Publications
Genome 10K Community of Scientists. In press. Genome 10K: A proposal to obtain whole-genome sequence for 10,000 vertebrate species. Journal of Heredity, DOI:10.1093/jhered/esp086.
Schmitt, I., and F.K. Barker. In press. Phylogenetic methods in natural product research. Natural Product Reports, DOI:10.1039/b910458p.
Fujishin, L.M., F.K. Barker, D.D. Huff, and L.M. Miller. In press. Isolation of 13 polymorphic microsatellite loci for slimy sculpin (Cottus cognatus). Conservation Genetics Resources, DOI:10.1007/s12686-009-9099-3.
Cracraft, J., and F.K. Barker. 2009. Passeriformes. Pp. 423-431 in S.B. Hedges and S. Kumar, eds., The Timetree of Life. Oxford University Press, New York.
Kimball, R.T., E.L. Braun., F.K. Barker, R.C.K. Bowie, M.J. Braun, J.L. Chojnowski, S.J. Hackett, K.-L. Han, J. Harshman, V. Heimer-Torres, W. Holznagel, C.J. Huddleston, B.D. Marks, K.J. Miglia, W.S. Moore, S. Reddy, F.H. Sheldon, J.V. Smith, C.C. Witt, and T. Yuri. 2009. A well-tested set of primers to amplify regions spread across the avian genome. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 50: 654-660.
Mann, N.I., K.A. Dingess, F.K. Barker, J.A. Graves, and P.J.B. Slater. 2009. A comparative study of song form and duetting in neotropical Thryothorus wrens. Behaviour 146: 1-43. PDF
Spellman, G., A. Cibois, R. Moyle, and K. Winker and F.K. Barker. 2008. Clarifying the systematics of an enigmatic avian lineage: What is a Bombycillid? Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49(3): 2036-2040.
Powell, A.F.L.A., F.K. Barker and S.M. Lanyon. 2008. A complete species-level phylogeny of the grackles (Quiscalus spp.), including the extinct Slender-billed Grackle, inferred from mitochondrial DNA. The Condor 110: 718-728. PDF
Barker, F.K., A.J. Vandergon, and S.M. Lanyon. 2008. Assessment of species limits among yellow-breasted meadowlarks (Sturnella spp.) using mitochondrial and sex-linked markers. The Auk 125: 869-879. PDF
Barker, F.K., A.J. Vandergon, and S.M. Lanyon. 2008. Species status of the Red-shouldered Blackbird: implications for ecological, morphological, and behavioral evolution in Agelaius. The Auk 125: 87-94. PDF
Jansa, S.A., V. Soarimalala, S.M. Goodman, and F.K. Barker. 2008. Morphometric variation and phylogeographic structure in Macrotarsomys bastardi (Rodentia: Nesomyidae), an endemic Malagasy dry forest rodent. Journal of Mammalogy 89: 316-324.
Chesser, R.T., F.K. Barker, and R.T. Brumfield. 2007. Four-fold polyphyly of the genus formerly known as Upucerthia, with notes on the systematics and evolution of the avian subfamily Furnariinae. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 44: 1320-1332. PDF
Driskell, A.L. Christidis, B.J. Gill, W.E. Boles, F.K. Barker, and N.W. Longmore. 2007. A new endemic family of New Zealand passerine birds: adding heat to a biodiversity hotspot. Australian Journal of Zoology 55(7): 73-78.
Barker, F.K. 2007. Avifaunal interchange across the Panamanian Isthmus: insights from Campylorhynchus wrens. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 90: 687-702.
Mann, N.I., F.K. Barker, J.A. Graves, K. Dingess-Mann, and P.J.B. Slater. 2006. Molecular data delineate four genera of “Thryothorus” wrens. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40: 750-759. PDF Data
LeCroy, M., and F.K. Barker. 2006. A new species of bush-warbler from Bougainville Island and a monophyletic origin for southwest Pacific Cettia. American Museum Novitates 3511: 1-20. PDF Data Specimen photo with KODAK Color Separation Guide Q-13 (1.1 Mb) Morphometric Data (Excel)
Jansa, S.A., F.K. Barker, and L.R. Heaney. 2006. The pattern and timing of diversification of Philippine endemic rodents: Evidence from mitochondrial and nuclear gene sequences. Systematic Biology 55(1): 73-88. PDF
Beresford, P., F.K. Barker, P.G. Ryan, and T.M. Crowe. 2005. African endemics span the tree of songbirds (Passeri): molecular systematics of several evolutionary ‘enigmas.’ Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 272: 849-858. PDF Electronic Appendix Data
Barker, F.K., A. Cibois, P.A. Schikler, J. Feinstein, and J. Cracraft. 2004. Phylogeny and diversification of the largest avian radiation. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 101(30): 11040-11045. PDF Supporting Information Data Mapping of Sibley/Ahlquist/Monroe Taxonomy (MacClade) Biogeographic Database (Excel) Biogeographic Database (Tab-delimited Text)
Barker, F.K. 2004. Monophyly and relationships of wrens (Aves: Troglodytidae): a congruence analysis of heterogeneous mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequence data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 32(2): 486-504. PDF Erratum Data Annotated Intron Alignment
Cracraft, J., F.K. Barker, M. Braun, J. Harshman, G.J. Dyke, J. Feinstein, S. Stanley, A. Cibois, P. Schikler, P. Beresford, J. García-Moreno, M.D. Sorenson, T. Yuri and D.P. Mindell. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships among modern birds (Neornithes): toward an avian tree of life. Pp. 468-489 in J. Cracraft and M. J. Donoghue, eds. Assembling the Tree of Life. Oxford University Press, New York. PDF
Barker, F.K., and F.M. Lutzoni. 2002. The utility of the incongruence length difference test. Systematic Biology 51(4): 625-637. PDF
Barker, F.K., G.F. Barrowclough, and J. G. Groth. 2002. A phylogenetic hypothesis for passerine birds: taxonomic and biogeographic implications of an analysis of nuclear DNA sequence data. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 269: 295-308. PDF Data
Barker, F.K., and S.M. Lanyon. 2000. The impact of parsimony weighting schemes on inferred relationships among toucans and Neotropical barbets (Aves: Piciformes). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 15(2): 215-234. PDF Data
Lutzoni, F., and F.K. Barker. 1999. Sampling confidence envelopes of phylogenetic trees for combinability testing: A reply to Rodrigo. Systematic Biology 48(3): 596-603. PDF
Popular press:
Cracraft, J., F.K. Barker, and A. Cibois. 2003. Avian higher-level phylogenetics and the Howard and Moore Checklist of Birds. In E. Dickinson, ed. The Howard and Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World: Third Edition. Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ.
Barker, F.K. 2001. Wrens. Pp. 440-444 in C. Elphick, J.B. Dunning, Jr., and D.A. Sibley, eds. The Sibley Guide to Bird Life and Behavior. Chanticleer Press, New York, NY.