Publications
Smith, B. T., Luzuriaga-Neira, A., Alvarez-Ponce, D., Provost, K. L., Thom, G., & Joseph, L. (2025). Introgressed variants obscure phylogenetic relationships but are not subject to positive selection in Australasian long-tailed parrots. Systematic Biology, syaf066. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syaf066
Zhao, M., Thom, G., Faircloth, B. C., Andersen, M. J., Barker, F. K., Benz, B. W., Braun, M. J., Bravo, G. A., Brumfield, R. T., Chesser, R. T., Derryberry, E. P., Glenn, T. C., Harvey, M. G., Hosner, P. A., Imfeld, T. S., Joseph, L., Manthey, J. D., McCormack, J. E., McCullough, J. M., … Smith, B. T. (2025). Efficient Inference of Macrophylogenies: Insights from the Avian Tree of Life. Systematic Biology, syaf080 **Co-first author
Smith, B. T., Thom, G., Joseph, L. Revised evolutionary and taxonomic synthesis for parrots (order: Psittaciformes) guided by phylogenomic analysis. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 2024(468), 2024.
Zimmermann, C. E., Rupp, A. E., Thom, G., & Rodrigues, C. M. Riqueza de aves de um remanescente florestal urbano – Blumenau, Santa Catarina. Acta Biológica Catarinense, 11(4), 87–104, 2024.
Thom, G., Moreira, L.R., Batista, R., Gehara, M., Aleixo, A., Smith, B. Genomic architecture controls spatial structuring in Amazonian birds. Genome Biology and Evolution 16 (1), evae002, 2024.
Capurucho, J.M.G., Musher L.J., Lees A., Rego M.A., Del-Rio G., Aleixo A., Luzuriaga-Aveiga V.E., Ferreira M., Ribas C.C., Thom G. Amazonian Avian Biogeography: Broadscale Patterns, microevolutionary Processes, and Habitat-Specific Models Revealed by Multidisciplinary Approaches. Ornithology 141 (1): ukad051, 2024.
Musher, L. J., Del-Rio, G., Marcondes, R. S., Brumfield, R. T., Bravo, G. A., Thom, G. Geogenomic predictors of genetree heterogeneity explain phylogeographic and introgression history: a case study in an Amazonian bird (Thamnophilus aethiops). Systematic Biology syad061, 2024.
Schultz, E. D., Thom, G., Zuquim, G., Hickerson, M. J., Tuomisto, H., & Ribas, C. C. Habitat specialization predicts demographic response and vulnerability of floodplain birds in Amazonia. Molecular Ecology, 33(3), e17221, 2024
Luna, L.W., Naka, L.N., Thom, G., Knowles, L.L., Sawakuchi, A.O., Aleixo, A., Ribas, C.C. Late Pleistocene landscape changes and habitat specialization as promoters of population genomic divergence in Amazonian floodplain birds. Molecular Ecology. 2023. link
Smith, B. T.; J. Merwin; K. L. Provost; G. Thom; R. T. Brumfield; M. Ferreira; W. M. Mauck iii; R. G. Moyle; T. Wright; L. Joseph. Phylogenomic analysis of the parrots of the world distinguishes artifactual from biological sources of gene tree discordance. Systematic Biology syac055. 2023. link
Thom, G.; Moreira, L.R.; Batista, R.; Gehara, M.; Aleixo, A.; Smith, B. Genomic architecture controls spatial structuring in Amazonian birds. BioRxiv 2021.12.01.470789 Submission to Genome Biology and Evolution, 2023. link
Musher, L.J.; Giakoumis, M.; Albert, J.; Del Rio, G.; Rego, M.; Thom, G.; Aleixo, A.; Ribas, C.C.; Brumfield, R.T.; Smith, B.T.; Cracraft, J. River network rearrangements promote speciation in lowland Amazonian birds. Science Advances, 2022. link
Thom, G.; Ribas, C.; Shultz, E.; Aleixo, A.; Miyaki, C. Y. Population dynamics of Amazonian floodplain forest specialists support spatial variation on genetic diversity but not range expansions through time. Journal of Biogeography, 2022 link
