Teresa Pegan

Assistant Professor

Additional Campus Affiliations

Assistant Professor, Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior

Recent Publications

Hallinger, K. K., Pegan, T. M., Andersen, M. J., Ardia, D. R., Belmaker, A., Chang van Oordt, D., Ferretti, V., Forsman, A. M., Gaul, J. R., LlambĂ­as, P. E., Orzechowski, S. C., Shipley, J. R., Stager, M., Taff, C. C., Uehling, J. J., Verhoeven, M. A., Vitousek, M. N., Wilson, M., Yoon, H. S., ... Winkler, D. W. (2026). Comparing tree swallow dispersal strategies in a continuous mainland environment. Ecology, 107(2), Article e70299. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.70299

Pegan, T. M., Ting, V., Benz, B. W., & Winger, B. M. (2026). Deconstructing the Morphological Basis of Ecogeographic Variation in the Hand-Wing Index, a Widely Used Proxy for Avian Mobility, in the Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia). American Naturalist, 207(4), 578-589. https://doi.org/10.1086/739176

Adams, N., Dias, T., Skeen, H. R., Pegan, T., Willard, D. E., Winger, B., Ruegg, K., Weeks, B. C., & Bay, R. (2025). Genetic and morphological shifts associated with climate change in a migratory bird. BMC biology, 23(1), Article 3. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-024-02107-5

Kimmitt, A. A., Pegan, T. M., Wacker, K. S., Jones, A. W., & Winger, B. M. (2025). Comparative Whole Genome Phylogeography Reveals Genetic Distinctiveness of Appalachian Populations of Boreal Songbirds. