Urban Olsson

Urban Olsson, Swedish ornithologist.

Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Göteborg, Box 463, SE-413 90 Gothenburg, Sweden

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

• 12 taxon names authored by Urban Olsson

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1993

• Olsson, U., Alström, P. & Colston, P.R. 1993. A new species of Phylloscopus warbler from Hainan Island, China. Ibis 135(1): 3–7. DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1993.tb02803.x. ResearchGate Reference page. 

2005

• Olsson, U.; Alström, P.; Ericson, P.G.P; & Sundberg, P. 2005. Non-monophyletic taxa and cryptic species - Evidence from a molecular phylogeny of leaf-warblers (Phylloscopus, Aves). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 36(2): 261–276 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.01.012 PDF Reference page. 

2006

• Alström, P.; Ericson, P.G.P.; Olsson, U.; & Sundberg, P. 2006. Phylogeny and classification of the avian superfamily Sylvioidea. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 38 (2): 381–397. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2005.05.015 PDF Reference page. 

2008

• Nylander, J.A.A, Olsson, U., Alström, P. & Sanmartín, I. 2008. Accounting for Phylogenetic Uncertainty in Biogeography: A Bayesian Approach to Dispersal-Vicariance Analysis of the Thrushes (Aves: Turdus) Systematic Biology 57(2): 257–268 DOI: 10.1080/10635150802044003 Reference page. 

2009

• Fregin, S., Haase, M., Olsson, U., & Alström, P. 2009. Multi-locus phylogeny of the family Acrocephalidae (Aves: Passeriformes) – The traditional taxonomy overthrown. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 52 (3): 866–878. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2009.04.006 Reference page. 
• Gelang, M.; Cibois, A.; Pasquet, E.; Olsson, U.; Alström, P.; Ericson, P.G.P. 2009. Phylogeny of babblers (Aves, Passeriformes): major lineages, family limits and classification. Zoologica scripta 38: 225–236. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-6409.2008.00374.x PDF Reference page. 
• Alström, P.; Davidson, P.; Duckworth, J.W.; Eames, J.C.; Le, T.T.; Nguyen, C.; Olsson, U.; Robson, C.R.; & Timmins, R.J. 2009. Description of a new species of Phylloscopus warbler from Vietnam and Laos. Ibis DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00990.x PDF Reference page. 

2010

• Sangster, G., Alström, P., Forsmark, E. & Olsson, U. 2010. Multi-locus phylogenetic analysis of Old World chats and flycatchers reveals extensive paraphyly at family, subfamily and genus level (Aves: Muscicapidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 57(1): 380-392. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2010.07.008 Full article (PDF) Reference page. 

2011

• Alström P.; Höhna, S.; Gelang, M.; Ericson, P.G.P. & Olsson, U.. 2011. Non-monophyly and intricate morphological evolution within the avian family Cettiidae revealed by multilocus analysis of a taxonomically densely sampled dataset. BMC Evolutionary Biology 11: 352. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-352 Reference page. 

2012

• Fregin, S., Haase, M., Olsson, U., & Alström, P. 2012. New insights into family relationships within the avian superfamily Sylvioidea (Passeriformes) based on seven molecular markers. BMC Evolutionary Biology 12(1): 157 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-157 Reference page. 

2013

• Olsson, U.; Irestedt, M.; Sangster, G.; Ericson, P.G.P; & Alström, P. 2013. Systematic revision of the avian family Cisticolidae based on a multi-locus phylogeny of all genera. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 66(3): 790–799 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.11.004 Reference page. 

2015

• Dong, L., Wei, M., Alström, P., Huang, X., Olsson, U., Shigeta, Y., Zhang, Y. & Zheng, G. 2015. Taxonomy of the Narcissus Flycatcher Ficedula narcissina complex: an integrative approach using morphological, bioacoustic and multilocus DNA data. Ibis 157(2): 312–325. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12238 Reference page. 
• Alström, P.; Xia, C.; Rasmussen, P.C.; Olsson, U.; Dai, B.; Zhao, J.; Leader, P.J., Carey, G.J.; Dong, L.; Cai, T.; Holt, P.I., Manh, H.L.; Song, G.; Liu, Y.; Zhang, Y-Y.; & Lei, F. 2015. Integrative taxonomy of the Russet Bush Warbler Locustella mandelli complex reveals a new species from central China. Avian Research 6: 9. Full article. Reference page. 

2016

• Sangster, G., Alström, P., Forsmark, E. & Olsson, U. 2016. Niltavinae, a new taxon of Old World flycatchers (Aves: Muscicapidae). Zootaxa 4196(3): 428–429. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4196.3.7 Reference page. 

2018

• Alström, P., Rheindt, F.E., Zhang, R., Zhao, M., Wang, J., Zhu, X., Gwee, C.Y., Hao, Y., Ohlson, J., Jia, C., Prawiradilaga, D.M., Ericson, P.G.P., Lei, F., Olsson, U. 2018. Complete species-level phylogeny of the leaf warbler (Aves: Phylloscopidae) radiation. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 126: 141–152 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.031 Reference page. 
• Alström, P.; Cibois, A.; Irestedt, M.; Zuccon, D.; Gelang, M.; Fjeldså, J.; Andersen, M.J.; Moyle, R.G.; Pasquet, E.; & Olsson, U. 2018. Comprehensive molecular phylogeny of the grassbirds and allies (Locustellidae) reveals extensive non-monophyly of traditional genera, and a proposal for a new classification. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 127: 367–375 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.03.029 Reference page. 

2019

• Alström, P; Rasmussen, P.C.; Sangster, G.; Dalvi, S.; Round, P.D.; Zhang, R.; Yao, C.-T.; Irestedt, M.; Manh, H.L.; Lei, F.; & Olsson, U. 2019. Multiple species within the Striated Prinia Prinia crinigera– Brown Prinia P. polychroa complex revealed through an integrative taxonomic approach. Ibis 162(3): 936–967 DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12759 PDF Reference page. 

2021

• Alström, P.; Rasmussen, P.C.; Xia, C.; Zhang, L., Liu, C.; Magnusson, J.; Shafaeiopur, A.; & Olsson, U. 2021. Morphology, vocalizations, and mitochondrial DNA suggest that the Graceful Prinia is two species. Ornithology 138(2): ukab014 DOI: 10.1093/ornithology/ukab014 Reference page. 

2022

• Reeve, A.H.; Blom, M.P.K.; Zahl Marki, P.; Batista, R.; Olsson, U.; Edmark, V.N.; Irestedt, M.; & Jønsson, K.A. 2022. The Sulawesi Thrush (Cataponera turdoides; Aves: Passeriformes) belongs to the genus Turdus. Zoologica Scripta 51(2): 31–40. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12518 Reference page. 
• Zhao, M., Burleigh, J.G., Olsson, U., Alström, P. & Kimball, R.T. 2022. A near-complete and time-calibrated phylogeny of the Old World flycatchers, robins and chats (Aves, Muscicapidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 178: 107646 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107646 Reference page.