecology, and breeding systems in shorebirds Bioscience. 56: 801-808. DOI: 10.1641/0006-3568(2006)56[801:Sceabs]2.0.Co;2  0.541
2006 Thomas GH, Lanctot RB, Székely T. Can intrinsic factors explain population declines in North American breeding shorebirds? A comparative analysis Animal Conservation. 9: 252-258. DOI: 10.1111/J.1469-1795.2006.00029.X  0.629
2005 Thomas GH, Székely T. Evolutionary pathways in shorebird breeding systems: sexual conflict, parental care, and chick development. Evolution; International Journal of Organic Evolution. 59: 2222-30. PMID 16405165 DOI: 10.1111/J.0014-3820.2005.Tb00930.X  0.521
2004 Thomas GH, Wills MA, Székely T. A supertree approach to shorebird phylogeny. Bmc Evolutionary Biology. 4: 28. PMID 15329156 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-4-28  0.63
2004 Thomas GH, Wills MA, Székely T. Phylogeny of shorebirds, gulls, and alcids (Aves: Charadrii) from the cytochrome-b gene: parsimony, Bayesian inference, minimum evolution, and quartet puzzling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 30: 516-26. PMID 15012936 DOI: 10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00222-7  0.606
1992 BREEZE V, THOMAS G, BUTLER R. Use of a model and toxicity data to predict the risks to some wild plant species from drift of four herbicides Annals of Applied Biology. 121: 669-677. DOI: 10.1111/J.1744-7348.1992.Tb03475.X  0.408
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