M. W. Tingley

The paper calculates an Urban Association Index for bird species across cities and finds trait-based predictors of urban tolerance influenced by latitude and population density.

The paper analyzes morphological changes in North American birds over time and space, finding that warmer temperatures correlate with smaller body sizes and increased wing length at higher elevations.

This study investigates the evolutionary history of ACE2 usage in sarbecoviruses, showing that ACE2 usage in SARS-CoV-1 and SARS-CoV-2 likely arose through recombination with SARS-CoV-1 relatives, not SARS-CoV-2.

The paper uses a community occupancy model to account for imperfect viral detection in wild bats, revealing that host sex and species identity influence viral richness and turnover.

This study estimates the extinction dates of two subspecies of the Carolina parakeet using a Bayesian model, revealing a 30-year gap between their extinctions.