Curriculum VitaeFREDERICK H. SHELDON

Museum of Natural Science and Department of Biological SciencesLouisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803

tel. (225) 578-2887, fax (225) 578-3075email fsheld@ LSU.edu

PersonalBirth: 14 December 1951; Hoersching, Austria (U.S. citizen)

EducationYale University: Ph.D. Biology, 1986; M.S. Biology, 1981; B.S. Geology & Geophysics, 1974

Professional HistoryProfessor: LSU Department of Biological Sciences; 2007 - presentGeorge H. Lowery, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Natural Science: LSU; 2005 - presentDirector: LSU Museum of Natural Science; 2001 - 2013Curator of Genetic Resources: LSU Museum of Natural Science; 2000 – presentAdjunct Professor: LSU Department of Biological Sciences; 2000 - 2007Associate Curator and Adjunct Associate Professor: LSU; 1994 - 2000Assist. then Assoc. Curator of Birds: Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia; 1987 - 1993 Adjunct Professor: Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania; 1991 - 1993Visiting Lecturer: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Sabah; 1989 Assistant Research Professor: San Francisco State University; 1986 - 1987Graduate Student: Yale University; 1984 - 1986 Director: Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology's Field Program, Malaysia; 1981 - 1983 Graduate Student: Yale University; 1978 - 1980 Field Ornithologist: Australia, Borneo, and India for Yale University; 1976 - 1978 Microbiology Laboratory Technician: New York University; 1975 - 1976House Painter: New Jersey; 1974-1975.

ServiceAmerican Ornithologists’ Union: Vice President, 2002–2003; Treasurer, 1993-2000; Managing Board,

The Birds of North America, 1994-2003; Committees: Development (chair), 2003–2004; Student Awards, 2002–2003; Finance, 1993–2003; Publications, 2001–2003; NAOC Sci. Program, 2002

Associate Editorships: The Auk, 1999-2003, 2013-present; Condor, 2008–2013; Raffles Bull. Zoology, 2000–2010

Baton Rouge Audubon Society: Treasurer, 2002–2005; Membership Chair, 1996–2000; Board, 1995–2000, 2002–2005

International Ornithological Committee: Finance Committee Member, 1999–2001LSU: Council on Research 2016-present; Department of Biological Sciences Promotion and Tenure

Committee 2013-present; Goldwater Scholarship Selection Committee, 2005–2014; Faculty Senate, 2005–2011; Summer Reading Program Committee, 2007; Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee, 2006; Assistant Director of the Museum of Natural Science, 1999–2001; Coordinator of Interdepartmental Studies in Systematics and Evolutionary Biology, 1995–2001

National Science Foundation, panels: collections; dissertations; POWRE; systematic biology National Center for Biotechnology Information: Genbank Taxonomy Advisory Panel, 1995Ornithological Societies of North America, Committees: Contracts, 2003 - 2004. Managing, 1993–2000The Peregrine Fund Southeast Asia Project: Advisory Committee, 1995Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Faculty of Resource Science and Technology: International Advisory

Committee, 2010-present.

Research InterestsEvolution, systematics, and ecology of birds. In particular, the use of molecular and ecological methods to reconstruct the evolutionary history of Southeast Asian birds

Ph.D. Dissertation"A Study of the Evolution and Phylogeny of Herons (Ardeidae) using DNA-DNA Hybridization."

Advisor: C.G. Sibley

HonorsAmerican Ornithologists’ Union: Vice President (2002), Fellow (1997), Elective Member (1991). International Ornithological Congress: Plenary speaker (2014)LSU: Endowed professorship (2005), Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Teaching Award (2009, 2011),

Tiger Athletic Association Faculty Teaching Award nominations 2005, 2009.Yale University: John Spangler Nicholas Prize for the outstanding doctoral thesis in the Department of

Biological Sciences (1986).Royal Institute of Scientists: Fellow (2014)Yale Alumni Schools Committee: Most outstanding member 2013-14

GrantsNSF DEB 1241059: Martin, T.E., R.C. Fleischer, E.S. Martinsen, R.G. Moyle, and F.H. Sheldon.

Dimensions: Collaborative Research: Historical and contemporary influences on elevational distributions and biodiversity tested in tropical Asia. $2,000,000 ($330,378 to LSU). 2012–2017.

NSF DEB 1241059: Brumfield, R.T., F. H. Sheldon, E.P. Derryberry, R.G. Moyle, and J. Cracraft. Collaborative research: Systematics of a pantropical diversification: the suboscine passerine birds. $712,271 ($363,179 to LSU). 2012-2016.

National Geographic Society 8753-10: Sheldon, F.H., M.A. Rahman, and R.G. Moyle. Biogeography of birds in the lowlands and mountains of Borneo. $19,500. 2010-2011.

Coypu Foundation: Remsen, J.V., R.T. Brumfield, and F.H. Sheldon. Winter bird atlas survey of remote areas in Louisiana. $5,400. July 2009.

National Park Service: Sheldon, F.H. Natural History Backlog Cataloging. $50,000. September 2008 – September 2010.

Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund: Styring, A.R., and F.H. Sheldon. Bornean Bird Conservation. $7,800. May 2007.

I.W. and C. B. Pennington Foundation: Warny, S.B., and F.H. Sheldon. Installation of audiovisual equipment in the exhibit halls of the LSU Museum of Natural Science to improve the quality of public programming. $14,852. July 2006.

Comprehensive Wildlife Conservation Program, Louisiana State Fish & Game: D. Prowell, D. Hendricks, J. Coulson, M. Crago, F. Sheldon, and J. Cecil, Designating Important Bird Areas in Louisiana. $216,400. January 2005 – January 2008.

LSU Council on Research, Faculty Research Grant: F. H. Sheldon. Population and conservation genetics of birds in east Malaysia (Borneo). $10,000. July 2004.

I.W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation: Warny, S.B., and F.H. Sheldon. New exhibit at the Museum of Natural Science: A tool to improve science education in the greater BatonRouge area. $10,000. June 2004.

NSF: Brumfield, R.T., C.C. Austin, M.S. Hafner, and F.H. Sheldon. An automated capillary sequencer for systematics, population genetics, genomics, and molecular ecology. May 2004. $126,481

Louisiana Board of Regents Enhancement: Warny, S.B., and F.H. Sheldon. A century of earth science discoveries in Antarctica: a tool to improve and promote earth sciences for college graduates and K-12 education. $70,000. April 2004.

