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Terry Chesser USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center Biological Survey Unit – Birds National Museum of Natural History P. O. Box 37012 Washington, DC 20013-7012 |
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Telephone:
202-633-4886
Fax: 202-357-1932 Email: Terry_Chesser@usgs.gov Research Zoologist and Curator of Birds |
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Primary Responsibilities:
Conducting original field and collections-based research on birds |
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Education/Training: B.A., Georgia State University, 1982, Political Science Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1995, Zoology Dissertation: Biogeographic, ecological, and evolutionary aspects of South American austral migration, with special reference to the family Tyrannidae (tyrant-flycatchers) |
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| Areas of Expertise/Interest:
Systematics, evolution, and biogeography of South American birds, especially suboscines South American austral migration and movement patterns of birds generally Systematics and biogeography of Australasian and North American birds and mammals |
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| Accomplishments/Awards/Achievements:
Elective Member, American Ornithologists’ Union, 2000 Outstanding Dissertation in Science and Engineering, Louisiana State University, 1995 |
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Active Projects: Systematics, evolution, and biogeography of the Furnariidae (ovenbirds) Seasonal distribution and biogeography of South American austral migrant flycatchers Phylogeography and movement patterns of Australian waterbirds Systematics and biogeography of Australasian birds |
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Publications/Products: Chesser, R. T. 2004. Molecular systematics of New World suboscine birds. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32: 11-24. Chesser, R. T. 2000. Evolution in the high Andes: the phylogenetics of Muscisaxicola ground-tyrants. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 15: 369-380. Chesser, R. T. and D. J. Levey. 1998. Austral migrants and the evolution of migration in New World birds: diet, habitat, and migration revisited. American Naturalist 152: 311-319. Chesser, R. T. 1998. Further perspectives on the breeding distribution of migratory birds: South American austral migrant flycatchers. Journal of Animal Ecology 67: 69-77. Chesser, R. T. and R. M. Zink. 1994. Modes of speciation in birds: a test of Lynch’s method. Evolution 48: 490-497. |
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