Raposo-do-Amaral, F.; Thom, G.; Lima‐Ribeiro, M. S.; Alvarado‐Serrano, D. F.; Montesanti, J. A. C.; Pellegrino, K.; Miyaki C.M.; Hickerson, M.J.;Maldonado‐Coelho,M. Rugged relief, and climate promote isolation and divergence between two neotropical cold‐associated birds. Evolution, 2021 link
Thom, G.; M. Gehara; Smith, B. T.; Miyaki, C. Y.; Amaral, F. R. Microevolutionary dynamics show tropical valleys are deeper for montane birds of the Atlantic Forest. Nature Communications 12: 6269, 2021 link
Thom, G.; Smith, B. T.; M. Gehara; J. Montesanti; Lima-Ribeiro, M. S. ; Piacentini, V. Q. ; Miyaki, C. Y; Amaral, F. R . Climatic Dynamics And Topography Control Genetic Variation In Atlantic Forest Montane Birds. Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution, 148 – 106812, 2020. link
Musher, L.; P. Galante; Thom, G.; J. Huntley; M. Blair. Shifting Ecosystem Connectivity During The Pleistocene Drove Diversification And Gene-flow In A Species-complex Of Neotropical Birds (Tityridae: Pachyramphus). Journal Of Biogeography, 106812, 2020. link
Thom, G.; Xue, A. T.; Sawakuchi, A. O.; Ribas, C. C.; Hickerson, M. J.; Aleixo, A.; Miyaki, C. Quaternary Climate Changes As Speciation Drivers In The Amazon Floodplains. Science Advances, V. 6, P. Eaax4718, 2020.link
Silva, S. M. ; Peterson, A. T. ; Carneiro, L. ; Burlamaqui, T. C. T. ; Ribas, C.a C. ; Sousa-neves, T. ; Miranda, L. S. ; Fernandes, A. M. ; D'horta, F. M. ; Araújo-silva, L. E. ; Batista, R. ; Bandeira, C. H. M. M. ; Dantas, S. M. ; Ferreira, M. ; Martins, D. M. ; Oliveira, J. ; Rocha, T. C. ; Sardelli, C. H. ; Thom, G. ; Rêgo, P. S. ; Santos, M. P. ; Sequeira, F. ; Vallinoto, M. ; Aleixo, A. A Dynamic Continental Moisture Gradient Drove Amazonian Bird Diversification. Science Advances, V. 5, P. Eaat5752, 2019. link
Amaral, F R; Alvarado-Serrano, D; Maldonado-Coelho, M; Pellegrino, K C M; Miyaki, C Y; Montesanti, J A. C. Lima-Ribeiro, M S; Hickerson, M J; Thom G. Climate explains recent population divergence, introgression, and persistence in tropical mountains: phylogenomic evidence from Atlantic Forest warbling finches. BioRxiv http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/439265. 2018.link
Thom, G; Amaral, F R; Hickerson, M J; Aleixo, A; Araujo-Silva, L E; Ribas, C C; Choueri, E; Miyaki, C Y Phenotypic and genetic structure support gene flow generating gene tree discordances in an Amazonian floodplain endemic species. Systematic Biology, 67: 700-718, 2018.link
Amaral, F R; Maldonado-Coelho, M; Aleixo, A; Luna, L W; Rego, P; Araripe, J; Souza, T O; Silva, W A G; Thom, G. Recent chapters of neotropical history overlooked in phylogeography: shallow divergence explains phenotype and genotype uncoupling in Antilophia manakins. Molecular Ecology, 27: 4108-4120, 2018. *Journal Coverlink
Choueri, É L; Gubili, C; Borges, S H; Thom, G; Sawakuchi, AO; Soares, E A A; Ribas, C C. Phylogeography and population dynamics of antbirds (Thamnophilidae) from amazonian fluvial islands. Journal of Biogeography, 47:2284-2294, 2017.link
Buainain, N; Faria, S P; Seixas, L; Thom, G; Assis, C P. First record of the Hauxwell’s thrush, Turdus hauxwelli Lawrence, 1869 (Aves: Turdidae) from Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil, and geographic range extension. Check List, Journal Of Species List And Distribution, 13: 163-167, 2017.
