Manuscripts
Falcón-Espitia, N. & C. D. Cadena. It is about the shape: Convergence in functional morphology in trichomycterid cavefishes. In review.
Váquiro-García, J.C., C. D. Cadena, N. Ocampo-Peñuela, J. Soto-Patiño & A. M. Cuervo. Morphological changes in Andean birds revealed through six decades of collecting expeditions. In revision.
Castaño, M. I., E. Croyle, C. D. Cadena & J. A. C. Uy. Replicate avian hybrid zones reveal the progression of genetic and trait introgression through time. In review.
Niño, N., C. Gómez, J. Soto-Patiño, A. M. Cuervo, A. Sierra-Ricaurte, N. Pérez-Amaya, C. Del Cairo, C. D. Cadena, J. Díaz-Cárdenas, D. Ocampo, C. Soto-Vargas, D. Mennill & D. Ocampo-Peñuela. Knowledge co-production: key practices for ethical research during scientific expeditions. In review.
Schultz, L., O. Mottl, C. Pacheco-Riaño, E. S. Rentier, P. Denelle, S. Dullinger, H. Kreft, D. Urbach, M. Snethlage, R. Testolin, P. Weigelt, M. Anderle, O. J. Arribas, A. Assefa, S. F. Burneo, C. D. Cadena, B. Covaci, K. Erciyas-Yavuz, J. A. Fernández, A. Ghasayran, A. Ghoddousi, P. Gokhale, S. Halloy, T. Hayrapetyan, M. Z. Khan, I. Khorozyan, S. Meiri, M. Menegon, J. Monks, A. Novillo, J. Pérez-Torres, D. Reid, U. Roll, P. B. Singh, A. Soyumert, P. J. Taylor, O. Thomas, N. J. Urbina-Cardona, S. Ursenbacher, W. Xu, N. G. Yoccoz, D. Zhang, J.-A: Grytnes & S. G. A. Flantua. Contrasting patterns of alpine biodiversity across mountains and taxa worldwide. In review.
Dávila-Játiva, M., L. Altamirano, D. Cisneros-Heredia, M. L. Torres & C. D. Cadena. The evolution of colouration of a tropical gecko under opposing pressures of sexual and natural selection in continental and insular settings. In revision.
Niño-Rodríguez, N., A. Sierra-Ricaurte, N. Pérez-Amaya, J. Díaz-Cárdenas, J. Soto-Patiño, A. M. Cuervo, C. D. Cadena, C. Soto-Vargas & N. Ocampo-Peñuela. Del campo a las colecciones y de regreso: Experiencias de co-producción de conocimiento con comunidades e investigadores locales en el proyecto Re-expedición Colombia. In review.
Pulgarín, P. C., A. Class-Freeman, B. G. Freeman, R. E. Ricklefs & C. D. Cadena. Can parasites influence the elevational ranges of tropical birds? Insights from two biodiversity hotspots. In revision.
Avendaño, J. E. & C. D. Cadena. A novel plumage trait affects male hormone levels and pair-bond stability in a Neotropical songbird. In revision.
Váquiro-García, J.C., C. D. Cadena, N. Ocampo-Peñuela, J. Soto-Patiño & A. M. Cuervo. Morphological changes in Andean birds revealed through six decades of collecting expeditions. In revision.
Castaño, M. I., E. Croyle, C. D. Cadena & J. A. C. Uy. Replicate avian hybrid zones reveal the progression of genetic and trait introgression through time. In review.
Niño, N., C. Gómez, J. Soto-Patiño, A. M. Cuervo, A. Sierra-Ricaurte, N. Pérez-Amaya, C. Del Cairo, C. D. Cadena, J. Díaz-Cárdenas, D. Ocampo, C. Soto-Vargas, D. Mennill & D. Ocampo-Peñuela. Knowledge co-production: key practices for ethical research during scientific expeditions. In review.
Schultz, L., O. Mottl, C. Pacheco-Riaño, E. S. Rentier, P. Denelle, S. Dullinger, H. Kreft, D. Urbach, M. Snethlage, R. Testolin, P. Weigelt, M. Anderle, O. J. Arribas, A. Assefa, S. F. Burneo, C. D. Cadena, B. Covaci, K. Erciyas-Yavuz, J. A. Fernández, A. Ghasayran, A. Ghoddousi, P. Gokhale, S. Halloy, T. Hayrapetyan, M. Z. Khan, I. Khorozyan, S. Meiri, M. Menegon, J. Monks, A. Novillo, J. Pérez-Torres, D. Reid, U. Roll, P. B. Singh, A. Soyumert, P. J. Taylor, O. Thomas, N. J. Urbina-Cardona, S. Ursenbacher, W. Xu, N. G. Yoccoz, D. Zhang, J.-A: Grytnes & S. G. A. Flantua. Contrasting patterns of alpine biodiversity across mountains and taxa worldwide. In review.
Dávila-Játiva, M., L. Altamirano, D. Cisneros-Heredia, M. L. Torres & C. D. Cadena. The evolution of colouration of a tropical gecko under opposing pressures of sexual and natural selection in continental and insular settings. In revision.
Niño-Rodríguez, N., A. Sierra-Ricaurte, N. Pérez-Amaya, J. Díaz-Cárdenas, J. Soto-Patiño, A. M. Cuervo, C. D. Cadena, C. Soto-Vargas & N. Ocampo-Peñuela. Del campo a las colecciones y de regreso: Experiencias de co-producción de conocimiento con comunidades e investigadores locales en el proyecto Re-expedición Colombia. In review.
Pulgarín, P. C., A. Class-Freeman, B. G. Freeman, R. E. Ricklefs & C. D. Cadena. Can parasites influence the elevational ranges of tropical birds? Insights from two biodiversity hotspots. In revision.
Avendaño, J. E. & C. D. Cadena. A novel plumage trait affects male hormone levels and pair-bond stability in a Neotropical songbird. In revision.
Preprints
Sánchez, A., I. Quintero, S. S. Pedraza, D. A. Bonilla, L. G. Lohmann, C. D. Cadena & F. Zapata. 2024. Caldas meets Janzen: Thermal regimes of montane plants and implications for global patterns of speciation. bioRxiv
Quiñones, A., R. Bshary & C. D. Cadena. 2023. The role of learning in the evolution of status signalling: a modeling approach. bioRxiv.
Ocampo, D., C. D. Cadena & G. A. Londoño. Adaptive variation in avian eggshell structure and gas conductance across elevational gradients? bioRxiv
Sanín, C., I. Jiménez, J. Fjeldså, C. Rahbek & C. D. Cadena. 2017. Can net diversification rates account for spatial patterns of species richness? bioRxiv
Laverde-R., O., M. J. Ryan & C. D. Cadena. 2017. Evolution of bird communication signals: transference between signals mediated by sensory drive. bioRxiv
Laverde-R., O., P. C. Caycedo-Rosales, P. C. Pulgarín-R. & C. D. Cadena. 2017. Bird songs on the shelf: assessing vocal activity and output using data hidden in sound archives. bioRxiv
Quiñones, A., R. Bshary & C. D. Cadena. 2023. The role of learning in the evolution of status signalling: a modeling approach. bioRxiv.
Ocampo, D., C. D. Cadena & G. A. Londoño. Adaptive variation in avian eggshell structure and gas conductance across elevational gradients? bioRxiv
Sanín, C., I. Jiménez, J. Fjeldså, C. Rahbek & C. D. Cadena. 2017. Can net diversification rates account for spatial patterns of species richness? bioRxiv
Laverde-R., O., M. J. Ryan & C. D. Cadena. 2017. Evolution of bird communication signals: transference between signals mediated by sensory drive. bioRxiv
Laverde-R., O., P. C. Caycedo-Rosales, P. C. Pulgarín-R. & C. D. Cadena. 2017. Bird songs on the shelf: assessing vocal activity and output using data hidden in sound archives. bioRxiv
Papers
2025
Singhal, S., A. D. Leaché, M. K. Fujita, C. D. Cadena & F. Zapata. 2025. A genomic perspective on species delimitation. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics: in press.
Navarro-Sanint, M., A. León-Parra & C. D. Cadena. 2025. An interdisciplinary framework for conservation education: bridging science, participatory design and management. The Future of Education 2025 – Conference Proceedings, Filodiritto Editore: in press. pdf
Moreno-Palacios, M., D. Ocampo, M. A. Echeverry-Galvis, C. Gómez, G. A. Londoño & C. D. Cadena. 2025. When do tropical birds breed? the case of Colombian species assemblages. Ornithology: in press. pdf
Pérez-Amaya, N., M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, C. D. Cadena, J. Soto-Patiño, N. Ocampo-Peñuela & A. M. Cuervo. 2025. Century-long shifts in body size and proportions of lowland rainforest birds. Evolutionary Ecology: in press. pdf
Mateus-Aguilar, B., A. F. Díaz-Salazar, F. Andrade-Rivas, N. M. Batista, A. Cárdenas-Navarrete, A. Dávila Arenas, K. V. Hernandez, G. A. Herrera-R, K. E. Langhans, D. R. Levey, A. Neill, O. Nguyen, N. Ocampo-Peñuela, A. F. Suárez-Castro, F. Zapata & A. Echeverri. 2025. Assessing biocultural diversity across scales using ecological indicators. Ecological Indicators 1976: 113616. pdf
Mendiwelso, M. E., C. D. Cadena & D. Ocampo. 2025. Nest location and architecture as primary drivers of the variation in UV reflectance in avian eggs. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 292: 20250180. pdf
Betancourth-Cundar, M., J. C. Ríos-Orjuela, A. J. Crawford, D. C. Cannatella & R. D. Tarvin. 2025. Honoring the Afro-Colombian musical culture with the naming of Epipedobates currulao sp. nov. (Anura, Dendrobatidae), a frog from the Pacific rainforests. Zookeys 1226: 139-170. pdf
2024
Linck, E. B. & C. D. Cadena. 2024. A latitudinal gradient of reference genomes Molecular Ecology 0:e17551. pdf | Science Magazine
Echeverri, A., N. M. Batista, S. Wolny, G. A. Herrera-R., F. Andrade-Rivas, A. Bailey, A. Cardenas-Navarrete, A. Dávila Arenas, A. F. Díaz-Salazar, K. V. Hernandez, K. E. Langhans, B. E. Mateus-Aguilar, D. Levey, A. Neill, O. Nguyen, A. F. Suárez-Castro, F. Zapata & N. Ocampo-Peñuela. 2024. Toward sustainable biocultural ecotourism: An integrated spatial analysis of cultural and biodiversity richness in Colombia. People and Nature 7: 194-214. pdf
Gutiérrez-Carrillo, D. A., B. Mateus-Aguilar, C. Gómez & C. D. Cadena. 2024. Records from Neotropical non-breeding grounds reveal shifts in bird migration phenology over six decades. Current Biology 34: 4845-4851.e3. pdf
Tarvin, R. D., J. L. Coleman, D. A. Donoso, M. Betancourth-Cundar, K. López-Hervas, K. S. Gleason, J. R. Sanders, J. M. Smith, S. R. Ron, J. C. Santos, B. E. Sedio, D. C. Cannatella & R. W. Fitch. 2024. Passive accumulation of alkaloids in inconspicuously colored frogs refines the evolutionary paradigm of acquired chemical defenses. eLife 13: e100011. pdf
Díaz-Salazar, A. F., F. Garzón-Agudelo, A. Smiley, C. D. Cadena & A. Rico-Guevara. 2024. Winging it: Hummingbirds alter flying kinematics during molt. Biology Open 13: bio060370 pdf
Betancourth-Cundar, M., A. Amézquita & C. D. Cadena. 2024. Novel and classical methods similarly describe variation in territory size among males in Neotropical poison frogs with contrasting reproductive and behavioral strategies. Evolutionary Ecology 38: 799-823. pdf
Cadena, C. D. 2024. Endurance athletes hiding in plain sight in the high Andes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 121: e2407414121. pdf
Ríos-Orjuela J.C, N. Falcón-Espitia, A. Arias-Escobar & D. Plazas-Cardona. 2024. Conserving biodiversity in coffee agroecosystems: Insights from a herpetofauna study in the Colombian Andes with sustainable management proposal. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation 22:196-204. pdf
López-Hervas, K., J. C. Santos, S. R. Ron, M. Betancourth-Cundar, D. C. Cannatella & R. D. Tarvin. 2024. Deep divergences among inconspicuously colored clades of Epipedobates poison frogs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 195: 108065. pdf
Cadena, C. D., L. Pabón, C. DoNascimiento, L. Abueg, T. Tilley, B. O-Toole, D. Absolon, Y. Sims, G. Formenti, O. Fedrigo, E. D. Jarvis & M. Torres. 2024. A reference genome for the Andean cavefish Trichomycterus rosablanca (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae): building genomic resources to study evolution in cave environments. Journal of Heredity 115: 311-316. pdf
Betancourth-Cundar, M., V. Canoine, L. Fusani & C. D. Cadena. 2024. Does testosterone underly the interplay between male traits and territorial behavior in Neotropical poison frogs? Hormones and Behavior 126: 105547. pdf
Sanín, M. J., A. Cardona, L. N. Céspedes-Arias, C. González-Arango, N. Pardo & C. D. Cadena. 2024. Volcanoes, evolving landscapes, and biodiversity in Neotropical mountains. Frontiers of Biogeography: 16.1: e61882. pdf
Bertola, L. D., A. Brüniche-Olsen, F. Kershaw, I. M. Russo, A. J. MacDonald, P. Sunnucks, M. W. Bruford, C. D. Cadena, K. M. Ewart, M. de Bruyn, M. D. B. Eldridge, R. Frankham, J. M. Guayasamin, C. E. Grueber, T. B. Hoareuau, S. Hoban, P. A. Hohenlohe, M. E. Hunter, A. Kotze, J. Kuja, R. C. Lacy, L. Laikre, N. Lo, M. H. Meek, J. Mergeay, C. Mittan-Moreau, L. E. Neaves, D. O'Brien, J. W. Ochieng, R. Ogden, P. Orozco-terWengel, M. Páez-Vacas, J. Pierson, K. Ralls, R. E. Shaw, E. A. Sogbohossou, A. Stow, T. Steeves, C. Vernesi, M. Watsa & G. Segelbacher. 2024. A pragmatic approach for integrating molecular tools into biodiversity conservation. Conservation Science and Practice 6: e13053. pdf
2023
Nachman, M. W. et al. (C. D. Cadena is one of 120 coauthors). 2023. Specimen collection is essential for modern science. PLoS Biology 21: e3002318. pdf. La recolección de especímenes es esencial para la ciencia moderna - versión en español.
