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Forthcoming
Burg TM, Catry P, Ryan PG, Phillips RA. Genetic population structure of black-browed and Campbell albatrosses, and implications for assigning provenance of birds killed in fisheries. Aquatic Conservation. Forthcoming.
2017
Munro K, Burg TM. Southern Ocean seabirds: patterns and processes. Emu [Internet]. 2017;117:4-18. Publisher's Version
2016
Adams RV, Lazerte SE, Otter KA, Burg TM. Influence of landscape features on the microgeographic genetic structure of a resident songbird. Heredity [Internet]. 2016;117:63-72. Publisher's Version adams_et_al.2016.heredity.pdf
Macfarlane CBA, Natola L, Brown M, Burg TM. The phylogeography, post-glacial expansion, and systematics of the purple finch (Haemorhous purpureus). Ecology and Evolution [Internet]. 2016;6(22):8304-8317. Publisher's Version
2015
Adams RV, Burg TM. Gene flow of a forest-dependent bird across a fragmented landscape. PLoSONE [Internet]. 2015;10(11):e0140938. Publisher's Version
Adams RV, Burg TM. Influence of ecological and geological features on rangewide patterns of genetic structure in a widespread passerine. Heredity [Internet]. 2015;114(2):143-154. Publisher's Version adams_burg._2015.hered_.pdf
2014
Dohms KD, Burg TM. Phylogeography of a widespread Palearctic corvid, Nucifraga caryocatactes. PeerJ [Internet]. 2014;2:e371. link to article
Burg TM, Bird H, Lait L, Brooke ML. Colonization pathways of the northeast Atlantic by northern fulmars: A test of James Fisher's ‘out of Iceland’ hypothesis using museum collections. Journal of Avian Biology [Internet]. 2014;45:209-218. link to article
Abbott CL, Millikin RL, Hipfner M, Hatch S, Ito M, Watanuki Y, Watanuki Y. Genetic structure of rhinoceros auklets, Cerorhinca monocerata, breeding in British Columbia, Alaska and Japan. Marine Biology. 2014;161:275-283. abbott_et_al.2014.marbio.pdf
Burg TM, Taylor SA, Lemmen KD, Gaston AJ, Friesen VL. Post-glacial population genetic differentiation potentially facilitated by a flexible migratory strategy in golden-crowned kinglets (Regulus satrapa). Canadian Journal of Zoology [Internet]. 2014;92:163-172. link to article
2013
Dohms KD, Burg TM. Molecular markers reveal limited population genetic structure in a North American corvid, Clark’s nutcracker (Nucifraga columbiana). PLoS ONE [Internet]. 2013;8(11):e79621. Link to article
Lait LA, Burg TM. When east meets west: the population genetics of a high-latitude resident species, the boreal chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus), using molecular markers and ecological niche modelling. Heredity [Internet]. 2013;111:321-329. link to article
2012
Lait LA, Lauff RF, Burg TM. Genetic evidence supports boreal chickadee (Poecile hudsonicus) x black-capped chickadee. Canadian Field Naturalist . 2012;126(2):143-147. lait_et_al.2012.cfn_.pdf
Burg TM, Lauff RF. An anomalous northern saw-whet owl (Aegolius acadicus) egg. Canadian Field Naturalist . 2012;126:41-45.
Pulgarín-Restrepo PC, Burg TM. Genetic signals of demographic expansion in downy woodpecker (Picoides pubescens) after the last North American glacial maximum. PLoS ONE. 2012;7:e40412.
Grava A, Grava T, Didier R, Lait LA, Dosse J, Koran E, Burg TM, Otter KA. Interspecific dominance and hybridization between black-capped chickadee and mountain chickadee. Behavioral Ecology. 2012;23(3):566-572. grava.2012.behavecol.pdf
Graham B, Burg TM. Molecular markers provide insights into contemporary and historic gene flow in a non-migratory species. Journal of Avian Biology. 2012;43:198-214. graham.2012.jab_.pdf
Burg TM, Martin AB. No island hopping for Hawaiian petrels. Heredity. 2012;109:4-5.
