Mega-evolutionary dynamics of the adaptive radiation of birds. Nature. 542, 344-347. doi:10.1038/nature21074. *equal contributions
Chira, A.M., Thomas, G.H. 2016. The impact of rate heterogeneity on inference of phylogenetic models of trait evolution. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 29, 2502-2518.
Thomas G.H., Cooper N., Venditti C., Meade A., Freckleton R.P. 2014. Bias and measurement error in comparative analyses: a case study with the Ornstein Uhlenbeck model. bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/004036
Sanchez-Barracaldo P., Thomas G.H. 2014. Adaptation and convergent evolution within the Jamesonia-Eriosorus complex in high-elevation biodiverse Andean hotspots. PloS ONE 9, e110618.
Portugal S.J., Maurer G., Thomas G.H., Hauber M.E., Grim T., Cassey P. 2014. Nesting behaviour influences species-specific gas exchange across avian eggshells. Journal of Experimental Biology. 217, 3326-3332.
Jetz W., Thomas G.H., Joy J.B., Redding D.W., Hartmann K., Mooers A.O. 2014. Global distribution and conservation of evolutionary distinctness in birds. Current Biology. 24, 919-930.
Puttick M.N., Thomas G.H., Benton M.J. 2014. High rates of evolution preceded the origin of birds. Evolution. 68, 1497-1510.
Thomas G.H., Hartmann K., Jetz W., Joy J.B., Mimoto A., Mooers A.O. 2013. PASTIS: an R package to facilitate phylogenetic assembly with soft taxonomic inferences. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 4, 1011-1017.
Ezard T.H.G., Thomas G.H., Purvis A. 2013. Inclusion of a near-complete fossil record reveals speciation-related molecular evolution. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 4, 745-753.
Jetz, W.*, Thomas, G.H.*, Joy, J.B.*, Hartmann, K., Mooers, A.O.* 2012 The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature Online early DOI: 10.1038/nature11631 *equal contributions
Cassey, P., Thomas, G.H., Portugal, S.J., Maurer, G., Hauber, M.E., Grim, T., Lovell, P.G., Miksik, I. 2012 Why are birds’ eggs colourful? Eggshell pigments covary with life history and nesting ecology among British breeding non-passerine birds. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 106: 657-672
Davies, T.J., Cooper, N., Diniz-Filho, J.A.F., Thomas, G.H., Meiri, S. 2012 Using phylogenetic trees to test for character displacement: a model and an empirical example. Ecology 93 (supplement) S54-S51
Jenkins, T., Thomas, G.H., Hellgren, O., Owens, I.P.F. 2012 Migratory behaviour of birds affects their coevolutionary relationship with blood parasites. Evolution 66: 740-751
Thomas, G.H. and Freckleton, R.P. 2012 MOTMOT: models of trait macroevolution on trees. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 3: 144-151
McInnes, L., Baker, W.J., Barraclough, T.G., Dasmahapatra, K.K., Goswami, A., Harmon, L.J., Morlon, H., Purvis, A., Rosindell, J., Thomas, G.H., Turvey, S.T., Phillimore, A.B. 2011 Integrating ecology into macroevolutionary research. Biology Letters 7: 644-646
Kuhn, T.S., Mooers, A.O., Thomas, G.H. 2011 A simple polytomy resolver for dated phylogenies. Methods in Ecology and Evolution. 2: 427-436
Garcia-Pena, G.E., Thomas, G.H., Reynolds, J.D., Székely, T. 2009 Breeding systems, climate and the evolution of migration in shorebirds. Behavioural Ecology 20: 1026-1033
Thomas, G.H., Meiri, S., Phillimore, A.B. 2009 Body size diversification in Anolis: novel environments and island effects. Evolution 63: 2017-2030
Thomas, G.H. 2009 Bergmann’s idiosyncratic rule: a role for fecundity selection? Molecular Ecology 18: 1027-1029
Olson, V.A., Davies, R.G., Orme, C.D.L., Thomas, G.H., Meiri, S., Blackburn, T.M., Gaston, K.J., Owens, I.P.F., Bennett, P.M. 2009 Global biogeography and ecology of body size in birds. Ecology Letters 12: 249-259
Thomas, G.H. 2008 Phylogenetic distributions of British birds of conservation concern. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 275: 2077-2083