I.W. and C.B. Pennington Foundation: Warny, S.B., and F.H. Sheldon. New exhibit at the Museum of Natural Science: A tool to improve science education in the greater BatonRouge area. $16,000. November 2003.

NSF DEB-0228688: Hackett, S.J., W.S. Moore, F.H. Sheldon, M.J. Braun, R.T. Kimball, E.L. Braun, D.W. Steadman. Early Bird: A collaborative project to resolve the deep nodes of avian phylogeny. $2,020,000 ($269,481 to LSU). September 2002 – September 2008.

NSF DEB-0138577: Sheldon, F.H., and J.A. McGuire. Upgrading the LSU collection of herpetological genetic resources to liquid nitrogen storage. $196,620. April 2002 – March 2007.

Coypu Foundation: Remsen, J.V., and F.H. Sheldon. Research Expeditions to the Tropics: Sabah and Peru. $79,175. January 2002.

LSU Student Technology Grant: Sheldon, F.H., J.A. McGuire, and M.J. Babin. Natural science in the 21st century: Enhancing the Museum of Natural Science instructional lab for student scientific and technological literacy. $26,709. March 2001.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department: McCracken, K.G., F.H. Sheldon, and W.P. Johnson. Molecular population genetics of the Mottled Duck (Anas fulvigula): Analysis of geographic structure and subdivision of potential isolate populations inhabiting the central Gulf coast and Florida. $9,851. March – June 1999.

NSF DEB-9419909: Sheldon, F.H., and M.S. Hafner. Support for the Collection of Genetic Resources, Louisiana State University Museum of Natural History. $136,802. April 1995 - October 2001

NSF BSR-9207991: Gill, F.B., and F.H. Sheldon. Phylogenetic relationships among seed-caching birds with extraordinary spatial memory. $209,886. July 1992 - January 1996

Pew Foundation Undergraduate Scholarship Program in Systematic Biology: Sheldon, F.H. Training grants for undergraduate students in systematic biology. $50,000. 1992 - 1994

NSF BSR-9020183: Sheldon, F.H. DNA hybridization comparison of mitochondrial versus nuclear DNA evolution in birds. $152,251. Feb. 1991 - Feb. 1993

NSF BSR-8806890.1 (REU Supplement): Sheldon, F.H. Nuclear and mitochondrial DNA hybridization and swallow systematics. $10,900. June - Dec. 1990

National Geographic Society 4099-89: Sheldon, F. H.. Sunda zoogeography I: The distribution and relationships of some Sabahan vertebrates. $5,800. May - July 1989

NSF BSR-8806890: Sheldon, F.H. Properties and capabilities of DNA-DNA hybridization as a systematic method in ornithology. $86,859. Oct. 1988 - Apr. 1991

Students’ NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement GrantsNSF DEB-0206722: Sheldon, F.H. and C. C. Witt. Exploring the temporal and geographical origins of

Neotropical diversity: Comparison of 32 superspecies groups in the avian families Galbulidae and Bucconidae. $6,500. July 2002 – July 2004

NSF DEB-0104919: Sheldon, F.H., and J. Weckstein. A cophylogenetic analysis of avian hosts and their parasites: Toucans (Aves: Piciformes) and chewing lice (Insecta: Pthiraptera). $8,067. July 2001 – July 2003

Foreign Field Work (number of expeditions, total time in the field)Led expeditions to Australia (2 trips, 1.5 years), Borneo (20 trips, 5 years), Cameroon (1 trip, 1 month), and India (1 trip, 6 months); participated in collecting expeditions to Dominican Republic (1 trip, 2 weeks), Ecuador (1 trip, 1 month), Greece (1 trip, 1 month), and South Africa (1 trip, 1 month)

Teaching3-hour courses: Biology for Science Majors I (BIOL 1201) 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012,

2014, 2016; Undergraduate Research in Biological Sciences (BIOL 3999) 2006; Systematic Biology (BIOL 7111) 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013; Independent Readings in Biological Sciences (BIOL 7995) 2007; Molecular Evolution (BIOL 7800) 1995, 1997, 1999.

1-hour seminars: Systematic Biology (BIOL 7938) 1994; Historical Ecology (BIOL 7800 & 7938) 1996, 1999; Molecular Evolution (BIOL 7946) 1996, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2005; Biogeography (BIOL 7939 & 7901) 1997, 2014; Molecular Systematics (BIOL 7938) 1997, 2002; Animal Hybrids (BIOL 7938) 1998; Curatorial Methods (BIOL 7800) 2015.

Graduate Students and PostdocsFarah Shafawati Mohd Taib. Ph.D. 2015. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Banggi. Visiting graduate

student, 2013. Ecology of birds in disturbed forest. Current position: Senior Lecturer, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Banggi, Selangor, Malaysia.

Dency Flenny anak Augustine Gawin. Ph.D. 2014. Population Genetic and Hybridization Studies of Three Bornean Bird Species- Mountain Black-eye (Chlorocharis emiliae), White-rumped shama (Copsychus malabaricus), and Oriental Magpie-Robin (Copsychus saularis). Current position: Lecturer, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kota Samarahan, Sarawak, Malaysia.

Haw Chuan Lim. Ph.D. 2010. Evolutionary Dynamics of Bird Populations in Southeast Asia. Current position: Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.

Ben D. Marks. Ph.D. 2008. Avian diversification in the Afrotropics. Current position: Collection Manager, Field Museum, Chicago, IL.

Cheryl L. Haines. M.S. 2007. Comparative phylogeography of four montane bird species in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Current position: Ph.D. Student, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN.

Fabio S. Raposo Amaral. Ph.D. 2008. Universidade de São Paulo. Visiting graduate student, 2006. Molecular phylogenetics of Neotropical raptorial birds. Current position: Tenure track faculty, Federal University of São Paulo, Brazil.

Fasheng Zou. Postdoctoral Research Associate, 2005. Phylogeography of Sino-Indian birds. Current position: Director, South China Institute of Endangered Animals, Guangzhou, China.

M. Josephine Babin. M.S. 2005. Geographic variation and speciation in rough-winged swallows (Aves: Hirundinidae: Stegidopteryx). Current position: Biomedical Technologist, Los Angeles, CA.