Castaño, M. I., M. A. Meneses-Giorgi, L. N. Céspedes Arias, C. D. Cadena & J. E. Avendaño. 2023. Breeding biology of the Gray-browed Brushfinch Arremon assimilis (Aves: Passerellidae) in the Eastern Andes of Colombia. Journal of Natural History 57: 1650-1670. pdf
Altamirano, L., M. Dávila-Jativa, G. Pozo, M. Terán-Velástegui, C. D. Cadena, D. Cisneros-Heredia & M. L. Torres. 2023. First genetic insights of Gonatodes caudiscutatus (Reptilia: Gekkota) in the Galapagos Islands and mainland Ecuador. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e113396. pdf
Wan, Y. C., M. J.. Navarrete Méndez, L. O´Connell, L. H. Urichio, A-B. Roland, M. E. Maan, S. R. Ron, M. Betancourth-Cundar, M. R. Pie, K. A. Howell, C. L. Richards-Zawacki, M. E. Cummings, D. C. Cannatella, J. C. Santos & R. D. Tarvin. 2023. Selection on visual opsin genes in diurnal Neotropical frogs and loss of the SWS2 opsin in poison frogs. Molecular Biology and Evolution 40:msad206. pdf
Falcón-Espitia, N., J. C. Ríos-Orjuela, M. C. Martínez-Botero, A. Arias-Escobar & D. Plazas-Cardona. 2023. Notes on reproductive behavior and vocalizations of Pristimantis taeniatus (Anura: Strabomantidae). Phyllomedusa 22:57-61. pdf
Gutiérrez-Carrillo, D. A., J. Rodríguez-Fuentes, C. D. Cadena & J. E. Avendaño. 2023. Nasty neighbors in the Neotropics: Seasonal variation in physical and vocal aggressions in a montane forest songbird. Animal Behaviour 200: 81-90. pdf video
Palacios, C., L. Campagna, J. L. Parra & C. D. Cadena. 2023. Mito-nuclear discordance in the phenotypically variable Andean hummingbirds Coeligena bonapartei and Coeligena helianthea (Trochilidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 139: 145-157. pdf
Soares, L., K. L. Cockle, E. Ruelas Inzunza, J. T. Ibarra, C. I. Miño, S. Zuluaga, E. Bonaccorso, J. C. Ríos-Orjuela, F. A. Montaño-Centellas, et al. 2023. Neotropical ornithology: Reckoning with historical assumptions, removing systemic barriers, and reimagining the future. Ornithological Applications 125: duac046. pdf
Mikula, P., O. Tomášek, D. Romportl, T. K. Atkins, J. E. Avendaño et al. 2023. Bird tolerance to humans in open tropical ecosystems. Nature Communications 14: 21-46 pdf
Chambers, E. A., R. D. Tarvin, J. C. Santos, S. R. Ron, M. Betancourth-Cundar, D. M. Hillis, M. V. Matz & D. C. Cannatella. 2023. 2b or not 2b? 2bRAD is an effective alternative to ddRAD for phylogenomics. Ecology and Evolution 13: e9482. pdf
Lau, G. F. C., A. M. Class Freeman, P. C. Pulgarin-R., C. D. Cadena, R. E. Ricklefs & B. G. Freeman. 2023. Host phylogeny and elevation predict infection by avian haemosporidians in a diverse New Guinean bird community. Journal of Biogeography 50: 23-31. pdf
2022
Guarnizo, C. E., P. Montoya, I. Quintero & C. D. Cadena. 2022. Population divergence associated with spatial asynchrony in precipitation in Neotropical frogs. Journal of Biogeography 49: 2169-2180. pdf video
Betancourth-Cundar, M. & P. Palacios-Rodríguez. 2022. Reproductive behaviors promote ecological and phenotypic sexual differentiation in the critically endangered Lehmann’s poison frog. Evolutionary Ecology 36: 1077-1093. pdf
Montoya, P., C. D. Cadena, S. Claramunt & D. A. Duchene. 2022. Environmental niche and flight intensity are associated with molecular evolutionary rates in a large avian radiation. BMC Ecology and Evolution 22: 95. pdf data/code
Buainain, N., M. Ferreira, J. E. Avendaño, C. D. Cadena, B. C. Faircloth, R. T. Brumfield, J. Cracraft & C. C. Ribas. 2022. Biogeography of a Neotropical songbird radiation reveals similar diversification dynamics between montane and lowland clades. Journal of Biogeography 49: 1260-1273. pdf
García-Ruiz, I., A. Quiñones & M. Taborsky. 2022. The evolution of cooperative breeding by direct and indirect fitness effects. Science Advances 8: eabl7853. pdf
Barve, S. & C. D. Cadena. 2022. Variation in insulative feather structure in songbirds replacing each other along a tropical elevation gradient. Ecology and Evolution 12: e8698. pdf.
Gómez, C., C. D. Cadena, A. M. Cuervo, J. Díaz-Cárdenas, F. García-Cardona, N. Niño-Rodríguez, N. Ocampo-Peñuela, D. Ocampo, G. Seeholzer, A. Sierra-Ricaurte & J. Soto-Patiño. 2022. Re-expedición Colombia: Entender el pasado para empoderar acciones que fortalezcan el conocimiento y conservación de las aves. Biota Colombiana 23: e984. pdf
Rodríguez-Fuentes, J., C. D. Cadena & J. E. Avendaño. 2022. Vocal behavior and microgeographical variation in song types in a Neotropical songbird. Journal of Ornithology 163: 105-119. pdf
2021
Avendaño, J.E, A. M. Cuervo, P. Montoya, P. C. Pulgarín-R. & F. G. Stiles. 2021. A new subspecies in the Turdus nudigenis complex (Aves: Turdidae) from the Cauca River valley of Colombia. Zootaxa 5061: 105-123.
Sánchez-Nivicela, M., J. E. Avendaño, J. C. Sánchez-Nivicela,, A. Torres, J. Fuchs, B. Bird & E. Bonaccorso. 2021. A taxonomic assessment of Chlorospingus flavopectus phaeocephalus and Chlorospingus semifuscus (Passeriformes: Passerellidae), including the description of a new subspecies. Zootaxa 5057: 151-180.
Linck, E. B, B. G. Freeman, C. D. Cadena & C. K. Ghalambor. 2021. Evolutionary conservatism will limit responses to climate change in the tropics. Biology Letters 17: 20210363. pdf
Meneses-Giorgi, M. A. & C. D. Cadena. 2021. Plumage convergence resulting from social mimicry in birds? A tetrachromatic view. Animal Behaviour 180: 337-361. pdf video
Restrepo, S. & C. D. Cadena. 2021. Science denialism limits management of invasive hippos in Colombia. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 19: 323-325. pdf
Gómez, C., K. A. Hobson, N. J. Bayly, K. V. Rosenberg, A. Morales-Rozo, P. Cardozo & C. D. Cadena. 2021 Migratory connectivity then and now: a northward shift in breeding origins of a long-distance migratory bird wintering in the tropics. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 288: 20210188. pdf
Gómez, C., E. A. Tenorio & C. D. Cadena. 2021. Change in avian functional fingerprints of a Neotropical montane forest over 100 years as an indicator of ecosystem integrity. Conservation Biology 35: 1552-1563. pdf
Cadena, C. D. & F. Zapata. 2021. The genomic revolution and species delimitation in birds (and other organisms): why phenotypes should not be overlooked. Ornithology (the journal formerly known as The Auk): 138: 10.1093/ornithology/ukaa069. pdf video
Céspedes, L. N., A. M. Cuervo, E. Bonaccorso, M. Castro, A. Mendoza-Santacruz, J. L. Pérez-Emán, C. C. Witt & C. D. Cadena. 2021. Extensive hybridization between two Andean warbler species with shallow divergence in mtDNA. Ornithology (the journal formerly known as The Auk) 138: 10.1093/ornithology/ukaa065. pdf
Avendaño, J. E. & C. D. Cadena. 2021. Territorial males do not discriminate between local and novel plumage phenotypes in a tropical songbird species complex: implications for the role of social selection in trait evolution. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75: 37. pdf video
Flórez, J. S., C. D. Cadena, C. DoNascimiento & M. Torres. 2021. Repeated colonization of caves leads to phenotypic convergence in catfishes (Siluriformes: Trichomycterus) at a small geographical scale. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191: zlaa155. pdf video
2020
Ocampo, D., R. E. Hanauer, H. F. Greeney & G. A. Londoño. 2020. First description of the nest, eggs, and nestlings of White-tufted Sunbeam (Aglaeactis castelnaudii) and incubation behaviors of Shining Sunbeam (A. cupripennis) in the southeast of Peru. Journal of Natural History 54: 1455-1463.
Seeholzer, G. F. & F. J. Gamarra. 2020. A principal role for female vocalizations in the repertoire of a tyrant flycatcher revealed by recordings linked to voucher specimens. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 132: 639-651.
Isler, M. L., R. T. Chesser, M. B. Robbins, A. M. Cuervo, C. D. Cadena & P. A. Hosner. 2020. Taxonomic evaluation of the Rufous Antpitta complex (Aves: Grallariidae) distinguishes sixteen species. Zootaxa 4817:1-74. pdf video
Chesser, R. T., M. L. Isler, A. M. Cuervo, C. D. Cadena, S. C. Galen, L. M. Bergner, R. C. Fleischer, G. A. Bravo, D. F. Lane & P. A. Hosner. 2020. Conservative plumage masks extraordinary phylogenetic diversity in the Grallaria rufula (Rufous Antpitta) complex of the humid Andes. The Auk 137: 10.1093/auk/ukaa009. pdf
Starkloff, N. C., J. J. Kirchman, A. W. Jones, B. M. Winger, Y. Huang, P. C. Pulgarín-R, & W. C. Turner. 2020. Drivers of community turnover differ between avian hemoparasite genera along a North American latitudinal gradient. Ecology and Evolution 10: 5402-5415. pdf
Gómez-Bahamón, V., R. Márquez, A. E. Jahn, C. Y. Miyaki, D. T. Tuero, O. Laverde-R., S. Restrepo & C. D. Cadena. 2020. Speciation associated with shifts in migratory behavior in an avian radiation. Current Biology 30: 1312-1321.e6. pdf data
Cadena, C. D. & L. N. Céspedes. 2020. Origin of elevational replacements in a clade of nearly flightless birds: most diversity in tropical mountains accumulates via secondary contact following allopatric speciation. Pp. 635-659 in: Rull, V. & Carnaval, A. (eds.), Neotropical diversification. Springer, Berlin. pdf data
Quiñones, A. E., A. Lotem, O. Leimar & R. Bshary. 2020. Reinforcement learning theory reveals the cognitive requirements for solving the cleaner fish market task. American Naturalist: 195: 664–677. pdf video
Krabbe, N. K., T. S. Schulenberg, K. V. Rosenberg, T. J. Davis, G. H. Rosenberg, P. A. Hosner, D. F. Lane, M. J. Andersen, M. B. Robbins, C. D. Cadena, T. Valqui, J. F. Slater, A. J. Spencer, F. Angulo & J. Fjeldså. 2020. Untangling avian cryptic diversity in the High Andes: revision of the Scytalopus [magellanicus] complex (Rhinocryptidae) in Peru diagnoses three new species. The Auk 137: 10.1093/auk/ukaa003. pdf
Cadena, C. D., A. M. Cuervo, L. N. Céspedes, G. A. Bravo, N. Krabbe, T. S. Schulenberg, G. E. Derryberry, L. F. Silveira, E. P. Derryberry, R. T. Brumfield & J. Fjeldså. 2020. Systematics, biogeography and diversification of Scytalopus tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae), an enigmatic radiation of Neotropical montane birds. The Auk 137: 10.1093/auk/ukz077. pdf data
Mason, N. A., P. C. Pulgarín, C. D. Cadena & I. J. Lovette. 2020. Genome Report: De novo assembly of a high-quality reference genome for the Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris). G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics 10:475-478. pdf
Quiñones, A. E., G. J. B. Henriques & I. Pen. 2020. Queen‐worker conflict can drive the evolution of social polymorphism and split sex ratios in facultatively eusocial life cycles. Evolution 74: 15-28.
