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 2023 Ocampo, D., K. Winker, M.J. Miller, L. Sandoval & J.A.C. Uy. Replicate contact zones suggest a limited role of plumage in reproductive isolation among subspecies of the variable seedeater (Sporophila corvina). Molecular Ecology, 32, 3586– 3604. Link
 
  Ocampo, D., G. Barrants &  J.A.C. Uy, Female and male plumage brightness is positively correlated among populations of the dichromatic Variable Seedeater. Ornithology 140(2), ukad002 Link
     
  Powell, E. & J.A.C. Uy. Male color polymorphism in populations of reef geckos (Sphaerodactylus notatus) reduces the utility of visual signals in sex recognition. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology. 77: 1-13 Link 
     
  Klicka, L.B., L.C. Campillo, J.D. Manthey, M.J. Andersen, J.P. Dumbacher, C.E.Filardi, L. Joseph, J.A.C. Uy , D.E. Weidemann, and R.G. Moyle. Genomic and geographic diversification of a “great-speciator” (Rhipidura rufifrons). Ornithology. 140: ukac049 Link
 
2022 Campagna, L., Z. Mo, A. Siepel & J.A.C. Uy. Selective sweeps on different pigmentation genes mediate convergent evolution of island melanism in two incipient bird species. PLoS Genetics. 18(11): e1010474. Link 
   
  Ocampo, D., K. Winker, M.J. Miller, L. Sandoval & J.A.C. Uy. Rapid diversification of the Variable Seedeater superspecies complex despite widespread gene flow. Molecular Phylogenetics & Evolution 173: 107510. Link
   
  Cowles, S.A., C.C. Witt, E. Bonaccorso, F. Grewe & J.A.C. Uy. Early stages of speciation with gene flow in the Amazilia Hummingbird (Amazilis amazilia) subspecies complex of Western South America. Ecology & Evolution 12: e8895.   PDF
   
  Ocampo, D., A. Quesada, C. Oconitrillo, R. Lobo & J.A.C. Uy. Independent observations of phaeomelanic males of the Variable Seedeater (Sporophila corvina) with comments about its potential for evolutionary divergence. Ornitología Neotropical  33: 39-83. PDF.  
   
2021

Cowles, S.A., B.C. Weeks, L. Perrin, N. Chen   & J.A.C. Uy.  Comparison of adult census size and effective population size support the need for continued protection of two Solomon Island endemics. Emu 121: 45-54 [special issue on Conservation Genetics]. Link.

 
2019

Cowles, S.A. & J.A.C. Uy. Rapid, complete reproductive isolation in two closely-related Zosterops White-eye bird species despite broadly overlapping ranges. Evolution 73: 1647-1662.Link.

   
  Uy, J.A.C., E.A. Cooper & J.A Chaves. Convergent melanism in populations of a Solomon Island flycatcher is mediated by unique genetic mechanisms. Emu 119: 242-250. Link.
   
2018 Uy, J.A.C., D.E. Irwin & M. Webster. Behavioral isolation and incipient speciation in birds. Annual Reviews in Ecology, Evolution & Systematics. Vol 49: 1-24. PDF
   
  Ocampo, D., G. Barrantes & J.A.C. Uy. Morphological adaptations for relatively larger brains in hummingbird skulls. Ecology & Evolution 8: 10482-10488. PDF.
   
  Michel, A.J., L.M. Ward, S.K. Goffredi, K.S. Dawson, D.T. Baldassarre†, A. Brenner, K. M. Gotanda, J.E. McCormack, S.W. Mullin, A. O’Neill, G.S. Tender, J.A.C. Uy, K. Yu, V.J. Orphan, and J.A. Chaves. 2018. The gut of the finch: uniqueness of the gut microbiome of the Galápagos vampire finch. Microbiome 6:167. PDF
   
  Mittermeier, J.C., G. Dutson, R.E. James, T.E. Davies, R. Tako & J.A.C. Uy. The avifauna of Makira (San Cristobal), Solomon Islands. Wilson Journal of Ornithology. 130: 235-255. PDF
   
2017 Uy, F.M.K., S. Ravichandran, K.S. Patel, J. Aresty, P.P. Aresty, R. Audett, K. Chen, L. Epple, S.F. Jeffries, G. Serein, P. Tullis-Joyce & J.A.C. Uy. Active background choice facilitates crypsis in a tropical crab. Biotropica 49:365-371. PDF
   
  Cooper, E.A. & J.A.C. Uy. Genomic evidence for convergent evolution of a key trait underlying divergence in island birds. Molecular Ecology. 26: 3760-3774 PDF
   
 
   