Christopher Witt. Ph.D. 2004. Rates of Molecular Evolution and Their Application to Neotropical Avian Biogeography. Current position: Associate Professor, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. (Co-advised with J.V. Remsen.)

Jason Weckstein, Ph.D. 2003. Systematics and cophylogenetics of toucans and their associated chewing lice. Current position: Assistant Professor/Curator, Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel, Philadelphia, PA.

Alex Aleixo. Ph.D. 2002. LSU. Molecular systematics, phylogeography, and population genetics of Xiphorhynchus (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae) in the Amazon basin. Current position: Curator, Goeldi Museum, Brazil. (Co-advised with J.V. Remsen.)

Robert G. Moyle. Ph.D. 2002. LSU. Molecular systematics of barbets and trogons: pantropical biogeography, African speciation, and issues in phylogenetic inference. Current position: Associate Professor, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS.

Heather McGuire. Ph.D. 2001. LSU. Evaluating the taxonomic status of the Great White Heron (Ardea herodias occidentalis) using morphological, behavioral and genetic evidence. Current position: Associate Professor, Chowan University, Murfreesboro, NC. (Co-advised with F. Rohwer.)

Vanessa Bolman. M.S. 2001. LSU. Phylogenetic information and rates of evolution in anonymous segments of heron nuclear DNA. Current position: Medical Clinician, Houma, Louisiana.

Kwai Hin Han. Ph.D. 2000. LSU. Phylogeny and biogeography of tree shrews (Scandentia: Tupaiidae). Current position: Program Officer, WWF-Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur.

Kevin G. McCracken. Ph.D. 1999. LSU. Dissertation: Systematics, ecology, and social biology of the Musk Duck (Biziura lobata) of Australia. Current position: Endowed Associate Professor, University of Miami, Miami, FL. (Co-advised with A. Afton.)

Jeremy Kirchman. M.S. 1997. LSU. Thesis: Population genetics of the Cave Swallow species complex: Historical analysis of geographic variation. Current position: Curator of Ornithology, New York State Natural History Museum, Albany, NY.

Beth Slikas. Ph.D. 1996. University of Pennsylvania. Dissertation: Phylogeny of the avian family Ciconiidae (storks) based on cytochrome b and DNA hybridization data. Current position: Laboratory Manager, Woods Hole, MA. (Co-advised with F. Gill.)

Linda A. Whittingham. Postdoctoral Fellow 1994 – 1996, LSU Molecular Evolution Group. Current position: Professor, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, WI.

Current Ph.D. Students: Clare E. Brown, molecular genetics of bird migration; Ryan Burner, community ecology of Bornean birds; Vivien Chua, biogeography of Bornean mountain birds; Subir Shakya, molecular genetics of bird coloration.

Professional AssociationsAmerican Ornithologists' Union, British Ornithologists' Club, Cooper Ornithological Society, Oriental Bird Club, Society for the Study of Evolution, Society of Systematic Biologists, Wilson Ornithological Society.

Journal Article ReviewsThe Auk, Australian Journal of Zoology, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, Biodiversitas, Biodiversity and Conservation, Biological Conservation, Biotropica, Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club, Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences, The Condor, Conservation Biology, Conservation Genetics, Current Zoology, Ecology and Evolution, The Emu, Evolution, Folia Zoologica, Forktail, The Ibis, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Heredity, Malacologia, Molecular Biology and Evolution, Molecular Ecology, Journal of Avian Biology, Journal of Biogeography, Journal of Biosciences, Journal of Field Ornithology, Journal of Molecular Evolution, Journal of Tropical Agriculture, Landscape and Urban Planning, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, Ornitologia Neotropical, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, Public Library of Science (Biology), The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Restoration Ecology, Sabah Society Journal, Science, Systematic Biology, Zoological Science, Zoologica Scripta, Zoologische Verhandelingen Leiden, and Zootaxa.

Book PreviewsSan Diego Zoo, ZooBooks, 1989; Oxford University Press, 1994, 1995

Symposia Organized1996. Mardi Gras Symposium in Systematics and Evolutionary Biology. A one-day symposium under

the auspices of LSU's Interdepartmental Studies in Systematics and Evolutionary Biology featuring talks by 10 nationally prominent experts in systematics data analysis.

1994. Sheldon, F.H., and D.W. Winkler. Phylogenetic interpretation of ecology and behavior. XXI International Ornithological Congress, Vienna. J. Ornithol. 135:338-342.

2005. Sheldon, F.H. Early Bird Annual Meeting. Three day meeting of the NSF Tree-of-Life avian phylogeny research group.

Presentations (last five years)Bornean Ornithology (and Related Issues)

2016. North American Ornithological Conference, Washington, DC

2016. NSF-sponsored Student Mentoring Workshop, Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK2016. Sabah Society, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia2015. Sabah Society/Sandakan Bird Club, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia2015. Bornean Conservation Conference, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia2015. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY2015. Yale University, New Haven, CT2015. Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA2015. National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC2015. American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY2015. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA2014. International Ornithological Congress, Tokyo, Japan2014. Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA2014. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia2013. American Ornithologists’ Union, Chicago, IL

PublicationsEssays, Commentaries, Abstracts, Book Reviews, etc. (*principal author if not first author)Submitted. Sheldon, F.H. On the biogeography of Sabah's rainforest birds. Sabah Society Journal.

2016. Hudson, L.N., et al. The database of the PREDICTS (Projecting Responses of Ecological Diversity In Changing Terrestrial Systems) project. Ecology and Evolution.

2015. Peterson, A.T., R.G. Moyle, F. Lei, L.C. Campillo, P.A. Hosner, L.J. Klicka, H.C. Lim, A.S. Nyari, Y. Qu, S. Reddy, F.H. Sheldon, and F. Zou. Avian evolution and speciation in the Southeast Asian tropics. Current Zoology 61:898-900.

2014. Rocha, L.A., and 121 other authors. Specimen collection: an essential tool. Science 344:814-815.

2013. Sheldon, F.H., M.B. Robbins, and R.T. Brumfield. William Brewster Memorial Award, 2013: J.V. (“Van”) Remsen, Jr. The Auk 130:819-820.

