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Dr. Jeremy J. Kirchman

Curator of Birds and Mammals

jeremy.kirchman@nysed.gov

518-474-1441

B.A., Biology, 1994, Illinois Wesleyan University
M.S., Zoology, 1997, Louisiana State University
Ph.D., Zoology, 2006, University of Florida

I study the evolution and biogeography of birds. My current research focus is the population genetics of bird species that breed in isolated “islands” of evergreen forest in New York’s Adirondack and Catskills Mountains. I analyze DNA sequence data to measure the extent to which these disjunct populations are genetically distinct and evolving independently. New York’s populations of Bicknell’s Thrush, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, American Three-toed Woodpecker, and other boreal forest specialists may be imperiled as Earth’s climate continues to warm.

My Projects

Publications

2023

Nachman, M.W., Beckman, E.J., Bowie, R.C.K., Cicero, C., Conroy, C.J., Dudley, R., Hayes, T.B., Koo, M.S., Lacey, E.A., Martin, C.H., McGuire, J.A., Patton, J.L., Spencer, C.L., Tarvin, R.D., Wake, M.H., Wang, I.J., Achmadi, A., Álvarez-Castañeda, S.Ticul, Andersen, M.J., Arroyave, J., Austin, C.C., F Barker, K., Barrow, L.N., Barrowclough, G.F., Bates, J., Bauer, A.M., Bell, K.C., Bell, R.C., Bronson, A.W., Brown, R.M., Burbrink, F.T., Burns, K.J., Cadena, C.Daniel, Cannatella, D.C., Castoe, T.A., Chakrabarty, P., Colella, J.P., Cook, J.A., Cracraft, J.L., Davis, D.R., Rabosky, A.R.Davis, D’Elía, G., Dumbacher, J.P., Dunnum, J.L., Edwards, S.V., Esselstyn, J.A., Faivovich, J., Fjeldså, J., Flores-Villela, O.A., Ford, K., Fuchs, J., Fujita, M.K., Good, J.M., Greenbaum, E., Greene, H.W., Hackett, S., Hamidy, A., Hanken, J., Haryoko, T., Hawkins, M.T.R., Heaney, L.R., Hillis, D.M., Hollingsworth, B.D., Hornsby, A.D., Hosner, P.A., Irham, M., Jansa, S., Jiménez, R.Alicia, Joseph, L., Kirchman, J.J., LaDuc, T.J., Leaché, A.D., Lessa, E.P., López-Fernández, H., Mason, N.A., McCormack, J.E., McMahan, C.D., Moyle, R.G., Ojeda, R.A., Olson, L.E., Onn, C.Kin, Parenti, L.R., Parra-Olea, G., Patterson, B.D., Pauly, G.B., Pavan, S.E., A Peterson, T., Poe, S., Rabosky, D.L., Raxworthy, C.J., Reddy, S., Rico-Guevara, A., Riyanto, A., Rocha, L.A., Ron, S.R., Rovito, S.M., Rowe, K.C., Rowley, J., Ruane, S., Salazar-Valenzuela, D., Shultz, A.J., Sidlauskas, B., Sikes, D.S., Simmons, N.B., Stiassny, M.L.J., Streicher, J.W., Stuart, B.L., Summers, A.P., Tavera, J., Teta, P., Thompson, C.W., Timm, R.M., Torres-Carvajal, O., Voelker, G., Voss, R.S., Winker, K., Witt, C., Wommack, E.A., Zink, R.M., 2023. Specimen collection is essential for modern science. PLOS Biology 21, e3002318. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.300231810.1371/journal.pbio.3002318.s001

Kimmitt, A.A., Pegan, T.M., Jones, A.W., Wacker, K.S., Brennan, C.L., Hudon, J., Kirchman, J.J., Ruegg, K., Benz, B.W., Herman, R., Winger, B.M., 2023. Genetic evidence for widespread population size expansion in North American boreal birds prior to the Last Glacial Maximum. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 290, 20221334. doi:10.1098/rspb.2022.1334

2022

Termignoni-Garcia, F., Kirchman, J.J., Clark, J., Edwards, S.V., 2022. Comparative Population Genomics of Cryptic Speciation and Adaptive Divergence in Bicknell’s and Gray-Cheeked Thrushes (Aves:Catharus bicknelli and Catharus minimus). Genome Biology and Evolution 14. doi:10.1093/gbe/evab255

2021

Ralston, J., FitzGerald, A.M., Burg, T.M., Starkloff, N.C., Warkentin, I.G., Kirchman, J.J., 2021. Comparative phylogeographic analysis suggests a shared history among eastern North American boreal forest birds. Ornithology. doi:10.1093/ornithology/ukab018

Kirchman, J.J., Rotzel-McInerney, N., Giarla, T.C., Olson, S.L., Slikas, E., Fleischer, R.C., 2021. Phylogeny based on ultra-conserved elements clarifies the evolution of rails and allies (Ralloidea) and is the basis for a revised classification. Ornithology 138, 1-21. doi:10.1093/ornithology/ukab042

Starkloff, N.C., Turner, W.C., FitzGerald, A.M., Oftedal, M.C., Martinsen, E.S., Kirchman, J.J., 2021. Disentangling the effects of host relatedness and elevation on haemosporidian parasite turnover in a clade of songbirds. Ecosphere 12, e03497. doi:10.1002/ecs2.3497

2020

Murphy, M.T., Gill, S.A., Fraser, K.C., Kirchman, J.J., MacDougall-Shackleton, E.A., Oyler-McCance, S., Streby, H.M., 2020. 2020 Brina C. Kessel Award to Corey Tarwater, Ryan Germain, and Peter Arcese. The Auk. doi:10.1093/auk/ukaa043

Starkloff, N.C., Kirchman, J.J., Jones, A.W., Winger, B.M., Huang, Y.‐H., Pulgarín‐R, P.C., Turner, W.C., 2020. Drivers of community turnover differ between avian hemoparasite genera along a North American latitudinal gradient. Ecology and Evolution. doi:10.1002/ece3.6283

Kirchman, J.J., Ross, A.M., Johnson, G., 2020. Historical decline of genetic diversity in a range-periphery population of Spruce Grouse (Falcipennis canadensis) inhabiting the Adirondack Mountains. Conservation Genetics 21, 373–380. doi:10.1007/s10592-019-01246-5

Kirchman, J.J., 2020. Bicknell's Thrush Discovered in the Catskills. Catskill Tri-County Historical Views 3, 6-14.