2019
Palacios, C., S. García-R., J. L. Parra, A. M. Cuervo, F. Gary Stiles, J. E. McCormack & C. D. Cadena. 2019. Shallow genetic divergence and distinct phenotypic differences between two Andean hummingbirds: Speciation with gene flow? The Auk 136: 10.1093/auk/ukz046. pdf
Gutiérrez-Pinto, N., K. G. McCracken, P. Tubaro, C. Kopuchian, A. Astie & C. D. Cadena. 2019. Molecular and morphological differentiation among Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata) populations in the Andes. Zoologica Scripta 48: 589-604. pdf video
Castaño, M. I., C. D. Cadena & J. E. Avendaño. 2019. Home-range size of an Andean bird: Assessing the role of physical condition. Biotropica 51: 591-599. pdf
Bayly, N. J., K. V. Rosenberg, C. Gómez, K. A. Hobson. 2019. Habitat choice shapes the spring stopover behaviour of a Nearctic‑Neotropical migratory songbird. Journal of Ornithology: 160: 377-388. pdf
Gómez, C., S. L. Guerrero, A. M. FitzGerald, N. J. Bayly, K. A. Hobson & C. D. Cadena. 2019. Range-wide populations of a long-distance migratory songbird converge during stopover in the tropics. Ecological Monographs 89: e01349. pdf
Céspedes, L. N., L. I. Pavan, J. A. Hazlehurst & J. E. Jankowski. 2019. The behavior and diet of the Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis): A territorial high-elevation hummingbird. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 131: 24-34. pdf
Stiles, F. G. & J. E. Avendaño. 2019. Distribution and status of Turdus thrushes in white-sand areas of eastern Colombia, with a new subspecies of T. leucomelas. Zootaxa 4567: 161-175. pdf
Cadena, C.D., J. L. Pérez-Emán, A. M. Cuervo, L. N. Céspedes, K. L. Epperly & J. T. Klicka. 2019. Extreme genetic structure and dynamic range evolution in a montane passerine bird: implications for tropical diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 126: 487-506. pdf
Pulgarín-R., P. C., C. Gómez, N. J. Bayly, S. Bensch, A. FitzGerald, N. Starkloff, J. Kirchman, A. M. González-Prieto, K. A. Hobson, J. Ungvari-Martin, H. Skeen, M. I. Castaño & C. D. Cadena. 2019. Migratory birds as vehicles for parasite dispersal? Infection by avian haemosporidians over the year and throughout the range of a long-distance migrant. Journal of Biogeography 46: 83-96. pdf
2018
Céspedes, L. N. & N. J. Bayly. 2018. Over-winter ecology and relative density of Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis in Colombia: the basis for defining conservation priorities for a sharply declining long-distance migrant. Bird Conservation International: in press. pdf
Soto-Patiño, J., G. A. Londoño, K. P. Johnson, J. D. Weckstein, J. E. Avendaño, T. A. Catanach, A. D. Sweet, A. T. Cook, J. E. Jankowski & J. Allen. 2018. Composition and distribution of lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) on Colombian and Peruvian birds: New data on louse-host association in the Neotropics. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e21635. pdf
Mahecha, L., N. Villabona, L. Sierra, D. Ocampo & O. A. Laverde. 2018. The Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) is a frugivorous bird predator. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 130: 558-560. link video
Hindley, J. A., B. A. Graham, P. C. Pulgarín-R. & T. M. Burg. 2018. The influence of latitude, geographic distance, and habitat discontinuities on genetic variation in a high latitude montane species. Scientific Reports 8: 11846 pdf
Lozano-Jaramillo, M., K. G. McCracken & C. D. Cadena. 2018. Neutral and functionally important genes shed light on phylogeography and the history of high-altitude colonization in a widespread New World duck. Ecology and Evolution 8: 6515-6528. pdf
Pérez-Emán, J. L., J. Perdigón Ferreira, N. Gutiérrez-Pinto, A, M. Cuervo, L. N. Céspedes, C. C. Witt & C. D. Cadena. 2018. An extinct hummingbird species that never was: a cautionary tale about sampling issues in molecular phylogenetics. Zootaxa 4442: 491-497. pdf
Avendaño, J. E., J. P. López-O. & O. A. Laverde. 2018. New bird records from the arid Cúcuta Valley, north-east Colombia. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 138: 230-237. pdf
Carantón-Ayala, D., J. E. Avendaño & C. D. Cadena. 2018. Hybridization in brushfinches (Atlapetes, Emberizidae) from the southeast Andes of Colombia: A consequence of habitat disturbance? Journal of Ornithology 159: 713–722. pdf
Gómez, C., T. Larsen, B. Popp, K. A. Hobson & C. D. Cadena. 2018. Assessing seasonal changes in animal feeding behavior with stable-isotope analysis of amino acids: a migratory boreal songbird switches diet over its annual cycle. Oecologia 187:1-13. pdf
Pulgarín-R., P. C., J. P. Gómez, S. Robinson, R. E. Ricklefs & C. D. Cadena. 2018. Host species, and not environment, predicts variation in blood parasite prevalence, distribution, and diversity along a humidity gradient in northern South America. Ecology and Evolution 8:3800-3814. pdf
Avendaño, J. E., J. P. López-O. & O. A. Laverde. 2018. Bird diversity of the Cúcuta valley (Colombia) and biogeographical affinities with dry forest avifaunas of northern South America. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 130: 213-223. pdf
Cárdenas-Posada, G., C. D. Cadena, J. G. Blake & B. A. Loiselle. 2018. Display behaviour, social organization and vocal repertoire of Blue-backed Manakin Chiroxiphia pareola napensis in northwest Amazonia. Ibis 160: 269-282. pdf
Bayly, N. J., K. V. Rosenberg, W. E. Easton, C. Gómez, J. Carlisle, D. N. Ewert, A. Drake & L. Goodrich. 2018. Major stopover regions and migratory bottlenecks for Nearctic-Neotropical landbirds within the Neotropics: a review. Bird Conservation International 28: 1-26. pdf
Cadena, C. D., F. Zapata & I. Jiménez. 2018. Issues and perspectives in species delimitation using phenotypic data: Atlantean evolution in Darwin’s finches. Systematic Biology 67: 181-194. [pdf] [git] [dryad]
2017
Morales-Rozo, A. E. A. Tenorio, M. D. Carling & C. D. Cadena. 2017. Origin and cross-century dynamics of an avian hybrid zone. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17:257. [pdf] [git]
Restrepo-Rodas, D. C. & P. C. Pulgarín-Restrepo. 2017. Dinámicas de los loros en cautiverio en Colombia: tráfico, mortalidad y liberación. Ornitología Colombiana 16:eA06-1 pdf
Avendaño, J. E., C. I. Bohórquez, L. Rosselli, D. Arzuza-Buelvas, F. A. Estela, A. M Cuervo, F. G. Stiles & L. M. Renjifo. 2017. Lista de chequeo de las aves de Colombia: Una síntesis del estado del conocimiento desde Hilty & Brown (1986). Ornitología Colombiana 16: eA01-1. pdf
Gómez, C., N. J. Bayly, D. R. Norris, S. A. Mackenzie, P. D. Taylor, K. A. Hobson, K. V. Rosenberg & C. D. Cadena. 2017. Fuel loads acquired at a stopover site influence the pace of intercontinental migration in a boreal songbird. Scientific Reports 7: 3405. pdf video
Jahn, A., V. Bejarano, M. Benavides Guzmán, L. M. Brown, I. C. Carvalho Provinciato, J. Cereghetti, V. R. Cueto, J. I. Giraldo, V. Gómez-Bahamón, M. S. Husak, H. K. LePage, M. MacPherson, M. A. Marini, M. A. Pizo, A. Quickle, D. V. Roeder, J. H. Sarasola & D. T. Tuero. 2017. Molting while breeding? Lessons from New World Tyrannus flycatchers. Journal of Ornithology 158: 1061-1072.
Avendaño, J. E., E. Arbeláez-Cortés & C. D. Cadena. 2017. On the importance of geographic and taxonomic sampling in phylogeography: a reevaluation of diversification and species limits in a Neotropical thrush (Aves, Turdidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 111: 87-97. pdf
Renjifo, L. M., A. Repizo, J. M. Ruiz-Ovalle, S. Ocampo & J. E. Avendaño. 2017. New bird distributional data from Cerro Tacarcuna, with implications for conservation in the Darién highlands of Colombia. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 137: 46-66. pdf
Stiles, F. G., O. A. Laverde & C. D. Cadena. 2017. A new species of tapaculo (Rhinocryptidae; Scytalopus) from the Western Andes of Colombia. Auk 134: 377-392. pdf
Sandoval-H., J., J. P. Gómez & C. D. Cadena. 2017. Is the largest river valley west of the Andes a driver of diversification in Neotropical lowland birds? Auk 134: 168-180. pdf
2016
Góngora, E., C. D. Cadena & J. Dussán. 2016. Toxic metals and associated sporulated bacteria on Andean hummingbird feathers. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 23:22968-22979. pdf
Bayly, N. J., C. Gómez, K. A. Hobson & K. V. Rosenberg. 2016. Prioritizing tropical habitats for long-distance migratory songbirds in Colombia. Avian Conservation & Ecology 11:5. pdf
Avendaño, J. E., F. K. Barker & C. D. Cadena. 2016. The Yellow-green Bush-tanager is neither a bush-tanager nor a sparrow: Molecular phylogenetics reveals that Chlorospingus flavovirens is a tanager (Aves: Passeriformes; Thraupidae). Zootaxa 4136: 373-381. pdf
Chaparro-Herrera, S., L. Ramírez Urrea, G. Gómez Zuluaga & N. Gutiérrez-Pinto. 2016. Notas sobre la dieta y anatomía de un volantón del Pato de Torrente (Merganetta armata) en el río Quindío, Colombia. Boletín SAO 25: 6-11. pdf
Cadena, C. D., C. A. Pedraza & R. T. Brumfield. 2016. Climate, habitat associations and the potential distributions of Neotropical birds: Implications for diversification across the Andes. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales 40: 275-287. pdf
Martínez, J. D., C. D. Cadena & M. Torres. 2016. Critical thermal limits of Poecilia caucana (Steindachner, 1880; Cyprinodontiformes, Poeciliidae), a Neotropical freshwater fish. Neotropical Ichthyology 14: e150171. pdf
Kattan, G. H., S. Tello, M. Giraldo & C. D. Cadena. 2016. Neotropical bird evolution and 100 years of the enduring ideas of F. M. Chapman. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 117: 407-413. pdf. Link to virtual issue on Neotropical bird evolution.
Gómez, C., E. A. Tenorio, P. Montoya & C. D. Cadena. 2016. Niche-tracking migrants and niche-switching residents: Evolution of climatic niches in New-World warblers (Parulidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 283: 20152458. pdf. Supplementary material.
Dantas, S., J. Weckstein, J. Bates, N. K. Krabbe, C. D. Cadena, M. B. Robbins, E. Valderrama & A. Aleixo. 2016. Molecular systematics of the New World screech-owls (Megascops: Aves, Strigidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94: 626-634. pdf
Cadena, C. D., L. M. Caro, P. C. Caycedo, A. M. Cuervo, R. C. K. Bowie & H. Slabbekoorn. 2016. Henicorhina anachoreta (Troglodytidae), another endemic bird species for the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. Ornitología Colombiana 15: 82-89. pdf
2015
Burbridge, T., T. Parson, P. C. Caycedo-Rosales, C. D. Cadena & H. Slabbekoorn. 2015. Playbacks revisited: Asymmetry in behavioural response across an acoustic boundary between two parapatric bird species. Behaviour 152: 1933-1951. pdf
Ogawa, L., P. C. Pulgarín., D. A. Vance, J. Fjeldså, & M. van Tuinen. 2015. Opposing demographic histories reveal rapid evolution in grebes (Aves: Podicipedidae). Auk 132: 771-786. pdf
Link, A., L. M. Valencia, L. N. Céspedes, L. D. Duque, C. D. Cadena & A. Di Fiore. 2015. Phylogeography of the critically endangered Brown Spider Monkey (Ateles hybridus): testing the riverine barrier hypothesis. International Journal of Primatology 36:530-547. pdf
Moreno-Arias, R. & S. Quintero-Corzo. 2015. Reptiles del valle seco del Río Magdalena (Huila, Colombia). Caldasia 37: 183-195. pdf
Botero-Delgadillo, E., N. Bayly, C. Gómez, P. C. Pulgarín-R. & C. A. Páez. 2015. An assessment of the distribution, population size and conservation status of the Santa Marta Foliage-gleaner Automolus rufipectus: a Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta endemic. Bird Conservation International 25: 451-465. pdf
Ocampo, D. & G. A. Londoño. 2015. Tropical montane birds have increased nesting success on small river islands. Auk 132: 1-10. pdf
Negret, P. J., O. Garzón, P. R. Stevenson & O. Laverde-R. 2015. New ecological information for the Black Tinamou (Tinamus osgoodi hershkovitzi). Auk 132: 132-139. pdf
Pulgarin-R, P. C. & O. A. Laverde-R. 2015. The nest and eggs of the White-tipped Quetzal (Pharomachrus fulgidus) from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, northern Colombia. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 127:145-148. pdf
Gómez, C., V. Gómez-Bahamón, L. Cárdenas-Ortiz & N. J. Bayly. 2015. Distribution of Nearctic-Neotropical migratory birds along a South American elevation gradient during spring migration. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 127: 72-86. pdf
Avendaño, J. E., A. M. Cuervo, J. P. López-O., N. Gutiérrez-Pinto, A. Cortés-Diago & C. D. Cadena. 2015. A new species of tapaculo (Rhinocryptidae, Scytalopus) from the Serranía de Perijá of Colombia and Venezuela. Auk 132: 450-466. pdf
Negret, P. J. & O. Laverde-R. 2015. The enigmatic Black Tinamou: Do distribution, climate, and vocalizations reveal more than one species? Auk 132: 132-139. pdf
Pulgarín-R, P. C., N. J. Bayly & T. Ellery. 2015. New records of Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) in Bogotá, Eastern Andes of Colombia. Boletín SAO 24:1-3. pdf
2014
Suárez-Sanabria, N. & C. D. Cadena. 2014. Diversidad y estructura de la avifauna del valle de Lagunillas, Parque Nacional Natural El Cocuy, Colombia. Ornitología Colombiana 14: 48-61. pdf
Smith, B. T., J. E. McCormack, A. M. Cuervo, M. J. Hickerson, A. Aleixo, C. D. Cadena, J. L. Pérez-Emán, C. W. Burney, X. Xie, M. G. Harvey, B. C. Faircloth, T. C. Glenn, E. P. Derryberry, J. Prejean, S. Fields & R. T. Brumfield. 2014. The drivers of tropical speciation. Nature 515: 406-409. pdf. Supplementary material 