2011. Sheldon, F.H. Review of D. R. Wells (ed.), Systematic Notes on Asian Birds 2010. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 123:656-657.

2011. Sheldon, F.H. Review of Phillipps’ Field Guide to the Birds of Borneo. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 123:196-197.

2010. Hunt, V., and F.H. Sheldon. A brush with reality: watercolors by Douglas Pratt. Pp. 202-203 in L.F. Lindsay, ed. Treasures of LSU. Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

2010. Remsen, J.V., R.T. Brumfield, and F.H. Sheldon. 2010. We collect birds: the LSU bird collection. Pp. 188-189 in L. F. Lindsay, ed. Treasures of LSU. Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

2010. Sheldon, F.H. Review of S. Myers, Birds of Borneo. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 122:410-411.

2009. Haussler, D., S. J. O'Brien, O. A. Ryder, F. K. Barker, M. Clamp, A. J. Crawford, R. Hanner, O. H. Hanotte, W. Johnson, J. McGuire, W. Miller, R. W. Murphy, W. J. Murphy, F. H. Sheldon, B. Sinervo, B. Venkatesh, and E. O. Wiley. Genome 10K: A proposal to obtain whole genome sequence for 10,000 vertebrate species. Heredity 100:659-674.

2009. Sheldon, F.H. Review of C. F. Mann, The Birds of Borneo, An Annotated Checklist. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 121:856-857.

2009. Sheldon, F.H., and R.G. Moyle. Pityriaseidae. In J. del Hoyo, A. B. Elliott and D. Christie, eds., Handbook of the Birds of the World, Volume 14. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.

2007. Sodhi, N. S., D. Astuti, A. C. Diesmos, P. Ericson, N. Fernandopulle, S. Kotagama, E. Kudavidanege, H. C. Lim, B. Lee, S. L. H. Lim, Y. Lin, D. J. Lohman, W. Meckvichai, H. Miranda, R. G. Moyle, P. Ong, K. A. Pan, D. Prawiradilaga, M. A. Rahman, A. Rahmani, F. H. Sheldon, M. Y. Stoeckle, S. Sulandari, L. K. Wang, and K. Winker. Barcoding Indo-Malayan birds. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55:397-398.

2007. Styring, A., F.H. Sheldon*, R. Ragai, and J. Unggang. Determining the diversity of birds in Bornean tree plantations. Pp. 138-151 in (R. Stuebing, J. Unggang, J. Ferner, J. Ferner, B. Giman, and K. K. Ping, eds.), Proceedings of the Regional Conference of Biodiversity Conservation in Tropical Planted Forests in Southeast Asia, 15-18 January 2007. Forest Department, Sarawak Forestry Corporation, and Grand Perfect Sdn Bhd, Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia.

2006. Harshman, J., E.L. Braun, M.J. Braun, S.J. Hackett, K.L. Han, C.J. Huddleston, R.T. Kimball, B.D. Marks, K.J. Miglia, W.A. Moore, S. Reddy, F.H. Sheldon, D. Steadman, T. Yuri, and C.C. Witt. Early Bird, an international collaboration in deep molecular phylogenetics of birds: Can four million bases resolve the tree? Journal of Ornithology 147:42-42.

2005. Sheldon, F.H., J.V. Remsen, and R.T. Brumfield. Academy of Natural Sciences: job cuts. Letter to Science 307:1560.

2001. Sheldon, F.H. Molecular collections for basic research: Museums, methods, and morality. Pp. 331-346 in (Z. Yaacob, S. Moo-Tan, and S. Yorath, eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on In-situ and Ex-situ Biodiversity Conservation in the New Millenium, 20-22 June 2000. Yayasan Sabah/Innoprise Corporation and Sabah Museum, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia.

2001. Sheldon, F.H., and D.W. Winkler. Swallows and martins. Pp. 419-424 in C. Elphick, J. B. Dunning, and D. A. Sibley (eds.), The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior. Alfred A. Knopf, New York.

1999. Sheldon, F.H., and D.W. Winkler. Overview: Nest architecture and avian systematics. The Auk 116:875-877.

1998. Klein, N.K., F.H. Sheldon, K. Wallace, E. Cuevas, and S. Latta. Use of a small water reservoir by locally rare birds in the Dominican Republic. El Piterre (Journal of the Society of Caribbean Ornithology) 11(2):36.

1998. Sheldon, F. H. Abstract: A phylogeny of the swallows. Pp. 71-74 in S. C. Latta (ed.), Recent Ornithological Research in the Dominican Republic. Ediciones Tinglar, Santo Domingo.

1997. Sheldon, F.H. Review of A. Kemp, The Hornbills: Bucerotiformes. The Auk 114:538.

1997. Sheldon, F.H., and D.L. Dittmann. The value of vertebrate tissue collections in applied and basic science. Pp. 163-174 in K. E. Hoagland and A. Y. Rossman (eds.), Global Genetic Resources: Access, Ownership, and Intellectual Property Rights. Association of Systematics Collections, Washington, DC.

1997. Sheldon, F.H., and B. Slikas. Advances in ciconiiform systematics 1976-1996. Colonial Waterbirds 20:106-114.

1994. Winkler, D.W., and F.H. Sheldon. Abstract: Phylogenetic hierarchy in character variability and its causes: Lessons from characters-state distributions in swallows, Hirundinidae. Journal für Ornithologie 135:342.

1992. Sheldon, F. H., S. Mitra, and J. Kennard. 1992. Abstract: The birds of Sabah Softwoods exotic tree plantation. Pp. 498-499 in Ghazally Ismail, Murtedza Mohamed, and Siraj Omar (eds.), Forest Biology and Conservation in Borneo. Centre for Borneo Studies, Publ. No. 2, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia.

1991. Gill, F.B., and F.H. Sheldon. Review of C.G. Sibley and J.H. Ahlquist, Phylogeny and Classification of Birds (1990). Science 252:1003-1005.

1989. Sheldon, F.H. Review of C. Lever, Naturalized Birds of the World (1987). American Scientist 77:78.

1988. Sheldon, F.H. Review of A. Keast, H.F. Recher, H. Ford, and D. Saunders (eds.), Birds of Eucalypt Forests and Woodlands (1985). American Scientist 76:79.

