Robert Thomson - Publications

Affiliations: 
Biology University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, United States 
Area:
Evolutionary biology, phylogenetics, and conservation biology
Website:
http://thomsonlab.org

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Year Citation  Score
2023 Wishingrad V, Thomson RC. Testing concordance and conflict in spatial replication of landscape genetics inferences. Molecular Ecology. PMID 37602959 DOI: 10.1111/mec.17104  0.804
2023 Wishingrad V, Thomson RC. Temperate Zone Isolation by Climate: An Extension of Janzen's 1967 Hypothesis. The American Naturalist. 201: 302-314. PMID 36724464 DOI: 10.1086/722558  0.797
2023 Wishingrad V, Thomson RC. Biogeographic inferences across spatial and evolutionary scales. Molecular Ecology. PMID 36695049 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16861  0.812
2022 Barley AJ, Nieto-Montes de Oca A, Manríquez-Morán NL, Thomson RC. The evolutionary network of whiptail lizards reveals predictable outcomes of hybridization. Science (New York, N.Y.). 377: 773-777. PMID 35951680 DOI: 10.1126/science.abn1593  0.742
2022 Lowney AM, Thomson RL. Ecological engineering across a spatial gradient: Sociable weaver colonies facilitate animal associations with increasing environmental harshness. The Journal of Animal Ecology. PMID 35278217 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13688  0.309
2021 Barley AJ, Cordes JE, Walker JM, Thomson RC. Genetic diversity and the origins of parthenogenesis in the teiid lizard Aspidoscelis laredoensis. Molecular Ecology. PMID 34614250 DOI: 10.1111/mec.16213  0.798
2021 Barley AJ, Reeder TW, Nieto-Montes de Oca A, Cole CJ, Thomson RC. A New Diploid Parthenogenetic Whiptail Lizard from Sonora, Mexico, Is the "Missing Link" in the Evolutionary Transition to Polyploidy. The American Naturalist. 198: 295-309. PMID 34260872 DOI: 10.1086/715056  0.751
2021 Rönkä N, Pakanen VM, Pauliny A, Thomson RL, Nuotio K, Pehlak H, Thorup O, Lehikoinen P, Rönkä A, Blomqvist D, Koivula K, Kvist L. Genetic differentiation in an endangered and strongly philopatric, migrant shorebird. Bmc Ecology and Evolution. 21: 125. PMID 34147062 DOI: 10.1186/s12862-021-01855-0  0.43
2021 Lowney AM, Thomson RL. Ecological engineering across a temporal gradient: Sociable weaver colonies create year-round animal biodiversity hotspots. The Journal of Animal Ecology. PMID 34036578 DOI: 10.1111/1365-2656.13544  0.311
2021 Thomson RC, Spinks PQ, Shaffer HB. A global phylogeny of turtles reveals a burst of climate-associated diversification on continental margins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 118. PMID 33558231 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2012215118  0.625
2020 Campillo LC, Manthey JD, Thomson RC, Hosner PA, Moyle RG. Genomic differentiation in an endemic Philippine genus (Aves: ) owing to geographical isolation on recently disassociated islands. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. Linnean Society of London. 131: 814-821. PMID 34690487 DOI: 10.1093/biolinnean/blaa143  0.799
2020 Harrington SM, Wishingrad V, Thomson RC. Properties of Markov Chain Monte Carlo Performance Across Many Empirical Alignments. Molecular Biology and Evolution. PMID 33185685 DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaa295  0.77
2020 Hime PM, Lemmon AR, Lemmon ECM, Prendini E, Brown JM, Thomson RC, Kratovil JD, Noonan BP, Pyron RA, Peloso PLV, Kortyna ML, Keogh JS, Donnellan SC, Mueller RL, Raxworthy CJ, et al. Phylogenomics Reveals Ancient Gene Tree Discordance in the Amphibian Tree of Life. Systematic Biology. PMID 32359157 DOI: 10.1093/Sysbio/Syaa034  0.365
2020 Pauly GB, Shaulsky MC, Barley AJ, Kennedy-Gold S, Stewart SC, Keeney S, Thomson RC. Morphological Change during Rapid Population Expansion Confounds Leopard Frog Identifications in the Southwestern United States Copeia. 108: 299. DOI: 10.1643/Ch-19-222  0.72
2019 Campillo LC, Barley AJ, Thomson RC. Model-based species delimitation: are coalescent species reproductively isolated? Systematic Biology. PMID 31688934 DOI: 10.1093/Sysbio/Syz072  0.786
2019 Wishingrad V, Thomson RC. Ecological variability is associated with functional trait diversity in the western fence lizard (Sceloporus occidentalis) Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 129: 414-424. DOI: 10.1093/Biolinnean/Blz179  0.793
2018 Barley AJ, Nieto-Montes de Oca A, Reeder TW, Manríquez-Morán NL, Arenas Monroy JC, Hernández-Gallegos O, Thomson RC. Complex patterns of hybridization and introgression across evolutionary timescales in Mexican whiptail lizards (Aspidoscelis). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 132: 284-295. PMID 30562610 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2018.12.016  0.779
