David Toews

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Assistant Professor, Biology

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Recent Publications

Gut microbiome composition better reflects host phylogeny than diet diversity in breeding wood-warblers

Baiz, M. D., Benavides C., A., Miller, E. T., Wood, A. W. & Toews, D. P. L., Jan 2023, In: Molecular ecology. 32, 2, p. 518-536 19 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

A complex genomic architecture underlies reproductive isolation in a North American oriole hybrid zone

Walsh, J., Billerman, S. M., Butcher, B. G., Rohwer, V. G., Toews, D. P. L., Vila-Coury, V. & Lovette, I. J., Dec 2023, In: Communications Biology. 6, 1, 154.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

The genomics of adaptation in birds

Campagna, L. & Toews, D. P. L., Oct 24 2022, In: Current Biology. 32, 20, p. R1173-R1186

Research output: Contribution to journalReview articlepeer-review

Métodos actuales y direcciones futuras en el análisis de la dieta aviar

Translated title of the contribution: Current methods and future directions in avian diet analysisHoenig, B. D., Snider, A. M., Forsman, A. M., Hobson, K. A., Latta, S. C., Miller, E. T., Polito, M. J., Powell, L. L., Rogers, S. L., Sherry, T. W., Toews, D. P. L., Welch, A. J., Taylor, S. S. & Porter, B. A., Jan 11 2022, In: Ornithology. 139, 1

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Molecular assays of pollen use consistently reflect pollinator visitation patterns in a system of flowering plants

James, A. R. M., Geber, M. A. & Toews, D. P. L., Jan 2022, In: Molecular Ecology Resources. 22, 1, p. 361-374 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Genetic confirmation of a hybrid between two highly divergent cardinalid species: A rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) and a scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea)

Toews, D. P. L., Rhinehart, T. A., Mulvihill, R., Galen, S., Gosser, S. M., Johnson, T., Williamson, J. L., Wood, A. W. & Latta, S. C., Aug 2022, In: Ecology and Evolution. 12, 8, e9152.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Pigmentation Genes Show Evidence of Repeated Divergence and Multiple Bouts of Introgression in Setophaga Warblers

Baiz, M. D., Wood, A. W., Brelsford, A., Lovette, I. J. & Toews, D. P. L., Feb 8 2021, In: Current Biology. 31, 3, p. 643-649.e3

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Rare hybrid solves “genetic problem” of linked plumage traits

Baiz, M. D., Wood, A. W. & Toews, D. P. L., Oct 2021, In: Ecology. 102, 10, e03424.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Comparing divergence landscapes from reduced-representation and whole genome resequencing in the yellow-rumped warbler (Setophaga coronata) species complex

Szarmach, S. J., Brelsford, A., Witt, C. C. & Toews, D. P. L., Dec 2021, In: Molecular ecology. 30, 23, p. 5994-6005 12 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Extensive historical and contemporary hybridization suggests premating isolation in Vermivora warblers is not strong: A reply to Confer et al.

Toews, D. P. L., Baiz, M. D., Kramer, G. R., Lovette, I. J., Streby, H. M. & Taylor, S. A., Aug 2021, In: Ecology and Evolution. 11, 15, p. 10720-10723 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalLetterpeer-review

Signatures of mitonuclear coevolution in a warbler species complex

Wang, S., Ore, M. J., Mikkelsen, E. K., Lee-Yaw, J., Toews, D. P. L., Rohwer, S. & Irwin, D., Dec 1 2021, In: Nature communications. 12, 1, 4279.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Genomic and plumage variation in Vermivora hybrids

Baiz, M. D., Kramer, G. R., Streby, H. M., Taylor, S. A., Lovette, I. J. & Toews, D. P. L., Jul 1 2020, In: Auk. 137, 3

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Evolution: Speciation by Migratory Drop-Off in Flycatchers

Toews, D. P. L. & Baiz, M. D., Apr 6 2020, In: Current Biology. 30, 7, p. R309-R311

Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debatepeer-review

Genomic identification of intergeneric hybrids in New World wood-warblers (Aves: Parulidae)

Toews, D. P. L., Kramer, G. R., Jones, A. W., Brennan, C. L., Cloud, B. E., Andersen, D. E., Lovette, I. J. & Streby, H., Aug 26 2020, In: Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 131, 1, p. 183-191 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Selection on a small genomic region underpins differentiation in multiple color traits between two warbler species

Wang, S., Rohwer, S., de Zwaan, D. R., Toews, D. P. L., Lovette, I. J., Mackenzie, J. & Irwin, D., Dec 2020, In: Evolution Letters. 4, 6, p. 502-515 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalLetterpeer-review