Lozano-Jaramillo, M., A. Rico-Guevara & C. D. Cadena. 2014. Genetic differentiation, niche divergence, and the origin and maintenance of the disjunct distribution in the Blossomcrown Anthocephala floriceps (Aves,Trochilidae). PLoS One 9: e108345. pdf
Laverde-R., O. & C. D. Cadena. 2014. Taxonomy and conservation: a tale of two tinamou species groups (Tinamidae, Crypturellus). Journal of Avian Biology 45:484-492. pdf
Quintero, I., S. Gonzalez-Caro, P. C. Zalamea & C. D. Cadena. 2014. Asynchrony of seasons: genetic differentiation associated with geographic variation in climatic seasonality and reproductive phenology. American Naturalist 184: 352-363. pdf
Graham, C. H., A. C. Carnaval, C. D. Cadena, K. R. Zamudio, T. E. Roberts, J. L. Parra, C. M. McCain, R. C. K. Bowie, C. Moritz, S. B. Baines, C. J. Schneider, J. VanDerWal, C. Rahbek, K. H. Kozak & N. J. Sanders. 2014. The origin and maintenance of montane diversity: integrating evolutionary and ecological processes. Ecography 37: 711-719. pdf
Valderrama, E., J. L. Pérez-Emán, R. T. Brumfield, A. M. Cuervo & C. D. Cadena. 2014. The influence of the complex topography and dynamic history of the montane Neotropics on the evolutionary differentiation of a cloud forest bird (Premnoplex brunnescens, Furnariidae). Journal of Biogeography 41:1533-1546. pdf
Rocha, L. A. et al. (C. D. Cadena is one of 121 coauthors). 2014. Specimen collection: an essential tool. Science 344: 814-815. pdf
Bonaccorso, E., R. Bozhankova, C. D. Cadena, V. Čapská, L. Czerniewicz, A. Emmett, F. Fasina Oludayo, N. Glukhova, M. L. Greenberg, M. Hladnik, M. E. Grillet, M. Indrawan, M. Kapović, Y. Kleiner, M. Laziński, R. D. Loyola, S. Menon, L. G. Morales, C. Ocampo, J. Pérez-Eman, A. T. Peterson, D. Poposki, A. A. Rasheed, K. Rodríguez-Clark, J. P. Rodríguez, B. Rosenblum, V. Sánchez-Cordero, F. Smolik, M. Snoj, M. Szilágyi, O. Torres & P. Tykarski. 2014. Bottlenecks in the open-access system: Voices from around the globe. Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication 2: eP1126. pdf
Gutiérrez-Pinto, N., K. G. McCracken, L. Alza, P. Tubaro, C. Kopuchian, A. Astie & C. D. Cadena. 2014. The validity of ecogeographic rules is context-dependent: testing for Bergmann’s and Allen’s rules by latitude and elevation in a widespread Andean duck. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 111: 850-862. pdf
Tello, J. G., M. Raposo, J. M. Bates, G. A. Bravo, C. D. Cadena & M. Maldonado-Coelho. 2014. Reassesment of the systematics of the widespread Neotropical genus Cercomacra (Aves, Thamnophilidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170: 546-565. pdf
Chaparro, S. & O. Laverde-R. 2014. Una nueva localidad para el Águila Solitaria (Buteogallus solitarius) en Colombia. Boletín SAO 23: 15-17. pdf
Gómez, C., N. J. Bayly & K. V. Rosenberg. 2014. Fall stopover strategies of Catharus thrushes in northern South America. Auk 131: 702-717. pdf
2013
Avendaño, J. E., F. G. Stiles & C. D. Cadena. 2013. A new subspecies of Common Bush-tanager (Chlorospingus flavopectus, Emberizidae) from the east slope of the Andes of Colombia. Ornitologia Colombiana 13:44-58. pdf
Claramunt, S., E. Derryberry, C. D. Cadena, A. M. Cuervo, C. Sanín & R. T. Brumfield. 2013. Phylogeny and classification of Automolus and allies (Aves: Furnariidae). Condor 115:375-385. pdf
Muñoz-Fuentes, V., M. Cortázar-Chinarro, M. Lozano-Jaramillo & K. G. McCracken. 2013. Stepwise colonization of the Andes by Ruddy Ducks and the evolution of novel B-globin variants. Molecular Ecology 22: 1231-1249. pdf
Caro, L. M., P. C. Caycedo-Rosales, R. C. K. Bowie, H. Slabbekoorn & C. D. Cadena. 2013. Ecological speciation along an elevational gradient in a tropical passerine bird? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26: 357-374. pdf
2012
Lara, C. E., A. M. Cuervo, S. V. Valderrama, D. Calderón-Franco & C. D. Cadena. 2012. A new species of wren (Troglodytidae) from the dry Cauca River Canyon, northwestern Colombia. Auk 129: 537-550. pdf
Bowie, R. C. K., K. A. Feldheim, L. M. Caro & C. D. Cadena. 2012. Novel tetranucleotide microsatellite DNA markers for members of the Henicorhina wood-wren species complex (Aves, Troglodytidae). Conservation Genetics Resources 4: 419-421. pdf
Gutiérrez-Pinto, N., A. M. Cuervo, J. Miranda, J. L. Perez-Emán, R. T. Brumfield & C. D. Cadena. 2012. Non-monophyly and deep genetic differentiation across low-elevation barriers in a Neotropical montane bird (Basileuterus tristriatus; Aves, Parulidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64: 156-165. pdf
Gonzalez-Caro, S., J. L. Parra, C. H. Graham, J. A. McGuire & C. D. Cadena. 2012. Sensitivity of metrics of phylogenetic structure to scale, source of data and species pool of hummingbird assemblages along elevational gradients. PLoS One 7:e35472. pdf
Cadena, C.D., K. H. Kozak, J. P. Gómez, J. L. Parra, C. M. McCain, R. C. K. Bowie, A. C. Carnaval, C. Moritz, C. Rahbek, T. E. Roberts, N. J. Sanders, C. J. Schneider, J. VanDerWal, K. R. Zamudio & C. H. Graham. 2012. Latitude, elevational climatic zonation, and speciation in New World vertebrates. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 279:194-201.pdf
2011
Stouffer, P. C., K. L. Cockle, A. Aleixo, J. I. Areta, A. Bodrati, C. D. Cadena, A. S. DiGiacomo, S. K. Herzog, P. Hosner, E. I. Johnson, L. N. Naka & C. Sánchez. 2011. No evidence for widespread bird declines in protected South American forests. Climatic Change 108: 383-386. pdf
Peralta, N. A., G. A. Londoño & C. D. Cadena. 2011. El nido, los huevos y el comportamiento de incubación del Mosquero Pechiocre (Nephelomyias ochraceiventris; Tyrannidae). Ornitología Neotropical 22:59-67. pdf
Cadena, C. D., N. Gutiérrez-Pinto, N. Dávila & R.T. Chesser. 2011. No population genetic structure in
a widespread aquatic songbird from the Neotropics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58: 540-545. pdf
Flórez-Rodríguez, A., M. D. Carling & C. D. Cadena. 2011. Reconstructing the phylogeny of “Buarremon” brush-finches and near relatives (Aves, Emberizidae) from individual gene trees. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58: 297-303. pdf
Cadena, C.D., Z. A. Cheviron & W. C. Funk. 2011. Testing the molecular and evolutionary causes of a “leapfrog” patterrn of geographical variation in coloration. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24: 402-414. pdf
2010
de Thoisy, B., A. G. Silva, M. Ruiz-García, A. Tapia, O. Ramirez, M. Arana, V. Quse, C. Paz-y-Miño, M. Tobler, C. Pedraza & A. Lavergne. 2010. Population history, phylogeography, and conservation genetics of the last Neotropical mega-herbivore, the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 278. pdf
Chaves, J. C., A. M. Cuervo, M. J. Miller & C. D. Cadena. 2010. Revising species limits in a group of Myrmeciza antbirds reveals a cryptic species within M. laemosticta (Thamnophilidae). Condor 112: 718-730. pdf
Gómez, J. P., G. A. Bravo, R. T. Brumfield, J. G. Tello & C. D. Cadena. 2010. A phylogenetic approach to disentangling the role of competition and habitat filtering in community assembly of Neotropical forest birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 79: 1181-1192. pdf
Krabbe, N. & C. D. Cadena. 2010. A taxonomic revision of the Paramo Tapaculo Scytalopus canus Chapman (Aves: Rhinocryptidae), with description of a new subspecies from Ecuador and Peru. Zootaxa 2354: 56-66. pdf
Cadena, C.D. & A. M. Cuervo. 2010. Molecules, morphology, ecology, and songs in concert: How many species is “Arremon torquatus” (Aves, Emberizidae)? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 99: 152-176. pdf
2009
Sanín, C., C. D. Cadena, J. M. Maley, D. A. Lijtmaer, P. L. Tubaro & R. T. Chesser. 2009. Paraphyly of Cinclodes fuscus (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae): Implications for taxonomy and biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53:547-555. pdf
Morales-Rozo, A., E. Rodríguez-Ortiz, B. Freeman, C. A. Olaciregui & C. D. Cadena. 2009. Notas sobre el nido y los pichones del Abanico Colombiano (Myioborus flavivertex: Parulidae). Ornitología Neotropical 20:113-119. pdf
2008
Maurício, G. N., H. Mata, M. R. Bornschein, C. D. Cadena, H. Alvarenga & S. L. Bonatto. 2008. Hidden generic diversity in Neotropical birds: molecular and anatomical data support a new genus for the “Scytalopus” indigoticus species-group (Aves: Rhinocryptidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49: 125-135. pdf
Ricklefs, R. E. & C. D. Cadena. 2008. Heritability of longevity in captive populations of nondomesticated mammals and birds. Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences 63A: 435-446. pdf
Bates, J. M., C. D. Cadena, J. G. Tello & R. T. Brumfield. 2008. Diversification in the Neotropics: Phylogenetic patterns and historical processes. Ornitologia Neotropical 19 (Suppl): 427-432. pdf
2007
Cadena, C. D., B. López-Lanús, J. M. Bates, N. Krabbe, N. H. Rice, F.G. Stiles, J. D. Palacio & P. Salaman. 2007. A rare case of interspecific hybridization in the tracheophone suboscines: Chestnut-naped Antpitta Grallaria nuchalis x Chestnut-crowned Antpitta G. ruficapilla in a fragmented Andean landscape. Ibis 149: 814-825. pdf
Ricklefs, R. E. & C. D. Cadena. 2007. Rejoinder to Ricklefs & Cadena (2007): Response to Mace & Pelletier. Ecology Letters 10: 874-875. pdf
Ricklefs, R. E. & C. D. Cadena. 2007. Lifespan is unrelated to investment in reproduction in populations of mammals and birds in captivity. Ecology Letters 10: 867-872. pdf
Cadena, C. D., J. Klicka & R. E. Ricklefs. 2007. Evolutionary differentiation in the Neotropical montane region: molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography of Buarremon brush-finches (Aves, Emberizidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 993-1016. pdf
Cadena, C. D. & B. A. Loiselle. 2007. Limits to elevational distributions in two species of Emberizine finches: disentangling the role of interspecific competition, autoecology, and geographic variation in the environment. Ecography 30: 491-504. pdf
Cadena, C. D., S. Córdoba, G. A. Londoño, D. Calderón, T. E. Martin & M. P. Baptiste. 2007. Nesting and singing behavior of Common Bush-Tanagers (Chlorospingus ophthalmicus) in South America. Ornitología Colombiana 5:54-63. pdf
Cadena, C. D. 2007. Testing the role of interspecific competition in the evolutionary origin of elevational zonation: an example with Buarremon brush-finches (Aves, Emberizidae) in the Neotropical mountains. Evolution 61: 1120-1136. pdf
2006 and prior
Cuervo, A. M., C. D. Cadena & J. L. Parra. 2006. Seguir colectando aves en Colombia es imprescindible: un llamado a fortalecer las colecciones ornitológicas. Ornitología Colombiana 4: 51-58. pdf
Cadena, C. D., R. E. Ricklefs, I. Jiménez & E. Bermingham. 2005. Is speciation driven by species diversity? Nature 438: doi:10.1038/nature04308. pdf. Supplementary material.
Krabbe, N., P. Salaman, A. Cortés, A. Quevedo, L. A. Ortega & C. D. Cadena. 2005. A new species of tapaculo (Rhinocryptidae: Scytalopus) from the head of the Magdalena Valley, Colombia. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 125: 93-108. pdf
Cuervo, A. M., C. D. Cadena, N. Krabbe & L. M. Renjifo. 2005. Scytalopus stilesi, a new species of tapaculo (Rhinocryptidae) from the Cordillera Central of Colombia. The Auk 122: 445-463. pdf
Cadena, C. D., A. M. Cuervo & S. M. Lanyon. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships of the Red-bellied Grackle (Icteridae: Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequence data. The Condor 106: 664-670. pdf
Jiménez, I. & C. D. Cadena. 2004. Por qué no liberar animales silvestres decomisados. Ornitología Colombiana 2: 53-57 (invited manuscript). pdf
Cadena, C. D. 2003. Taxonomía de Cistothorus apolinari (Troglodytidae), conceptos de especie y conservación de las aves amenazadas de Colombia. Ornitología Colombiana 1:71-75. pdf
Londoño, G. A. & C. D. Cadena. 2003. The nest and eggs of the Cinereous Mourner (Laniocera hypopyrra). Wilson Bulletin 115:115-118. pdf
Jiménez, I., G. A. Londoño & C. D. Cadena. 2003. Efficiency, bias, and consistency of visual and aural surveys of curassows (Cracidae) in tropical forests. Journal of Field Ornithology 74:210-216. pdf
Cuervo, A. M., F. G. Stiles, C. D. Cadena, J. L. Toro & G. A. Londoño. 2003. New and noteworthy bird records from the northern sector of the Western Andes of Colombia. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 123:7-24. pdf
Cadena, C. D., C. Devenish & N. Silva. 2002. First observations on the nesting behavior of the Colombian Mountain-Grackle (Macroagelaius subalaris), a probable cooperative breeder. Ornitologia Neotropical 13:301-305. pdf
Cadena, C. D., G. A. Londoño & J. L. Parra. 2000. Nesting records of five antbird species from the Colombian Amazon. Wilson Bulletin 112:313-317. pdf
Cadena, C. D., M. Alvarez, J. L. Parra, I. Jiménez, C. A. Mejía, M. Santamaría, A. M. Franco, C. A. Botero, G. D. Mejía, A. M. Umaña, A. Calixto, J. Aldana & G. A. Londoño. 2000. The birds of CIEM, Tinigua National Park, Colombia: an overview of thirteen years of ornithological research. Cotinga 13:46-54. pdf
Singhal, S., A. D. Leaché, M. K. Fujita, C. D. Cadena & F. Zapata. 2025. A genomic perspective on species delimitation. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics: in press.