Pravosudov VV, Forister ML, Roth II TC, LaDage LD, Burg TM, Braun MJ, Davidson BS. Population genetic structure and its implications for adaptive variation in memory and the hippocampus on a continental scale in food-caching black-capped chickadee. Molecular Ecology. 2012;21:4486-4497. pravosudov.2012.me_.pdf
Lait LA, Friesen VL, Gaston AJ, Burg TM. The post-Pleistocene population genetic structure of a western North American passerine: The chestnut-backed chickadee (Poecile rufescens. Journal of Avian Biology. 2012;43:541-552. lait_et_al_2012.pdf
Hale ML, Burg TM, Steeves TE. Sampling for microsatellite-based population genetic studies: 25 to 30 individuals per population is enough to accurately estimate allele frequencies. PLoS ONE [Internet]. 2012;7(9):e45170. link to article
2011
Rains D, Weimerskirch H, Burg TM. Piecing together the global population puzzle of wandering albatrosses: Genetic anaylsis of the Amsterdam albatross. Journal of Avian Biology. 2011;42:69-79. rains.2011.javbio.pdf
2008
Burg TM. Genetic analysis of wandering albatrosses killed in longline fisheries off the east coast of New Zealand. Aquatic Conservation. 2008;Special Issue:S93-101. burg.2008.aqcon_.pdf
2007
Friesen VL, Burg TM, McCoy KM. Mechanisms of population differentiation in seabirds. Molecular Ecology. 2007;16:1765-1785.
2006
Burg TM, Gaston AJ, Winker K, Friesen VL. Effects of Pleistocene glaciations on population structure of North American chestnut-backed chickadees. Molecular Ecology. 2006;15:2409-2419. burg.2006.molecol.pdf
Burg TM, Croxall JP. Extrapair paternities in black-browed Thalassarche melanophris, grey-headed T. chrysostoma and wandering albatrosses Diomedea exulans at South Georgia. Journal of Avian Biology. 2006;37:331-338. rains.2011.javbio.pdf
2005
Burg TM. Overview of seabird genetics. Arquipélago [Internet]. 2005;22A:27-29. Website
Burg TM, Gaston AJ, Winker K, Friesen VL. Rapid divergence and post-glacial colonization in western North American Steller’s jays (Cyanocitta stelleri). Molecular Ecology. 2005;14:3745-3755. burg.2005.molecol.pdf
2004
Burg TM, Croxall JP. Global population structure and taxonomy of the wandering albatross species complex. Molecular Ecology. 2004;13:2345-2355.
2003
Burg TM, Lomax J, Almond R, de Brooke ML, Amos W. Unravelling dispersal patterns in an expanding population of a highly mobile seabird, the northern fulmar. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B. 2003;270:979-984. burg.procroysoc.2003.pdf
2002
Smith HM, Burg TM, Chiszar D. Evolutionary speciation in the alligator lizards of the genus Barisia. Bulletin of the Maryland Herpetological Society . 2002;38(1):23-26.
Martin AP, Burg TM. Perils of paralogy: using HSP70 genes for inferring organismal phylogenies. Systematic Biology. 2002;51(4):570-587.
2001
Burg TM, Croxall JP. Global relationships amongst black-browed and grey-headed albatrosses: analysis of population structure using mtDNA and microsatellites. Molecular Ecology. 2001;10(11):2647-2660. burg.me_.2001.pdf
Gemmell NJ, Burg TM, Boyd IL, Amos W. Low reproductive success in territorial male Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella) suggests the existence of alternative mating strategies. Molecular Ecology. 2001;10(2):451-460.
Moore PJ, Burg TM, Taylor GA, Millar CD. Provenance and sex-ratio of black-browed albatrosses, Thalassarche melanophris, breeding on Campbell Island, New Zealand. Emu. 2001;101(4):329-334. moore.2001.emu_.pdf
1999
Burg TM, Trites AW, Smith MJ. Mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA analyses of harbour seal population structure in the Northeast Pacific Ocean. Canadian Journal of Zoology. 1999;77(6):930-943. burg.me_.1999.pdf