Borja Milá
Research Scientist
Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales - CSIC Biodiversidad y Biologia Evolutiva
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Recent Publications
Intraspecific morphological and genetic variation of common species predicts ranges of threatened ones
Fuller, T. L.; Thomassen, H. A.; Peralvo, M.; Wolfgang, B.; Mila, B.; Kieswetter, C. M.; Jarrin-V, P.; Cameron Devitt, S. E.; Mason, E.; Schweizer, R. M.; Schluneggar, J.; Chan, J.; Wang, O.; Schneider, C. J.; Pollinger, J. P.; Saatchi, S.; Graham, C. H.; Wayne, R. K.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2013 | Proceedings of the Royal Society Biology 280(1763)
permalinkSpeciation on oceanic islands: rapid adaptive divergence vs. cryptic speciation in a Guadalupe Island songbird
Aleixandre, P.; Montoha, J. H.; Borja, M.
Published Work | 2013 | PLoS ONE 8(5)
permalinkA trans-Amazonian screening of mtDNA reveals deep intraspecific divergence in forest birds and suggests a vast underestimation of species diversity
Milá, B.; Tavares, E. S.; Saldana, A. M.; Karubian, J.; Smith, T. B.; Baker, A. J.
Published Work | 2012 | PLoS ONE 7(7)
permalinkFeather growth rate and mass in nearctic passerines with variable migratory behavior and molt pattern
Hera, I. D.; DeSante, D. F.; Milá, B.
Published Work | 2012 | The Auk 129(2), 222–230
permalinkGenetic evidence for recent range fragmentation and severely restricted dispersal in the critically endangered Sierra Madre Sparrow, Xenospiza baileyi
Oliveras de Ita, A.; Oyama, K.; Smith, T. B.; Wayne, R. K.; Milá, B.
Published Work | 2011 | Conservation Genetics 13, 283–291
permalinkPatterns of divergence in the olive sunbird Cyanomitra olivacea (Aves: Nectariniidae) across the African rainforest–savanna ecotone
Smith, T. B.; Thomassen, H. A.; Freedman, A. H.; Sehgal, R. N.; Buermann, W.; Saatchi, S.; Pollinger, J.; Milá, B.; Pires, D.; Valkiūnas, G.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 2011 | Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 103(4), 821–835
permalinkA cryptic contact zone between divergent mitochondrial DNA lineages in southwestern North America supports past introgressive hybridization in the yellow-rumped warbler complex (Aves: Dendroica coronata)
Milá, B.; Toews, D. P.; Smith, T. B.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 2011 | Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 103(3), 696–706
permalinkMapping evolutionary process: a multi-taxa approach to conservation prioritization
Thomassen, H. A.; Fuller, T.; Buermann, W.; Milá, B.; Kieswetter, C.; Jarrín-V, P.; Cameron, S. E.; Mason, E.; Schweizer, R.; Schlunegger, J.; Chan, J.; Wang, O.; Peralvo, M.; Schneider, C. J.; Graham, C. H.; Pollinger, J. P.; Saatchi, S.; Wayne, R. K.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2011 | Evolutionary Applications 4(2), 397–413
permalinkModeling environmentally associated morphological and genetic variation in a rainforest bird, and its application to conservation prioritization
Thomassen, H. A.; Buermann, W.; Mila, B.; Graham, C. H.; Cameron, S. E.; Schneider, C. J.; Pollinger, J. P.; Saatchi, S.; Wayne, R. K.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2010 | Evolutionary Applications 3(1), 1–16
permalinkDivergence with gene flow and fine-scale phylogeographical structure in the wedge-billed woodcreeper, Glyphorynchus spirurus, a Neotropical rainforest bird
Milá, B.; Wayne, R. K.; Fitze, P.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2009 | Molecular Ecology 18(14), 2979–2995
permalinkThe prevalence of avian Plasmodium is higher in undisturbed tropical forests of Cameroon
Bonneaud, C.; Sepil, I.; Milá, B.; Buermann, W.; Pollinger, J.; Sehgal, R. N.; Valkiūnas, G.; Iezhova, T. A.; Saatchi, S.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2009 | Journal of Tropical Ecology 25, 439–447
permalinkEcomorphology of migratory and sedentary populations of the yellow-rumped warbler (Dendroica coronata)
Milá, B.; Wayne, R. K.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2008 | Condor 110(2), 335–344
permalinkRecent postglacial range expansion drives the rapid diversification of a songbird lineage in the genus Junco
Milá, B.; McCormack, J. E.; Castenada, G.; Wayne, R. K.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2007 | Proceedings of the Royal Society B 274(1626), 2653–2660
permalinkEvolutionary consequences of human disturbance in a rainforest bird species from Central Africa
Smith, T. B.; Mila, B.; Grether, G. F.; Slabbekoorn, H.; Sepil, I.; Buermann, W.; Saatchi, S.; Pollinger, J. P.
Published Work | 2007 | Molecular Ecology 17(1), 58–71
permalinkPostglacial population expansion drives the evolution of long-distance migration in a songbird
Milá, B.; Smith, T. B.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 2006 | Evolution 60(11), 2403–2409
permalinkSpeciation and rapid phenotypic differentiation in the yellow-rumped warbler (Dendroica coronata) complex
Milá, B.; Smith, T. B.; Wayne, R. K.
Published Work | 2006 | Molecular Ecology 16(1), 159–173
permalinkIsolation of polymorphic tetranucleotide microsatellite markers for the wedge-billed woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
Mila, B.; Bardeleben, C.
Published Work | 2005 | Biology Notes 2005, 5, 844–845
permalinkMolecular genetic approaches to linking breeding and overwintering areas in five neotropical migrant passerines
Smith, T. B.; Clegg, S. M.; Kimura, M.; Ruegg, K.; Milá, B.; Lovette, I.
Published Work | 2005 | Birds of Two Worlds: The Ecology and Evolution of Migration 223-231
permalinkStable isotopes as indicators of altitudinal distributions and movements in an Ecuadorean hummingbird community
Hobson, K. A.; Wassenaar, L. I.; Milá, B.; Lovette, I.; Dingle, C.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2003 | Oecologia 136, 302–308
permalinkPhylogeographic approaches to assessing demographic connectivity between breeding and overwintering regions in a Nearctic-Neotropical warbler (Wilsonia pusilla)
Kimura, M.; Clegg, S. M.; Lovette, I. J.; Holder, K. R.; Girman, D. J.; Milá, B.; Wade, P.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2002 | Molecular Ecology 11(9), 1605–1616
permalinkGenetic evidence for the effect of a postglacial population expansion on the phylogeography of a North American songbird
Milá, B.; Girman, D.; Kimura, M.; Smith, T. B.
Published Work | 2000 | Proceedings of the Royal Society 267, 1033–1040
permalinkBiotic Surveys of Bioko and Rio Muni, Equatorial Guinea, 1999
Larison, B.; Smith, T.B.; Girman, D.; Stauffer, D.; Mila, B.; Drewes, R.C.; Griswold, C.E.; Vindum, J.V.; Ubick, D., O'Keefe, K.; Nguema, J., Henwood, L.
Progress Report | 1999
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