Jose G. Tello
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., Universidad Ricardo Palma (Lima, Peru)M.S., University of Missouri-St. LouisPh.D., University of Illinois at Chicago
jose.tello@liu.edu
Description
Jose Tello is an Associate Professor of Biology in the Department of Life Sciences at LIU Brooklyn. He received a B.S. in Biology (1992) from Universidad Ricardo Palma in Lima (Peru), a M.S. in Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics (1996) from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and a Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution (2004) from The University of Illinois at Chicago. His research focuses on molecular systematics, evolution, and biogeography of birds. He studies relationships across a broad hierarchy of birds from entire families to within species. A central goal of his work is to understand the origins of biodiversity and the biogeographic history of the Neotropical region including macroevolutionary patterns such as behavioral, ecological, and morphological diversification. Dr. Tello has research associate appointments with the American Museum of Natural History in New York and the Field Museum in Chicago. He has established collaborations with colleagues from those institutions and others from Brazil, Colombia, and Peru. Dr. Tello teaches undergraduate courses in biology, evolution, genetics, and a course seminar on human biological variation.
Specialties
Ornithology, Evolutionary Biology, Systematics, Biogeography.
Publications
Co-author, “Phylogenetic relationships and biogeography of the ancient genus Onychorhynchus (Aves: Onychorhynchidae) suggest cryptic Amazonian diversity,” published in Journal of Avian Biology.
Co-author, “Molecular phylogenetics of Doraditos (Aves, Pseudocolopteryx): Evolution of cryptic species, vocal and mechanical sounds,” published in Zoologica Scripta.
Co-author, “Investigating the utility of traditional and genomic multi-locus datasets to resolve relationships in Lipaugus and Tijuca (Cotingidae),” published in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
Co-author, “Photography-based taxonomy is inadequate, unnecessary, and potentially harmful for biological sciences,” published in Zootaxa.
Co-author, “Remarks on the name Cercomacra Sclater, 1858 (Aves: Thamnophilidae) and its type species,” published in Zootaxa.
Co-author, “The avian biogeography of an Amazonian headwater: the upper Ucayali River, Peru.,” published in The Wilson Journal of Ornithology.
Co-author, “Specimen collection: An essential tool,” published in Science.
Co-author, “Reassessment of the systematics of the widespread Neotropical genus Cercomacra (Aves, Thamnophilidae),” published in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
Co-author, “A phylogenetic approach to disentangling the role of competition and habitat filtering in community assembly in Neotropical forest birds,” published in Journal of Animal ecology.
Co-author, “Phylogeny and phylogenetic classification of the tyrant flycatchers, cotingas, manakins, and their allies (Aves: Passeriformes: Infraorder Tyrannides),” published in Cladistics.
Co-author, “Phylogeny and phylogenetic classification of the antbirds, ovenbirds, woodcreepers, and allies (Aves: Passeriformes: Infraorder Furnariides),” published in Cladistics.
Co-author, “Diversification in the Neotropics: phylogenetic patterns and historical processes,” published in Ornitología Neotropical.
Co-author, “First records of Fasciated Tiger-heron (Tigrisoma fasciatum) for the western Slope of the Peruvian Andes,” published in Cotinga (Journal of the Neotropical Bird Club).
Co-author, “Phylogenetic conservatism and antiquity of a tropical specialization: army-ant-following in the typical antbirds (Thamnophilidae),” published in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.
Co-author, “Avifauna del Río Manupare y Crater Iturralde, un bosque Amazonico en el Departamento de la Paz, Bolivia,” published in Ornitología Neotropical.
Co-author, “Molecular phylogenetics of the Flatbill and Tody-tyrant assemblage of Tyrant Flycatchers (Aves: Tyrannidae),” published in The Auk (Journal of the American Ornithologists’ Union).
Co-author, “A new species of Hanging-Parrot (Loriculus) from Camiguin Island, Philippines,” published in Fieldiana Zoology.
Co-author, “Family Tyrannidae (Tyrant Flycatchers),” published in Handbook of the Birds of the World, Vol. 9. (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, Eds.).
Co-author, “Initial assessment of genetic diversity in ten bird species of South American Cerrado,” published in Studies of Neotropical Fauna and Environment.
Author, “Frugivores at a fruiting Ficus in south-eastern Peru,” published in Journal of Tropical Ecology.
Co-author, “First description of a tent used by Platyrrhinus helleri (Chiroptera: Phyllostomidae),” published in Acta Chiropterologica.
Author, “Lekking behavior of the Round-tailed Manakin,” published in The Condor (An International Journal of Avian Biology).
Co-author, “Patterns of morphological and molecular variation in Acrocephalus newtoni on Madagascar,” published in Ostrich (Journal of African Ornithology).
Author, “First description of nest and nestlings of White-winged Shrike-Tanager Lanio versicolor,” published in Cotinga (Journal of the Neotropical Bird Club).
Co-author, “Transitory States in Relaxing Ecosystems of Land-bridge Islands,” published in Tropical Forest Remnants: Ecology, Management, and Conservation of Fragmented Communities (W. F. Laurance and R. O. Bierregaard, Jr., Eds.).
Co-author, “Bird communities in transition: The Lago Guri Islands,” published in Ecology.
American Ornithological Society (Elected Member since 2016).
Research Associate (since 2008), Department of Ornithology, American Museum of Natural History, New York.
Research Associate (since 2005), Division of Birds, Center for Integrative Research, Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago.
