14. Cheek RG, McLaughlin JF, Gamboa MP, Marshall CA, Johnson BM, Silver DB, Mauro AA, & Ghalambor CK. (2024) A lack of genetic diversity and minimal adaptive evolutionary divergence in introduced Mysis shrimp after 50 years. Evolutionary Applications, 17, e13637, https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13637
13. Trumbo DR, Hardy BM, Crocket H, Muths E, Forester B, Cheek RG, Zimmerman S, Corey-Rivas S, Bailey L, & Funk WC. (2023) Conservation genomics of an endangered montane amphibian reveals low population structure, low genomic diversity, and selection pressure from disease. Molecular Ecology, 00, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17175
12. Clancey E, MacPherson A, Cheek RG, Mouton JC, Sillett TS, Ghalambor CK, Funk WC, & Hohenlohe PA. (2023) Unraveling Adaptive Divergence at Microgeographic Scales. The American Naturalist, https://doi.org/10.1086/727723.
11. Spaulding F, McLaughlin JF, Cheek RG, McCracken KG, Glenn TC, Winker K (2023). Population genomics indicate three different modes of divergence and speciation with gene flow in the green-winged teal duck complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107733
10. Hays SC, Cheek RG (joint first author), Mouton JC, Sillett TS, & Ghalambor CK (2022). Lack of avian predators is associated with behavioral plasticity in nest construction and height in an island songbird. Animal Behaviour. 194, 35–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.08.017
9. Delaney KS, & Cheek RG (2022). Island Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma insularis), version 2.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.
8. Cheek RG, Forester BR, Salerno PE, Trumbo DR, Langin KM, Chen N, Sillett TS, Morrison SA, Ghalambor CK, & Funk WC (2022). Habitat-linked genetic variation supports microgeographic adaptive divergence in an island-endemic bird species. Molecular Ecology, 31, 2830– 2846. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16438
7. Lagüe SL, Ivy CM, York JM, Chua BA, Alza L, Cheek R, Dawson NJ, Frappell PB, Farrell T, McCracken KG, Scott GR, & Milsom WK (2020). Cardiovascular responses to progressive hypoxia in ducks native to high altitude in the Andes. Journal of Experimental Biology 223: jeb211250 doi: 10.1242/jeb.211250
6. Ivy CM, Lagüe SL, York JM, Chua BA, Alza L, Cheek R, Dawson NJ, Frappell PB, McCracken KG, Milsom WK, & Scott GR (2019). Control of breathing and respiratory gas exchange in ducks native to high altitude in the Andes. Journal of Experimental Biology 222: jeb198622; doi:10.1242/jeb.198622
5. Cheek RG, ML Harris, & Kennedy A (2019). First documented observation of Island Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma insularis) precopulatory display. Western North American Naturalist 79: 275–279.
4. Cheek RG, Alza L, & McCracken KG (2018). Down feather structure varies between low- and high-altitude Torrent Ducks (Merganetta armata) in the Andes. Ornitología Neotropical 29: 27–35.
3. Cheek RG, Campbell KK, Dickerman RW, Wijdeven B, & Winker K (2018). Mitochondrial DNA suggests recent origins of subspecies of the Sharp-shinned Hawk and Great Blue Heron endemic to coastal British Columbia and southeast Alaska. Western Birds 49: 47–61; doi: 10.21199/WB49.1.3
2. York JM, Chua BA, Ivy CM, Alza L, Cheek R, Scott GR, McCracken KG, Frappell PB, Dawson NJ, Lagüe SL, & Milsom WK (2017). Respiratory mechanics of eleven avian species resident at high and low altitude. Journal of Experimental Biology 220: jeb10791089; doi: 10.1242/jeb.151191
1. Dawson NJ, Ivy CM, Alza L, Cheek R, York JM, Chua B, Milsom WK, McCracken KG, Scott GR (2016). Mitochondrial physiology in the skeletal and cardiac muscles is altered in Torrent Ducks, Merganetta armata, from high altitudes in the Andes. Journal of Experimental Biology 219: 3719–3728; doi: 10.1242/jeb.142711
13. Trumbo DR, Hardy BM, Crocket H, Muths E, Forester B, Cheek RG, Zimmerman S, Corey-Rivas S, Bailey L, & Funk WC. (2023) Conservation genomics of an endangered montane amphibian reveals low population structure, low genomic diversity, and selection pressure from disease. Molecular Ecology, 00, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17175
12. Clancey E, MacPherson A, Cheek RG, Mouton JC, Sillett TS, Ghalambor CK, Funk WC, & Hohenlohe PA. (2023) Unraveling Adaptive Divergence at Microgeographic Scales. The American Naturalist, https://doi.org/10.1086/727723.