Navarro-Sanint, M., A. León-Parra & C. D. Cadena. 2025. An interdisciplinary framework for conservation education: bridging science, participatory design and management. The Future of Education 2025 – Conference Proceedings, Filodiritto Editore: in press. pdf
Moreno-Palacios, M., D. Ocampo, M. A. Echeverry-Galvis, C. Gómez, G. A. Londoño & C. D. Cadena. 2025. When do tropical birds breed? the case of Colombian species assemblages. Ornithology: in press. pdf
Pérez-Amaya, N., M. H. C. Neate-Clegg, C. D. Cadena, J. Soto-Patiño, N. Ocampo-Peñuela & A. M. Cuervo. 2025. Century-long shifts in body size and proportions of lowland rainforest birds. Evolutionary Ecology: in press. pdf
Mateus-Aguilar, B., A. F. Díaz-Salazar, F. Andrade-Rivas, N. M. Batista, A. Cárdenas-Navarrete, A. Dávila Arenas, K. V. Hernandez, G. A. Herrera-R, K. E. Langhans, D. R. Levey, A. Neill, O. Nguyen, N. Ocampo-Peñuela, A. F. Suárez-Castro, F. Zapata & A. Echeverri. 2025. Assessing biocultural diversity across scales using ecological indicators. Ecological Indicators 1976: 113616. pdf
Mendiwelso, M. E., C. D. Cadena & D. Ocampo. 2025. Nest location and architecture as primary drivers of the variation in UV reflectance in avian eggs. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 292: 20250180. pdf
Betancourth-Cundar, M., J. C. Ríos-Orjuela, A. J. Crawford, D. C. Cannatella & R. D. Tarvin. 2025. Honoring the Afro-Colombian musical culture with the naming of Epipedobates currulao sp. nov. (Anura, Dendrobatidae), a frog from the Pacific rainforests. Zookeys 1226: 139-170. pdf
2024
Linck, E. B. & C. D. Cadena. 2024. A latitudinal gradient of reference genomes Molecular Ecology 0:e17551. pdf | Science Magazine
Echeverri, A., N. M. Batista, S. Wolny, G. A. Herrera-R., F. Andrade-Rivas, A. Bailey, A. Cardenas-Navarrete, A. Dávila Arenas, A. F. Díaz-Salazar, K. V. Hernandez, K. E. Langhans, B. E. Mateus-Aguilar, D. Levey, A. Neill, O. Nguyen, A. F. Suárez-Castro, F. Zapata & N. Ocampo-Peñuela. 2024. Toward sustainable biocultural ecotourism: An integrated spatial analysis of cultural and biodiversity richness in Colombia. People and Nature 7: 194-214. pdf
Gutiérrez-Carrillo, D. A., B. Mateus-Aguilar, C. Gómez & C. D. Cadena. 2024. Records from Neotropical non-breeding grounds reveal shifts in bird migration phenology over six decades. Current Biology 34: 4845-4851.e3. pdf
Tarvin, R. D., J. L. Coleman, D. A. Donoso, M. Betancourth-Cundar, K. López-Hervas, K. S. Gleason, J. R. Sanders, J. M. Smith, S. R. Ron, J. C. Santos, B. E. Sedio, D. C. Cannatella & R. W. Fitch. 2024. Passive accumulation of alkaloids in inconspicuously colored frogs refines the evolutionary paradigm of acquired chemical defenses. eLife 13: e100011. pdf
Díaz-Salazar, A. F., F. Garzón-Agudelo, A. Smiley, C. D. Cadena & A. Rico-Guevara. 2024. Winging it: Hummingbirds alter flying kinematics during molt. Biology Open 13: bio060370 pdf
Betancourth-Cundar, M., A. Amézquita & C. D. Cadena. 2024. Novel and classical methods similarly describe variation in territory size among males in Neotropical poison frogs with contrasting reproductive and behavioral strategies. Evolutionary Ecology 38: 799-823. pdf
Cadena, C. D. 2024. Endurance athletes hiding in plain sight in the high Andes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 121: e2407414121. pdf
Ríos-Orjuela J.C, N. Falcón-Espitia, A. Arias-Escobar & D. Plazas-Cardona. 2024. Conserving biodiversity in coffee agroecosystems: Insights from a herpetofauna study in the Colombian Andes with sustainable management proposal. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation 22:196-204. pdf
López-Hervas, K., J. C. Santos, S. R. Ron, M. Betancourth-Cundar, D. C. Cannatella & R. D. Tarvin. 2024. Deep divergences among inconspicuously colored clades of Epipedobates poison frogs. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 195: 108065. pdf
Cadena, C. D., L. Pabón, C. DoNascimiento, L. Abueg, T. Tilley, B. O-Toole, D. Absolon, Y. Sims, G. Formenti, O. Fedrigo, E. D. Jarvis & M. Torres. 2024. A reference genome for the Andean cavefish Trichomycterus rosablanca (Siluriformes, Trichomycteridae): building genomic resources to study evolution in cave environments. Journal of Heredity 115: 311-316. pdf
Betancourth-Cundar, M., V. Canoine, L. Fusani & C. D. Cadena. 2024. Does testosterone underly the interplay between male traits and territorial behavior in Neotropical poison frogs? Hormones and Behavior 126: 105547. pdf
Sanín, M. J., A. Cardona, L. N. Céspedes-Arias, C. González-Arango, N. Pardo & C. D. Cadena. 2024. Volcanoes, evolving landscapes, and biodiversity in Neotropical mountains. Frontiers of Biogeography: 16.1: e61882. pdf
Bertola, L. D., A. Brüniche-Olsen, F. Kershaw, I. M. Russo, A. J. MacDonald, P. Sunnucks, M. W. Bruford, C. D. Cadena, K. M. Ewart, M. de Bruyn, M. D. B. Eldridge, R. Frankham, J. M. Guayasamin, C. E. Grueber, T. B. Hoareuau, S. Hoban, P. A. Hohenlohe, M. E. Hunter, A. Kotze, J. Kuja, R. C. Lacy, L. Laikre, N. Lo, M. H. Meek, J. Mergeay, C. Mittan-Moreau, L. E. Neaves, D. O'Brien, J. W. Ochieng, R. Ogden, P. Orozco-terWengel, M. Páez-Vacas, J. Pierson, K. Ralls, R. E. Shaw, E. A. Sogbohossou, A. Stow, T. Steeves, C. Vernesi, M. Watsa & G. Segelbacher. 2024. A pragmatic approach for integrating molecular tools into biodiversity conservation. Conservation Science and Practice 6: e13053. pdf
2023
Nachman, M. W. et al. (C. D. Cadena is one of 120 coauthors). 2023. Specimen collection is essential for modern science. PLoS Biology 21: e3002318. pdf. La recolección de especímenes es esencial para la ciencia moderna - versión en español.
Castaño, M. I., M. A. Meneses-Giorgi, L. N. Céspedes Arias, C. D. Cadena & J. E. Avendaño. 2023. Breeding biology of the Gray-browed Brushfinch Arremon assimilis (Aves: Passerellidae) in the Eastern Andes of Colombia. Journal of Natural History 57: 1650-1670. pdf
Altamirano, L., M. Dávila-Jativa, G. Pozo, M. Terán-Velástegui, C. D. Cadena, D. Cisneros-Heredia & M. L. Torres. 2023. First genetic insights of Gonatodes caudiscutatus (Reptilia: Gekkota) in the Galapagos Islands and mainland Ecuador. Biodiversity Data Journal 11: e113396. pdf
Wan, Y. C., M. J.. Navarrete Méndez, L. O´Connell, L. H. Urichio, A-B. Roland, M. E. Maan, S. R. Ron, M. Betancourth-Cundar, M. R. Pie, K. A. Howell, C. L. Richards-Zawacki, M. E. Cummings, D. C. Cannatella, J. C. Santos & R. D. Tarvin. 2023. Selection on visual opsin genes in diurnal Neotropical frogs and loss of the SWS2 opsin in poison frogs. Molecular Biology and Evolution 40:msad206. pdf
Falcón-Espitia, N., J. C. Ríos-Orjuela, M. C. Martínez-Botero, A. Arias-Escobar & D. Plazas-Cardona. 2023. Notes on reproductive behavior and vocalizations of Pristimantis taeniatus (Anura: Strabomantidae). Phyllomedusa 22:57-61. pdf
Gutiérrez-Carrillo, D. A., J. Rodríguez-Fuentes, C. D. Cadena & J. E. Avendaño. 2023. Nasty neighbors in the Neotropics: Seasonal variation in physical and vocal aggressions in a montane forest songbird. Animal Behaviour 200: 81-90. pdf video
Palacios, C., L. Campagna, J. L. Parra & C. D. Cadena. 2023. Mito-nuclear discordance in the phenotypically variable Andean hummingbirds Coeligena bonapartei and Coeligena helianthea (Trochilidae). Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 139: 145-157. pdf
Soares, L., K. L. Cockle, E. Ruelas Inzunza, J. T. Ibarra, C. I. Miño, S. Zuluaga, E. Bonaccorso, J. C. Ríos-Orjuela, F. A. Montaño-Centellas, et al. 2023. Neotropical ornithology: Reckoning with historical assumptions, removing systemic barriers, and reimagining the future. Ornithological Applications 125: duac046. pdf
Mikula, P., O. Tomášek, D. Romportl, T. K. Atkins, J. E. Avendaño et al. 2023. Bird tolerance to humans in open tropical ecosystems. Nature Communications 14: 21-46 pdf
Chambers, E. A., R. D. Tarvin, J. C. Santos, S. R. Ron, M. Betancourth-Cundar, D. M. Hillis, M. V. Matz & D. C. Cannatella. 2023. 2b or not 2b? 2bRAD is an effective alternative to ddRAD for phylogenomics. Ecology and Evolution 13: e9482. pdf
Lau, G. F. C., A. M. Class Freeman, P. C. Pulgarin-R., C. D. Cadena, R. E. Ricklefs & B. G. Freeman. 2023. Host phylogeny and elevation predict infection by avian haemosporidians in a diverse New Guinean bird community. Journal of Biogeography 50: 23-31. pdf
2022
Guarnizo, C. E., P. Montoya, I. Quintero & C. D. Cadena. 2022. Population divergence associated with spatial asynchrony in precipitation in Neotropical frogs. Journal of Biogeography 49: 2169-2180. pdf video
Betancourth-Cundar, M. & P. Palacios-Rodríguez. 2022. Reproductive behaviors promote ecological and phenotypic sexual differentiation in the critically endangered Lehmann’s poison frog. Evolutionary Ecology 36: 1077-1093. pdf
Montoya, P., C. D. Cadena, S. Claramunt & D. A. Duchene. 2022. Environmental niche and flight intensity are associated with molecular evolutionary rates in a large avian radiation. BMC Ecology and Evolution 22: 95. pdf data/code
Buainain, N., M. Ferreira, J. E. Avendaño, C. D. Cadena, B. C. Faircloth, R. T. Brumfield, J. Cracraft & C. C. Ribas. 2022. Biogeography of a Neotropical songbird radiation reveals similar diversification dynamics between montane and lowland clades. Journal of Biogeography 49: 1260-1273. pdf
García-Ruiz, I., A. Quiñones & M. Taborsky. 2022. The evolution of cooperative breeding by direct and indirect fitness effects. Science Advances 8: eabl7853. pdf
Barve, S. & C. D. Cadena. 2022. Variation in insulative feather structure in songbirds replacing each other along a tropical elevation gradient. Ecology and Evolution 12: e8698. pdf.
Gómez, C., C. D. Cadena, A. M. Cuervo, J. Díaz-Cárdenas, F. García-Cardona, N. Niño-Rodríguez, N. Ocampo-Peñuela, D. Ocampo, G. Seeholzer, A. Sierra-Ricaurte & J. Soto-Patiño. 2022. Re-expedición Colombia: Entender el pasado para empoderar acciones que fortalezcan el conocimiento y conservación de las aves. Biota Colombiana 23: e984. pdf
Rodríguez-Fuentes, J., C. D. Cadena & J. E. Avendaño. 2022. Vocal behavior and microgeographical variation in song types in a Neotropical songbird. Journal of Ornithology 163: 105-119. pdf
2021
Avendaño, J.E, A. M. Cuervo, P. Montoya, P. C. Pulgarín-R. & F. G. Stiles. 2021. A new subspecies in the Turdus nudigenis complex (Aves: Turdidae) from the Cauca River valley of Colombia. Zootaxa 5061: 105-123.
Sánchez-Nivicela, M., J. E. Avendaño, J. C. Sánchez-Nivicela,, A. Torres, J. Fuchs, B. Bird & E. Bonaccorso. 2021. A taxonomic assessment of Chlorospingus flavopectus phaeocephalus and Chlorospingus semifuscus (Passeriformes: Passerellidae), including the description of a new subspecies. Zootaxa 5057: 151-180.
