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Than J. Boves
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Professor of Ecology
Also affiliated: Boise State University (2012–2025); University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2012–2014); University of Utah (2012); University of Tennessee at Knoxville (2010–2014)
19 h-index
78 pubs
1,225 cited
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Biography and Research Information
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Than J. Boves studies avian ecology, with a focus on population dynamics, migratory connectivity, and conservation. His work has investigated the impacts of urbanization on bird-window collision mortality across North America and explored correlates of these collisions. Boves has also examined habitat selection in specific species, such as the Cerulean Warbler, and has researched mortality factors like roadway collisions in barn owls. His research on migratory connectivity in songbirds, including the Prothonotary Warbler, utilizes population assignment to understand how breeding and nonbreeding populations are linked. Boves has published 76 papers, accumulating 1,221 citations and an h-index of 19. He collaborates frequently with colleagues at Arkansas State University, including Andrew D. Sweet and Asela Wijeratne.
Metrics
- h-index: 19
- Publications: 78
- Citations: 1,225
Positions
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Professor of Ecology publications 2014–2026Arkansas State University Institution web page
Selected Publications
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Context-dependent prevalence of neonicotinoid insecticides in a predatory songbird, the loggerhead shrike (Lanius ludovicianus) (2026)
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Multi-sensor tracking reveals the extent of nocturnal migration in landbirds (2026)
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Rangewide connectivity and migration ecology in Limnothlypis swainsonii (Swainson’s Warbler) uncovered with barometric geolocators (2026)
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Multi-phase migration models for Nearctic–Neotropical migrant birds can inform conservation planning (2026)
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Multi-phase migration models for Nearctic-Neotropical migrant birds can inform conservation planning (2026)
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Multi-phase migration models for Nearctic-Neotropical migrant birds can inform conservation planning (2026)
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Brood parasites may facilitate horizontal transmission of feather mites: evidence from brown-headed cowbirds (2025)
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Experimental evidence of a consistent commensal relationship between avian hosts and feather mites of differing host specificities (2025)
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Global Roadkill Data: a dataset on terrestrial vertebrate mortality caused by collision with vehicles (2025)
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The Complete Genome Sequences of 11 Species of Kingbirds (Tyrannus, Tyrannidae, Passeriformes) (2025)
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Repeated Successful Nest Sharing and Cooperation Between Western Kingbirds (Tyrannus verticalis) and a Female Western Kingbird × Scissor‐Tailed Flycatcher (T. forficatus) Hybrid (2025)
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Use of multiple South American nonbreeding regions and seasonally distinct migration routes by an individual Scarlet Tanager ( Piranga olivacea ) (2024)
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Picky eaters: Selective microbial diet of avian ectosymbionts (2024)
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Nest Box Cameras Provide Insight into Causes of Nest Failure for American Kestrels (2024)
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Repeated Successful Nest Sharing and Cooperation between Western Kingbirds (Tyrannus verticalis) and a Female Western Kingbird x Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (T. forficatus) Hybrid (2024)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Alix E. Matthews
Rhodes College (US)
19 shared publications
- Concentration of a widespread breeding population in a few critically important nonbreeding areas: Migratory connectivity in the Prothonotary Warbler
- Cophylogenetic assessment of New World warblers (Parulidae) and their symbiotic feather mites (Proctophyllodidae)
- Feather mite abundance varies but symbiotic nature of mite‐host relationship does not differ between two ecologically dissimilar warblers
- Dispersal-Limited Symbionts Exhibit Unexpectedly Wide Variation in Host Specificity
- Differential survival and dispersal of avian feather mites with contrasting host specificities
Showing 5 of 19 shared publications
Douglas W. Raybuck
Knoxville College (US)
14 shared publications
- Parental benefits and offspring costs reflect parent–offspring conflict over the age of fledging among songbirds
