Publications

Matt Wilkins (2022). Boosting Students’ Data Literacy. Edutopia.

Read it

Matt Wilkins, Lauryn Benedict (2021). Why It Took So Long to Appreciate Female Birds’ Songs. Scientific American.

Read it

Matt Wilkins (2021). 5 Reasons to Actually Encourage Students to Use Wikipedia. Edutopia.

Read it

Clinton D. Francis, Matthew R. Wilkins (2021). Testing the strength and direction of selection on vocal frequency using metabolic scaling theory. Ecosphere.

PDF Cite Dataset DOI

Drew R. Schield, Elizabeth S. C. Scordato, Chris C. R. Smith, Javan K. Carter, Sidi Imad Cherkaoui, Sundev Gombobaatar, Said Hajib, Saad Hanane, Amanda K. Hund, Kazuo Koyama, Wei Liang, Yang Liu, Najib Magri, Alexander Rubtsov, Basma Sheta, Sheela P. Turbek, Matthew R. Wilkins, Liu Yu, Rebecca J. Safran (2021). Sex‐linked genetic diversity and differentiation in a globally distributed avian species complex. Molecular Ecology.

PDF Cite DOI

Matthew R. Wilkins, Karan J. Odom, Lauryn Benedict, Rebecca J. Safran (2020). Analysis of female song provides insight into the evolution of sex differences in a widely studied songbird. Animal Behaviour.

PDF Cite Dataset Video DOI

Matt Wilkins (2020). Some Disassembly Required. Nature: FUTURES.

Read it

Elizabeth S. C. Scordato, Chris C. R. Smith, Georgy A. Semenov, Yu Liu, Matthew R. Wilkins, Wei Liang, Alexander Rubtsov, Gomboobaatar Sundev, Kazuo Koyama, Sheela P. Turbek, Michael B. Wunder, Craig A. Stricker, Rebecca J. Safran (2020). Migratory divides coincide with reproductive barriers across replicated avian hybrid zones above the Tibetan Plateau. Ecology Letters.

PDF Cite DOI

Péter L Pap, Attila Fülöp, Marie Adamkova, Jaroslav Cepak, Romana Michalkova, Rebecca J Safran, Alexandru N Stermin, Oldrich Tomasek, Csongor I Vágási, Orsolya Vincze, Matthew R Wilkins, Tomas Albrecht (2019). Selection on multiple sexual signals in two Central and Eastern European populations of the barn swallow. Ecology and Evolution.

PDF Cite DOI

Matt Wilkins (2018). More Recycling Won't Solve Plastic Pollution. Scientific American: Observations.

Read it

Malcolm F. Rosenthal, Matthew R. Wilkins, Daizaburo Shizuka, Eileen A. Hebets (2018). Dynamic changes in display architecture and function across environments revealed by a systems approach to animal communication*. Evolution.

PDF Cite DOI

Matthew R Wilkins, Elizabeth S C Scordato, Georgy A Semenov, Hakan Karaardiç, Daizaburo Shizuka, Alexander Rubtsov, Péter L Pap, Sheng-Feng Shen, Rebecca J Safran (2018). Global song divergence in barn swallows (Hirundo rustica): exploring the roles of genetic, geographical and climatic distance in sympatry and allopatry. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.

PDF Cite Dataset DOI

Elizabeth S. C. Scordato, Matthew R. Wilkins, Georgy Semenov, Alexander S. Rubtsov, Nolan C. Kane, Rebecca J. Safran (2017). Genomic variation across two barn swallow hybrid zones reveals traits associated with divergence in sympatry and allopatry. Molecular Ecology.

PDF Cite DOI

Joanna K. Hubbard, Amanda K. Hund, Iris I. Levin, Kevin J. McGraw, Matthew R. Wilkins, Rebecca J. Safran (2017). The importance of cross-validation, accuracy, and precision for measuring plumage color: A comment on Vaquero-Alba et al. (2016). The Auk.

PDF Cite DOI

Matthew R Wilkins, Hakan Karaardıç, Yoni Vortman, Thomas L Parchman, Tomas Albrecht, Adéla Petrželková, Leyla Özkan, Péter L. Pap, Joanna K Hubbard, Amanda K Hund, Rebecca J Safran (2016). Phenotypic differentiation is associated with divergent sexual selection among closely related barn swallow populations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology.

PDF Cite Dataset DOI

Rebecca J. Safran, Yoni Vortman, Brittany R. Jenkins, Joanna K. Hubbard, Matthew R. Wilkins, Rachel J. Bradley, Arnon Lotem (2016). The maintenance of phenotypic divergence through sexual selection: An experimental study in barn swallows Hirundo rustica. Evolution.

PDF Cite DOI

R. J. Safran, E. S. C. Scordato, M. R. Wilkins, J. K. Hubbard, B. R. Jenkins, T. Albrecht, S. M. Flaxman, H. Karaardıç, Y. Vortman, A. Lotem, P. Nosil, P. Pap, S.-F. Shen, S.-F. Chan, T.L. Parchman, N. C. Kane (2016). Genome‐wide differentiation in closely related populations: the roles of selection and geographic isolation. Molecular Ecology.

PDF Cite DOI

Maren N. Vitousek, Oldrich Tomasek, Tomas Albrecht, Matthew R. Wilkins, Rebecca J. Safran (2016). Signal Traits and Oxidative Stress: A Comparative Study across Populations with Divergent Signals. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.

PDF Cite DOI

Matthew R Wilkins, Daizaburo Shizuka, Maxwell B Joseph, Joanna K Hubbard, Rebecca J Safran (2015). Multimodal signalling in the North American barn swallow: a phenotype network approach. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

PDF Cite Dataset DOI

Rafael L. Rodríguez, Marcelo Araya-Salas, David A. Gray, Michael S. Reichert, Laurel B. Symes, Matthew R. Wilkins, Rebecca J. Safran, Gerlinde Höbel (2015). How acoustic signals scale with individual body size: common trends across diverse taxa. Behavioral Ecology.

PDF Cite DOI

Matthew R. Wilkins, Nathalie Seddon, Rebecca J. Safran (2013). Evolutionary divergence in acoustic signals: causes and consequences. Trends in Ecology & Evolution.

PDF Cite Dataset DOI

Rebecca J Safran, Kevin J McGraw, Matthew R Wilkins, Joanna K Hubbard, Julie Marling (2010). Positive Carotenoid Balance Correlates with Greater Reproductive Performance in a Wild Bird. PLoS ONE.

PDF Cite DOI