John Klicka

5.6k citations

97 papers · 4.0k indexed · 1 hit paper · h-index 35

Impact in

Ecological Modeling top 0.5%
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
Paleontology top 1%
- Evolution and Paleontology Studies

Papers in ⓘ

Genetics 80
- Genetic diversity and population structure 79
Ecology 36
- Avian ecology and behavior 19
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation 14

Co-authors: Robert M. Zink (16 shared papers)Garth M. Spellman (22 shared papers)Brian Tilston Smith (15 shared papers)Scott M. Lanyon (10 shared papers)Kevin J. Burns (7 shared papers)Irby J. Lovette (6 shared papers)F. Keith Barker (7 shared papers)Brian R. Barber (2 shared papers)
Journals: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (22 papers)The Auk (12 papers)Molecular Ecology (10 papers)Ornithological Applications (6 papers)Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (5 papers)
Partner nations: United States Mexico Canada

In The Last Decade

John Klicka

97 papers receiving 3.8k citations

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The Importance of Recent Ice Ages in Speciation: A Failed Paradigm 1997 · 590 citations

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1	The Importance of Recent Ice Ages in Speciation: A Failed Paradigm Science ·John Klicka, Robert M. Zink Hit paper breakdown →	1997	590
2	Pleistocene effects on North American songbird evolution Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·John Klicka, Robert M. Zink	1999	154
3	How Many Kinds of Birds Are There and Why Does It Matter? PLoS ONE ·George F. Barrowclough, Joël Cracraft, John Klicka, Robert M. Zink	2016	153
4	The profound influence of the Late Pliocene Panamanian uplift on the exchange, diversification, and distribution of New World birds Ecography ·Brian Tilston Smith, John Klicka	2010	142
5	Phylogenetics and diversification of tanagers (Passeriformes: Thraupidae), the largest radiation of Neotropical songbirds Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Kevin J. Burns, Allison J. Shultz, Pascal O. Title, Nicholas A. Mason, F. Keith Barker, John Klicka, Scott M. Lanyon, Irby J. Lovette	2014	134
6	Going to Extremes: Contrasting Rates of Diversification in a Recent Radiation of New World Passerine Birds Systematic Biology ·F. Keith Barker, Kevin J. Burns, John Klicka, Scott M. Lanyon, Irby J. Lovette	2012	131
7	A comprehensive multilocus phylogeny for the wood-warblers and a revised classification of the Parulidae (Aves) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Irby J. Lovette, Jorge L. Pérez‐Emán, John P. Sullivan, Richard C. Banks, Isabella Fiorentino, Sergio Córdoba‐Córdoba, María Ángela Echeverry-Gálvis, F. Keith Barker, Kevin J. Burns, John Klicka, Scott M. Lanyon, Eldredge Bermingham	2010	126
8	Evolutionary differentiation in the Neotropical montane region: Molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography of Buarremon brush-finches (Aves, Emberizidae) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Carlos Daniel Cadena, John Klicka, Robert E. Ricklefs	2006	119
9	New insights into New World biogeography: An integrated view from the phylogeny of blackbirds, cardinals, sparrows, tanagers, warblers, and allies The Auk ·F. Keith Barker, Kevin J. Burns, John Klicka, Scott M. Lanyon, Irby J. Lovette	2015	116
10	NEW WORLD NINE-PRIMARIED OSCINE RELATIONSHIPS: CONSTRUCTING A MITOCHONDRIAL DNA FRAMEWORK The Auk ·John Klicka, Kevin P. Johnson, Scott M. Lanyon	2000	109
11	Two pulses of diversification across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in a montane Mexican bird fauna Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Brian R. Barber, John Klicka	2010	107
12	The tempo of avian diversification during the Quaternary Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Robert M. Zink, John Klicka, Brian R. Barber	2004	104
13	Out of Amazonia again and again: episodic crossing of the Andes promotes diversification in a lowland forest flycatcher Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences ·Matthew J. Miller, Eldredge Bermingham, John Klicka, Patricia Escalante, Fábio Raposo do Amaral, Jason T. Weir, Kevin Winker	2008	86
14	Defining a monophyletic Cardinalini: A molecular perspective Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·John Klicka, Kevin J. Burns, Garth M. Spellman	2007	77
15	A molecular phylogenetic analysis of the “true thrushes” (Aves: Turdinae) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·John Klicka, Gary Voelker, Garth M. Spellman	2005	73
16	Phylogeography of the mountain chickadee (Poecile gambeli): diversification, introgression, and expansion in response to Quaternary climate change Molecular Ecology ·Garth M. Spellman, Brett R. Riddle, John Klicka	2007	64
17	Phylogeography of a morphologically diverse Neotropical montane species, the Common Bush-Tanager (Chlorospingusophthalmicus) Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution ·Jason T. Weir, Eldredge Bermingham, Matthew J. Miller, John Klicka, Maribel A. González	2008	62
18	An asymmetry in niche conservatism contributes to the latitudinal species diversity gradient in New World vertebrates Ecology Letters ·Brian Tilston Smith, Robert W. Bryson, Derek D. Houston, John Klicka	2012	57
19	The Great American Interchange in birds: a phylogenetic perspective with the genus Trogon Molecular Ecology ·Jeffrey M. DaCosta, John Klicka	2008	57
20	The role of historical and contemporary processes on phylogeographic structure and genetic diversity in the Northern Cardinal, Cardinalis cardinalis BMC Evolutionary Biology ·Brian Tilston Smith, Patricia Escalante, Blanca E Hernández Baños, Adolfo G. Navarro‐Sigüenza, Sievert Rohwer, John Klicka	2011	56

About John Klicka

John Klicka is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Paleontology and Ecological Modeling, having authored 97 papers that have together received 4.0k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Genetic diversity and population structure (79 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (28 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (26 papers), Plant and animal studies (25 papers), Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies (20 papers), Avian ecology and behavior (19 papers), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation (14 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (11 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Ecological Modeling (1.1k citations), Paleontology (981 citations), Developmental Biology (201 citations), Genetics (2.5k citations) and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (1.5k citations). John Klicka has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Mexico and Canada. Frequent co-authors include Robert M. Zink, Garth M. Spellman, Brian Tilston Smith, Scott M. Lanyon, Kevin J. Burns, Irby J. Lovette, F. Keith Barker, Brian R. Barber, Robert W. Bryson and Kevin Winker. Their work appears in journals such as Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, The Auk, Molecular Ecology, Ornithological Applications and Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences.

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