Thomas, G.H., Orme, C.D.L., Davies, R.G., Olson, V.A., Bennett, P.M., Gaston, K.J., Owens, I.P.F., Blackburn, T.M. 2008 Regional variation in the historical components of global avian species richness. Global Ecology and Biogeography 17: 340-351
Phillimore, A.B., Orme, C.D.L., Thomas, G.H., Blackburn, T.M., Bennett, P.M., Gaston, K.J., Owens, I.P.F. 2008 Sympatric speciation in birds is rare: insights from range data and simulations. American Naturalist 171: 646-657
Cooper, N., Bielby, J., Thomas, G.H., Purvis, A. 2008 Macroecology and extinction risk in frogs. Global Ecology and Biogeography 17: 211-221
Thomas, G.H., Székely, T., Reynolds, J.D., 2007 Sexual conflict and the evolution of breeding systems in shorebirds. Advances in the Study of Behaviour 37: 279-342
Meiri, S. and Thomas, G.H. 2007 The geography of body size – challenges of the interspecific approach. Global Ecology and Biogeography 16: 689-693
Gaston, K.J., Davies, R.G., Orme, C.D.L., Olson, V.A., Thomas, G.H., Ding, T.S., Rasmussen, P.C., Lennon, J.J., Bennett, P.M., Owens, I.P.F., Blackburn, T.M. 2007 Spatial turnover in the global avifauna. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274: 1567-1574
Davies, R.G., Orme, C.D.L., Storch, D., Olson, V.A., Thomas, G.H., Ross, S.G., Ding, T.S., Rasmussen, P.C., Bennett, P.M., Owens, I.P.F., Blackburn, T.M., Gaston, K.J. 2007 Topography, energy and the global distribution of bird species richness. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274: 1189-1197
Lislevand, T. and Thomas, G.H. 2006 Limited male incubation and the evolution of egg size in shorebirds. Biology Letters 2: 206-208
Thomas, G.H., Lanctot, R.B., Székely, T. 2006 Can intrinsic factors explain population declines in North American breeding shorebirds? A comparative analysis. Animal Conservation 9: 252-258
Grenyer, R., Orme, C.D.L., Jackson, S.F., Thomas, G.H., Davies, R.G., Davies, T.J., Jones, K.E., Olson, V.A., Ridgely, R.S., Rasmussen, P.C., Ding, T.S., Bennett, P.M., Blackburn, T.M., Gaston, K.J., Gittleman, J.L., Owens, I.P.F. 2006 Global distribution and conservation of rare and threatened vertebrates. Nature 444: 93-96
Székely, T., Thomas, G.H., Cuthill, I.C. 2006 Sexual conflict, ecology and breeding systems in shorebirds. Bioscience 56: 801-808
Thomas, G.H., Freckleton, R.P., Székely, T. 2006 Comparative analyses of the influence of developmental mode on phenotypic diversification rates in shorebirds. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273: 1619-1624
Storch, D., Davies, R.G., Zajicek, S., Orme, C.D.L., Olson, V., Thomas, G.H., Ding, T.S., Rasmussen, P.C., Ridgely, R.S., Bennett, P.M., Blackburn, T.M., Owens, I.P.F., Gaston, K.J. 2006 Energy, range dynamics and global species richness patterns: reconciling mid-domain effects and environmental determinants of avian diversity. Ecology Letters 9: 1308-1320
Davies, R.G., Orme, C.D.L., Olson, V.A., Thomas, G.H., Ross, S.G., Ding, T.S., Rasmussen, P.C., Stattersfield, A.J., Bennett, P.M., Blackburn, T.M, Owens, I.P.F., Gaston, K.J. 2006 Human impacts and the global distribution of extinction risk. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 273: 2127-2133
Orme, C.D.L., Davies, R.G., Olson, V.A., Thomas, G.H., Ding, T.S., Rasmussen, P.C., Ridgely, R.S., Stattersfield, A.J., Bennett, P.M., Owens, I.P.F., Blackburn, T.M., Gaston, K.J. 2006 Global patterns of geographic range size in birds. PLoS Biology 4: 1276-1283
Thomas, G.H. and Székely, T. 2005 Evolutionary pathways in shorebird breeding systems: Sexual conflict, parental care and chick development. Evolution 59: 2222-2230
Thomas, G.H., Wills, M.A., Székely, T. 2004 A supertree approach to shorebird phylogeny. BMC Evolutionary Biology 4: 28
Thomas, G.H., Wills, M.A., Székely, T. 2004 Phylogeny of shorebirds, gulls and alcids (Aves: Charadrii) from the cytochrome-b gene: parsimony, Bayesian inference, minimum evolution and quartet puzzling. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 30: 516-526