11. Spaulding F, McLaughlin JF, Cheek RG, McCracken KG, Glenn TC, Winker K (2023). Population genomics indicate three different modes of divergence and speciation with gene flow in the green-winged teal duck complex. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107733
10. Hays SC, Cheek RG (joint first author), Mouton JC, Sillett TS, & Ghalambor CK (2022). Lack of avian predators is associated with behavioral plasticity in nest construction and height in an island songbird. Animal Behaviour. 194, 35–42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anbehav.2022.08.017
9. Delaney KS, & Cheek RG (2022). Island Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma insularis), version 2.0. In Birds of the World (S. M. Billerman, Editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.
8. Cheek RG, Forester BR, Salerno PE, Trumbo DR, Langin KM, Chen N, Sillett TS, Morrison SA, Ghalambor CK, & Funk WC (2022). Habitat-linked genetic variation supports microgeographic adaptive divergence in an island-endemic bird species. Molecular Ecology, 31, 2830– 2846. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16438
7. Lagüe SL, Ivy CM, York JM, Chua BA, Alza L, Cheek R, Dawson NJ, Frappell PB, Farrell T, McCracken KG, Scott GR, & Milsom WK (2020). Cardiovascular responses to progressive hypoxia in ducks native to high altitude in the Andes. Journal of Experimental Biology 223: jeb211250 doi: 10.1242/jeb.211250
6. Ivy CM, Lagüe SL, York JM, Chua BA, Alza L, Cheek R, Dawson NJ, Frappell PB, McCracken KG, Milsom WK, & Scott GR (2019). Control of breathing and respiratory gas exchange in ducks native to high altitude in the Andes. Journal of Experimental Biology 222: jeb198622; doi:10.1242/jeb.198622
5. Cheek RG, ML Harris, & Kennedy A (2019). First documented observation of Island Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma insularis) precopulatory display. Western North American Naturalist 79: 275–279.
4. Cheek RG, Alza L, & McCracken KG (2018). Down feather structure varies between low- and high-altitude Torrent Ducks (Merganetta armata) in the Andes. Ornitología Neotropical 29: 27–35.
3. Cheek RG, Campbell KK, Dickerman RW, Wijdeven B, & Winker K (2018). Mitochondrial DNA suggests recent origins of subspecies of the Sharp-shinned Hawk and Great Blue Heron endemic to coastal British Columbia and southeast Alaska. Western Birds 49: 47–61; doi: 10.21199/WB49.1.3
2. York JM, Chua BA, Ivy CM, Alza L, Cheek R, Scott GR, McCracken KG, Frappell PB, Dawson NJ, Lagüe SL, & Milsom WK (2017). Respiratory mechanics of eleven avian species resident at high and low altitude. Journal of Experimental Biology 220: jeb10791089; doi: 10.1242/jeb.151191
1. Dawson NJ, Ivy CM, Alza L, Cheek R, York JM, Chua B, Milsom WK, McCracken KG, Scott GR (2016). Mitochondrial physiology in the skeletal and cardiac muscles is altered in Torrent Ducks, Merganetta armata, from high altitudes in the Andes. Journal of Experimental Biology 219: 3719–3728; doi: 10.1242/jeb.142711