- Cophylogenetic assessment of New World warblers (Parulidae) and their symbiotic feather mites (Proctophyllodidae)
- Radio-tracking reveals insight into survival and dynamic habitat selection of fledgling Cerulean Warblers
- Mixed effects of geolocators on reproduction and survival of Cerulean Warblers, a canopy-dwelling, long-distance migrant
- Feather mite abundance varies but symbiotic nature of mite‐host relationship does not differ between two ecologically dissimilar warblers
Showing 5 of 14 shared publications
Lesley P. Bulluck
Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
11 shared publications
- Population assignment reveals low migratory connectivity in a weakly structured songbird
- Concentration of a widespread breeding population in a few critically important nonbreeding areas: Migratory connectivity in the Prothonotary Warbler
- Cerulean Warblers exhibit parallel migration patterns and multiple migratory stopovers within the Central American Isthmus
- Using stable isotopes to estimate migratory connectivity for a patchily distributed, wetland-associated Neotropical migrant
- Bergmann's rule is followed at multiple stages of postembryonic development in a long‐distance migratory songbird
Showing 5 of 11 shared publications
Alexander J. Worm
Arkansas State University
9 shared publications
In database
- Female Prothonotary Warblers Protonotaria citrea sing during the mate acquisition period
- Characterizing patterns of introgressive hybridization between two species ofTyrannusfollowing concurrent range expansion
- Genomic variation in the Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens) suggests divergence in a disjunct Atlantic Coastal Plain population (S. v. waynei)
- Bringing Home the Bacon: A Lanius ludovicianus (Loggerhead Shrike) Caches an Anthropogenic Food Item in an Urban Environment
- Western Kingbird ( Tyrannus verticalis ) with bill deformity in Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Morgan C. Slevin
Arkansas State University (US)
7 shared publications
- Concentration of a widespread breeding population in a few critically important nonbreeding areas: Migratory connectivity in the Prothonotary Warbler
- Feather mite abundance varies but symbiotic nature of mite‐host relationship does not differ between two ecologically dissimilar warblers
- Prothonotary Warbler demography and nest site selection in natural and artificial cavities in bottomland forests of Arkansas, USA
- Using stable isotopes to estimate migratory connectivity for a patchily distributed, wetland-associated Neotropical migrant
- Female Prothonotary Warblers Protonotaria citrea sing during the mate acquisition period
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Scott H. Stoleson
Northern Research Station (US)
7 shared publications
- Parental benefits and offspring costs reflect parent–offspring conflict over the age of fledging among songbirds
- Radio-tracking reveals insight into survival and dynamic habitat selection of fledgling Cerulean Warblers
- Mixed effects of geolocators on reproduction and survival of Cerulean Warblers, a canopy-dwelling, long-distance migrant
- Feather mite abundance varies but symbiotic nature of mite‐host relationship does not differ between two ecologically dissimilar warblers
- Cerulean Warblers exhibit parallel migration patterns and multiple migratory stopovers within the Central American Isthmus
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Jeffery L. Larkin
The Nature Conservancy (US)
7 shared publications
- Parental benefits and offspring costs reflect parent–offspring conflict over the age of fledging among songbirds
- Cophylogenetic assessment of New World warblers (Parulidae) and their symbiotic feather mites (Proctophyllodidae)
- Radio-tracking reveals insight into survival and dynamic habitat selection of fledgling Cerulean Warblers
- Feather mite abundance varies but symbiotic nature of mite‐host relationship does not differ between two ecologically dissimilar warblers
- Cerulean Warblers exhibit parallel migration patterns and multiple migratory stopovers within the Central American Isthmus
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Christopher M. Tonra
The Ohio State University (US)
7 shared publications
- Population assignment reveals low migratory connectivity in a weakly structured songbird
- Concentration of a widespread breeding population in a few critically important nonbreeding areas: Migratory connectivity in the Prothonotary Warbler
- Using stable isotopes to estimate migratory connectivity for a patchily distributed, wetland-associated Neotropical migrant
- Bergmann's rule is followed at multiple stages of postembryonic development in a long‐distance migratory songbird
- Novel insights into symbiont population structure: Globe‐trotting avian feather mites contradict the specialist–generalist variation hypothesis
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Katie L. Percy
Natural Resources Conservation Service (US)
7 shared publications
- Concentration of a widespread breeding population in a few critically important nonbreeding areas: Migratory connectivity in the Prothonotary Warbler