1988. Sheldon, F.H. Review of M. Nei, Molecular Evolutionary Genetics (1987). The Auk 105:399.

1986. Sheldon, F.H. Abstract: Habitat changes potentially affecting birdlife in Sabah, East Malaysia. The Ibis 128:174-175.

1983. Sheldon, F.H. Review of: B.E. Smythies, The Birds of Borneo, third edition (1981). Wilson Bulletin 95:498-499.

Monographs2001. Sheldon, F.H., R.G. Moyle, and J. Kennard. Ornithology of Sabah: History, gazetteer, annotated

checklist, and bibliography. Ornithological Monographs 52:1-285.

Peer-reviewed Articles (*principal author if not first author)Submitted. Lim, H.C., D.F. Gawin, S.B. Shakya, M.G. Harvey, M.A. Rahman, and F.H. Sheldon.

Sundaland’s east-west rainforest population structure: variable manifestations in four polytypic bird species examined using RAD-Seq and plumage analyses. Journal of Biogeography.

Submitted. Manthey, J.D., R.G. Moyle, D.F. Gawin, M.A. Rahman, M.F.S. Ramji, and F.H. Sheldon. Genomic phylogeography of the endemic Mountain Blackeye of Borneo (Chlorocharis emiliae): montane and lowland populations differ in patterns of Pleistocene diversification. Journal of Biogeography.

Submitted. Moyle, R.G., J.D. Manthey, P.A. Hosner, M.A. Rahman, M. Lakim, and F.H. Sheldon. A genome-wide assessment of stages of elevational parapatry in Bornean passerine birds reveals no introgression: implications for processes and patterns of speciation. PeerJ.

Submitted. Shakya, S.B., J. Fuchs, J.-M. Pons, and F.H. Sheldon. Tapping the woodpecker tree for evolutionary insight. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

Submitted. Shakya, S.B. and F.H. Sheldon. Supermatrix approach to infer the phylogeny of Pycnonotidae. The Ibis.

Submitted. Styring, A.R., J. Unggang, A. Jukie, O. Tateh, N. Megam, and F.H. Sheldon*. Bird community interactions between native forest fragments and Acacia mangium plantation in Borneo. Wilson Journal of Ornithology.

Accepted. Chua, V.L., B.T. Smith, M.A. Rahman, M. Lakim, D.M. Prawiradilaga, R.G. Moyle, and F.H. Sheldon. Evolutionary and ecological forces influencing population diversification in Bornean montane passerines. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.

Accepted. Reddy, S., R.T. Kimball, A. Pandey, P. Hosner, M.J. Braun, S.J. Hackett, K.L. Han, J. Harshman, C.J. Huddleston, S. Kingston, B.D. Marks, K.J. Miglia, W.A. Moore, F.H. Sheldon, T. Yuri, C.C. Witt, E.L. Braun. Why do phylogenomic data sets yield conflicting trees? Data type influences the avian tree of life more than taxon sampling. Systematic Biology.

2016. Burner, R.C., V.L. Chua, M.L. Brady, P. Van Els, P.O.M. Steinhoff, M.A. Rahman, and F.H. Sheldon. An ornithological survey of Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 128:242-254.

2016. Cibois, A., and F.H. Sheldon. Comment on Jukema et al. “Geographic variation in morphometrics, molt, and migration suggests ongoing subspeciation in Pacific Golden-Plovers (Pluvialis fulva)”. The Auk: Advances in Ornithology 133:129-130.

2016. Styring, A.R., R. Ragai, M. Zakaria, and F.H. Sheldon*. Foraging ecology and occurrence of 7 sympatric babbler species (Aves: Timaliidae) in the lowland rainforest of Borneo and peninsular Malaysia. Current Zoology 62:345-355.

2016. van Els, P., V.L. Chua, R.C. Burner, M.A. Rahman, and F.H. Sheldon. Notes on the life history of Harpactes whiteheadi (Aves: Trogonidae), with a description of the juvenile plumage. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 64:76-78.

2015. Chua, V. L., Q. Phillipps, H. C. Lim, S. S. Taylor, D. F. Gawin, M. A. Rahman, R. G. Moyle, and F. H. Sheldon*. Phylogeography of three endemic birds of Maratua Island, a potential archive of Bornean biogeography. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 63:259-269.

2015. Lim, H.C., F. Zou, and F.H. Sheldon. Genetic differentiation in two widespread, open-forest bird species of Southeast Asia (Copsychus saularis and Megalaima haemacephala): Insights from ecological niche modeling. Current Zoology 61:922-934.

2015. Sheldon, F.H. Gazetteer and site-based history of the ornithology of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University 86:1-91.

2015. Sheldon, F.H., H.C. Lim, and R.G. Moyle. Return to the Malay Archipelago: the biogeography of Sundaic rainforest birds. Journal of Ornithology 156 (Supplement 1):S91–S113.

2014. Gawin, D.F., M.A. Rahman, M.F.S. Ramji, B.T. Smith, H.C. Lim, R.G. Moyle, and F.H. Sheldon*. Patterns of avian diversification in Borneo: the case of the endemic Mountain Black-eye (Chlorocharis emiliae). The Auk: Advances in Ornithology 131:86-99.

2014. Jarvis, E.D., et al. Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds. Science 346:1320-1331.

2014. Lim, H.C., V.L. Chua, P.M. Benham, C.H. Oliveros, M.A. Rahman, R.G. Moyle, and F.H. Sheldon*. Divergence history of the Rufous-tailed Tailorbird (Orthotomus sericeus) of Sundaland: Implications for the biogeography of Palawan and the taxonomy of island species in general. Auk:Advances in Ornithology 131:629-642.

2014. Sheldon, F.H., G. Davison, A. Wong, and R.G. Moyle. Birds in peatswamp at Klias Forest Reserve and environs, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University 83:1-29

2014. Zhang, G., et al. Comparative genomics reveals insights into avian genome evolution and adaptation. Science 346:1311-1320.

2013. Li, S., F. Zou, Q. Zhang, and F.H. Sheldon*. Species richness and guild composition in rubber plantations compared to secondary forest on Hainan Island, China. Agroforestry Systems 87:1117-1128.