2016 Chaves, J.A., E. A. Cooper, A.P. Hendry, J. Podos, L.F. De León , J.A.M. Raeymaekers, O.W. McMillan & J.A.C. Uy. Genomic variation at the tips of the adaptive radiation of Darwin’s finches. Molecular Ecology. 25: 5282-5295. A "From the Cover" article. PDF
 

Accompanied by a "News & Views Perspective": Population genomics fits the bill: Genetics of adaptive beak variation in Darwin's finches by N.I. Mundy PDF

   
  Uy, J.A.C., E.A. Cooper, S. Cutie, M.R. Concannon, J. Poelstra, R.G. Moyle & C.E. Filardi.. Mutations in different genes mediate convergent melanism between isolated populations of an island flycatcher. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Ser. B. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2016.0731. PDF
   
  Sardell, J.M. & Uy, J.A.C. Hybridization following recent secondary contact results in asymmetric genotypic and phenotypic introgression between island species of Myzomela honeyeaters. Evolution 70: 257-269. PDF
   
  Toews, D.P. L., L. Campagna, S.A. Taylor, C.N. Balakrishnan, D.T. Baldassarre, P.E. Deane-Coe, M.G. Harvey, D.M. Hooper, D.E. Irwin, C.D. Judy, N.A. Mason, J.E. McCormack, K.G. McCracken, C.H. Oliveros, R.J. Safran, E.S.C. Scordato, K.F. Stryjewski, A. Tigano, J.A.C. Uy, and B.M. Winger. Genomic approaches to understanding population divergence and speciation in birds. Auk 133:13-30. PDF
   
2015 Uy, J.A.C.. & L.E. Vargas-Castro. Island size predicts the frequency of melanic birds in the color-polymorphic flycatcher Monarcha castaneiventris of the Solomon Islands. Auk 132: 787-794. PDF.
   
2014 Hurtado-Gonzales, J.L., E. Loew & J.A.C. Uy. Variation in the visual habitat may mediate the maintenance of color polymorphism in a poeciliid fish. PLoS One 9 (7): e101497. PDF.
   
  Reynolds, S., J.A.C. Uy, G.L.Patricelli, S. Coleman, M. Braun & G. Borgia. Tests of the kin selection model of mate choice and inbreeding avoidance in satin bowerbirds. Behavioral Ecology. 25: 1005-1014. PDF
   
2013 Uy, J.A.C. & R.J. Safran. Variation in the temporal and spatial use of signals and its implications for multimodal communication. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology. 67: 1499-1511. PDF
   
  Seddon, N., C.A. Botero, J.A. Tobias, P.O. Dunn, H.E.A. MacGregor, D.R. Rubinstein, J.A.C. Uy, J.T. Weir, L.A. Whittingham & R.J. Safran. 2013. Sexual selection accelerates signal evolution during speciation in birds. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Ser B. 280: 20131065. PDF
   
  Parchman, T.L., Z. Gompert, M.J. Braun, R.T. Brumfeild, D.B. McDonald, J.A.C. Uy, G. Zhang, E.D. Jarvis, B.A. Schlinger & C.A. Buerkle. 2013. The genomic consequences of adaptive divergence and reproductive isolation between species of manakins. Molecular Ecology, 22: 3304-3317. PDF
   
2012 Concannon, M.R., A.C. Stein & J.A.C. Uy. . Kin selection may contribute to lek evolution and trait introgression across an avian hybrid zone. Molecular Ecology, 21: 1477-1486. PDF
   
  Safran, R. et al. . A robust new metric of phenotypic distance to estimate and
compare multiple trait differences among populations. Current Zoology, 58: 426-439. PDF
   
2011 Uy, J.A.C.. Book review: Do we need a textbook in tropical ecology? Ecology. PDF
   
  Hurtado-Gonzales & J.A.C. Uy. Intrasexual competition facilitates the evolution of alternative mating strategies in a colour polymorphic fish. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 10:391. PDF
   
  Hurtado-Gonzales, J.L., D.T. Baldassarre & J.A.C. Uy. Interaction between female mating preferences and predation may explain the maintenance of rare males in the pentamorphic fish Poecilia parae. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 23: 1293-1301. PDF
   
  Hubbard, J.K., J.A.C. Uy, M.E. Hauber, H.E. Hoekstra & R.J. Safran. Vertebrate pigmentation: from underlying genes to adaptive function. Trends in Genetics. 26: 231-240. PDF
   
2009 Uy, J.A.C., R.G. Moyle, C.E. Filardi & Z.A. Cheviron. Difference in plumage color used in species recognition between incipient species is linked to a single amino acid substitution in the melanocortin-1 receptor. American Naturalist. 174: 244-254. PDF.
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  Pitnick, S., K.R.H. Henn, S.D. Maheux, D.M. Higginson, J.L. Hurtado-Gonzales, M.K. Manier, K.S. Berben, C. Guptill & J.A.C. Uy. Size-dependent alternative mating tactics in the yellow dung fly. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B. doi:10.1098/rspb.2009.0632. PDF.
   
