Progress on my National Science Foundation (NSF) Mid-Career Award titled MCA - Avian Systematics, Speciation, and Adaptation Across Large Island Archipelagos (NSF#2322123) was presented at a meeting at NSF headquarters in Alexandria, VA September 25-26. Also attending was training partner Laura Kubatko of The Ohio State University (OSU). Work presented was based on a Zosterops sp. ddRAD library data produced in collaboration with OSU training partners Laura Kubatko and Bryan Carstens and the following authors: Devon A DeRaad, Marlon E Cobos, Natalie R Hofmeister, Lucas H DeCicco, Madhvi X Venkatraman, Isao Nishiumi, Bailey McKay, Fa-Sheng Zou, Kazuto Kawakami, Chang-Hoe Kim, Ruey-Shing Lin, Cheng-Te Yao, Kimball L Garrett, Stepfanie M Aguillon, John E McCormack, A Townsend Peterson, Robert G Moyle, Allison J Shultz.

References:

DeRaad, D.A., Cobos, M.E., Hofmeister, N.R. et al. On the brink of explosion? Identifying the source and potential spread of introduced Zosterops white-eyes in North America. Biol Invasions 26, 1615–1639 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-024-03268-8