Christopher C. Witt

Christopher C. Witt

University of New Mexico

H-index: 36

North America-United States

About Christopher C. Witt

Christopher C. Witt, With an exceptional h-index of 36 and a recent h-index of 28 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at University of New Mexico, specializes in the field of avian systematics, avian evolution, avian biogeography.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Extraordinary levels of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in vertebrate animals at a New Mexico desert oasis: multiple pathways for wildlife and human exposure

Freshwater parasites as potential barriers to seabird dispersal: Evidence from vagrant booby specimens in western North America

Lineage diversity in a widely distributed New World passerine bird, the House Wren

Hummingbird blood traits track oxygen availability across space and time

Blood variation implicates respiratory limits on elevational ranges of Andean birds

Specimen collection is essential for modern science

2023 AOS Early Professional Awards to Glaucia Del-Rio, Carrie Branch, and Sara Lipshutz

Arctos: Community-driven innovations for managing biodiversity and cultural collections

Christopher C. Witt Information

University

Position

Professor of Biology Museum Director & Curator of Birds

Citations(all)

7342

Citations(since 2020)

3512

Cited By

5283

hIndex(all)

36

hIndex(since 2020)

28

i10Index(all)

66

i10Index(since 2020)

56

Email

University Profile Page

University of New Mexico

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Christopher C. Witt Skills & Research Interests

avian systematics

avian evolution

avian biogeography

Top articles of Christopher C. Witt

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Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Extraordinary levels of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in vertebrate animals at a New Mexico desert oasis: multiple pathways for wildlife and human exposure

Environmental Research

Christopher C Witt

Chauncey R Gadek

Jean-Luc E Cartron

Michael J Andersen

Mariel L Campbell

...

2024/2/5

Freshwater parasites as potential barriers to seabird dispersal: Evidence from vagrant booby specimens in western North America

The Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Matthew J Baumann

Sara V Brant

Selina M Bauernfeind

Coltin RB Gerhart

Jessie L Williamson

...

2023/9/1

Lineage diversity in a widely distributed New World passerine bird, the House Wren

Ornithology

John Klicka

Kevin Epperly

Brian Tilston Smith

Garth M Spellman

Jaime A Chaves

...

2023/7/11

Hummingbird blood traits track oxygen availability across space and time

Ecology Letters

Jessie L Williamson

Ethan B Linck

Emil Bautista

Ashley Smiley

Jimmy A McGuire

...

2023

Blood variation implicates respiratory limits on elevational ranges of Andean birds

The American Naturalist

Ethan B Linck

Jessie L Williamson

Emil Bautista

Elizabeth J Beckman

Phred M Benham

...

2023/5/1

Specimen collection is essential for modern science

PLoS biology

Michael W Nachman

Elizabeth J Beckman

Rauri CK Bowie

Carla Cicero

Chris J Conroy

...

2023/11/22

2023 AOS Early Professional Awards to Glaucia Del-Rio, Carrie Branch, and Sara Lipshutz

Christopher C Witt

Elizabeth A Gow

Pete A Hosner

Daniel T Baldassarre

Kristen M Covino

...

2023/9/9

Arctos: Community-driven innovations for managing biodiversity and cultural collections

bioRxiv

Carla Cicero

Michelle S Koo

Emily Braker

John Abbott

David Bloom

...

2023

2021 AOS Early Professional Awards to Benjamin Van Doren, Ana Gonzalez, Sahas Barve, and Luis Sandoval

Ornithological Applications

Christopher C Witt

Elizabeth A Gow

Pete A Hosner

Daniel T Baldassarre

Kristen M Covino

...

2021/10/21

2022 AOS Early Professional Awards to Stepfanie M. Aguillon, Benjamin Freeman, and Allison Shultz

Ornithological Applications

Christopher C Witt

Elizabeth A Gow

Pete A Hosner

Daniel T Baldassarre

Kristen M Covino

...

2022/9/15

Phylogeny and sex chromosome evolution of Palaeognathae

Journal of Genetics and Genomics

Zongji Wang

Jilin Zhang

Xiaoman Xu

Christopher Witt

Yuan Deng

...

2022/2/1

Selection on embryonic haemoglobin in an elevational generalist songbird

Biology Letters

E. J. Beckman

W. Vargas Campos

P. M. Benham

C. J. Schmitt

Z. A. Cheviron

...

2022/10/12

Oxygen availability drives blood traits and the cell number-size tradeoff across Andean hummingbirds

bioRxiv

Jessie L Williamson

Ethan B Linck

Emil Bautista

Ashley Smiley

Jimmy A McGuire

...

2022/1/21

Forebrain nuclei linked to woodpecker territorial drum displays mirror those that enable vocal learning in songbirds

PLoS Biology

Eric R Schuppe

Lindsey Cantin

Mukta Chakraborty

Matthew T Biegler

Electra R Jarvis

...

2022/9/20

Intra‐and interspecific nest stacking in marsh‐dwelling songbirds

Biotropica

Chauncey R Gadek

Jessie L Williamson

Christopher C Witt

2022/9

Early stages of speciation with gene flow in the Amazilia Hummingbird (Amazilis amazilia) subspecies complex of Western South America

Ecology and Evolution

Sarah A Cowles

Christopher C Witt

Elisa Bonaccorso

Felix Grewe

J Albert C Uy

2022/5

Nectar-feeding bats and birds show parallel molecular adaptations in sugar metabolism enzymes

Current Biology

Joshua HT Potter

Rosie Drinkwater

Kalina TJ Davies

Nicolas Nesi

Marisa CW Lim

...

2021/10/25

Detecting turnover among complex communities using null models: A case study with sky-island haemosporidian parasites

Oecologia

Lisa N Barrow

Selina M Bauernfeind

Paxton A Cruz

Jessie L Williamson

Daniele L Wiley

...

2021/2

Extensive hybridization between two Andean warbler species with shallow divergence in mtDNA

The Auk

Laura N Céspedes-Arias

Andrés M Cuervo

Elisa Bonaccorso

Marialejandra Castro-Farias

Alejandro Mendoza-Santacruz

...

2021/1/4

A lightweight backpack harness for tracking hummingbirds

Journal of Avian Biology

Jessie L Williamson

Christopher C Witt

2021/7/29

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Co-Authors

H-index: 66
Roy E. Weber

Roy E. Weber

Aarhus Universitet

H-index: 64
Robert Dudley

Robert Dudley

University of California, Berkeley

H-index: 62
Jay F. Storz

Jay F. Storz

University of Nebraska-Lincoln

H-index: 57
Edward L. Braun

Edward L. Braun

University of Florida

H-index: 55
David Steadman

David Steadman

University of Florida

H-index: 53
Jimmy A McGuire

Jimmy A McGuire

University of California, Berkeley

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