I have published 37 peer-reviewed research papers in journals ranging from the highly specialized West African ornithological journal Malimbus to Science and Nature. So far, these papers have been cited some 2,400 times, rendering an h-index of 18. Anyone interested in more numbers can dig into my Google Scholar profile.

In addition to peer-reviewed papers, I have also authored two book chapters, 30 popular science papers (some in English but most in Swedish), and a couple of editorials.

Also, check out selected scientific talks.

Preprints (not yet peer-reviewed)

Stervander M, Melo M, Jones P & Hansson B. 2022. Genomic signatures of isolation, hybridization, and selection during speciation of island finches. bioRxiv 2022.01.05.474904. DOI: 10.1101/2022.01.05.474904.

Datasets freely available at Zenodo:

Most recent research papers

Illera JC^✉, Rando JC, Melo M, Valente LL & Stervander M^✉. 2024. Avian island radiations shed light on the dynamics of adaptive and non-adaptive radiation. Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Biology 16: a041451. DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a041451.

Stiller J, Feng S, Chowdhury A-A, Rivas-González I, Duchene D, Fang Q, Deng Y, Kozlov A, Stamatakis A, Claramunt S, Nguyen JMT, Ho SYW, Faircloth BC, Haag J, Houde P, Cracraft J, Balaban M, Mai U, Chen G, Gao R, Zhou C, Xie Y, Huang Z, Cao Z, Yan Z, Ogilvie HA, Nakhleh L, Lindow B, Morel B, Fjeldså J, Hosner P, Fonseca R, Petersen R, Tobias JA, Székely T, Kennedy JD, Reeve AH, Liker A, Stervander M, Antunes A, Tietze DT, Bertelsen M, Lei F, Rahbek C, Graves G, Schierup M, Warnow T, Braun EL, Gilbert MTP, Jarvis ED, Mirarab S & Zhang G. 2024. Complexity of avian evolution revealed by family-level genomes. Nature 629: 851–860. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07323-1.

Alström P^✉, Mohammadi Z, Donald PF, Nymark M, Enbody ED, Irestedt M, Elisha EB, Ndithia HK, Tieleman BI, Engelbrecht D, Olsson U, Rancilhac L & Stervander M^✉. 2024. Integrative taxonomy reveals unrecognised species diversity in African Corypha larks (Aves: Alaudidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 200: 1080–1108. DOI: 10.1093/zoolinnean/zlad107.

Latest book chapters

Fjeldså J, Christidis L, Ericson PGP, Stervander M, Ohlson JI, Alström P. 2020. An updated classification of passerine birds. In: Fjeldså J, Christidis L & Ericson PGP (eds). The Largest Avian Radiation: The Evolution of Perching Birds, or the Order Passeriformes (pp 45–64). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
 
 
 

Stervander M, Fjeldså J, Christidis L, Ericson PGP, Ohlson JI, Alström P. 2020. An updated chronology of passerine birds. In: Fjeldså J, Christidis L & Ericson PGP (eds). The Largest Avian Radiation: The Evolution of Perching Birds, or the Order Passeriformes (pp 387–396). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
 
 
 

Most cited research paper (600+ times)

Jonzén N, Lindén A, Ergon T, Knudsen E, Vik JO, Rubolini D, Piacentini D, Brinch C, Spina F, Karlsson L, Stervander M^†, Andersson, A, Waldenström J, Lehikoinen A, Edvardsen E, Solvang R & Stenseth NC. 2006. Rapid advance of spring arrival dates in long-distance migratory birds. Science 312: 1959–1961. DOI: 10.1126/science.1126119. ^†Undergraduate author.

Most buzzed-about research papers

Stervander M^✉, Ryan PG, Melo M & Hansson B. 2019. The origin of the world’s smallest flightless bird, the Inaccessible Island Rail Atlantisia rogersi (Aves: Rallidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 130: 92–98. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.10.007.

Read paper at Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Datasets freely available at Zenodo:

Melo M*, Stervander M*, Hansson B & Jones P. 2017. The endangered São Tomé Grosbeak Neospiza concolor is the world’s largest canary. Ibis 159: 673–679. DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12466. *Shared first authorship.

Read paper at Ibis. Read my popular summary blog post and our post on the BOU blog. Media coverage from 60 outlets in four languages including e.g. National Geographic and New Scientist.

Stiller J, Feng S, Chowdhury A-A, Rivas-González I, Duchene D, Fang Q, Deng Y, Kozlov A, Stamatakis A, Claramunt S, Nguyen JMT, Ho SYW, Faircloth BC, Haag J, Houde P, Cracraft J, Balaban M, Mai U, Chen G, Gao R, Zhou C, Xie Y, Huang Z, Cao Z, Yan Z, Ogilvie HA, Nakhleh L, Lindow B, Morel B, Fjeldså J, Hosner P, Fonseca R, Petersen R, Tobias JA, Székely T, Kennedy JD, Reeve AH, Liker A, Stervander M, Antunes A, Tietze DT, Bertelsen M, Lei F, Rahbek C, Graves G, Schierup M, Warnow T, Braun EL, Gilbert MTP, Jarvis ED, Mirarab S & Zhang G. 2024. Complexity of avian evolution revealed by family-level genomes. Nature 629: 851–860. DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07323-1.

Sting paper calling out predatory publishing

Stervander M & Haelewaters D. 2020. Fishiness of piscine birds linked to absence of poisonous fungi but not pizza. Oceanography & Fisheries Open Access Journal 12(5): 555850. DOI: 10.19080/OFOAJ.2020.12.555850.