  Hurtado-Gonzales, J.L. & J.A.C. Uy. Alternative mating strategies may favor the persistence of a genetically based colour polymorphism in a pentamorphic fish. Animal Behaviour. 77: 1187-1194. PDF
   
  Uy, J.A.C., R. Moyle & C.E. Filardi. Plumage color & song differences mediate species recognition between incipient flycatcher species of the Solomon Islands, Evolution 63: 153-164. PDF
   
  Reynolds, S., M.C. Christman, J.A.C. Uy, G.L. Patricelli, M.J. Braun & G. Borgia. Lekking satin bowerbird males aggregate with relatives to mitigate aggression. Behavioral Ecology 20: 410-415. PDF
   
2008 Tori, W.P., R. Duraes, T.B. Ryder, M. Anciaes, J. Karubian, R. Macedo, J.A.C. Uy, P. Parker, T.B. Smith, A.C. Stein, M. Webster, J.G. Blake & B.A. Loiselle. Advances in sexual selection theory: Insights from tropical avifauna. Ornitologia Neotropical 19: S151-S163 (synthesis from symposium at the Neotropical Ornithological Congress). PDF
   
2007 Uy, J. A. C. & A.C. Stein. Variable visual habitats may influence the spread of colourful plumage across an avian hybrid zone. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20: 1847-1858. PDF
   
  Reynolds, S.M., K. Dryer, J. Bollback, J.A.C. Uy, G.L. Patricelli, T. Robson, G. Borgia & M.J. Braun. Behavioral paternity predicts genetic paternity in satin bowerbirds, a species with a non-resource-based mating system. The Auk 124: 857-867. PDF
 
2006 Stein, A.C. & J. A. C. Uy. Plumage brightness predicts male mating success in the lekking golden-collared manakin. Behavioral Ecology. 17: 41-47. PDF
   
  Stein, A.C. & J. A. C. Uy. Unidirectional introgression of a secondary sexual character: A role for female choice? Evolution. 60: 1476-1485. PDF
   
2004 Uy, J. A. C. & J.A. Endler. Modification of the visual background increases the conspicuousness of golden-collared manakin displays. Behavioral Ecology. 15: 1103-1015. PDF
   
  Patricelli, G. L., J. A. C. Uy & G. Borgia. Female signals enhance the efficiency of mate assessment in satin bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus). Behavioral Ecology. 15: 297-304. PDF
   
2003 Patricelli, G. L., J. A. C. Uy & G. Borgia. Multiple male traits interact: attractive bower decorations facilitate attractive behavioural displays in satin bowerbirds. Proc. Roy. Soc. B. 270: 2389-2395. PDF
   
  Borgia, G., M. Egeth, J. A. C. Uy & G.L. Patricelli. Juvenile infection and male display: Testing the bright male hypothesis across individual life histories. Behavioral Ecology. 15: 722-728. PDF
   
2002 G. L. Patricelli, J. A. C. Uy & G. Borgia. Male displays adjusted to female’s response. Nature, 415: 279-280. PDF
   
2001 Uy, J. A. C., G. L. Patricelli & G. Borgia. Complex mate searching in the satin bowerbird Ptilonorhynchus violaceusAm. Naturalist, 158: 530-542. PDF
   
  Uy, J. A. C., G. L. Patricelli & G. Borgia. Loss of attractive mates forces female satin bowerbirds Ptilonorhynchus violaceus to increase mate searching. Proc. Roy. Soc. B., 268: 633-638. PDF
   
2000 Uy, J. A. C. & G. Borgia. Sexual selection drives rapid divergence in bowerbird display traits.  Evolution, 54: 273-278. PDF
   
  Uy, J. A. C., G. L. Patricelli & G. Borgia. Dynamic mate-searching tactic allows female satin bowerbirds Ptilonorhynchus violaceus to reduce searching.  Proc. Roy. Soc. B., 267: 251-256. PDF
   
1997 Kusmierski, R., G. Borgia, J. A. C. Uy & R. Crozier. Labile evolution of display traits in bowerbirds indicates reduced effects of phylogenetic constraints.Proc. Roy. Soc. B., 264: 307-313. PDF
   
   
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2002 Uy, J. A. C. Say it with bowers. Natural History, vol. 111, Issue 2, pp. 76-83. PDF