2013. Mahood, S.P., A.J.I. John, J.C. Eames, C.H. Oliveros, R.G. Moyle, H. Chamnan, C.M. Poole, H. Nielsen, and F.H. Sheldon. 2013. A new species of lowland tailorbird (Passeriformes: Cisticolidae: Orthotomus) from the Mekong floodplain of Cambodia. Forktail 29:1-14.

2013. Senior, M.J.M., K.C. Hamer, S.H. Bottrell, D.P. Edwards, T.M. Fayle, J.M. Lucey, P.J. Mayhew, R.J. Newton, K.S.H. Peh, F.H. Sheldon, C. Stewart, A.R. Styring, M.D. Thom, P. Woodcock, and J.K. Hill. Trait-dependent declines of species following conversion of rain forest to oil palm plantations. Biodiversity and Conservation 22:253-268.

2013. Sheldon, F.H., C.E. Brown, M.A. Rahman, K.T. Guan, and R.G. Moyle. Ornithology of the Kelabit Highlands of Sarawak, Malaysia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 61:1-27.

2013. Yuri, T., R.T. Kimball, J. Harshman, R.C.K. Bowie, M.J. Braun, J. L. Chojnowski, S. Hackett, K.-L. Han, C.J. Huddleston, W.S. Moore, S. Reddy, F.H. Sheldon, D.W. Steadman, C.C. Witt, and E.L. Braun. Parsimony and model-based analyses of indels in avian nuclear genes reveal congruent and incongruent phylogenetic signals. Biology 2:419-444

2012. Dor, R., M.D. Carling, I.J. Lovette, F.H. Sheldon, and D.W. Winkler. Species trees for the tree swallows (Genus Tachycineta): an alternative phylogenetic hypothesis to the mitochondrial gene tree. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65:317-322.

2012. Harris, J.B.C., D.L. Yong, F.H. Sheldon, A.J. Boyce, J.A. Eaton, H. Bernard, A. Biun, A. Langevin, T.E. Martin, and D. Wei. Using diverse data sources to detect elevational range changes of birds on Mount Kinabalu, Malaysian Borneo. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement 25:197-247.

2012. Sheldon, F.H., C.H. Oliveros, S.S. Taylor, B. McKay, H.C. Lim, M.A. Rahman, H. Mays, and R.G. Moyle. Molecular phylogeny and insular biogeography of the lowland tailorbirds of Southeast Asia (Cisticolidae: Orthotomus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65:54-63.

2012. Wu, Y., J.H. Huang, M. Zhang, S. Luo, Y. Zhang, F. Lei, F.H. Sheldon, and F. Zou. Genetic divergence and population demography of the Hainan endemic black-throated laughingthrush (Aves: Timaliidae, Garrulax chinensis monachus) and adjacent mainland subspecies. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 65:482-489.

2011. Braun, E.L., R.T. Kimball, K.-L. Han, N.R. Iuhasz, A.J. Bonilla, J.L. Chojnowski, J.V. Smith, R.C.K. Bowie, M J. Braun, S.J. Hackett, J. Harshman, C.J. Huddleston, B.D. Marks, K.J. Miglia, W.S. Moore, S. Reddy, F.H. Sheldon, C.C. Witt & T. Yuri. Homoplastic microinversions and the avian tree of life. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11:141.

2011. Han, K.-L., E.L. Braun, R.T. Kimball, S. Reddy, R.C.K. Bowie, M.J. Braun, J.L. Chojnowski, S. Hackett, J. Harshman, C.J. Huddleston, B.D. Marks, K.J. Miglia, W.S. Moore, F.H. Sheldon, D.W. Steadman, C.C. Witt, and T. Yuri. Are transposable element insertions homoplasy free? An examination using the avian tree of life. Systematic Biology 60:375-386.

2011. Lim, H.C., and F.H. Sheldon. Multilocus analysis of the evolutionary dynamics of rainforest bird populations in Southeast Asia. Molecular Ecology 20:3414-3438.

2011. Moyle, R. G., S. S. Taylor, C. H. Oliveros, H. C. Lim, C. L. Haines, M. A. Rahman and F. H. Sheldon. Diversification of an endemic Southeast Asian genus: Phylogenetic relationships of the spiderhunters (Aves: Nectariniidae). Auk 128:777-788.

2011. Sheldon, F.H., and A.R. Styring. Bird diversity differs between industrial tree plantations on Borneo: implications for conservation planning. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 59:269-283.

2011. Styring, A.R., R. Ragai, J. Unggang, R. Stuebing, P.A. Hosner, and F.H. Sheldon*. Bird community assembly in two Bornean tree plantations: effects of forest age and structure. Forest Ecology and Management 261:531-544.

2010. Amaral, F.S.R., F.H. Sheldon, A. Gamauf, E. Haring, M.J. Riesing, L.F. Silveira, and A. Wajntal. Priority of Geranoaetus Kaup, 1844 over Tachytriorchis Kaup, 1844 (Aves: Accipitridae) based on the first reviser principle. Zootaxa 2534:67-68.

2010. Amaral, F.S.R., F.H. Sheldon, and A. Wajntal. Towards an assessment of character interdependence in avian RNA phylogenetics: a general secondary structure model for the avian mitochondrial 16S rRNA. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56:498-506.

2010. Dor, R., R.J. Safran, F.H. Sheldon, D.W. Winkler, and I.J. Lovette. Phylogeny of the genus Hirundo and the barn swallow subspecies complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 56:409-418.

2010. Hosner, P.A., F.H. Sheldon, H.C. Lim, and R.G. Moyle. Phylogeny and biogeography of the Asian trogons (Aves: Trogoniformes) inferred from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57:1219-1215.

2010. Lim, H.C., F.H. Sheldon, and R.G. Moyle. Extensive color polymorphism in the Southeast Asian oriental dwarf kingfisher Ceyx erithaca: a result of gene flow during population divergence? Journal of Avian Biology 41:305-318.

2010. Lim, H.C., M.A. Rahman, S.L.H. Lim, R.G. Moyle, F.H. Sheldon. Revisiting Wallace’s haunt: coalescent simulations and comparative niche modeling reveal historical mechanisms that promoted avian population divergence in the Malay Archipelago. Evolution 65:321-334.

2010. Lim, H.C., Zou, F., Taylor, S.S., Marks, B.D., Moyle, R.G., Voelker, G., and Sheldon, F.H.* Phylogeny of magpie-Robins and shamas (Aves: Turdidae: Copsychus and Trichixos): implications for island biogeography in Southeast Asia. Journal of Biogeography 37:1894-1906.

