Frederick H. Sheldon

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Frederick Halsey "Fred" Sheldon (born 14 December 1951) is an American ornithologist.

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Early years

Fred Sheldon was born of American parents in Austria and raised in New Jersey. In high school, he attended Montclair Academy (now Montclair Kimberley Academy) and graduated in 1970. Then he attended Yale University, where he received a BS degree in Geology & Geophysics (1974), an MS in Biology (1981), and a PhD in Biology (1986) [1] .

Career

Following his PhD studies, Dr. Sheldon became a Research Assistant Professor at San Francisco State University (1986-1987), then Assistant-to-Associate Curator of Birds at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1987-1993), and then Associate-to-Full Curator of Genetic Resources at the Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University (LSU) (1994-2022). While at LSU, he became the George H. Lowery, Jr., Distinguished Professor of Natural Science in 2005, Professor of Biological Sciences in 2008, Director of the Museum of Natural Science from 2001-2013, and Professor Emeritus in 2022 [1] .

Dr. Sheldon began his research career using DNA-DNA hybrid comparisons to study bird phylogeny and genome evolution [2] [3] [4] . In the 1990s, he studied ecological and behavioral patterns in light of phylogeny [5] [6] [7] [8] . More recently, he collaborated in large efforts to reconstruct the phylogeny of birds using modern genomic methods [9] [10] . Throughout his career, starting in 1976 and particularly since 2000, he has studied the biogeography, ecology, and conservation of Bornean birds [11] [12] [13] [14] .

References

  1. 1 2 "Frederick H Sheldon Resume/CV | Louisiana State University, Museum of Natural Science, Emeritus". lsu.academia.edu. Retrieved 2025-11-25.
  2. ↑ Sheldon, Frederick H. (1987). "Phylogeny of Herons Estimated from DNA-DNA Hybridization Data". The Auk. 104 (1): 97–108. doi:10.2307/4087238.
  3. ↑ Sheldon, Frederick H (1987). "Rates of single-copy DNA evolution in herons". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 2 (1): 56–69. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040426. ISSN   1537-1719.
  4. ↑ Sheldon, Frederick H; Winkler, David W (1993). "Intergeneric phylogenetic relationships of swallows estimated by DNA-DNA hybridization". The Auk. 110 (4): 798–825. doi:10.1525/auk.2008.125.issue-4. ISSN   0004-8038.
  5. ↑ Sheldon, F. H. and L. A. Whittingham (1997). Phylogeny in studies of bird ecology, behavior, and morphology. Avian Molecular Evolution and Systematics. D. Mindell. New York, Academic Press: 279-299.
  6. ↑ Winkler, D W; Sheldon, F H (1993-06-15). "Evolution of nest construction in swallows (Hirundinidae): a molecular phylogenetic perspective". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 90 (12): 5705–5707. doi:10.1073/pnas.90.12.5705. PMC   46790 . PMID   8516319.
  7. ↑ Sheldon, F. H., et al. (1992). "DNA-DNA hybridization evidence of phylogenetic relationships among major lineages of Parus." Auk 109: 173-185.
  8. ↑ Sheldon, F. H. and D. W. Winkler (1999). "Nest architecture and avian systematics." Auk 116: 875-877.
  9. ↑ Hackett, Shannon J.; Kimball, Rebecca T.; Reddy, Sushma; Bowie, Rauri C. K.; Braun, Edward L.; Braun, Michael J.; Chojnowski, Jena L.; Cox, W. Andrew; Han, Kin-Lan; Harshman, John; Huddleston, Christopher J.; Marks, Ben D.; Miglia, Kathleen J.; Moore, William S.; Sheldon, Frederick H. (2008-06-27). "A Phylogenomic Study of Birds Reveals Their Evolutionary History". Science. 320 (5884): 1763–1768. doi:10.1126/science.1157704. ISSN   0036-8075.
  10. ↑ Jarvis, E. D., et al. (2014). "Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds." Science 346(6215): 1320-1331.
  11. ↑ Sheldon, F. H. (1985). "The taxonomy and biogeography of the thick-billed flowerpecker complex in Borneo." Auk 102: 606-612.
  12. ↑ Sheldon, Frederick H.; Styring, Alison; Hosner, Peter A. (2010). "Bird species richness in a Bornean exotic tree plantation: A long-term perspective". Biological Conservation. 143 (2): 399–407. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2009.11.004.
  13. ↑ Sheldon, F. H., et al. (2001). "Ornithology of Sabah: history, gazetteer, annotated checklist, and bibliography." Ornithological Monographs 52: 1-285.
  14. ↑ Sheldon, F. H., et al. (2015). "Return to the Malay Archipelago: the biogeography of Sundaic rainforest birds." Journal of Ornithology 156 (Supplement 1): S91–S113.


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