The question of how species evolve to occupy diverse niches on the earth has greatly intrigued me.  To address this question, we study phylogeography, adaptive evolution, genomics, and behavioral ecology of birds (and some other animals).  Why birds?  Because they have evolved a magnificent array of morphological and behavioral traits, and it is hard to overlook these feathered creatures that fly outside my window day by day while I am working.

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1. Guo, J.-C., Shaner, P.-J.L.*, Hung, C.-M.*, 2024, “A 3D modelling approach to measuring structural characteristics of bird nest interiors”, Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 00, https://doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.14448. (SCIE) (IF: 6.6; SCI ranking: 7%)
2. 1.Fang, Y.-T., Kuo, H.-C., Chen, C.-Y., Chou, S.-J., Lu, C.-W. and Hung, C.-M.*, 2024, “Brain gene regulatory networks coordinate nest construction in birds”, MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION, 41(7), msae125. (SCIE) (IF: 10.7; SCI ranking: 8.8%,7.5%,5.2%)
3. 2.Kamali, K., Nazarizadeh, M., Fatemizadeh, F., Salmabadi, S., Hung, C.-M.* and Kaboli, M.*, 2024, “Integrating phylogenetic, phylogeographic, and morphometric analyses to reveal cryptic lineages within the genus Asaccus (Reptilia: Squamata: Phyllodactylidae) in Iran”, BMC ZOOLOGY, 9, 12. (SCIE) (IF: 1.6; SCI ranking: 35.6%)
4. Chan, Y.-F., Lu, C.-W., Kuo, H.-C.*, Hung, C.-M.*, 2024, “A chromosome-level genome assembly of the Asian house martin implies potential genes associated with the feathered-foot trait”, G3-GENES GENOMES GENETICS, kae077, kae077. (SCIE) (IF: 2.6; SCI ranking: 58.7%)
5. Chia, S.-Y., Fang, Y.-T., Su, Y.-T., Tsai, P.-Y., Hsieh C., Tsao, S.-H., Juang, J.-Y., Hung, C.-M.*, Tuanmu, M.-N.*, 2023, “A global database of bird nest traits”, SCIENTIFIC DATA, 10, 923. (SCIE) (IF: 8.501; SCI ranking: 16.2%)
6. Lu, C.-W., Huang, S.-T., Cheng, S.-J., Lin, C.-T., Hsu, Y.-C., Yao, C.-T., Dong, F, Hung, C.-M.*, Kuo, H.-C.*, 2023, “Genomic architecture underlying morphological and physiological adaptation to high elevation in a songbird.”, MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 32, 2234-2251. (SCIE) (IF: 6.622; SCI ranking: 20.9%,10.9%,13.5%)
7. Kuo H.-C., Yao C.-T., Liao B.-Y., Weng M.-P., Dong F., Hsu Y.-C., Hung C.-M.*, 2023, “Weak gene-gene interaction facilitates the evolution of gene expression plasticity.”, BMC BIOLOGY, 21, 57. (SCIE) (IF: 7.364; SCI ranking: 10.6%)
8. Ku, Y.-C., Chen, Y.-C., Hung, C.-M., & Ng, C.- S.*, 2023, “The genetic variation of a mitochondrial and two behaviour‐related genes in invasive African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) populations in Taiwan.”, IBIS, 165, 647-662. (SCIE) (IF: 2.351; SCI ranking: 12.9%)
9. Guo, J.-C., Tsai, J.-S., Wang, J.-S., Lin, Y.-W., Shaner, P.-J.* & Hung, C.-M.*, 2022, “The role of a synanthropic bird in the nest niche expansion of a secondary cavity nester to man-made structures.”, Ecology & Evolution, 12, e9188. (SCIE) (IF: 3.167; SCI ranking: 43.1%,51.9%)
10. Hung, C.-M. †, Tsao, S.-H. †, Chiang, P.-L., Wu, S.-P., Tuanmu M.-N.* & Juang, J.-Y.*, 2022, “Functional connections between bird eggshell stiffness and nest characteristics through risk of egg collision in nests.”, ECOLOGY LETTERS, 25, 1421-1431, († equal contributor. (SCIE) (IF: 11.274; SCI ranking: 3.4%)
11. Lu, C.-W., Yao, C.-T., & Hung, C.-M.*, 2022, “Domestication obscures genomic estimates of population history”, MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 31, 752-766. (SCIE) (IF: 6.622; SCI ranking: 20.9%,10.9%,13.5%)
12. Fang, Y.-T., Yao, C.-T., Hsu, Y.-C. & Hung, C.-M.*, 2022, “Elevational plumage divergence in the Rufous-capped Babbler on a mountainous island”, IBIS, 164, 151-167. (SCIE) (IF: 2.351; SCI ranking: 12.9%)
