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Frank T.
Burbrink
Professor
Biology
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Frank T. Burbrink
Professor
Office
: Building 6S
Room 131
Phone
: 718.982.3961
Fax
: 718.982.3852
frank.burbrink@csi.cuny.edu
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Degrees :
PhD, Louisiana State University
MS, University of Illinois (Urbana)
BS, University of Illinois (Urbana)
Biography / Academic Interests
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Professor Burbrink's research focuses on understanding phylogenetic relationships within various snake, lizard and amphibian groups and species. For more information, visit Professor Burbrink's research page at http://scholar.library.csi.cuny.edu/~fburbrink/Research/index.htm
Scholarship / Publications
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Selected Publications:
Burbrink, F. T., and R. Alexander Pyron. 2011. The impact of gene-tree/species-tree discordance on diversification-rate estimation. Evolution (in press).
Burbrink, F.T. and B. I. Crother. 2011. Evolution and taxonomy of snakes In R.D. Aldridge and D. M. Sever (eds), Reproductive biology and phylogeny of snakes. Volume 9, Reproductive Biology and Phylogeny series, B. G. M. Jamieson (ed). CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida.
Ruane, S., R. A. Pyron, and F. T. Burbrink. 2011. Phylogenetic relationships of the Cretaceous frog Beelzebufo from Madagascar and the placement of fossil constraints based on temporal and phylogenetic evidence. J Evolution Biol 24:274-285.
Burbrink, F. T. 2010. Historical versus contemporary migration in fragmented populations. Mol Ecol 19:5321-5323.
Burbrink, F. T., and R. A. Pyron. 2010. How Does Ecological Opportunity Influence Rates of Speciation, Extinction, and Morphological Diversification in New World Ratsnakes (Tribe Lampropeltini)? Evolution 64:934-943.
Pyron, R. A., and F. T. Burbrink. 2009a. Body size as a primary determinant of ecomorphological diversification and the evolution of mimicry in the lampropeltinine snakes (Serpentes: Colubridae). J Evolution Biol 22:2057-2067.
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