Crossbills and conifers: one million years of adaptation and coevolution

2026/01/30 by Bruce M. Beehler · 1 voice
Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Avian ecology and behavior #Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology #Species Distribution and Climate Change

paper · doi:10.1080/15594491.2025.2607865

openalex publication_date 2026/01/30 · openalex created_date 2026/02/01 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/14

Abstract

Craig Benkman’s discovery of a new and undescribed bird species—the Cassia Crossbill—in the heartland of the western United States, which was announced to the world in 2009, was indeed a remarkable...

Discussions

• From the current WJO issue - A review of Craig Benkman's book Crossbills & Conifers: One Million Years of Adaptation & Coevolution. "Every reader will both be in awe of Benkman’s work and also be educ [bsky, 6 points, 0 comments]

Related

• The Birds That Audubon Missed: Discovery and Desire in the American Wilderness
• Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds
• Birds Lost from a Giant Sequoia Forest during Fifty Years
• New Bird Records from the Galápagos Associated with the El Niño-Southern Oscillation
• The Avian Hybrids Project: gathering the scientific literature on avian hybridization