13. Wang, J.-S., Tuanmu, M.-N., Hung, C.-M.*, 2021, “Effects of artificial light at night on the nest-site selection, reproductive success and behavior of a synanthropic bird”, ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION, 288, 117805. (SCIE) (IF: 9.988; SCI ranking: 10%)
14. Dong, F., Kuo, H.-C., Chen, G.-L., Wu, F., Shan, P.-F., Wang, J., Chen, D., Lei, F.-M., Hung, C.-M.*, Liu, Y.*, Yang, X.-J.*, 2021, “Population genomic, climatic and anthropogenic evidence suggest the role of human forces in endangerment of green peafowl (Pavo muticus)”, PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES, 288, 20210073. (SCIE) (IF: 5.531; SCI ranking: 20.2%,17.2%,17.3%)
15. Dong, F., Hung, C.-M., Li, S.H., Yang X.-J., 2021, “Potential Himalayan community turnover through the Late Pleistocene”, CLIMATIC CHANGE, 164(1-2), 6. (SCIE) (IF: 5.174; SCI ranking: 31.5%,24.5%)
16. Chen, Yu-Chi, Kuo, Hao-Chih, Lo, Wen-Sui & Hung, Chih-Ming*, 2020, “Avian phenotypic convergence is subject to low genetic constraints based on genomic evidence”, BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY, 20, 147. (SCIE) (IF: 3.438; SCI ranking: 46.2%,49.7%)
17. Chen, C.-Y., Chen, C.-K., Chen, Y.-Y., Fang, A., Shaw, G.T.-W., Hung, C.-M.* & Wang, D.*, 2020, “Maternal gut microbes shape the early-life assembly of gut microbiota in passerine chicks via nests”, MICROBIOME, 8, 129. (SCIE) (IF: 16.837; SCI ranking: 6.5%)
18. Feng Dong, Chih-Ming Hung*, Xiao-Jun Yang*, 2020, “Secondary contact after allopatric divergence explains avian speciation and T high species diversity in the Himalayan-Hengduan Mountains”, MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETICS AND EVOLUTION, 143, 106671. (SCIE) (IF: 5.019; SCI ranking: 36.7%,21.2%,21.5%)
19. Nguyen, H. N., Hung, C. M., Yang, M. Y., & Lin, S. M.*, 2020, “Sympatric competitors have driven the evolution of temporal activity patterns in Cnemaspis geckos in Southeast Asia”, SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, 10, 27. (SCIE) (IF: 4.997; SCI ranking: 25.7%)
20. Huang, C.-C., Chen, Y.-Y., Fang, Y.-T., Chen, Y.-C. and Hung, C.-M.*, 2019, “Generating brain matrices for zebra finch brain sectioning using three-dimensional printing technology”, JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS, 327, 108399. (SCIE) (IF: 2.987; SCI ranking: 62%,71.3%)
21. Yang, S.-F., Lu, C.-W., Yao, C.-T. and Hung, C.-M.*, 2019, “To Trim or Not to Trim: Effects of Read Trimming on the De Novo Genome Assembly of a Widespread East Asian Passerine, the Rufous-Capped Babbler (Cyanoderma ruficeps Blyth)”, GENES, 10(10), 737. (SCIE) (IF: 4.141; SCI ranking: 40.7%)
22. Yu-Chi Chen, Masoud Nazarizadeh, Fu-Min Lei, Xiao-Jun Yang, Cheng-Te Yao, Feng Dong, Lu Dong, Fa-Sheng Zou, Sergei V. Drovetski, Yang Liu, Chun-Cheng Huang & Chih-Ming Hung*, 2019, “The niches of nuthatches affect their lineage evolution differently across latitude”, MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 28(4), 803-817. (SCIE) (IF: 6.622; SCI ranking: 20.9%,10.9%,13.5%)
23. Hung N. Nguyen, Chia-Wei Lu, Jui-Hua Chu, Larry L. Grismer, Chih-Ming Hung* and Si-Min Lin*, 2019, “Historical demography of four gecko species specializing in boulder cave habitat – its implications in the evolutionary dead end hypothesis and conservation”, MOLECULAR ECOLOGY, 28(4), 772-784. (SCIE) (IF: 6.622; SCI ranking: 20.9%,10.9%,13.5%)
24. Lai, Y.T., Yeung, C.K., Omland, K.E., Pang, E.L., Hao, Y., Liao, B.Y., Cao, H.F., Zhang B.W. Yeh, C.F., Hung, C.M., Hung H.Y., Yang, M.Y., Liang W., Hsu, Y.C. Yao, C.T., Dong, L., Lin, K. & Li, S.H.*, 2019, “Standing genetic variation as the predominant source for adaptation of a songbird.”, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 116(6), 2152-2157. (SCIE) (IF: 12.779; SCI ranking: 12.2%)
25. Jhih-Syuan Wang & Chih-Ming Hung*, 2019, “Barn Swallow Nest Predation by a Recent Urban Invader, the Taiwan Whistling Thrush – Implications for the Evolution of Urban Avian Communities”, ZOOLOGICAL STUDIES, 58, 1. (SCIE) (IF: 1.904; SCI ranking: 35%)