Alice Cibois

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Alice Cibois (* 1973 ) is a French ornithologist who works as a research assistant in the Department of Birds and Mammals at the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de la Ville de Genève .

Life

In 2000 received his doctorate Cibois with the dissertation phylogeny et biogeography of Timaliidae (Aves, Passeriformes) under the direction of Christian Érard the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris for Ph.D. She then did research as a postdoctoral fellow in the ornithological department of the American Museum of Natural History until 2002 . Cibois specializes in the systematics and phylogenesis of passerine birds using molecular biological methods. Her work focuses on Asian and African bird families, including Timalia (Timaliidae),Bulbüls (Pycnonotidae), flycatchers (Muscicapidae) and thrushes (Turdidae). Further cornerstones of her research are the phylogenesis, biogeography and the evolution of the avifauna of French Polynesia, as well as studies of moths in the Galapagos Islands . Cibois has written numerous articles on phylogenesis by means of DNA analysis , the evolution and the biogeography of passerines , which have been published in the journals Emu , Ibis , Pacific Science , Zootaxa , Notornis , Zoologica Scripta , in the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists's Club , Molecular phylogenetics and Evolution , The Condor , The Auk , Journal of Ornithology , Journal of Avian Biology, and Zoosystema . In 2003 she wrote the book chapter Avian higher-level phylogenetics and the Howard & Moore Checklist of Birds in the third edition of Edward C. Dickinson's work The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World . In 2004, together with Joel Cracraft and several other colleagues , she wrote the article Phylogenetic relationships among modern birds (Neornithes): Toward an avian tree of life for the book Assembling the Tree of Life by Joel Cracraft, Michael J. Donoghue. Between 2006 and 2012, Cibois published several articles on the reed warbler in French Polynesia and other parts of the Pacific, including the extinct taxa Acrocephalus astrolabii and Acrocephalus longirostris . In 2010 she introduced the new family Bernieridae , for a group of Malagasy passerine birds that were previously assigned to warblers , bulbuls and timalas.

Works (selection)

