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I have two main areas of research interest: the evolution and systematics of birds, and the natural history of the birds of the Malay archipelago. My research in systematics emphasizes the reconstruction of phylogenies of bird families and use of phylogeny as a framework for the study of the evolution of modern-day ecology, behavior, and distribution. My work in S.E. Asia is concentrated mainly in Borneo, where I am conducting a variety of studies with students and collaborators. These emphasize the phylogeography of S.E. Asian birds and the effects of exotic free plantations on Bornean forest birds.
Teaching
Biology for Science Majors I (BIOL 1201): every other year
Systematic Biology (BIOL 7111): every other year
Systematic Biology Seminar (BIOL 7938): periodically
Biogeography Seminar (BIOL 7939): periodically
2006. Zou, F.S., H.C. Lim, B. Marks, R.G. Moyle, and F. H. Sheldon. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the Grey-cheeked Fulvetta (Alcippe morrisonia) of China and Indochina: A case of remarkable genetic divergence in a "species". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44:164-174
2006. Moyle, R. G., J. Cracraft, M. Lakim, J. Nais, and F. H. Sheldon. Reconsideration of the phylogenetic relationships of the enigmatic Bornean Bristlehead (Pityriasis gymnocephala). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39:893-898
2005. Gill, F. B., B. Slikas, and F. H. Sheldon. Phylogeny of titmice (Paridae): II. Species relationships based on sequences of the mitochondrial cytochrome-b gene. Auk 122:121-143.
2005. Moyle, R.G., M. Schilthuizen, M.A. Rahman, and F.H. Sheldon. Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the White-crowned Forktail (Enicurus leschenaultia) in Borneo. Journal of Avian Biology 36:96-101.
2005. Sheldon, F.H., L.A. Whittingham, R.G. Moyle, B. Slikas, and D.W. Winkler. Phylogeny of swallows (Aves: Hirundinidae) estimated from nuclear and mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 35:254-270.
2002. Whittingham, L.A., B. Slikas, D.W. Winkler, and F.H. Sheldon. Phylogeny of the tree swallow genus (Aves: Tachycineta) by Bayesian analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 22:430-441.
2001. Sheldon, F.H., R.G. Moyle, and J. Kennard. Ornithology of Sabah: History, gazetteer, annotated checklist, and bibliography. Ornithological Monographs 52:1-285.