Nicholas A. Mason

Nicholas A. Mason, U.S. ornithologist

• Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 17 taxon names authored by Nicholas A. Mason

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

2013

• Mason, N.A. & Burns, K.J. 2013. Molecular phylogenetics of the Neotropical seedeaters and seed-finches (Sporophila, Oryzoborus, Dolospingus). Ornitología Neotropical 24: 139–155 Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2014

• Burns, K.J., Shultz, A.J., Title, P.O., Mason N.A., Barker, F.K., Klicka, J., Lanyon, S.M. & Lovette, I.J. 2014. Phylogenetics and diversification of tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), the largest radiation of Neotropical songbirds. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 75:41–77. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.02.006 Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2015

• Mason, N.A. & Taylor, S.A. 2015. Differentially expressed genes match bill morphology and plumage despite largely undifferentiated genomes in a Holarctic songbird. Molecular Ecology 24(12): 3009–3025. DOI: 10.1111/mec.13140 Reference page. 

2016

• Burns, K.J., Unitt, P. & Mason, N.A. 2016. A genus-level classification of the family Thraupidae (Class Aves: Order Passeriformes). Zootaxa 4088(3): 329–354. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4088.3.2 Reference page. 

2018

• Mason, N.A., Olvera-Vital, A., Lovette, I.J. & Navarro‐Sigüenza, A.G. 2018. Hidden endemism, deep polyphyly, and repeated dispersal across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec: Diversification of the White‐collared Seedeater complex (Thraupidae: Sporophila torqueola). Ecology and Evolution. 8(3): 1867–1881. DOI: 10.1002/ece3.3799 Full article (PDF)Reference page. 

2020

• Cicero, C., Mason, N.A., Benedict, L. & Rising, J.D. 2020. Behavioral, morphological, and ecological trait evolution in two clades of New World Sparrows (Aimophila and Peucaea, Passerellidae). PeerJ 8:e9249 DOI: doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9249 Reference page. 

2021

• Funk, E.R., Mason, N.A., Pálsoon, S., Albrecht, T., Johnson, J.A. & Taylor, S.A. 2021. A supergene underlies linked variation in color and morphology in a Holarctic songbird. Nature Communications 12: 6833 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-021-27173-z Reference page.