Jeremy Summers

The paper shows how Barn Swallows overcame inbreeding challenges by expanding rapidly through behavioral flexibility and genetic variation during cross-hemisphere colonization.

The study quantifies multigenerational fitness effects of immigrant lineages in Florida scrub-jays, finding additive benefits and heterosis persisting across generations.

The study examines how helper presence affects breeder and offspring survival in Florida scrub-jays, finding context-dependent fitness outcomes unrelated to helper relatedness.

The paper uses a 34-year dataset to show that Florida Scrub-Jay populations remain stable despite isolation and inbreeding due to increased breeder survival.

The paper examines the role of ecological factors in maintaining a stable hybrid zone between western and glaucous-winged gulls, finding evidence of niche divergence and supporting the bounded superiority model.