2010. Lohman, D.J., K.K. Ingram, D.M. Prawiradilaga, K. Winker, F.H. Sheldon, R.G. Moyle, P.K.L. Ng, P.S. Ong, L.K. Wang, T.M. Braile, D. Astutic, and R. Meier. 2009. Cryptic genetic diversity in "widespread" Southeast Asian bird species suggests that Philippine avian endemism is gravely underestimated. Biological Conservation. 143: 1885-1890.

2010. Sheldon, F.H., A.R. Styring, and P.A. Hosner. Bird species richness in a Bornean exotic tree plantation: a long-term perspective. Biological Conservation 143:399-407.

2009. Amaral, F.S.R., F.H. Sheldon, A. Gamauf, E. Haring, M.J. Riesing, L.F. Silveira, and A. Wajntal, A. Patterns and processes of diversification in a widespread and ecologically diverse avian group, the buteonine hawks (Aves, Accipitridae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 53:703-715.

2009. Kimball, R.T., Braun, E.L., Barker, F.K., Bowie, R.C.K., Braun, M.J., Chojnowski, J.L., Hackett, S., Han, K.-L., Harshman, J., Heimer-Torres, V., Holznagel, W., Huddleston, C.J., Marks, B.D., Miglia, K.J., Moore, W.S., Reddy, S., Sheldon, F.H., Smith, J.V., Witt, C.C. & Yuri, T. A well-tested set of primers to amplify regions spread across the avian genome. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50:654-660.

2009. Sheldon, F.H., H.C. Lim, J. Nais, M. Lakim, A. Tuuga, P. Malim, J. Majuakim, A. Lo, M. Schilthuizen, P.A. Hosner, R.G. Moyle. Observations on the ecology, distribution, and biogeography of forest birds in Sabah, Malaysia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 57:577-586.

2009. Sheldon, F.H., D. J. Lohman, H.C. Lim, F. Zou, S.M. Goodman, D.M. Prawiradilaga, K. Winker, T.M. Braile, and R.G. Moyle. Phylogeography of the magpie-robin species complex (Aves: Turdidae: Copsychus) reveals a Philippine species, an interesting isolating barrier, and unusual dispersal patterns in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia. Journal of Biogeography 36:1070-1083.

2008. Hackett, S., R.T. Kimball, S. Reddy, R.C.K. Bowie, E.L. Braun, M.J. Braun, J.L. Chojnowski, W.A. Cox, K.-L. Han, J. Harshman, C.J. Huddleston, B.D. Marks, K.J. Miglia, W.S. Moore, F.H. Sheldon, D.W. Steadman, C.C. Witt, and T. Yuri. A phylogenomic study of birds reveals their evolutionary history. Science 320:1763-1768.

2008. Harshman, J., E.L. Braun, M.J. Braun, C.J. Huddleston, R.C.K. Bowie, J.L. Chojnowski, S. Hackett, K.-L. Han, R.T. Kimball, B.D. Marks, K.J. Miglia, W.S. Moore, S. Reddy, F.H. Sheldon, D.W. Steadman, S.J. Steppan, C.C. Witt, and T. Yuri. Phylogenomic evidence for multiple losses of flight in ratite birds. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 105:13462-13467.

2008. Moyle, R.G., Hosner, P.A., Nais, J., Lakim, M., and Sheldon, F.H. Taxonomic status of the Kinabalu 'linchi' swiftlet. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 128:94-100.

2008. Moyle, R.G., B. Slikas, L.A. Whittingham, D.W. Winkler, and F.H. Sheldon*. DNA sequence assessment of phylogenetic relationships among New World martins (Hirundinidae: Progne). Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120:683-691.

2007. Zou, F.S., H.C. Lim, B. Marks, R.G. Moyle, and F. H. Sheldon*. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Grey-cheeked Fulvetta (Alcippe morrisonia) of China and Indochina: A case of remarkable genetic divergence in a “species”. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44:165-174.

2006. Moyle, R.G., J. Cracraft, M. Lakim, J. Nais, and F.H. Sheldon. Reconsideration of the phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic Bornean Bristlehead (Pityriasis gymnocephala). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39:893-898.

2005. Gill, F.B., B. Slikas, and F.H. Sheldon. Phylogeny of titmice (Paridae): II. Species relationships based on sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene. Auk 122:121-143.

2005. Moyle, R.G., M. Schilthuizen, M.A. Rahman, and F.H. Sheldon. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the White-crowned Forktail (Enicurus leschenaultia) in Borneo. Journal of Avian Biology 36:96-101.

2005. Sheldon, F.H., L.A. Whittingham, R.G. Moyle, B. Slikas, and D.W. Winkler. Phylogeny of swallows (Aves: Hirundinidae) estimated from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35:254-270.

2002. Whittingham, L.A., B. Slikas, D.W. Winkler, and F.H. Sheldon*. Phylogeny of the tree swallow genus (Aves: Tachycineta) by Bayesian analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 22:430-441.

2001. McCracken, K.G., W.P. Johnson, and F.H. Sheldon. Molecular population genetics, phylogeography, and conservation biology of the mottled duck (Anas fulvigula). Conservation Genetics 2:87-102.

2000. Bledsoe, A.H., and F.H. Sheldon. Solution DNA-DNA hybridization. Pp. 89-112 in A. J. Baker (ed.), Molecular Methods in Ecology. Blackwell Scientific, Oxford.

2000. Han, K.H., F.H. Sheldon, and R. Stuebing. Interspecific relationships and biogeography of some Bornean tree shrews (Tupaiidae: Tupaia), based on DNA-hybridization and morphometric comparisons. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 70:1-14.

2000. Kirchman, J.J., L.A. Whittingham, and F.H. Sheldon. Relationships among Cave Swallow (Petrochelidon fulva) populations determined by comparisons of microsatellite and cytochrome-b data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 14:107-121.

2000. Sheldon, F.H., C.E. Jones, and K.G. McCracken. Relative patterns and rates of evolution in heron nuclear and mitochondrial DNA. Molecular Biology and Evolution 17:437-450.