Linck, E. B, B. G. Freeman, C. D. Cadena & C. K. Ghalambor. 2021. Evolutionary conservatism will limit responses to climate change in the tropics. Biology Letters 17: 20210363. pdf
Meneses-Giorgi, M. A. & C. D. Cadena. 2021. Plumage convergence resulting from social mimicry in birds? A tetrachromatic view. Animal Behaviour 180: 337-361. pdf video
Restrepo, S. & C. D. Cadena. 2021. Science denialism limits management of invasive hippos in Colombia. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 19: 323-325. pdf
Gómez, C., K. A. Hobson, N. J. Bayly, K. V. Rosenberg, A. Morales-Rozo, P. Cardozo & C. D. Cadena. 2021 Migratory connectivity then and now: a northward shift in breeding origins of a long-distance migratory bird wintering in the tropics. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 288: 20210188. pdf
Gómez, C., E. A. Tenorio & C. D. Cadena. 2021. Change in avian functional fingerprints of a Neotropical montane forest over 100 years as an indicator of ecosystem integrity. Conservation Biology 35: 1552-1563. pdf
Cadena, C. D. & F. Zapata. 2021. The genomic revolution and species delimitation in birds (and other organisms): why phenotypes should not be overlooked. Ornithology (the journal formerly known as The Auk): 138: 10.1093/ornithology/ukaa069. pdf video
Céspedes, L. N., A. M. Cuervo, E. Bonaccorso, M. Castro, A. Mendoza-Santacruz, J. L. Pérez-Emán, C. C. Witt & C. D. Cadena. 2021. Extensive hybridization between two Andean warbler species with shallow divergence in mtDNA. Ornithology (the journal formerly known as The Auk) 138: 10.1093/ornithology/ukaa065. pdf
Avendaño, J. E. & C. D. Cadena. 2021. Territorial males do not discriminate between local and novel plumage phenotypes in a tropical songbird species complex: implications for the role of social selection in trait evolution. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 75: 37. pdf video
Flórez, J. S., C. D. Cadena, C. DoNascimiento & M. Torres. 2021. Repeated colonization of caves leads to phenotypic convergence in catfishes (Siluriformes: Trichomycterus) at a small geographical scale. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 191: zlaa155. pdf video
2020
Ocampo, D., R. E. Hanauer, H. F. Greeney & G. A. Londoño. 2020. First description of the nest, eggs, and nestlings of White-tufted Sunbeam (Aglaeactis castelnaudii) and incubation behaviors of Shining Sunbeam (A. cupripennis) in the southeast of Peru. Journal of Natural History 54: 1455-1463.
Seeholzer, G. F. & F. J. Gamarra. 2020. A principal role for female vocalizations in the repertoire of a tyrant flycatcher revealed by recordings linked to voucher specimens. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 132: 639-651.
Isler, M. L., R. T. Chesser, M. B. Robbins, A. M. Cuervo, C. D. Cadena & P. A. Hosner. 2020. Taxonomic evaluation of the Rufous Antpitta complex (Aves: Grallariidae) distinguishes sixteen species. Zootaxa 4817:1-74. pdf video
Chesser, R. T., M. L. Isler, A. M. Cuervo, C. D. Cadena, S. C. Galen, L. M. Bergner, R. C. Fleischer, G. A. Bravo, D. F. Lane & P. A. Hosner. 2020. Conservative plumage masks extraordinary phylogenetic diversity in the Grallaria rufula (Rufous Antpitta) complex of the humid Andes. The Auk 137: 10.1093/auk/ukaa009. pdf
Starkloff, N. C., J. J. Kirchman, A. W. Jones, B. M. Winger, Y. Huang, P. C. Pulgarín-R, & W. C. Turner. 2020. Drivers of community turnover differ between avian hemoparasite genera along a North American latitudinal gradient. Ecology and Evolution 10: 5402-5415. pdf
Gómez-Bahamón, V., R. Márquez, A. E. Jahn, C. Y. Miyaki, D. T. Tuero, O. Laverde-R., S. Restrepo & C. D. Cadena. 2020. Speciation associated with shifts in migratory behavior in an avian radiation. Current Biology 30: 1312-1321.e6. pdf data
Cadena, C. D. & L. N. Céspedes. 2020. Origin of elevational replacements in a clade of nearly flightless birds: most diversity in tropical mountains accumulates via secondary contact following allopatric speciation. Pp. 635-659 in: Rull, V. & Carnaval, A. (eds.), Neotropical diversification. Springer, Berlin. pdf data
Quiñones, A. E., A. Lotem, O. Leimar & R. Bshary. 2020. Reinforcement learning theory reveals the cognitive requirements for solving the cleaner fish market task. American Naturalist: 195: 664–677. pdf video
Krabbe, N. K., T. S. Schulenberg, K. V. Rosenberg, T. J. Davis, G. H. Rosenberg, P. A. Hosner, D. F. Lane, M. J. Andersen, M. B. Robbins, C. D. Cadena, T. Valqui, J. F. Slater, A. J. Spencer, F. Angulo & J. Fjeldså. 2020. Untangling avian cryptic diversity in the High Andes: revision of the Scytalopus [magellanicus] complex (Rhinocryptidae) in Peru diagnoses three new species. The Auk 137: 10.1093/auk/ukaa003. pdf
Cadena, C. D., A. M. Cuervo, L. N. Céspedes, G. A. Bravo, N. Krabbe, T. S. Schulenberg, G. E. Derryberry, L. F. Silveira, E. P. Derryberry, R. T. Brumfield & J. Fjeldså. 2020. Systematics, biogeography and diversification of Scytalopus tapaculos (Rhinocryptidae), an enigmatic radiation of Neotropical montane birds. The Auk 137: 10.1093/auk/ukz077. pdf data
Mason, N. A., P. C. Pulgarín, C. D. Cadena & I. J. Lovette. 2020. Genome Report: De novo assembly of a high-quality reference genome for the Horned Lark (Eremophila alpestris). G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics 10:475-478. pdf
Quiñones, A. E., G. J. B. Henriques & I. Pen. 2020. Queen‐worker conflict can drive the evolution of social polymorphism and split sex ratios in facultatively eusocial life cycles. Evolution 74: 15-28.
2019
Palacios, C., S. García-R., J. L. Parra, A. M. Cuervo, F. Gary Stiles, J. E. McCormack & C. D. Cadena. 2019. Shallow genetic divergence and distinct phenotypic differences between two Andean hummingbirds: Speciation with gene flow? The Auk 136: 10.1093/auk/ukz046. pdf
Gutiérrez-Pinto, N., K. G. McCracken, P. Tubaro, C. Kopuchian, A. Astie & C. D. Cadena. 2019. Molecular and morphological differentiation among Torrent Duck (Merganetta armata) populations in the Andes. Zoologica Scripta 48: 589-604. pdf video
Castaño, M. I., C. D. Cadena & J. E. Avendaño. 2019. Home-range size of an Andean bird: Assessing the role of physical condition. Biotropica 51: 591-599. pdf
Bayly, N. J., K. V. Rosenberg, C. Gómez, K. A. Hobson. 2019. Habitat choice shapes the spring stopover behaviour of a Nearctic‑Neotropical migratory songbird. Journal of Ornithology: 160: 377-388. pdf
Gómez, C., S. L. Guerrero, A. M. FitzGerald, N. J. Bayly, K. A. Hobson & C. D. Cadena. 2019. Range-wide populations of a long-distance migratory songbird converge during stopover in the tropics. Ecological Monographs 89: e01349. pdf
Céspedes, L. N., L. I. Pavan, J. A. Hazlehurst & J. E. Jankowski. 2019. The behavior and diet of the Shining Sunbeam (Aglaeactis cupripennis): A territorial high-elevation hummingbird. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 131: 24-34. pdf
Stiles, F. G. & J. E. Avendaño. 2019. Distribution and status of Turdus thrushes in white-sand areas of eastern Colombia, with a new subspecies of T. leucomelas. Zootaxa 4567: 161-175. pdf
Cadena, C.D., J. L. Pérez-Emán, A. M. Cuervo, L. N. Céspedes, K. L. Epperly & J. T. Klicka. 2019. Extreme genetic structure and dynamic range evolution in a montane passerine bird: implications for tropical diversification. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 126: 487-506. pdf
Pulgarín-R., P. C., C. Gómez, N. J. Bayly, S. Bensch, A. FitzGerald, N. Starkloff, J. Kirchman, A. M. González-Prieto, K. A. Hobson, J. Ungvari-Martin, H. Skeen, M. I. Castaño & C. D. Cadena. 2019. Migratory birds as vehicles for parasite dispersal? Infection by avian haemosporidians over the year and throughout the range of a long-distance migrant. Journal of Biogeography 46: 83-96. pdf
2018
Céspedes, L. N. & N. J. Bayly. 2018. Over-winter ecology and relative density of Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis in Colombia: the basis for defining conservation priorities for a sharply declining long-distance migrant. Bird Conservation International: in press. pdf
Soto-Patiño, J., G. A. Londoño, K. P. Johnson, J. D. Weckstein, J. E. Avendaño, T. A. Catanach, A. D. Sweet, A. T. Cook, J. E. Jankowski & J. Allen. 2018. Composition and distribution of lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera) on Colombian and Peruvian birds: New data on louse-host association in the Neotropics. Biodiversity Data Journal 6: e21635. pdf
Mahecha, L., N. Villabona, L. Sierra, D. Ocampo & O. A. Laverde. 2018. The Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) is a frugivorous bird predator. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 130: 558-560. link video
Hindley, J. A., B. A. Graham, P. C. Pulgarín-R. & T. M. Burg. 2018. The influence of latitude, geographic distance, and habitat discontinuities on genetic variation in a high latitude montane species. Scientific Reports 8: 11846 pdf
Lozano-Jaramillo, M., K. G. McCracken & C. D. Cadena. 2018. Neutral and functionally important genes shed light on phylogeography and the history of high-altitude colonization in a widespread New World duck. Ecology and Evolution 8: 6515-6528. pdf
Pérez-Emán, J. L., J. Perdigón Ferreira, N. Gutiérrez-Pinto, A, M. Cuervo, L. N. Céspedes, C. C. Witt & C. D. Cadena. 2018. An extinct hummingbird species that never was: a cautionary tale about sampling issues in molecular phylogenetics. Zootaxa 4442: 491-497. pdf
Avendaño, J. E., J. P. López-O. & O. A. Laverde. 2018. New bird records from the arid Cúcuta Valley, north-east Colombia. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 138: 230-237. pdf
Carantón-Ayala, D., J. E. Avendaño & C. D. Cadena. 2018. Hybridization in brushfinches (Atlapetes, Emberizidae) from the southeast Andes of Colombia: A consequence of habitat disturbance? Journal of Ornithology 159: 713–722. pdf
Gómez, C., T. Larsen, B. Popp, K. A. Hobson & C. D. Cadena. 2018. Assessing seasonal changes in animal feeding behavior with stable-isotope analysis of amino acids: a migratory boreal songbird switches diet over its annual cycle. Oecologia 187:1-13. pdf
Pulgarín-R., P. C., J. P. Gómez, S. Robinson, R. E. Ricklefs & C. D. Cadena. 2018. Host species, and not environment, predicts variation in blood parasite prevalence, distribution, and diversity along a humidity gradient in northern South America. Ecology and Evolution 8:3800-3814. pdf
Avendaño, J. E., J. P. López-O. & O. A. Laverde. 2018. Bird diversity of the Cúcuta valley (Colombia) and biogeographical affinities with dry forest avifaunas of northern South America. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 130: 213-223. pdf
Cárdenas-Posada, G., C. D. Cadena, J. G. Blake & B. A. Loiselle. 2018. Display behaviour, social organization and vocal repertoire of Blue-backed Manakin Chiroxiphia pareola napensis in northwest Amazonia. Ibis 160: 269-282. pdf
Bayly, N. J., K. V. Rosenberg, W. E. Easton, C. Gómez, J. Carlisle, D. N. Ewert, A. Drake & L. Goodrich. 2018. Major stopover regions and migratory bottlenecks for Nearctic-Neotropical landbirds within the Neotropics: a review. Bird Conservation International 28: 1-26. pdf
Cadena, C. D., F. Zapata & I. Jiménez. 2018. Issues and perspectives in species delimitation using phenotypic data: Atlantean evolution in Darwin’s finches. Systematic Biology 67: 181-194. [pdf] [git] [dryad]
2017
Morales-Rozo, A. E. A. Tenorio, M. D. Carling & C. D. Cadena. 2017. Origin and cross-century dynamics of an avian hybrid zone. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17:257. [pdf] [git]
Restrepo-Rodas, D. C. & P. C. Pulgarín-Restrepo. 2017. Dinámicas de los loros en cautiverio en Colombia: tráfico, mortalidad y liberación. Ornitología Colombiana 16:eA06-1 pdf
Avendaño, J. E., C. I. Bohórquez, L. Rosselli, D. Arzuza-Buelvas, F. A. Estela, A. M Cuervo, F. G. Stiles & L. M. Renjifo. 2017. Lista de chequeo de las aves de Colombia: Una síntesis del estado del conocimiento desde Hilty & Brown (1986). Ornitología Colombiana 16: eA01-1. pdf
Gómez, C., N. J. Bayly, D. R. Norris, S. A. Mackenzie, P. D. Taylor, K. A. Hobson, K. V. Rosenberg & C. D. Cadena. 2017. Fuel loads acquired at a stopover site influence the pace of intercontinental migration in a boreal songbird. Scientific Reports 7: 3405. pdf video
Jahn, A., V. Bejarano, M. Benavides Guzmán, L. M. Brown, I. C. Carvalho Provinciato, J. Cereghetti, V. R. Cueto, J. I. Giraldo, V. Gómez-Bahamón, M. S. Husak, H. K. LePage, M. MacPherson, M. A. Marini, M. A. Pizo, A. Quickle, D. V. Roeder, J. H. Sarasola & D. T. Tuero. 2017. Molting while breeding? Lessons from New World Tyrannus flycatchers. Journal of Ornithology 158: 1061-1072.
