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Department of Vertebrate Zoology

Division of Birds

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    Morton L. and Phyllis R. Isler
    Research Associate

  • Phone: (703) 780-8039
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  • E-mail: antbird[at]cox.net or islermor[at]si.edu

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    Smithsonian Institution
    Division of Birds
    PO Box 37012, MRC 116
    Washington, DC 20013-7012

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    Division of Birds
    10th and Constitution Ave, NW
    Washington, DC 20560-0116
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Research Interests

Reconstruction of geographic patterns of speciation and reexamination of species limits in the Thamnophilidae and Grallariidae of the Neotropics, employing vocal and other behavioral as well as morphological data, in the context of molecular based phylogenies being developed by T. Chesser (Division of Birds) and other collaborators at Louisiana State University, The Field Museum, and the University do Los Andes (Bogotá). Development of an understanding of the evolution of vocal characters by ‘mapping’ them on an molecular-based phylogeny of the Thamnophilidae.

Recent Publications

Isler, Morton L., Cuervo, Andrés M., Bravo, Gustavo A. and Brumfield, Robb T. 2012. An Integrative Approach to Species-Level Systematics Reveals the Depth of Diversification in an Andean Thamnophilid, the Long-Tailed Antbird. The Condor, 114(3): 571-583. doi:10.1525/cond.2012.120012

Isler, Morton L. and Whitney, Bret M. 2011. Species Limits in Antbirds (Thamnophilidae): The Scale-Backed Antbird (Willisornis poecilinotus) Complex. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 123(1): 1-14.


Complete List of Isler's Publications and Downloadable PDFs

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