Fonts

  • MJ Andersen, HT Shult, A. Cibois, JC Thibault, CE Filardi, RG Moyle: Rapid diversification and secondary sympatry in Australo-Pacific kingfishers (Aves: Alcedinidae: Todiramphus). In: Royal Society Open Science. Volume 2, No. 2, 2015, p. 140375.
  • JC Thibault, A. Cibois, JY Meyer: Birds of Uvea (Wallis), Futuna and Alofi islands (South – West Pacific): an update. In: Notornis. Volume 62, 2015, pp. 30-37.
  • Alice Cibois, Jean – Claude Thibault, Jean – Yves Meyer, Eric Pasquet: On the origin of sympatric fruit doves in a small and remote Pacific archipelago. In: Pacific Science. vol. 69, no.3, 2014.
  • E. Pasquet, FK Barker, J. Martens, A. Tillier, C. Cruaud, A. Cibois: Evolution within the nuthatches (Sittidae: Aves, Passeriformes): molecular phylogeny, biogeography, and ecological perspectives. In: Journal of Ornithology. Volume 155, No. 3, 2014, pp. 755-765.
  • JC Thibault, A. Cibois, JY Meyer: Les oiseaux des îles Uvea (Wallis), Futuna et Alofi: tendances, mise à jour des informations et propositions de conservation. 2014.
  • P. Smith, A. Cibois, F. Straube: On the Paraguayan specimens of Nothura darwinii (Aves: Tinamidae) and Glaucis hirsutus (Aves: Trochilidae) in the collection of the Natural History Museum of Geneva (Switzerland), with a review of South Brazilian reports of the latter. In: Revue Suisse de Zoologie. Volume 121, No. 1, 2014, pp. 3-9.
  • M. Ruedi, B. Stadelmann, Y. Gager, EJ Douzery, CM Francis, LK Lin, A. Cibois: Molecular phylogenetic reconstructions identify East Asia as the cradle for the evolution of the cosmopolitan genus Myotis (Mammalia, Chiroptera). In: Molecular phylogenetics and evolution. Volume 69, No. 3, 2013, pp. 437-449.
  • JC Thibault, A. Cibois, JF Butaud, FA Jacq, E. Poroi, JY Meyer: Breeding birds of Hatuta'a, Marquesas Islands: species inventory and influence of drought on their abundance. In: Bull.BOC Volume 133, No. 3, 2013.
  • A. Cibois, JC Thibault, E. Pasquet: The molecular basis of the plumage color polymorphism in the Tahiti reed-warbler Acrocephalus caffer. In: Journal of Avian Biology. Volume 43, No. 1, 2012, pp. 3-8.
  • JC Thibault, A. Cibois: From Early Polynesian Settlements to the Present: Bird Extinctions in the Gambier Islands 1. In: Pacific Science. Volume 66, No. 3, 2012, pp. 271-281.
  • T. Saitoh, A. Cibois, S. Kobayashi, E. Pasquet, JC Thibault: The complex systematics of the Acrocephalus of the Mariana Islands, Western Pacific. In: Emu. Volume 112, No. 4, 2012, pp. 343-349.
  • A. Cibois, RW Dekker, E. Pasquet, JC Thibault: New insights into the systematics of the enigmatic Polynesian sandpipers Aechmorhynchus parvirostris and Prosobonia leucoptera. In: Ibis. Volume 154, No. 4, 2012, pp. 756-767.
  • M. Gelang, E. Pasquet, A. Cibois, P. Alström, P. Ericson: Ancestral ranges concealed by local extinctions: the historical biogeography of the African and Asian Turdoides babblers and allies (Aves: Passeriformes). 2012.
  • A. Cibois, JS Beadell, GR Graves, E. Pasquet, B. Slikas , SA Otherwisehagen, RC Fleischer: Charting the course of reed warblers across the Pacific islands. In: Journal of Biogeography. Volume 38, No. 10, 2011, pp. 1963-1975.
  • A. Cibois, JC Thibault, E. Pasquet: Molecular and morphological analysis of Pacific reed warbler specimens of dubious origin, including Acrocephalus luscinius astrolabii. In: Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. Volume 131, No. 1, 2011, pp. 32-40.
  • A. Cibois, JC Thibault, P. Raust, E. Pasquet: Systematics of the reed – warblers of the Tuamotu Archipelago, eastern Polynesia. In: Emu. Volume 111, No. 2, 2011, pp. 139-147.
  • A. Cibois, N. Davis, SMS Gregory, E. Pasquet: Bernieridae (Aves: Passeriformes): a family group name for the Malagasy sylvioid radiation. In: Zootaxa. Volume 2554, 2010, pp. 65-68.
  • A. Cibois, M. Gelang, E. Pasquet .: Systematic notes on Asian birds [68]. An overview of the babblers and related groups. In: British Ornithologists' Club Occasional Publication. Volume 5, 2010, pp. 1-5.
  • A. Cibois, Thibault, J.-C. & Pasquet, E .: Influence of Quaternary sea-level variations on a land bird endemic to Pacific atolls. In: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. Volume 277, pp. 3445-3451.
  • EC Dickinson, A Cibois 2010. Systematic notes on Asian birds [68] .: A preliminary review of subfamily Pellorneinae, in part. In: British Ornithologists' Club Occasional Publication. Volume 5, 2010, pp. 6-18.
  • M. Gelang, A. Cibois, E. Pasquet, U. Olsson, P. Alström, P. Ericson: Phylogeny of babblers (Aves, Passeriformes): major lineages, family limits and classification. In: Zoologica Scripta. Volume 38, 2009, pp. 225-236.
  • B. Nguembock, A. Cibois, RCK Bowie, C. Cruaud, E. Pasquet: Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Illadopsis (Passeriformes: Timaliidae) reveal the complexity of diversification of some African taxa. In: Journal of Avian Biology. Volume 40, 2009, pp. 113-125.
  • A. Cibois, J.-C. Thibault, E. Pasquet: Systematics of the extinct reed warblers Acrocephalus of the Society Islands of eastern Polynesia. In: The Ibis. Volume 150, 2008, pp. 365-376.
  • P. Schmitz, A. Cibois, B. Landry .: Cryptic differentiation in the endemic micromoth Galagete darwini (Lepidoptera, Autostichidae) on Galápagos volcanoes. In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Volume 363, 2008, pp. 3453-3458.
  • GM Spellman, A. Cibois, RG Moyle, K. Winker, K. Barker: Clarifying the systematics of an enigmatic avian lineage: What is a Bombycillid? In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Volume 49, No. 3, 2008, pp. 1036-1040.
  • A. Cibois, J.-C. Thibault, E. Pasquet: Uniform phenotype conceals double colonization by reedwarblers of a remote Pacific archipelago. In: Journal of Biogeography. Volume 34, 2007, pp. 1150-1166.
  • J. Fuchs, A. Cibois, JW Duckworth, R. Eve, WG Robichaud, T. Tizard, DV Van Gansbergue: Birds of Phongsaly province and the Nam Ou river, Laos. In: Forktail. Volume 23, 2007, pp. 22-86.
  • P. Schmitz, A. Cibois, B. Landry .: Molecular phylogeny and dating of an insular endemic moth radiation inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear genes: the genus Galagete (Lepidoptera: Autostichidae) from the Galapagos islands. In: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. Volume 45, 2007, pp. 180-192.

Book chapter

  • J. Cracraft, FK Barker, Michael J. Braun, J. Harshman, G. Dyke, J. Feinstein, S. Stanely, A. Cibois, P. Schikler, P. Beresford, J. Garcia-Moreno, Michael D. Sorenson , T Yuri, DP Mindell, A. Cibois: Phylogenetic relationships among modern birds (Neornithines): Toward an avian tree of life. In: Joel Cracraft, Michael J. Donoghue (Eds.) Assembling the Tree of Life. Oxford University Press, New York 2004.
  • J. Cracraft, FK Barker, A. Cibois: Avian higher-level phylogenetics and the Howard & Moore Checklist of Birds. In: EC Dickinson (Eds.): The Howard & Moore Complete Checklist of the Birds of the World. 3. Edition. Christopher Helm, London 2003, pp. 16–51.

Books

  • Jean-Claude Thibault, Alice Cibois: Birds of Eastern Polynesia. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona 2017, ISBN 978-84-16728-05-3 .

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personal data
SURNAME Cibois, Alice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French ornithologist
DATE OF BIRTH 1973