Avendaño, J. E., E. Arbeláez-Cortés & C. D. Cadena. 2017. On the importance of geographic and taxonomic sampling in phylogeography: a reevaluation of diversification and species limits in a Neotropical thrush (Aves, Turdidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 111: 87-97. pdf
Renjifo, L. M., A. Repizo, J. M. Ruiz-Ovalle, S. Ocampo & J. E. Avendaño. 2017. New bird distributional data from Cerro Tacarcuna, with implications for conservation in the Darién highlands of Colombia. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 137: 46-66. pdf
Stiles, F. G., O. A. Laverde & C. D. Cadena. 2017. A new species of tapaculo (Rhinocryptidae; Scytalopus) from the Western Andes of Colombia. Auk 134: 377-392. pdf
Sandoval-H., J., J. P. Gómez & C. D. Cadena. 2017. Is the largest river valley west of the Andes a driver of diversification in Neotropical lowland birds? Auk 134: 168-180. pdf
2016
Góngora, E., C. D. Cadena & J. Dussán. 2016. Toxic metals and associated sporulated bacteria on Andean hummingbird feathers. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 23:22968-22979. pdf
Bayly, N. J., C. Gómez, K. A. Hobson & K. V. Rosenberg. 2016. Prioritizing tropical habitats for long-distance migratory songbirds in Colombia. Avian Conservation & Ecology 11:5. pdf
Avendaño, J. E., F. K. Barker & C. D. Cadena. 2016. The Yellow-green Bush-tanager is neither a bush-tanager nor a sparrow: Molecular phylogenetics reveals that Chlorospingus flavovirens is a tanager (Aves: Passeriformes; Thraupidae). Zootaxa 4136: 373-381. pdf
Chaparro-Herrera, S., L. Ramírez Urrea, G. Gómez Zuluaga & N. Gutiérrez-Pinto. 2016. Notas sobre la dieta y anatomía de un volantón del Pato de Torrente (Merganetta armata) en el río Quindío, Colombia. Boletín SAO 25: 6-11. pdf
Cadena, C. D., C. A. Pedraza & R. T. Brumfield. 2016. Climate, habitat associations and the potential distributions of Neotropical birds: Implications for diversification across the Andes. Revista de la Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas y Naturales 40: 275-287. pdf
Martínez, J. D., C. D. Cadena & M. Torres. 2016. Critical thermal limits of Poecilia caucana (Steindachner, 1880; Cyprinodontiformes, Poeciliidae), a Neotropical freshwater fish. Neotropical Ichthyology 14: e150171. pdf
Kattan, G. H., S. Tello, M. Giraldo & C. D. Cadena. 2016. Neotropical bird evolution and 100 years of the enduring ideas of F. M. Chapman. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 117: 407-413. pdf. Link to virtual issue on Neotropical bird evolution.
Gómez, C., E. A. Tenorio, P. Montoya & C. D. Cadena. 2016. Niche-tracking migrants and niche-switching residents: Evolution of climatic niches in New-World warblers (Parulidae). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 283: 20152458. pdf. Supplementary material.
Dantas, S., J. Weckstein, J. Bates, N. K. Krabbe, C. D. Cadena, M. B. Robbins, E. Valderrama & A. Aleixo. 2016. Molecular systematics of the New World screech-owls (Megascops: Aves, Strigidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 94: 626-634. pdf
Cadena, C. D., L. M. Caro, P. C. Caycedo, A. M. Cuervo, R. C. K. Bowie & H. Slabbekoorn. 2016. Henicorhina anachoreta (Troglodytidae), another endemic bird species for the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia. Ornitología Colombiana 15: 82-89. pdf
2015
Burbridge, T., T. Parson, P. C. Caycedo-Rosales, C. D. Cadena & H. Slabbekoorn. 2015. Playbacks revisited: Asymmetry in behavioural response across an acoustic boundary between two parapatric bird species. Behaviour 152: 1933-1951. pdf
Ogawa, L., P. C. Pulgarín., D. A. Vance, J. Fjeldså, & M. van Tuinen. 2015. Opposing demographic histories reveal rapid evolution in grebes (Aves: Podicipedidae). Auk 132: 771-786. pdf
Link, A., L. M. Valencia, L. N. Céspedes, L. D. Duque, C. D. Cadena & A. Di Fiore. 2015. Phylogeography of the critically endangered Brown Spider Monkey (Ateles hybridus): testing the riverine barrier hypothesis. International Journal of Primatology 36:530-547. pdf
Moreno-Arias, R. & S. Quintero-Corzo. 2015. Reptiles del valle seco del Río Magdalena (Huila, Colombia). Caldasia 37: 183-195. pdf
Botero-Delgadillo, E., N. Bayly, C. Gómez, P. C. Pulgarín-R. & C. A. Páez. 2015. An assessment of the distribution, population size and conservation status of the Santa Marta Foliage-gleaner Automolus rufipectus: a Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta endemic. Bird Conservation International 25: 451-465. pdf
Ocampo, D. & G. A. Londoño. 2015. Tropical montane birds have increased nesting success on small river islands. Auk 132: 1-10. pdf
Negret, P. J., O. Garzón, P. R. Stevenson & O. Laverde-R. 2015. New ecological information for the Black Tinamou (Tinamus osgoodi hershkovitzi). Auk 132: 132-139. pdf
Pulgarin-R, P. C. & O. A. Laverde-R. 2015. The nest and eggs of the White-tipped Quetzal (Pharomachrus fulgidus) from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, northern Colombia. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 127:145-148. pdf
Gómez, C., V. Gómez-Bahamón, L. Cárdenas-Ortiz & N. J. Bayly. 2015. Distribution of Nearctic-Neotropical migratory birds along a South American elevation gradient during spring migration. Wilson Journal of Ornithology 127: 72-86. pdf
Avendaño, J. E., A. M. Cuervo, J. P. López-O., N. Gutiérrez-Pinto, A. Cortés-Diago & C. D. Cadena. 2015. A new species of tapaculo (Rhinocryptidae, Scytalopus) from the Serranía de Perijá of Colombia and Venezuela. Auk 132: 450-466. pdf
Negret, P. J. & O. Laverde-R. 2015. The enigmatic Black Tinamou: Do distribution, climate, and vocalizations reveal more than one species? Auk 132: 132-139. pdf
Pulgarín-R, P. C., N. J. Bayly & T. Ellery. 2015. New records of Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) in Bogotá, Eastern Andes of Colombia. Boletín SAO 24:1-3. pdf
2014
Suárez-Sanabria, N. & C. D. Cadena. 2014. Diversidad y estructura de la avifauna del valle de Lagunillas, Parque Nacional Natural El Cocuy, Colombia. Ornitología Colombiana 14: 48-61. pdf
Smith, B. T., J. E. McCormack, A. M. Cuervo, M. J. Hickerson, A. Aleixo, C. D. Cadena, J. L. Pérez-Emán, C. W. Burney, X. Xie, M. G. Harvey, B. C. Faircloth, T. C. Glenn, E. P. Derryberry, J. Prejean, S. Fields & R. T. Brumfield. 2014. The drivers of tropical speciation. Nature 515: 406-409. pdf. Supplementary material 
Lozano-Jaramillo, M., A. Rico-Guevara & C. D. Cadena. 2014. Genetic differentiation, niche divergence, and the origin and maintenance of the disjunct distribution in the Blossomcrown Anthocephala floriceps (Aves,Trochilidae). PLoS One 9: e108345. pdf
Laverde-R., O. & C. D. Cadena. 2014. Taxonomy and conservation: a tale of two tinamou species groups (Tinamidae, Crypturellus). Journal of Avian Biology 45:484-492. pdf
Quintero, I., S. Gonzalez-Caro, P. C. Zalamea & C. D. Cadena. 2014. Asynchrony of seasons: genetic differentiation associated with geographic variation in climatic seasonality and reproductive phenology. American Naturalist 184: 352-363. pdf
Graham, C. H., A. C. Carnaval, C. D. Cadena, K. R. Zamudio, T. E. Roberts, J. L. Parra, C. M. McCain, R. C. K. Bowie, C. Moritz, S. B. Baines, C. J. Schneider, J. VanDerWal, C. Rahbek, K. H. Kozak & N. J. Sanders. 2014. The origin and maintenance of montane diversity: integrating evolutionary and ecological processes. Ecography 37: 711-719. pdf
Valderrama, E., J. L. Pérez-Emán, R. T. Brumfield, A. M. Cuervo & C. D. Cadena. 2014. The influence of the complex topography and dynamic history of the montane Neotropics on the evolutionary differentiation of a cloud forest bird (Premnoplex brunnescens, Furnariidae). Journal of Biogeography 41:1533-1546. pdf
Rocha, L. A. et al. (C. D. Cadena is one of 121 coauthors). 2014. Specimen collection: an essential tool. Science 344: 814-815. pdf
Bonaccorso, E., R. Bozhankova, C. D. Cadena, V. Čapská, L. Czerniewicz, A. Emmett, F. Fasina Oludayo, N. Glukhova, M. L. Greenberg, M. Hladnik, M. E. Grillet, M. Indrawan, M. Kapović, Y. Kleiner, M. Laziński, R. D. Loyola, S. Menon, L. G. Morales, C. Ocampo, J. Pérez-Eman, A. T. Peterson, D. Poposki, A. A. Rasheed, K. Rodríguez-Clark, J. P. Rodríguez, B. Rosenblum, V. Sánchez-Cordero, F. Smolik, M. Snoj, M. Szilágyi, O. Torres & P. Tykarski. 2014. Bottlenecks in the open-access system: Voices from around the globe. Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication 2: eP1126. pdf
Gutiérrez-Pinto, N., K. G. McCracken, L. Alza, P. Tubaro, C. Kopuchian, A. Astie & C. D. Cadena. 2014. The validity of ecogeographic rules is context-dependent: testing for Bergmann’s and Allen’s rules by latitude and elevation in a widespread Andean duck. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 111: 850-862. pdf
Tello, J. G., M. Raposo, J. M. Bates, G. A. Bravo, C. D. Cadena & M. Maldonado-Coelho. 2014. Reassesment of the systematics of the widespread Neotropical genus Cercomacra (Aves, Thamnophilidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 170: 546-565. pdf
Chaparro, S. & O. Laverde-R. 2014. Una nueva localidad para el Águila Solitaria (Buteogallus solitarius) en Colombia. Boletín SAO 23: 15-17. pdf
Gómez, C., N. J. Bayly & K. V. Rosenberg. 2014. Fall stopover strategies of Catharus thrushes in northern South America. Auk 131: 702-717. pdf
2013
Avendaño, J. E., F. G. Stiles & C. D. Cadena. 2013. A new subspecies of Common Bush-tanager (Chlorospingus flavopectus, Emberizidae) from the east slope of the Andes of Colombia. Ornitologia Colombiana 13:44-58. pdf
Claramunt, S., E. Derryberry, C. D. Cadena, A. M. Cuervo, C. Sanín & R. T. Brumfield. 2013. Phylogeny and classification of Automolus and allies (Aves: Furnariidae). Condor 115:375-385. pdf
Muñoz-Fuentes, V., M. Cortázar-Chinarro, M. Lozano-Jaramillo & K. G. McCracken. 2013. Stepwise colonization of the Andes by Ruddy Ducks and the evolution of novel B-globin variants. Molecular Ecology 22: 1231-1249. pdf
Caro, L. M., P. C. Caycedo-Rosales, R. C. K. Bowie, H. Slabbekoorn & C. D. Cadena. 2013. Ecological speciation along an elevational gradient in a tropical passerine bird? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 26: 357-374. pdf
2012
Lara, C. E., A. M. Cuervo, S. V. Valderrama, D. Calderón-Franco & C. D. Cadena. 2012. A new species of wren (Troglodytidae) from the dry Cauca River Canyon, northwestern Colombia. Auk 129: 537-550. pdf
Bowie, R. C. K., K. A. Feldheim, L. M. Caro & C. D. Cadena. 2012. Novel tetranucleotide microsatellite DNA markers for members of the Henicorhina wood-wren species complex (Aves, Troglodytidae). Conservation Genetics Resources 4: 419-421. pdf
Gutiérrez-Pinto, N., A. M. Cuervo, J. Miranda, J. L. Perez-Emán, R. T. Brumfield & C. D. Cadena. 2012. Non-monophyly and deep genetic differentiation across low-elevation barriers in a Neotropical montane bird (Basileuterus tristriatus; Aves, Parulidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 64: 156-165. pdf
Gonzalez-Caro, S., J. L. Parra, C. H. Graham, J. A. McGuire & C. D. Cadena. 2012. Sensitivity of metrics of phylogenetic structure to scale, source of data and species pool of hummingbird assemblages along elevational gradients. PLoS One 7:e35472. pdf
Cadena, C.D., K. H. Kozak, J. P. Gómez, J. L. Parra, C. M. McCain, R. C. K. Bowie, A. C. Carnaval, C. Moritz, C. Rahbek, T. E. Roberts, N. J. Sanders, C. J. Schneider, J. VanDerWal, K. R. Zamudio & C. H. Graham. 2012. Latitude, elevational climatic zonation, and speciation in New World vertebrates. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 279:194-201.pdf
2011
Stouffer, P. C., K. L. Cockle, A. Aleixo, J. I. Areta, A. Bodrati, C. D. Cadena, A. S. DiGiacomo, S. K. Herzog, P. Hosner, E. I. Johnson, L. N. Naka & C. Sánchez. 2011. No evidence for widespread bird declines in protected South American forests. Climatic Change 108: 383-386. pdf
Peralta, N. A., G. A. Londoño & C. D. Cadena. 2011. El nido, los huevos y el comportamiento de incubación del Mosquero Pechiocre (Nephelomyias ochraceiventris; Tyrannidae). Ornitología Neotropical 22:59-67. pdf
Cadena, C. D., N. Gutiérrez-Pinto, N. Dávila & R.T. Chesser. 2011. No population genetic structure in
a widespread aquatic songbird from the Neotropics. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58: 540-545. pdf
Flórez-Rodríguez, A., M. D. Carling & C. D. Cadena. 2011. Reconstructing the phylogeny of “Buarremon” brush-finches and near relatives (Aves, Emberizidae) from individual gene trees. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 58: 297-303. pdf
Cadena, C.D., Z. A. Cheviron & W. C. Funk. 2011. Testing the molecular and evolutionary causes of a “leapfrog” patterrn of geographical variation in coloration. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24: 402-414. pdf
2010
de Thoisy, B., A. G. Silva, M. Ruiz-García, A. Tapia, O. Ramirez, M. Arana, V. Quse, C. Paz-y-Miño, M. Tobler, C. Pedraza & A. Lavergne. 2010. Population history, phylogeography, and conservation genetics of the last Neotropical mega-herbivore, the lowland tapir (Tapirus terrestris). BMC Evolutionary Biology 10: 278. pdf
