Whitney L.E. Tsai

Whitney L.E. Tsai

Occidental College

H-index: 11

North America-United States

About Whitney L.E. Tsai

Whitney L.E. Tsai, With an exceptional h-index of 11 and a recent h-index of 10 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Occidental College, specializes in the field of Ornithology, Evolutionary Biology, Genomics, Museum Collections, Conservation Biology.

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

Convergent niche shifts of endangered parrots (genus Amazona) during successful establishment in urban southern California

A highly contiguous genome assembly for the Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)

An elevational shift facilitated the Mesoamerican diversification of Azure‐hooded Jays (Cyanolyca cucullata) during the Great American Biotic Interchange

Hybrid zone or hybrid lineage: a genomic reevaluation of Sibley’s classic species conundrum in Pipilo towhees

Historical specimens and the limits of subspecies phylogenomics in the New World quails (Odontophoridae)

Niche shifts and hybridization in two Amazona parrot sister-species introduced to Southern California

Niche shifts lead to hybridization between two Amazona parrot sister-species introduced to Southern California

More than skin and bones: Comparing extraction methods and alternative sources of DNA from avian museum specimens

Whitney L.E. Tsai Information

University

Position

Moore Laboratory of Zoology & UCLA

Citations(all)

579

Citations(since 2020)

467

Cited By

338

hIndex(all)

11

hIndex(since 2020)

10

i10Index(all)

11

i10Index(since 2020)

11

Email

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Whitney L.E. Tsai Skills & Research Interests

Ornithology

Evolutionary Biology

Genomics

Museum Collections

Conservation Biology

Top articles of Whitney L.E. Tsai

Convergent niche shifts of endangered parrots (genus Amazona) during successful establishment in urban southern California

Diversity and Distributions

2024/2

A highly contiguous genome assembly for the Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)

Journal of Heredity

2024/2/24

An elevational shift facilitated the Mesoamerican diversification of Azure‐hooded Jays (Cyanolyca cucullata) during the Great American Biotic Interchange

Ecology and Evolution

2023/8

Hybrid zone or hybrid lineage: a genomic reevaluation of Sibley’s classic species conundrum in Pipilo towhees

Evolution

2023/3/1

Historical specimens and the limits of subspecies phylogenomics in the New World quails (Odontophoridae)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

2022/10/1

Niche shifts and hybridization in two Amazona parrot sister-species introduced to Southern California

bioRxiv

2021/3/12

Niche shifts lead to hybridization between two Amazona parrot sister-species introduced to Southern California

2021/3/12

More than skin and bones: Comparing extraction methods and alternative sources of DNA from avian museum specimens

Molecular Ecology Resources

2020

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