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Preprint/Submitted Articles

DuBay, S., B. C. Weeks, P. E. Davis-Kean, C. Fuldner, N. C. Harris, S. Hughes, B. O'Brien, M. Perkins, C. Weyant. Measuring historical pollution: natural history collections as tools for public health and environmental justice research. In revision. preprint

Wang, C., M. Moharrami, S. G. DuBay, M. Lui. A theoretical model of flock formation to understand trade-offs between cooperation and competition. In review.

Xue, B., H. She, L. Zue, J. Bates, Z. Cheviron, Y. Wu, D. Li, S. DuBay, Y. Qu. Phenotypic plasticity co-varies with the elevation range of Himalayan altitudinal migrants. In revision.

Zhang, S., S. G. DuBay, Y. Cheng, Z. Dong, Z. Liu, Y. Wu. Inter- and intraspecific variation in flight muscle fibers is associated with migratory timing. In review.

DuBay, S. G., D. H. Palmer, N. Piland. 2020. Global inequity in scientific names and who they honor. In revision. preprint (updated June 2022)

Peer-reviewed Articles

Wang, M, P. Zhou , S. G. DuBay, S. Zhang, Z. Yang, Y. Wang, J. Zhang, Y. Cao, Z. Hu, X. He, S. Wang, M. Li , C. Fan, B. Zou, C. Zhou, Y. Wu. 2025. Assessing microplastic and nanoplastic contamination in bird lungs: evidence of ecological risks and bioindicator potential. Journal of Hazardous Materials. In press.

Linck, E. B., J. L. Williamson, E. Bautista, E. J. Beckman, P. M. Benham, S. G. DuBay, L. M. Flores, C. R. Gadek, A. B. Johnson, M. R. Jones, J. Núñez-Zapata, A. Quiñonez, C. J. Schmitt, D. Susanibar, J. Tiravanti, K. Verde-Guerra, N. A. Wright, T. Valqui, J. F. Storz, and C. C. Witt. 2023. Blood variation implicates respiratory limits on elevational ranges of Andean birds. American Naturalist 201(5). link

He, X., S. G. DuBay, M. Zhangshang, Y. Cheng, Z. Liu, D. Li, J. Ran, Y. Wu. 2022. Seasonal elevational patterns and the underlying mechanisms of avian diversity and community structure on the eastern slope of Mt. Gongga. Diversity and Distributions 28 (12), 2459-2474. Open Access Full Text

McNew S. M., L. N. Barrow , J. L. Williamson , S. C. Galen , H. R. Skeen , S. G. DuBay , A. M. Gaffney , A. B. Johnson , E. Bautista-Obispo , P. Ordoñez , C. J. Schmitt , A. Smiley , T. Valqui , J. Bates , S. Hackett , C. C. Witt. 2021. Contrasting drivers of diversity in hosts and parasites across the tropical Andes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 28 (12), 2459-2474. Open Access Full Text

Swanson, D. L., T. Agin, Y. Zhang, P. Oboikovitz, & S. G. DuBay. 2020. Metabolic flexibility in response to within-season temperature variability in house sparrows. Integrative Organismal Biology 2(1), p.obaa039. Open Access Full Text

DuBay, S. G., Y. Wu, G.R. Scott, Y. Qu, Q. Liu, J. Smith, C. Xin, A. Hart Reeve, C. Juncheng, D. Meyer, J. Wang, J. Johnson, Z. Cheviron, F. Lei, & J. Bates. 2020. Life history predicts flight muscle phenotype and function in birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 89(5): 1262-1276. link pdf

Qu, Y., C, Chen, Y. Xiong, H. She, Y. Chen, S. G. DuBay, D. Li, P. G. P. Ericson, Y. Hao, H. Wang, Y. Zhang, W. Zhai, H. Zhao, G. Song, H. Zhang , T. Yang , C. Zhang , L. Liang , T. Wu , J. Zhao , Q. Gao, & F. Lei. 2020. Polygenic adaptation drives rapid phenotypic divergence during the early stage of high elevation adaptation in the Eurasian Tree Sparrow. National Science Review 7(1): 113-127. Open Access Full Text

Commentary in the associated issue of National Science Review:

  • Genomics of adaptation and acclimation: from field to lab and back – by Scott Edwards link

