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)

17 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.
Alström, P., Barnes, K.N., Olsson, U., Barker, F.K., Bloomer, P., Khan, A.A., Qureshi, M.A., Guillaumet, A., Crochet, P.-A. & Ryan, P.G. (2013). Multilocus phylogeny of the avian family Alaudidae (larks) reveals complex morphological evolution, non-monophyletic genera and hidden species diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 69 (3): 1043–1056 ResearchGate DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.06.005 Reference page.

2014

Alström, P., Hooper, D.M., Liu, Y., Olsson, U., Mohan, D., Gelang, M., Manh, H.L., Zhao, J., Lei, F.-M. & Price, T.D. 2014. Discovery of a relict lineage and monotypic family of passerine birds. Biology Letters 10(3): 20131067. DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2013.1067 ResearchGate 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.
Zhang, Z., Wang, X.-Y., Huang, Y., Olsson, U., Martinez, J., Alström, P. & Lei F.-M. 2016. Unexpected divergence and lack of divergence revealed in continental Asian Cyornis flycatchers (Aves: Muscicapidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94: 232–241. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.024 ResearchGate 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.
Cibois, A., Gelang, M., Alström, P., Pasquet, E., Fjeldså, J., Ericson, P.G.P & Olsson, U. 2018. Comprehensive phylogeny of the laughingthrushes and allies (Aves, Leiothrichidae) and a proposal for a revised taxonomy. Zoologica Scripta 47(4): 428–440 DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12296 Reference page.

2019

Fuchs J., Alström, P., Yosef, R. & Olsson, U. 2019. Miocene diversification of an open-habitat predatorial passerine radiation, the shrikes (Aves: Passeriformes: Laniidae). Zoologica Scripta 48: 571–588. DOI: 10.1111/zsc.12363 ResearchGate Reference page.

2020

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. 2020. Multiple species within the Striated Prinia Prinia crinigera--Brown Prinia P. polychroa complex revealed through an integrative taxonomic approach. Ibis 162(3)ː 936–967. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12759 pdf Reference page.