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Education

PhD. Oxford University(2000)
B.A. University of Arkansas(1977)

Research Interests

Causes of ecological collapse following human settlement of islands. Biogeograhic origins and evolutionary history of the Hawaiian avifauna. Evolution of morphological diversity in the perching birds and waterfowl (Passeriformes and Anseriformes). Adaptive radiation in the Hawaiian finches.

Selected Publications

James, H. F., and S. L. Olson. 2006. A new species of Hawaiian finch (Drepanidini: Loxioides) from Makawauhi Cave, island of Kaua`i. Auk, 123(2):335-344, with cover art.

Jungers, W. L., P. Lemelin, L. R. Godfrey, R. E. Wunderlich, D. A. Burney, E. L. Simons, P. S. Chatrath, H. F. James, and G.F.N. Randria. 2005. The hands and feet of Archaeolemur: metrical affinities and their functional significance. Journal of Human Evolution 49:36-55. [PDF]

James, H. F. 2005. Overview: Paleogene fossils and the radiation of modern birds. Auk, 122(4):1049-1054.

James, H. F., and S. L. Olson. 2005. The diversity and biogeography of koa-finches (Drepanidini: Rhodacanthis), with descriptions of two new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 144:527-541. [PDF]

James, H. F. 2004. The osteology and phylogeny of the Hawaiian finch radiation (Fringillidae: Drepanidini), including extinct taxa. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 141:207-255. [PDF]

Iwaniuk, A. N., J. E. Nelson, H. F. James, and S. L. Olson. 2004. A comparative test of the correlated evolution of flightlessness and relative brain size in birds. Journal of Zoology 263(3):317-327. [PDF]

James, H. F., P. G. P. Ericson, B. Slikas, Fu-Min Lei, F. B. Gill, and S. L. Olson. 2003. Pseudopodoces humilis, a misclassified terrestrial tit (Paridae) of the Tibetan Plateau: Evolutionary consequences of shifting adaptive zones. Ibis 145:185-202. [PDF] [Supplement]

James, H. F. and S. L. Olson, 2003. A giant new species of nukupuu (Fringillidae: Drepanidini: Hemignathus) from the island of Hawaii. Auk 120(4):970-981. [PDF]

Paxinos, E. E., H. F. James, S. L. Olson, J. D. Ballou, J. A. Leonard, and R. C. Fleischer. 2002. Prehistoric decline of genetic diversity in the Nene. Science 296:1827. [PDF][Supplement]

Paxinos, E. E., H. F. James, S. L. Olson, M. D. Sorenson, J. Jackson, and R. C. Fleischer. 2002. MtDNA from fossils reveals a radiation of Hawaiian geese recently derived from the Canada Goose (Branta canadensis). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA 99(3):1399-1404. [PDF]

Burney, D. A., H. F. James, L. P. Burney, S. L. Olson, W. Kikuchi, W. L. Wagner, M. Burney, D. McClosky, D. Kikuchi, F. V. Grady, R. Gage II, and R. Nishek. 2001. Fossil evidence for a diverse biota from Kaua'i and its transformation since human arrival. Ecological Monographs 74(4):615-641. [PDF]