  • Three thousand years in Tibet – by Bettina Harr and Trevor Price link

  • An unusual case of early speciation associated with human activity – by Wen Wang link

  • High altitude adaptation in a flutter of sparrows – by Yang Liu link

Liu, W., Y. Wu, S. G. DuBay, C. Zhao, B. Wang, & J. Ran. 2019. Dung-associated arthropods influence foraging ecology and habitat selection in Black-necked Cranes (Grus nigricollis) on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Ecology and Evolution 9(4): 2096-2105. link pdf

He, X., X. Wang, S. G. DuBay, A. Hart Reeve, P. Alström, J. Ran, Q. Liu, & Y. Wu. 2019. Elevational patterns of bird species richness on the eastern slope of Mt. Gongga, Sichuan Province, China. Avian Research 10(1). Open Access Full Text

Zhu, Z., Y. Guan, A. Signore, C. Natarajan, S. G. DuBay, Y. Cheng, N. Han, G. Song, Y. Qu, H. Moriyama, F. Hoffmann, A. Fago, F. M. Lei & J. F. Storz. 2018. Divergent and parallel routes of biochemical adaptation in high-altitude passerine birds from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 115(8): 1865-1870. link pdf + supplements

DuBay, S. G., & C. C. Fuldner. 2017. Bird specimens track 135 years of atmospheric black carbon and environmental policy. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 114(43): 11321-11326. link pdf + supplements

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Wu, Y., X. He, S. G. DuBay, A. H. Reeve, P. Alström, H. Zhou, M. He, F. Yong, W. Zhang, F. M. Lei, & J. Ran. 2017. Avifauna of the eastern slopes of Mt. Gongga. Sichuan Journal of Zoology 36(6): 601-615. link pdf

DuBay, S. G., A. H. Reeve, & Y. Wu. 2017. Human disturbance provides foraging opportunities for birds in primary subalpine forest. Journal of Ornithology 158(3): 833-839. link pdf

Wu, Y., S. G. DuBay, R. K. Colwell, J. H. Ran, & F. M. Lei. 2016. Mobile hotspots and refugia of avian diversity in the mountains of southwest China under past and contemporary global climate change. Journal of Biogeography 44(3): 615-626. link pdf

Song, G., R. Zhang, S. G. DuBay, Y. H. Qu, L. Dong, W. J. Wang, Y. Y. Zhang, D. Lambert, & F. M. Lei. 2016. East Asian allopatry and north Eurasian sympatry in Long-tailed Tit lineages despite similar population dynamics during the late Pleistocene. Zoologica Scripta 45(2): 115-126. link pdf

DuBay, S. G., & C. C. Witt. 2014. Differential high-altitude adaptation and restricted gene flow across a mid-elevation hybrid zone in Andean tit-tyrant flycatchers. Molecular Ecology 23(14): 3551-3565. link pdf

DuBay, S. G., & A. B. Johnson. 2014. Underweight American Woodcock specimens from New Mexico. NMOS Bulletin 42(3&4): 21-24. pdf

DuBay, S. G., & C. C. Witt. 2012. An improved phylogeny of Andean tit-tyrants (Aves, Tyrannidae): More characters trump sophisticated analyses. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64(2): 285-296. link pdf

Benham, P. M., E. J. Beckman, S. G. DuBay, M. Flores, A. B. Johnson, M. J. Lelevier, C. J. Schmitt, N. A. Wright, & C. C. Witt. 2011. Satellite imagery reveals new critical habitat for endangered bird species in the high Andes of Peru. Endangered Species Research 13(2): 145-157. Open Access Full Text

Other Written Work

del Junco C., M. Gerbelli-Gauthier, B. Balthaser, T. Shen, M. Tosca, E. Potash, C. Fuldner, S. DuBay, E. Leão, G. Khullar, C. Readman Prud'homme, W. C. Lee, D. Rivard, E. Wilhelm, R. Linebaugh, A. Estevez-Torres, H. Eisler Burnett. 2021. Burnout: a zine about academia, travel, and climate change. link

DuBay, S. G. and C. C. Witt. 2020. Pied-crested Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes reguloides), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (T. S. Schulenberg, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. link

DuBay, S. G., & C. C. Witt. 2012. Proposal for the resurrection of the genus Uromyias. Proposal to the South American Checklist Committee (SACC). link



 

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