Chaves, J. C., A. M. Cuervo, M. J. Miller & C. D. Cadena. 2010. Revising species limits in a group of Myrmeciza antbirds reveals a cryptic species within M. laemosticta (Thamnophilidae). Condor 112: 718-730. pdf
Gómez, J. P., G. A. Bravo, R. T. Brumfield, J. G. Tello & C. D. Cadena. 2010. A phylogenetic approach to disentangling the role of competition and habitat filtering in community assembly of Neotropical forest birds. Journal of Animal Ecology 79: 1181-1192. pdf
Krabbe, N. & C. D. Cadena. 2010. A taxonomic revision of the Paramo Tapaculo Scytalopus canus Chapman (Aves: Rhinocryptidae), with description of a new subspecies from Ecuador and Peru. Zootaxa 2354: 56-66. pdf
Cadena, C.D. & A. M. Cuervo. 2010. Molecules, morphology, ecology, and songs in concert: How many species is “Arremon torquatus” (Aves, Emberizidae)? Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 99: 152-176. pdf
2009
Sanín, C., C. D. Cadena, J. M. Maley, D. A. Lijtmaer, P. L. Tubaro & R. T. Chesser. 2009. Paraphyly of Cinclodes fuscus (Aves: Passeriformes: Furnariidae): Implications for taxonomy and biogeography. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 53:547-555. pdf
Morales-Rozo, A., E. Rodríguez-Ortiz, B. Freeman, C. A. Olaciregui & C. D. Cadena. 2009. Notas sobre el nido y los pichones del Abanico Colombiano (Myioborus flavivertex: Parulidae). Ornitología Neotropical 20:113-119. pdf
2008
Maurício, G. N., H. Mata, M. R. Bornschein, C. D. Cadena, H. Alvarenga & S. L. Bonatto. 2008. Hidden generic diversity in Neotropical birds: molecular and anatomical data support a new genus for the “Scytalopus” indigoticus species-group (Aves: Rhinocryptidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 49: 125-135. pdf
Ricklefs, R. E. & C. D. Cadena. 2008. Heritability of longevity in captive populations of nondomesticated mammals and birds. Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences 63A: 435-446. pdf
Bates, J. M., C. D. Cadena, J. G. Tello & R. T. Brumfield. 2008. Diversification in the Neotropics: Phylogenetic patterns and historical processes. Ornitologia Neotropical 19 (Suppl): 427-432. pdf
2007
Cadena, C. D., B. López-Lanús, J. M. Bates, N. Krabbe, N. H. Rice, F.G. Stiles, J. D. Palacio & P. Salaman. 2007. A rare case of interspecific hybridization in the tracheophone suboscines: Chestnut-naped Antpitta Grallaria nuchalis x Chestnut-crowned Antpitta G. ruficapilla in a fragmented Andean landscape. Ibis 149: 814-825. pdf
Ricklefs, R. E. & C. D. Cadena. 2007. Rejoinder to Ricklefs & Cadena (2007): Response to Mace & Pelletier. Ecology Letters 10: 874-875. pdf
Ricklefs, R. E. & C. D. Cadena. 2007. Lifespan is unrelated to investment in reproduction in populations of mammals and birds in captivity. Ecology Letters 10: 867-872. pdf
Cadena, C. D., J. Klicka & R. E. Ricklefs. 2007. Evolutionary differentiation in the Neotropical montane region: molecular phylogenetics and phylogeography of Buarremon brush-finches (Aves, Emberizidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 44: 993-1016. pdf
Cadena, C. D. & B. A. Loiselle. 2007. Limits to elevational distributions in two species of Emberizine finches: disentangling the role of interspecific competition, autoecology, and geographic variation in the environment. Ecography 30: 491-504. pdf
Cadena, C. D., S. Córdoba, G. A. Londoño, D. Calderón, T. E. Martin & M. P. Baptiste. 2007. Nesting and singing behavior of Common Bush-Tanagers (Chlorospingus ophthalmicus) in South America. Ornitología Colombiana 5:54-63. pdf
Cadena, C. D. 2007. Testing the role of interspecific competition in the evolutionary origin of elevational zonation: an example with Buarremon brush-finches (Aves, Emberizidae) in the Neotropical mountains. Evolution 61: 1120-1136. pdf
2006 and prior
Cuervo, A. M., C. D. Cadena & J. L. Parra. 2006. Seguir colectando aves en Colombia es imprescindible: un llamado a fortalecer las colecciones ornitológicas. Ornitología Colombiana 4: 51-58. pdf
Cadena, C. D., R. E. Ricklefs, I. Jiménez & E. Bermingham. 2005. Is speciation driven by species diversity? Nature 438: doi:10.1038/nature04308. pdf. Supplementary material.
Krabbe, N., P. Salaman, A. Cortés, A. Quevedo, L. A. Ortega & C. D. Cadena. 2005. A new species of tapaculo (Rhinocryptidae: Scytalopus) from the head of the Magdalena Valley, Colombia. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 125: 93-108. pdf
Cuervo, A. M., C. D. Cadena, N. Krabbe & L. M. Renjifo. 2005. Scytalopus stilesi, a new species of tapaculo (Rhinocryptidae) from the Cordillera Central of Colombia. The Auk 122: 445-463. pdf
Cadena, C. D., A. M. Cuervo & S. M. Lanyon. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships of the Red-bellied Grackle (Icteridae: Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster) inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequence data. The Condor 106: 664-670. pdf
Jiménez, I. & C. D. Cadena. 2004. Por qué no liberar animales silvestres decomisados. Ornitología Colombiana 2: 53-57 (invited manuscript). pdf
Cadena, C. D. 2003. Taxonomía de Cistothorus apolinari (Troglodytidae), conceptos de especie y conservación de las aves amenazadas de Colombia. Ornitología Colombiana 1:71-75. pdf
Londoño, G. A. & C. D. Cadena. 2003. The nest and eggs of the Cinereous Mourner (Laniocera hypopyrra). Wilson Bulletin 115:115-118. pdf
Jiménez, I., G. A. Londoño & C. D. Cadena. 2003. Efficiency, bias, and consistency of visual and aural surveys of curassows (Cracidae) in tropical forests. Journal of Field Ornithology 74:210-216. pdf
Cuervo, A. M., F. G. Stiles, C. D. Cadena, J. L. Toro & G. A. Londoño. 2003. New and noteworthy bird records from the northern sector of the Western Andes of Colombia. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 123:7-24. pdf
Cadena, C. D., C. Devenish & N. Silva. 2002. First observations on the nesting behavior of the Colombian Mountain-Grackle (Macroagelaius subalaris), a probable cooperative breeder. Ornitologia Neotropical 13:301-305. pdf
Cadena, C. D., G. A. Londoño & J. L. Parra. 2000. Nesting records of five antbird species from the Colombian Amazon. Wilson Bulletin 112:313-317. pdf
Cadena, C. D., M. Alvarez, J. L. Parra, I. Jiménez, C. A. Mejía, M. Santamaría, A. M. Franco, C. A. Botero, G. D. Mejía, A. M. Umaña, A. Calixto, J. Aldana & G. A. Londoño. 2000. The birds of CIEM, Tinigua National Park, Colombia: an overview of thirteen years of ornithological research. Cotinga 13:46-54. pdf
Electronic Publications
Remsen, J. V., Jr., J. I. Areta, C. D. Cadena, A. Jaramillo, M. Nores, J. F. Pacheco, M. B. Robbins, J. Pérez-Emán, F. G. Stiles, D. F. Stotz & K. J. Zimmer. Version [date - Cadena is a coauthor since August 2006]. A classification of the bird species of South America. American Ornithologists' Union.
http:/www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html
Matamala, M., and Ornithology Course 2010-20, Universidad de los Andes (edited by A. Echeverri, I. Medina, E. Salazar, V. Alarcón & C. D. Cadena). 2012. Bare-faced Ibis (Phimosus infuscatus). Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=116636
http:/www.museum.lsu.edu/~Remsen/SACCBaseline.html
Matamala, M., and Ornithology Course 2010-20, Universidad de los Andes (edited by A. Echeverri, I. Medina, E. Salazar, V. Alarcón & C. D. Cadena). 2012. Bare-faced Ibis (Phimosus infuscatus). Neotropical Birds Online (T. S. Schulenberg, editor). Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
http://neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species/overview?p_p_spp=116636
Books
Rueda, C., A. Matiz, L. N. Céspedes, D. Ocampo, V. Gómez, P. Montoya, C. D. Cadena & C. Franco. 2017. Guía ilustrada de las aves de la Universidad de los Andes. Ediciones UniAndes, Bogotá.
Asociación Bogotana de Ornitología. 2000. Aves de la Sabana de Bogotá: Guía de Campo. Asociación Bogotana de Ornitología & Corporación Autónoma de Cundinamarca, 250 pp. (Texts by F. G. Stiles, C. I. Bohórquez, C. D. Cadena, S. De la Zerda, M. Hernández, L. Roselli, M. Kelsey, I. D. Valencia & D. Knapp.).
Asociación Bogotana de Ornitología. 2000. Aves de la Sabana de Bogotá: Guía de Campo. Asociación Bogotana de Ornitología & Corporación Autónoma de Cundinamarca, 250 pp. (Texts by F. G. Stiles, C. I. Bohórquez, C. D. Cadena, S. De la Zerda, M. Hernández, L. Roselli, M. Kelsey, I. D. Valencia & D. Knapp.).
Book Chapters
Navas-Berdugo, A. P. & C. D. Cadena. 2014. Scytalopus canus. p. 240-242 in L. M. Renjifo, M. F. Gómez, J. Velásquez-Tibatá, A. M. Amaya-Villarreal, G. H. Kattan, J. D. Amaya-Espinel & J. Burbano-Girón, editors. Libro rojo de aves de Colombia, volumen 1: Bosques húmedos de los Andes y la costa pacífica. Editorial Pontificia Universidad Javeriana e Instituto Alexander von Humboldt. Bogotá, Colombia. pdf
Cadena, C. D. 2011. The Andean Region. Pp. 29-31 in M. Cooper. Birds in Colombia. Villegas Editores, Bogotá, Colombia. pdf
Cadena, C. D. 2002. Eremophila alpestris. Pp. 371-374 in L. M. Renjifo, A. M. Franco-Maya, J. D. Amaya-Espinel, G. H. Kattan & B. López-Lanús, editors. Libro rojo de aves de Colombia. Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt & Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Bogotá, Colombia. pdf
Cadena, C. D. 2002. Gallinula melanops Pp. 173-177 in L. M. Renjifo, A. M. Franco-Maya, J. D. Amaya-Espinel, G. H. Kattan & B. López-Lanús, editors. Libro rojo de aves de Colombia. Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt & Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Bogotá, Colombia. pdf
Cadena, C. D. 2002. Polystictus pectoralis. Pp. 497-498 in L. M. Renjifo, A. M. Franco-Maya, J. D. Amaya-Espinel, G. H. Kattan & B. López-Lanús, editors. Libro rojo de aves de Colombia. Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt & Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Bogotá, Colombia. pdf
Cadena, C. D. 2002. Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis. Pp. 333-337 in L. M. Renjifo, A. M. Franco-Maya, J. D. Amaya-Espinel, G. H. Kattan & B. López-Lanús, editors. Libro rojo de aves de Colombia. Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt & Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Bogotá, Colombia. pdf
Cadena, C. D. & L. M. Renjifo. 2002. Muscisaxicola maculirostris. Pp. 345-348 in L. M. Renjifo, A. M. Franco-Maya, J. D. Amaya-Espinel, G. H. Kattan & B. López-Lanús, editors. Libro rojo de aves de Colombia. Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt & Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Bogotá, Colombia. pdf
López-Lanús, B. & C. D. Cadena. 2002. Thryothorus nicefori. Pp. 345-348 in L. M. Renjifo, A. M. Franco-Maya, J. D. Amaya-Espinel, G. H. Kattan & B. López-Lanús, editors. Libro rojo de aves de Colombia. Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt & Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Bogotá, Colombia. pdf
Cadena, C. D. 2011. The Andean Region. Pp. 29-31 in M. Cooper. Birds in Colombia. Villegas Editores, Bogotá, Colombia. pdf
Cadena, C. D. 2002. Eremophila alpestris. Pp. 371-374 in L. M. Renjifo, A. M. Franco-Maya, J. D. Amaya-Espinel, G. H. Kattan & B. López-Lanús, editors. Libro rojo de aves de Colombia. Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt & Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Bogotá, Colombia. pdf
Cadena, C. D. 2002. Gallinula melanops Pp. 173-177 in L. M. Renjifo, A. M. Franco-Maya, J. D. Amaya-Espinel, G. H. Kattan & B. López-Lanús, editors. Libro rojo de aves de Colombia. Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt & Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Bogotá, Colombia. pdf
Cadena, C. D. 2002. Polystictus pectoralis. Pp. 497-498 in L. M. Renjifo, A. M. Franco-Maya, J. D. Amaya-Espinel, G. H. Kattan & B. López-Lanús, editors. Libro rojo de aves de Colombia. Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt & Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Bogotá, Colombia. pdf
Cadena, C. D. 2002. Pseudocolopteryx acutipennis. Pp. 333-337 in L. M. Renjifo, A. M. Franco-Maya, J. D. Amaya-Espinel, G. H. Kattan & B. López-Lanús, editors. Libro rojo de aves de Colombia. Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt & Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Bogotá, Colombia. pdf
Cadena, C. D. & L. M. Renjifo. 2002. Muscisaxicola maculirostris. Pp. 345-348 in L. M. Renjifo, A. M. Franco-Maya, J. D. Amaya-Espinel, G. H. Kattan & B. López-Lanús, editors. Libro rojo de aves de Colombia. Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt & Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Bogotá, Colombia. pdf
López-Lanús, B. & C. D. Cadena. 2002. Thryothorus nicefori. Pp. 345-348 in L. M. Renjifo, A. M. Franco-Maya, J. D. Amaya-Espinel, G. H. Kattan & B. López-Lanús, editors. Libro rojo de aves de Colombia. Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt & Ministerio del Medio Ambiente, Bogotá, Colombia. pdf