2018 Gray LN, Barley AJ, Poe S, Thomson RC, Nieto-Montes de Oca A, Wang IJ. Phylogeography of a widespread lizard complex reflects patterns of both geographic and ecological isolation. Molecular Ecology. PMID 30525264 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.14970  0.819
2018 Vinnikov KA, Thomson RC, Munroe TA. Revised Classification of the Righteye Flounders (Teleostei: Pleuronectidae) Based on Multilocus Phylogeny with Complete Taxon Sampling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. PMID 29535031 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.014  0.366
2018 Richards EJ, Brown JM, Barley AJ, Chong RA, Thomson RC. Variation across mitochondrial gene trees provides evidence for systematic error: How much gene tree variation is biological? Systematic Biology. PMID 29471536 DOI: 10.1093/Sysbio/Syy013  0.758
2017 Thomson RC, Spinks PQ, Bradley Shaffer H. Molecular phylogeny and divergence of the Map Turtles (Emydidae: Graptemys). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. PMID 29242165 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2017.11.012  0.348
2017 Barley AJ, Brown JM, Thomson RC. Impact of Model Violations on the Inference of Species Boundaries Under the Multispecies. Systematic Biology. PMID 28945903 DOI: 10.1093/Sysbio/Syx073  0.764
2016 de Oca AN, Barley AJ, Meza-Lázaro RN, García-Vázquez UO, Zamora-Abrego JG, Thomson RC, Leaché AD. Corrigendum to "Phylogenomics and species delimitation in the knob-scaled lizards of the genus Xenosaurus (Squamata: Xenosauridae) using ddRADseq data reveal a substantial underestimation of diversity" [Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 106 (2017) 241-253]. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. PMID 27816561 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2016.11.002  0.753
2016 de Oca AN, Barley AJ, Meza-Lázaro RN, García-Vázquez UO, Zamora-Abrego JG, Thomson RC, Leaché AD. Phylogenomics and species delimitation in the knob-scaled lizards of the genus Xenosaurus (Squamata: Xenosauridae) using ddRADseq data reveal a substantial underestimation of diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. PMID 27720785 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2016.09.001  0.732
2016 Spinks PQ, Thomson RC, McCartney-Melstad E, Bradley Shaffer H. Phylogeny and temporal diversification of the New World pond turtles (Emydidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. PMID 27400630 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2016.07.007  0.818
2016 Barley AJ, Thomson RC. Assessing the performance of DNA barcoding using posterior predictive simulations. Molecular Ecology. PMID 26915049 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.13590  0.72
2016 Dong CM, Engstrom TN, Thomson RC. Origins of softshell turtles in Hawaii with implications for conservation Conservation Genetics. 17: 207-220. DOI: 10.1007/S10592-015-0772-7  0.818
2015 Barley AJ, Monnahan PJ, Thomson RC, Grismer LL, Brown RM. Sun skink landscape genomics: assessing the roles of micro-evolutionary processes in shaping genetic and phenotypic diversity across a heterogeneous and fragmented landscape. Molecular Ecology. 24: 1696-712. PMID 25763872 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.13151  0.796
2015 Tuck GN, Thomson RB, Barbraud C, Delord K, Louzao M, Herrera M, Weimerskirch H. An integrated assessment model of seabird population dynamics: Can individual heterogeneity in susceptibility to fishing explain abundance trends in Crozet wandering albatross? Journal of Applied Ecology. DOI: 10.1111/1365-2664.12462  0.327
2014 Long EC, Thomson RC, Shapiro AM. A time-calibrated phylogeny of the butterfly tribe Melitaeini. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 79: 69-81. PMID 24952320 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2014.06.010  0.424
2014 Spinks PQ, Thomson RC, Gidi? M, Bradley Shaffer H. Multilocus phylogeny of the New-World mud turtles (Kinosternidae) supports the traditional classification of the group. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 76: 254-60. PMID 24704303 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2014.03.025  0.32
2014 Spinks PQ, Thomson RC, Shaffer HB. The advantages of going large: genome-wide SNPs clarify the complex population history and systematics of the threatened western pond turtle. Molecular Ecology. 23: 2228-41. PMID 24673803 DOI: 10.1111/Mec.12736  0.637
2013 Spinks PQ, Thomson RC, Pauly GB, Newman CE, Mount G, Shaffer HB. Misleading phylogenetic inferences based on single-exemplar sampling in the turtle genus Pseudemys. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 68: 269-81. PMID 23583419 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2013.03.031  0.665