Svensson-Coelho, M; Thom, G; Santos, S S; Miranda, L S; Araujo-Silva, L E; Ricklefs, R E; Miyaki, C Y; Maldonado-Coelho, M. Lower detection probability of avian Plasmodium in blood compared to other tissues. Journal Of Parasitology, 16: 16-8r1, 2016.
Thom, G; Aleixo, A. Cryptic speciation in the white-shouldered antshrike (Thamnophilus aethiops, Aves - Thamnophilidae): the tale of a transcontinental radiation across rivers in lowland Amazonia and the northeastern Atlantic forest. Molecular Phylogenetics And Evolution, 82: 95-110, 2015.link
Lima, J L R; Soares, F A; Remedios, A C S; Thom, G; Wirthlin, M; Aleixo, A; Schneider, M P C; Mello, C V; Schneider, P N. A putative RA-like region in the brain of the scale-backed antbird, Willisornis poecilinotus (Furnariides, Suboscines, Passeriformes, Thamnophilidae). Genetics And Molecular Biology, 38: 249-254, 2015.link
Areta, J I; Bodrati, A; Thom, G; Rupp, A E; Velazquez, M; Holzmann, I; Carrano, E; Zimmermann, C E. Natural history, distribution, and conservation of two nomadic seedeaters specializing on bamboo in the Atlantic forest. Condor, 115: 237-252, 2013.
Mestre, L A M; Thom, G; Barlow, J; Cochrane, M A. The birds of reserva extrativista Chico Mendes, south Acre, Brazil. Boletim Do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Naturais, 5:1-31, 2010.
Mestre, L A M; Barlow, J; Thom, G; Cochrane, M A. Burned forest as a novel habitat for the black-faced cotinga (Conioptilon mcilhenyi) in the western Brazilian Amazon. Ornitologia Neotropical, 20: 467-470, 2009.
Legal, E; Kohler, G U; Thom, G; Cadorin, T J; Zimmermann, C E. Novas observações do gavião-pato, Spizaetus melanoleucus (Accipitridae) em Santa Catarina, Sul do Brasil. Atualidades Ornitológicas, 147:12-13, 2009.
Rupp, A E; Fink, D; Thom, G; Zermiani, M; Zimmermann, C E; Laps, R R. Novas espécies de aves para o estado de Santa Catarina, Sul do Brasil. Biotemas, V. 21, P. 165-169, 2008.
Brandt, C S; Krieck, C; Rupp, A E; Fink, D; Thom, G; Zimmermann, C E. Registros recentes de Platyrinchus leucoryphus (Wied, 1831) no Estado de Santa Catarina, Sul Do Brasil. Revista Brasileira De Ornitologia, 16: 67-69, 2008.
Rupp, A E; Thom, G; Laps, R R; Zimmermann, C E. Registros relevantes de aves campestres e aquáticas no planalto norte de Santa Catarina, Brasil. Revista Brasileira De Ornitologia, 16: 2008.
Rupp, A E; Brandt, C S; Fink, D; Thom, G; Laps, R R; Zimmermann, C E. Registros de Caprimulgiformes e a primeira ocorrência de Caprimulgus sericocaudatus (bacurau-rabo-de-seda) no Estado De Santa Catarina, Brasil. Revista Brasileira De Ornitologia, 15: 605-608, 2007.