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Than J. Boves Data-verified
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19 h-index
75 pubs
1,164 cited
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Than J. Boves' research investigates avian migration, host-parasite interactions, and conservation genetics. His work examines spatial patterns of bird migration across hemispheres, as demonstrated in his studies on Cerulean Warblers and broader Western Hemisphere avian movements. Boves also studies the dispersal and host specificity of symbionts, particularly avian feather mites, and their genetic variation. His research includes investigations into differential survival and dispersal patterns within these mite populations, as well as their broader genetic structure in relation to host specificity hypotheses. Furthermore, his work addresses conservation concerns, including the creation of a global dataset on terrestrial vertebrate mortality from vehicle collisions. Boves' scholarship includes 75 publications and he has an h-index of 19 with 1,149 citations. He has collaborated extensively with colleagues at Arkansas State University, including Andrew D. Sweet and Asela Wijeratne.
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- h-index: 19
- Publications: 75
- Citations: 1,164
Selected Publications
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Rangewide connectivity and migration ecology in <i>Limnothlypis swainsonii</i> (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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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 (<i>Tyrannus verticalis</i>) and a Female Western Kingbird × Scissor‐Tailed Flycatcher (<i>T. forficatus</i>) Hybrid (2025)
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Use of multiple South American nonbreeding regions and seasonally distinct migration routes by an individual Scarlet Tanager ( <i>Piranga olivacea</i> ) (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)
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Genomic variation in the black-throated green warbler (Setophaga virens) suggests divergence in a disjunct Atlantic Coastal Plain population (S. v. waynei) (2024)
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Population Genomics of Pooled Samples: Unveiling Symbiont Infrapopulation Diversity and Host–Symbiont Coevolution (2023)
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Novel insights into symbiont population structure: Globe‐trotting avian feather mites contradict the specialist–generalist variation hypothesis (2023)
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Alix E. Matthews
Rhodes College (US)
11 shared publications
- Dispersal-Limited Symbionts Exhibit Unexpectedly Wide Variation in Host Specificity
- Differential survival and dispersal of avian feather mites with contrasting host specificities
- Novel insights into symbiont population structure: Globe‐trotting avian feather mites contradict the specialist–generalist variation hypothesis
- Picky eaters: Selective microbial diet of avian ectosymbionts
- Draft genome sequencing data of a feather mite, Amerodectes protonotaria Hernandes 2018 (Acariformes: Proctophyllodidae)
Showing 5 of 11 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
- Novel insights into symbiont population structure: Globe‐trotting avian feather mites contradict the specialist–generalist variation hypothesis
- Picky eaters: Selective microbial diet of avian ectosymbionts
- 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
Douglas W. Raybuck
United States Army (US)
6 shared publications
- Cerulean Warblers exhibit parallel migration patterns and multiple migratory stopovers within the Central American Isthmus
- 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
- Use of multiple South American nonbreeding regions and seasonally distinct migration routes by an individual Scarlet Tanager ( <i>Piranga olivacea</i> )
- Multi-phase migration models for Nearctic-Neotropical migrant birds can inform conservation planning
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Lesley P. Bulluck
Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
6 shared publications
- Cerulean Warblers exhibit parallel migration patterns and multiple migratory stopovers within the Central American Isthmus
- 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
- Population genomics of avian feather mites with contrasting host specificities
- The Complete Genome Sequence of <i>Protonotaria citrea,</i> the Prothonotary Warbler
Showing 5 of 6 shared publications
Emily Donahue
Arkansas Biosciences Institute
5 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
- Repeated Successful Nest Sharing and Cooperation between Western Kingbirds (Tyrannus verticalis) and a Female Western Kingbird x Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (T. forficatus) Hybrid
- Repeated Successful Nest Sharing and Cooperation Between Western Kingbirds (<i>Tyrannus verticalis</i>) and a Female Western Kingbird × Scissor‐Tailed Flycatcher (<i>T. forficatus</i>) Hybrid
William V. DeLuca
National Audubon Society (US)
4 shared publications
- Integrating data types to estimate spatial patterns of avian migration across the Western Hemisphere
- Integrating data types to estimate spatial patterns of avian migration across the Western Hemisphere
- Multi-phase migration models for Nearctic-Neotropical migrant birds can inform conservation planning
- Multi-phase migration models for Nearctic-Neotropical migrant birds can inform conservation planning
Alexander J. Worm
Arkansas State University
4 shared publications
In database
- Genomic variation in the Black-throated Green Warbler (<i>Setophaga virens</i>) suggests divergence in a disjunct Atlantic Coastal Plain population (<i>S. v. waynei</i>)
- Repeated Successful Nest Sharing and Cooperation between Western Kingbirds (Tyrannus verticalis) and a Female Western Kingbird x Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (T. forficatus) Hybrid
- Repeated Successful Nest Sharing and Cooperation Between Western Kingbirds (<i>Tyrannus verticalis</i>) and a Female Western Kingbird × Scissor‐Tailed Flycatcher (<i>T. forficatus</i>) Hybrid
- The Complete Genome Sequences of 11 Species of Kingbirds (Tyrannus, Tyrannidae, Passeriformes)
David P. L. Toews
Pennsylvania State University (US)
4 shared publications
- Dispersal-Limited Symbionts Exhibit Unexpectedly Wide Variation in Host Specificity
- Genomic variation in the Black-throated Green Warbler (<i>Setophaga virens</i>) suggests divergence in a disjunct Atlantic Coastal Plain population (<i>S. v. waynei</i>)
- Host specificity varies widely in dispersal-limited symbionts
- Genomic variation in the black-throated green warbler (Setophaga virens) suggests divergence in a disjunct Atlantic Coastal Plain population (S. v. waynei)
Wendy M. Schelsky
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (US)
4 shared publications
- 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
- Population Genomics of Pooled Samples: Unveiling Symbiont Infrapopulation Diversity and Host–Symbiont Coevolution
- The Complete Genome Sequence of <i>Protonotaria citrea,</i> the Prothonotary Warbler
Jacob L. Wessels
3 shared publications
- Non-Breeding Behavior and Diet of Loggerhead Shrikes in an Intensive Agricultural Region
- Cerulean Warblers in the Ozark region: habitat selection, breeding biology, survival, and space use
- Evaluating demographic habitat partitioning and its consequences during the non-breeding season in Loggerhead Shrikes
Joseph Youtz
3 shared publications
- Non-Breeding Behavior and Diet of Loggerhead Shrikes in an Intensive Agricultural Region
- DNA metabarcoding reveals rangewide variation in aquatic diet of a riparian avian insectivore, the Prothonotary Warbler
- Evaluating demographic habitat partitioning and its consequences during the non-breeding season in Loggerhead Shrikes
Nicholas J. Bayly
Asociación para la Conservación de la Cuenca Amazónica (PE)
3 shared publications
- Cerulean Warblers exhibit parallel migration patterns and multiple migratory stopovers within the Central American Isthmus
- Multi-phase migration models for Nearctic-Neotropical migrant birds can inform conservation planning
- Multi-phase migration models for Nearctic-Neotropical migrant birds can inform conservation planning
Catherine Viverette
Virginia Commonwealth University (US)
3 shared publications
- 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
- The Complete Genome Sequence of <i>Protonotaria citrea,</i> the Prothonotary Warbler
Elizabeth M Ames
The Ohio State University (US)
3 shared publications
- 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
- Population genomics of avian feather mites with contrasting host specificities
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