- Using stable isotopes to estimate migratory connectivity for a patchily distributed, wetland-associated Neotropical migrant
- Bergmann's rule is followed at multiple stages of postembryonic development in a long‐distance migratory songbird
- Novel insights into symbiont population structure: Globe‐trotting avian feather mites contradict the specialist–generalist variation hypothesis
- Draft genome sequencing data of a feather mite, Amerodectes protonotaria Hernandes 2018 (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae)
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Emily Donahue
Arkansas State University
7 shared publications
In database
- Non-Breeding Behavior and Diet of Loggerhead Shrikes in an Intensive Agricultural Region
- Evaluating demographic habitat partitioning and its consequences during the non-breeding season in Loggerhead Shrikes
- Experimental evidence of a consistent commensal relationship between avian hosts and feather mites of differing host specificities
- Multi-sensor tracking reveals the extent of nocturnal migration in landbirds
- Repeated Successful Nest Sharing and Cooperation between Western Kingbirds (Tyrannus verticalis) and a Female Western Kingbird x Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (T. forficatus) Hybrid
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Andrew D. Sweet
Arkansas State University
7 shared publications
In database
- Dispersal-Limited Symbionts Exhibit Unexpectedly Wide Variation in Host Specificity
- Novel insights into symbiont population structure: Globe‐trotting avian feather mites contradict the specialist–generalist variation hypothesis
- Population genomics of avian feather mites with contrasting host specificities
- Host specificity varies widely in dispersal-limited symbionts
- Repeated Successful Nest Sharing and Cooperation between Western Kingbirds (Tyrannus verticalis) and a Female Western Kingbird x Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (T. forficatus) Hybrid
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Asela Wijeratne
Arkansas State University
7 shared publications
In database
- Dispersal-Limited Symbionts Exhibit Unexpectedly Wide Variation in Host Specificity
- Picky eaters: Selective microbial diet of avian ectosymbionts
- Novel insights into symbiont population structure: Globe‐trotting avian feather mites contradict the specialist–generalist variation hypothesis
- Draft genome sequencing data of a feather mite, Amerodectes protonotaria Hernandes 2018 (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae)
- Population genomics of avian feather mites with contrasting host specificities
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Elizabeth M Ames
The Ohio State University (US)
6 shared publications
- Concentration of a widespread breeding population in a few critically important nonbreeding areas: Migratory connectivity in the Prothonotary Warbler
- Using stable isotopes to estimate migratory connectivity for a patchily distributed, wetland-associated Neotropical migrant
- Bergmann's rule is followed at multiple stages of postembryonic development in a long‐distance migratory songbird
- Novel insights into symbiont population structure: Globe‐trotting avian feather mites contradict the specialist–generalist variation hypothesis
- DNA metabarcoding reveals rangewide variation in aquatic diet of a riparian avian insectivore, the Prothonotary Warbler
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Erik I. Johnson
National Audubon Society (US)
6 shared publications
- Concentration of a widespread breeding population in a few critically important nonbreeding areas: Migratory connectivity in the Prothonotary Warbler
- Using stable isotopes to estimate migratory connectivity for a patchily distributed, wetland-associated Neotropical migrant
- Bergmann's rule is followed at multiple stages of postembryonic development in a long‐distance migratory songbird
- Novel insights into symbiont population structure: Globe‐trotting avian feather mites contradict the specialist–generalist variation hypothesis
- DNA metabarcoding reveals rangewide variation in aquatic diet of a riparian avian insectivore, the Prothonotary Warbler
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
David A. Buehler
University of Tennessee at Knoxville (US)
5 shared publications
- Multiple plumage traits convey information about age and within-age-class qualities of a canopy-dwelling songbird, the Cerulean Warbler
- Cerulean Warblers exhibit parallel migration patterns and multiple migratory stopovers within the Central American Isthmus
- Habitat quality from individual‐ and population‐level perspectives and implications for management
- Feather corticosterone levels are related to age and future body condition, but not to subsequent fitness, in a declining migratory songbird
- Rangewide connectivity and migration ecology in Limnothlypis swainsonii (Swainson’s Warbler) uncovered with barometric geolocators
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