Frederick H. Sheldon

Frederick H. Sheldon, U.S. ornithologist

• Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological Sciences, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 5 taxon names authored by Frederick H. Sheldon

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2005

• Gill, F.B., Slikas, E. & Sheldon, F.H. 2005. Phylogeny of Titmice (Paridae): II. Species Relationships Based on Sequences of the Mitochondrial Cytochrome-B Gene. The Auk 122(1): 121–143. DOI: 10.1093/auk/122.1.121 Reference page. 
• Sheldon, F.H., Whittingham, L.A., Moyle, R.G., Slikas, E. & Winkler, D.W. 2005. Phylogeny of swallows (Aves: Hirundinidae) estimated from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequencing. Molecular Philogenetics and Evolution. 35: 254–270. DOI: .1016/j.ympev.2004.11.008 Reference page. 

2008

• Harshman, J., Braun, E.L., Braun, M.J., Huddleston, C.J., Bowie, R.C.K., Chojnowski, J.L., Hackett, S.J., Han, K.-L., Kimball, R.T., Marks, B.D., Miglia, K.J., Moore, W.S., Reddy, S., Sheldon, F.H., Steadman, D.W., Steppan, S.J., Witt, C.C. & Yuri, T. 2008. Phylogenomic evidence for multiple losses of flight in ratite birds. PNAS 105(36): 13462–13467. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0803242105 Reference page. 

2009

• Amaral, F.R. do, Sheldon, F.H., Gamauf, A., Haring, E., Riesing, M., Silveira, L.F. & Wajntal, A. 2009. Patterns and processes of diversification in a widespread and ecologically diverse avian group, the buteonine hawks (Aves, Accipitridae). Molecular Philogenetics and Evolution 53: 703–715. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.07.020 PDF.Reference page. 

2010

• Lim, H.C., Zou, F.S., Taylor, S.S., Marks, B.D., Moyle, R.G., Voelker, G., & Sheldon, F.H. 2010. Phylogeny of magpie-robins and shamas (Aves: Turdidae: Copsychus and Trichixos): implications for island biogeography in Southeast Asia. Journal of Biogeography 37 (10): 1894-1906 PDF. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02343.x Reference page. 

2013

• Yuri, T., Kimball, R.T., Harshman, J., Bowie, R.C.K., Braun, M.J., Chojnowski, J.L., Han, K.-L., Hackett, S.J., Huddleston, C.J., Moore, W.S., Reddy, S., Sheldon, F.H., Steadman, D.W., Witt, C.C. & Braun, E.L. 2013. Parsimony and Model-Based Analyses of Indels in Avian Nuclear Genes Reveal Congruent and Incongruent Phylogenetic Signals. Biology 2(1): 419–444. DOI: 10.3390/biology2010419 ResearchGate Reference page. 
• Mahood, S.P.; John, A.J.I.; Eames, J.C.; Oliveros, C.H.; Moyle, R.G.; Hong, C.; Poole, C.M.; Nielsen, H.; & Sheldon, F.H. 2013. A new species of lowland tailorbird (Passeriformes: Cisticolidae: Orthotomus) from the Mekong floodplain of Cambodia. Forktail 29: 1–14 PDF. Reference page. 

2014

• Jarvis, E.D., Mirarab, S, Aberer, A.J., Li, B., Houde, P., Li, C., Ho, S.Y.W., Faircloth, B.C., Nabholz, B., Howard, J.T., Suh, A., Weber, C.C., da Fonseca, R.R., Li, J., Zhang, F., Li, H., Zhou, L., Narula, N., Liu, L., Ganapathy, G., Boussau, B., Bayzid, S., Zavidovych, V., Subramanian, S., Gabaldón, T., Capella-Gutiérrez, S., Huerta-Cepas, J., Rekepalli, B., Munch, K., Schierup, M., Lindow, B., Warren, W.C., Ray, D., Green, R.E., Bruford, M.W., Zhan, X., Dixon, A., Li, S., Li, N., Huang, Y., Derryberry, E.P., Bertelsen, M.F., Sheldon, F.H., Brumfield, R.T., Mello, C.V., Lovell, P.V., Wirthlin, M., Schneider, M.P.C., Prosdocimi, F., Samaniego, J.A., Vargas Velazquez, A.M., Alfaro-Núñez, A., Campos, P.F., Petersen, B., Sicheritz-Ponten, T., Pas, A., Bailey, T., Scofield, P., Bunce, M., Lambert, D.M., Zhou, Q., Perelman, P., Driskell, A.C., Shapiro, B., Xiong, Z., Zeng, Y., Liu, S., Li, Z., Liu, B., Wu, K., Xiao, J., Yinqi, X., Zheng, Q., Zhang, Y., Yang, H., Wang, J., Smeds, L., Rheindt, F.E., Braun, M., Fjeldså, J., Orlando, L., Barker, F.K., Jønsson, K.A., Johnson, W., Koepfli, K.-P., O’Brien, S.J., Haussler, D., Ryder, O.A., Rahbek, C., Willerslev, E., Graves, G.R., Glenn, T.C., McCormack, J., Burt, D., Ellegren, H., Alström, P., Edwards, S.V., Stamatakis, A., Mindell, D.P., Cracraft, J., Braun, E.L., Warnow, T., Jun, W., Gilbert, M.T.P. & Zhang, G. 2014. Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds. Science 346 (6215): 1320–1331. DOI: 10.1126/science.1253451 ResearchGate. Supplementary materials: PDF Reference page. 

