Shannon J. Hackett

7.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
65 papers, 4.6k citations indexed

About

Shannon J. Hackett is a scholar working on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Molecular Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Shannon J. Hackett has authored 65 papers receiving a total of 4.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 38 papers in Genetics, 24 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 23 papers in Molecular Biology. Recurrent topics in Shannon J. Hackett's work include Genetic diversity and population structure (36 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (17 papers) and Plant and animal studies (16 papers). Shannon J. Hackett is often cited by papers focused on Genetic diversity and population structure (36 papers), Evolution and Paleontology Studies (17 papers) and Plant and animal studies (16 papers). Shannon J. Hackett collaborates with scholars based in United States, South Africa and Kenya. Shannon J. Hackett's co-authors include Rauri C. K. Bowie, Ben D. Marks, John M. Bates, Sushma Reddy, John Harshman, Edward L. Braun, Rebecca T. Kimball, Michael J. Braun, Jena L. Chojnowski and Christopher C. Witt and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Shannon J. Hackett

61 papers receiving 4.4k citations

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A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History

2008 1.6k citations Shannon J. Hackett, Rebecca T. Kimball et al. profile →

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Frederick H. Sheldon United States

Christopher C. Witt United States

Robert G. Moyle United States

Conrad A. Matthee South Africa

F. Keith Barker United States

John Klicka United States

Per G. P. Ericson Sweden

Tamaki Yuri United States

Rauri C. K. Bowie United States

Rebecca T. Kimball United States

Frederick H. Sheldon United States

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McCullough, Jenna M., Chad M. Eliason, Shannon J. Hackett, Corinne Myers, & Michael J. Andersen. (2025). Phylogenomics of a Genus of “Great Speciators” Reveals Rampant Incomplete Lineage Sorting, Gene Flow, and Mitochondrial Discordance in Island Systems. Systematic Biology.

Bates, John M., et al.. (2024). The Complete Genome Sequences of 23 Finch Species (Fringillidae, Passeriformes). PubMed. 2024.

Wells, Konstans, Jeffrey A. Bell, Alan Fecchio, et al.. (2024). Parasite Abundance‐Occupancy Relationships Across Biogeographic Regions: Joint Effects of Niche Breadth, Host Availability and Climate. Journal of Biogeography. 52(1). 55–65. 1 indexed citations

Skeen, Heather R., David E. Willard, Andrew W. Jones, et al.. (2023). Intestinal microbiota of Nearctic‐Neotropical migratory birds vary more over seasons and years than between host species. Molecular Ecology. 32(12). 3290–3307. 11 indexed citations

Eliason, Chad M., et al.. (2023). Genomic signatures of convergent shifts to plunge-diving behavior in birds. Communications Biology. 6(1). 1011–1011. 3 indexed citations

Eliason, Chad M., Jenna M. McCullough, Shannon J. Hackett, & Michael J. Andersen. (2023). Complex plumages spur rapid color diversification in kingfishers (Aves: Alcedinidae). eLife. 12. 3 indexed citations

McNew, Sabrina M., Lisa N. Barrow, Jessie L. Williamson, et al.. (2021). Contrasting drivers of diversity in hosts and parasites across the tropical Andes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 118(12). 33 indexed citations

Skeen, Heather R., Nathan W. Cooper, Shannon J. Hackett, John M. Bates, & Peter P. Marra. (2021). Repeated sampling of individuals reveals impact of tropical and temperate habitats on microbiota of a migratory bird. Molecular Ecology. 30(22). 5900–5916. 29 indexed citations

Kyriazis, Christopher C., Shannon J. Hackett, Peter A. Hosner, et al.. (2018). Colonization and diversification of the white-browed shortwing (Aves: Muscicapidae: Brachypteryx montana) in the Philippines. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 121. 121–131. 6 indexed citations

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Reddy, Sushma, Rebecca T. Kimball, Akanksha Pandey, et al.. (2017). Why Do Phylogenomic Data Sets Yield Conflicting Trees? Data Type Influences the Avian Tree of Life more than Taxon Sampling. Systematic Biology. 66(5). 857–879. 202 indexed citations

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Lutz, Holly L., Bruce D. Patterson, Julian C. Kerbis Peterhans, et al.. (2016). Diverse sampling of East African haemosporidians reveals chiropteran origin of malaria parasites in primates and rodents. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99. 7–15. 43 indexed citations

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Lutz, Holly L., Wesley M. Hochachka, Jeffrey A. Bell, et al.. (2015). Parasite Prevalence Corresponds to Host Life History in a Diverse Assemblage of Afrotropical Birds and Haemosporidian Parasites. PLoS ONE. 10(4). e0121254–e0121254. 105 indexed citations

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Kimball, Rebecca T., Edward L. Braun, F. Keith Barker, et al.. (2008). A well-tested set of primers to amplify regions spread across the avian genome. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 50(3). 654–660. 161 indexed citations

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Bowie, Rauri C. K., Jon Fjeldså, Shannon J. Hackett, John M. Bates, & Timothy M. Crowe. (2005). Coalescent models reveal the relative roles of ancestral polymorphism, vicariance, and dispersal in shaping phylogeographical structure of an African montane forest robin. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 38(1). 171–188. 121 indexed citations

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Cheviron, Zachary A., Shannon J. Hackett, & Angelo P. Capparella. (2005). Complex evolutionary history of a Neotropical lowland forest bird (Lepidothrix coronata) and its implications for historical hypotheses of the origin of Neotropical avian diversity. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 36(2). 338–357. 121 indexed citations

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Klein, Nedra K., Kevin J. Burns, Shannon J. Hackett, & Carole S. Griffiths. (2004). Molecular Phylogenetic Relationships Among the Wood Warblers ( Parulidae ) and Historical Biogeography in the Caribbean Basin. Journal of Caribbean Ornithology. 17(1). 3–17. 26 indexed citations

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Bowie, Rauri C. K., Jon Fjeldså, Shannon J. Hackett, & Timothy M. Crowe. (2004). Molecular evolution in space and through time: mtDNA phylogeography of the Olive Sunbird (Nectarinia olivacea/obscura) throughout continental Africa. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 33(1). 56–74. 68 indexed citations

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Marks, Ben D., Shannon J. Hackett, & Angelo P. Capparella. (2002). Historical relationships among Neotropical lowland forest areas of endemism as determined by mitochondrial DNA sequence variation within the Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Aves: Dendrocolaptidae: Glyphorynchus spirurus). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 24(1). 153–167. 110 indexed citations

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Hackett, Shannon J.. (1996). Molecular Phylogenetics and Biogeography of Tanagers in the GenusRamphocelus(Aves). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 5(2). 368–382. 429 indexed citations

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Hackett, Shannon J.. (1993). Phylogenetic and Biogeographic Relationships in the Neotropical Genus Gymnopithys (Formicariidae). Biodiversity Heritage Library (Smithsonian Institution). 20 indexed citations

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