2000. Whittingham, L.A., F.H. Sheldon*, and S.T. Emlen. Molecular phylogeny of jacanas and its implications for morphologic and biogeographic evolution. The Auk 117:22-32.

1999. Sheldon, F.H., L.A. Whittingham, and D.W. Winkler. A comparison of cytochrome b and DNA hybridization data bearing on the phylogeny of swallows (Aves: Hirundinidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 11:320-331.

1998. McCracken, K. G. and F. H. Sheldon. Molecular and osteological heron phylogenies: Sources of incongruence. The Auk 115:127-141.

1997. McCracken, K.G. and F.H. Sheldon. Avian vocalizations and phylogenetic signal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 94:3833-3836.

1997. Sheldon, F.H., and L.A. Whittingham. Phylogeny in studies of bird ecology, behavior, and morphology. Pp. 279-299 in D. Mindell (ed.), Avian Molecular Evolution and Systematics. Academic Press, New York.

1996. Sheldon, F.H., and F.B. Gill. A reconsideration of songbird phylogeny, with emphasis on the evolution of titmice and their sylvioid relatives. Systematic Biology 45:471-493.

1996. Slikas, B., F.H. Sheldon, and F.B. Gill. Phylogeny of titmice (Paridae): I. Estimate of relationships among subgenera based on DNA-DNA hybridization. Journal of Avian Biology 27:70-82.

1995. Houde, P., F.H. Sheldon, M. Kreitman. A comparison of solution and membrane-based DNA x DNA hybridization, as used to infer phylogeny. Journal of Molecular Evolution 40:678-688.

1995. Sheldon, F.H., K.G. McCracken, and K.D. Stuebing. The phylogeny of the Zigzag Heron (Zebrilus undulatus) and White-crested Bittern (Tigriornis leucolophus) estimated by DNA-DNA hybridization. The Auk 112:672-679.

1994. Sheldon, F.H. Advances in the theory and practice of DNA hybridization as a systematic method. Pp. 285-297 in B. Schierwater, B. Streit, G.P. Wagner, and R. DeSalle, (eds.), Molecular Ecology and Evolution: Approaches and Applications. Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel, Switzerland.

1994. Witt. C.C., and F.H. Sheldon*. The status of Abbott's Babbler in Borneo. Kukila (Journal of the Indonesian Ornithological Society) 7:47-53.

1994. Witt, C.C., and F.H. Sheldon*. A review of the status and distribution of the Bornean Bristlehead. Kukila (Journal of the Indonesian Ornithological Society) 7:54-67.

1993. Mitra, S.S., and F.H. Sheldon*. Use of an exotic tree plantation by Bornean lowland forest birds. The Auk 110:529-540.

1993. Sheldon, F.H., and A.H. Bledsoe. Avian molecular systematics, 1970s to 1990s. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics 24:243-278.

1993. Sheldon, F.H., and M. Kinnarney. The effect of sequence removal on DNA-hybridization estimates of distance, phylogeny, and rates of evolution. Systematic Biology 42:32-48.

1993. Sheldon, F.H., and D.W. Winkler. Intergeneric phylogenetic relationships of swallows estimated by DNA-DNA hybridization. The Auk 110:798-824.

1993. Winkler, D.W., and F.H. Sheldon. Evolution of nest construction in swallows (Hirundinidae): A molecular phylogenetic perspective. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 90:5705-5707.

1992. Sheldon, F.H., B. Slikas, M. Kinnarney, F.B. Gill, E. Zhao, and B. Silverin. DNA-DNA hybridization evidence of phylogenetic relationships among the major lineages of Parus. The Auk 109:173-185.

1991. Blackstone, N.W., and F.H. Sheldon. The relationship between hetero- and homoduplex melting temperatures in studies of DNA-DNA hybridization. Systematic Zoology 40:89-95.

1990. Bledsoe, A.H., and F.H. Sheldon. Molecular homology and DNA hybridization. Journal of Molecular Evolution 30:425-433.

1989. Bledsoe, A.H., and F.H. Sheldon. The metric properties of DNA-DNA hybridization dissimilarity measures. Systematic Zoology 38:93-105.

1989. Sheldon, F.H., and A.H. Bledsoe. Indexes to the reassociation and stability of solution DNA hybrids. Journal of Molecular Evolution 29:328-343.

1987. Ahlquist, J.E., A.H. Bledsoe, F.H. Sheldon, and C.G. Sibley. DNA hybridization and avian systematics. The Auk 104:556-563.

1987. Catzeflis, F.M., F.H. Sheldon, J.E. Ahlquist, and C.G. Sibley. DNA-DNA hybridization evidence of the rapid rate of muroid rodent DNA evolution. Molecular Biology and Evolution 4:242-253.

1987. Sheldon, F.H. Phylogeny of herons estimated from DNA-DNA hybridization data. The Auk 104:97-108.

1987. Sheldon, F.H. Rates of single-copy DNA evolution in herons. Molecular Biology and Evolution 4:56-69.

1987. Sheldon, F.H. Habitat preferences of the Hook-billed Bulbul Setornis criniger and the White-throated Babbler Malacopteron albogulare in Borneo. Forktail 3:17-25.

1987. Sibley, C.G., J.E. Ahlquist, and F.H. Sheldon. DNA hybridization and avian phylogenetics: reply to Cracraft. Evolutionary Biology 21:97-125.

1987. Marin, M., and F.H. Sheldon. Some new nesting records of padi-dwelling birds in Sabah, East Malaysia (North Borneo). Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 107:23-25.

1985. Sheldon, F.H. The taxonomy and biogeography of the Thick-billed Flowerpecker complex in Borneo. The Auk 102:606-612.

1985. Sheldon, F.H., and C.M. Francis. The birds and mammals of Mount Trus Madi, Sabah. Sabah Society Journal 8:77-88.

1985. Sheldon, F.H. and M. Marin. The sympatry of night herons in Borneo. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists’ Club 105:76-78.

1984. Ahlquist, J.E., F.H. Sheldon, and C.G. Sibley. The relationships of the Bornean Bristlehead (Pityriasis gymnocephala) and the Black-collared Thrush (Chlamydochaera jefferyi). Journal für Ornithologie 125:129-140.

1983. Sheldon, F.H., B.F. King, D. Yong, and C.M. Francis. The birds of the Mantanani Islands. Sabah Society Journal 7:165-174.

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