Richard O. Prum, Ph.D.

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Publications - 2000 -2004
Richard O. Prum, Ph.D.
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1980s | 1990s | 2000-2004 | 2005-Present

PDF available Prum, R. O., Rice, N. H., Mobley, J. A., and Dimmick, W. W. 2000. A preliminary phylogenetic hypothesis for the cotingas (Cotingidae) based on mitochondrial DNA. Auk 117: 236-241.

Prum, R. O. 2000. Phylogeny, Sexual Selection and Behavioral Evolution of the Manakins (Pipridae) and Cotingas (Cotingidae). Pp. 105-127, In A Ornitologia no Brasil: Pesquisa Atual e Perspectivas. Eds. M. A. S. Alves, et al. Univ. Est. Rio de Janeiro Press, Rio de Janeiro.

PDF available Xu, X., Zhou, Z., and Prum, R. O. 2001. Branched integumental structures in Sinornithosaurus and the origin of feathers. Nature 410: 200-204.

Prum, R. O. 2001. Longisquama fossil and feather morphology. Science 291: 1899.

PDF available Prum, R. O. 2001. A new genus for the Andean green pihas (Cotingidae). Ibis 143: 307-309.

Prum, R. O. and Williamson, S. 2001. A theory of the growth and evolution of feather shape. Journal of Experimental Zoology (Molecular and Developmental Evolution) 291: 30-57.

Prum, R. O. 2002. Why ornithologists should care about the theropod origin of birds. Auk 119: 1-17

Prum, R. O. and Williamson, S. 2002. Reaction-diffusion models of within-feather pigmentation patterning. Proceeding of the Royal Society, London: Biological Sciences (B). 269: 781-792.

PDF available Prum, R. O. and Brush, A. H. 2002. The evolutionary origin and diversification of feathers. Quarterly Review of Biology. 77: 261-295.

PDF available Harris, M. H., Fallon, J. F., and Prum, R. O. 2002. A Shh-Bmp2 Developmental Module and the Evolutionary Origin and Diversification of Feathers. Journal of Experimental Zoology (Molecular and Developmental Evolution). 294: 160-176.

PDF available Prum, R. O., Andersson, and S. F., Torres, R. M. 2003. Coherent scattering of ultraviolet light by avian feather barbs. Auk 120:163-170.

PDF available Prum, R. O., and Torres, R. H. 2003. Structural colouration of avian skin: Convergent evolution of coherently scattering dermal collagen arrays. Journal of Experimental Biology. 206: 2409-2429.

PDF available Pérez-Emán, J., Sharpe, C. J., Lentino, M., Prum, R. O., and Carreño, I. J. 2003. New records of birds from the summit of Cerro Guaiquinima, Estado Bolivar, Venezuela. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 123: 78- 90.

PDF available Prum, R. O. and Dyck, J. 2003. A hierarchical model of plumage: modularity, development, and evolution. Journal of Experimental Zoology (Molecular and Developmental Evolution). 298B: 73-90.

PDF available Bostwick, K. S. and Prum, R. O. 2003. High-speed video of wing-snapping in two manakin clades (Pipridae: Aves). Journal of Experimental Biology 206: 3693-3706.

PDF available Prum, R. O., and Torres, R. H. 2003. A Fourier tool for the analysis of coherent light scattering by bio-optical nanostructures. Integrative and Comparative Biology 43: 591-610.

Prum, R. O., and Razafindratsita, V. R. 2003. Philepittinae. Pp. 1123- 1130, In The Natural History of Madagascar. Eds. S. M. Goodman and J. P. Benstead. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois.

PDF available Prum, R. O. and Brush, A. H. 2003. The Origin and Evolution of Feathers. Scientific American. March 2003: 60-69.

Prum, R. O. 2003. Are contemporary critiques of the theropod origin of birds science? A response to Feduccia. Auk 120:550-561.

PDF available Prum, R. O., and Torres, R. H. 2004. Structural colouration of mammalian skin: Convergent evolution of coherently scattering dermal collagen arrays. Journal of Experimental Biology. 207: 2157-2172.

PDF available Prum, R. O., Cole, J. A., and Torres, R. H. 2004. Blue integumentary structural colours in dragonflies (Odonata) are not produced by incoherent Tyndall scattering. Journal of Experimental Biology 207:3999-4009.

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