K. L. Provost

Bats of a feather: Range characteristics and wing morphology predict phylogeographic breaks in volant vertebrates

The paper identifies factors predicting phylogeographic breaks in bats and birds using range characteristics and wing morphology.

Evolution in action: Brown-headed Cowbirds (Molothrus ater) adapt songs to 50 years of Ohio urbanization

This study shows that Brown-headed Cowbird songs change with urbanization over 50 years in Ohio, indicating cultural evolution in response to habitat alteration.

Environmental factors and cultural drift influence song evolution in New World Sparrows

This study uses deep machine learning to analyze New World Sparrows' songs, finding that environmental and cultural factors significantly influence song evolution, comparable to genetic factors.

Machine learning reveals relationships between song, climate, and migration in coastal Zonotrichia leucophrys

This study uses machine learning to analyze White-crowned Sparrow songs and finds that song divergence correlates with environmental factors and migratory status, not geographic distance.

The genomic landscapes of desert birds form over multiple time scales

The paper examines genomic differentiation in desert birds, finding that different geographic factors influence genetic variation across species and genome regions.

The impacts of transfer learning, phylogenetic distance, and sample size on big-data bioacoustics

This study evaluates how transfer learning, phylogenetic distance, and sample size affect bioacoustic data automation accuracy across ten bird species.

Comparative phylogeography reveals how a barrier filters and structures taxa in North American warm deserts

The paper uses phylogeographic data and simulations to show how the Cochise Filter Barrier structures taxa in North American deserts based on species traits and divergence mechanisms.

Genomic divergence in allopatric Northern Cardinals of the North American warm deserts is associated with behavioral differentiation

The paper examines genomic divergence and behavioral isolation in Northern Cardinals across a biogeographic barrier, finding historical gene flow and strong song discrimination between desert populations.