Richard O. Prum, Ph.D.

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Publications - 1990s

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PDF available Prum, R. O. 1990. Phylogenetic analysis of the evolution of display behavior in the neotropical manakins (Aves: Pipridae). Ethology 84: 202-231.

PDF available Prum, R. O. 1990. A test of the monophyly of the manakins (Pipridae) and cotingas (Cotingidae) based on morphology. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 722: 1-44.

PDF available Prum, R. O. 1992. Syringeal morphology, phylogeny, and evolution of the Neotropical manakins (Aves: Pipridae). American Museum of Natural History Novitates 3043: 1-65.

PDF available Prum, R. O. 1993. Phylogeny, biogeography, and evolution of the broadbills (Eurylaimidae) and asities (Philepittidae) based on morphology. Auk 110: 304-324.

Prum, R. O. 1993. Colecciónes anatómicas y la reconstrucción de la filogenia de aves. Pp. 31-40, In P. Escalante- Pliego, (ed.), Curación Moderna de Colleciónes Ornithologicas. American Ornithologist's Union, Washington, DC.

PDF available Prum, R. O. 1994. Species status of the White-fronted Manakin, Lepidothrix serena (Pipridae), with comments on conservation biology. Condor 96: 692-702.

PDF available Prum, R. O. 1994. Phylogenetic analysis of the evolution of alternative social behavior in the manakins (Aves: Pipridae). Evolution 48: 1657-1675.

PDF available Prum, R. O., Morrison, R. L., and Ten Eyck, G. R. 1994. Structural color production by constructive reflection from ordered collagen arrays in a bird (Philepitta castanea: Eurylaimidae). Journal of Morphology 222: 61-72.

PDF available Mobley, J. A., and Prum, R. O. 1995. Phylogenetic relationships of the Cinnamon Tyrant, Neopipo cinnamomea, to the Tyrant Flycatchers (Tyrannidae). Condor 97: 650-662.

PDF available Prum, R. O., Kaplan, J. A., and Pierson, J. D. 1996. Display behavior and natural history of the Yellow-crowned Manakin (Heterocercus flavivertex: Pipridae). Condor 98: 722-735.

PDF available Prum, R. O. 1997. Phylogenetic tests of alternative intersexual selection mechanisms: macroevolution of male traits in a polygynous clade (Aves: Pipridae). American Naturalist 149: 668-692.

PDF available Prum, R. O., and Razafindratsita, V. R. 1997. Lek behavior and natural history of the Velvet Asity Philepitta castanea (Eurylaimidae). Wilson Bulletin 109: 371-392.

PDF available Prum, R. O. 1998. Sexual selection and the evolution of mechanical sound production in manakins (Aves: Pipridae). Animal Behaviour 55: 977-994.

PDF available Prum, R. O., Torres, R. H., Williamson, S., and Dyck, J. 1998. Coherent light scattering by blue bird feather barbs. Nature 396: 28-29.

PDF available Prum, R. O., Torres, R. H., Williamson, S., and Dyck, J. 1999. Two-dimensional Fourier analysis of the spongy medullary keratin of structurally coloured feather barbs. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London: Biological Sciences (B) 266: 13-22.

PDF available Prum, R. O. 1999. The anatomy and physics of avian structural colours. In: Proceedings of the XXIInd International Ornithological Congress. Adams, N. J. and Slotow, R. H. (eds.). S29.1: 1633-1653. Johannesburg: BirdLife South Africa.

PDF available Zyskowski, K., and Prum, R. O. 1999. Phylogenetic analysis of nest architecture of the Neotropical ovenbirds (Furnariidae). Auk 116: 891-911.

PDF available Prum, R. O., Torres, R. H., Kovach, C., Williamson, S., and Goodman, S. M. 1999. Coherent Light Scattering by Nanostructured Collagen Arrays in the Caruncles of the Malagasy Asities (Eurylaimidae: Aves). Journal of Experimental Biology 202, 3507-3522.

PDF available Prum, R. O. 1999. Development and Evolutionary Origin of Feathers. Journal of Experimental Zoology (Molecular and Developmental Evolution) 285: 291-306.

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