2013 Shaffer HB, Minx P, Warren DE, Shedlock AM, Thomson RC, Valenzuela N, Abramyan J, Amemiya CT, Badenhorst D, Biggar KK, Borchert GM, Botka CW, Bowden RM, Braun EL, Bronikowski AM, et al. The western painted turtle genome, a model for the evolution of extreme physiological adaptations in a slowly evolving lineage. Genome Biology. 14: R28. PMID 23537068 DOI: 10.1186/Gb-2013-14-3-R28  0.668
2013 Lambert MR, Nielsen SN, Wright AN, Thomson RC, Shaffer HB. Habitat features determine the basking distribution of introduced red-eared sliders and native western pond turtles Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 12: 192-199. DOI: 10.2744/Ccb-1010.1  0.517
2012 Sridhar H, Srinivasan U, Askins RA, Canales-Delgadillo JC, Chen CC, Ewert DN, Gale GA, Goodale E, Gram WK, Hart PJ, Hobson KA, Hutto RL, Kotagama SW, Knowlton JL, Lee TM, ... ... Thomson RL, et al. Positive relationships between association strength and phenotypic similarity characterize the assembly of mixed-species bird flocks worldwide. The American Naturalist. 180: 777-90. PMID 23149402 DOI: 10.1086/668012  0.381
2012 Spinks PQ, Thomson RC, Zhang Y, Che J, Wu Y, Shaffer HB. Species boundaries and phylogenetic relationships in the critically endangered Asian box turtle genus Cuora. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 63: 656-67. PMID 22649793 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2012.02.014  0.633
2012 Spinks PQ, Thomson RC, Hughes B, Moxley B, Brown R, Diesmos A, Shaffer HB. Cryptic variation and the tragedy of unrecognized taxa: The case of international trade in the spiny turtle Heosemys spinosa (Testudines: Geoemydidae) Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 164: 811-824. DOI: 10.1111/J.1096-3642.2011.00788.X  0.726
2011 Johnson JR, Thomson RC, Micheletti SJ, Shaffer HB. The origin of tiger salamander (Ambystoma tigrinum) populations in California, Oregon, and Nevada: Introductions or relicts? Conservation Genetics. 12: 355-370. DOI: 10.1007/S10592-010-0144-2  0.614
2010 Thomson RC, Shaffer HB. Sparse supermatrices for phylogenetic inference: taxonomy, alignment, rogue taxa, and the phylogeny of living turtles. Systematic Biology. 59: 42-58. PMID 20525619 DOI: 10.1093/Sysbio/Syp075  0.618
2010 Thomson RC, Wang IJ, Johnson JR. Genome-enabled development of DNA markers for ecology, evolution and conservation. Molecular Ecology. 19: 2184-95. PMID 20465588 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-294X.2010.04650.X  0.727
2010 Thomson RC, Shaffer HB. Rapid progress on the vertebrate tree of life. Bmc Biology. 8: 19. PMID 20211001 DOI: 10.1186/1741-7007-8-19  0.573
2010 Spinks PQ, Thomson RC, Shaffer HB. Nuclear gene phylogeography reveals the historical legacy of an ancient inland sea on lineages of the western pond turtle, Emys marmorata in California. Molecular Ecology. 19: 542-56. PMID 20051011 DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-294X.2009.04451.X  0.617
2010 Barley AJ, Spinks PQ, Thomson RC, Shaffer HB. Fourteen nuclear genes provide phylogenetic resolution for difficult nodes in the turtle tree of life. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 55: 1189-94. PMID 19913628 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2009.11.005  0.76
2010 Thomson RC, Spinks PQ, Shaffer HB. Distribution and abundance of invasive red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta elegans) in California's Sacramento River Basin and possible impacts on native western pond turtles (Emys marmorata) Chelonian Conservation and Biology. 9: 297-302. DOI: 10.2744/Ccb-0820.1  0.528
2010 Spinks PQ, Thomson RC, Barley AJ, Newman CE, Bradley Shaffer H. Testing avian, squamate, and mammalian nuclear markers for cross amplification in turtles Conservation Genetics Resources. 2: 127-129. DOI: 10.1007/S12686-010-9184-7  0.727
2009 Spinks PQ, Thomson RC, Lovely GA, Shaffer HB. Assessing what is needed to resolve a molecular phylogeny: simulations and empirical data from emydid turtles. Bmc Evolutionary Biology. 9: 56. PMID 19284630 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-9-56  0.587
2009 Spinks PQ, Thomson RC, Shaffer HB. A reassessment of Cuora cyclornata Blanck, McCord and Le, 2006 (testudines, geoemydidae) and a plea for taxonomic stability Zootaxa. 58-68.  0.427
2008 Thomson RC, Shedlock AM, Edwards SV, Shaffer HB. Developing markers for multilocus phylogenetics in non-model organisms: A test case with turtles. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 49: 514-25. PMID 18761096 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ympev.2008.08.006  0.609
2007 Shaffer HB, Thomson RC. Delimiting species in recent radiations. Systematic Biology. 56: 896-906. PMID 18066926 DOI: 10.1080/10635150701772563  0.652
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