2017

• Shakya, S.B. & Sheldon, F.H. 2017. The phylogeny of the world's bulbuls (Pycnonotidae) inferred using a supermatrix approach. Ibis 159: 498–509. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12464 Reference page. 

2019

• Oliveros, C.H., Field, D.J., Ksepka, D.T., Barker, F.K., Aleixo, A., Andersen, M.J., Alström, P., Benz, B.W., Braun, E.L., Braun, M.J., Bravo, G.A., Brumfield, R.T., Chesser, R.T., Claramunt, S., Cracraft, J., Cuervo, A.M., Derryberry, E.P., Glenn, T.C., Harvey, M.G., Hosner, P.A., Joseph, L., Kimball, R.T., Mack, A.L., Miskelly, C.M., Peterson A.T., Robbins, M.B., Sheldon, F.H., Silveira, L.F., Smith, B.T., White, N.D., Moyle, R.G. & Faircloth, B.C. 2019. Earth history and the passerine superradiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116(16): 7916–7925 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1813206116 PDF. Reference page. 
• Shakya, S.B.; Lim, H.C.; Moyle, R.G.; Rahman, M.A.; Lakim, M.; & Sheldon, F.H. 2019. A cryptic new species of bulbul from Borneo. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, 139(1): 46–55. DOI: 10.25226/bboc.v139i1.2019.a3 Reference page. 

2020

• Harvey, M.G, Bravo, G.A., Claramunt, S, Cuervo, A.M., Derryberry, G.E., Battilana, J., Seeholzer, G.F., McKay, J.S., O’Meara, B.C., Faircloth, B.C., Edwards, S.V., Pérez-Emán, J.L., Moyle, R.G., Sheldon, F.H., Aleixo, A., Smith, B.T., Chesser, R.T., Silveira, L.F., Cracraft, J., Brumfield, R.T. & Derryberry, E.P. 2020. The evolution of a tropical biodiversity hotspot. Science 370 no.6522: 1343–1348. DOI: 10.1126/science.aaz6970 Reference page. 

2022

• Irham M.; Haryoko, T.; Shakya, S.B.; Mitchell, S.L.; Burner, R.C.; Bocos, C.; Eaton, J.A.; Rheindt, F.E.; Suparno, S.; Sheldon, F.H.; & Prawiradilaga, D.M. 2022. Description of two new bird species from the Meratus Mountains of southeast Borneo, Indonesia. Journal of Ornithology 163: 575–588. DOI: 10.1007/s10336-021-01937-2. Reference page. 

2023

• Shakya, S.B., Alexander, A., Lim, H.C., Manthey, J.D., Prawiradilaga, D.M., Chan, K.O., Sheldon, F.H. & Moyle, R.G. 2023. Demographic history of a complex polymorphism in populations of the Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca/rufidorsa) of Southeast Asia. Ibis 165(4): 1267-1279. DOI: doi.org/10.1111/ibi.13207 Reference page. 
• Hruska J.P., Holmes, J., Oliveros, C., Shakya, S.B., Lavretsky, P., McCracken, K.G., Sheldon, F.H. & Moyle, R.G.. 2023. Ultraconserved elements resolve the phylogeny and corroborate patterns of molecular rate variation in herons (Aves: Ardeidae). Ornithology 140(2): ukad005 DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukad005 Reference page.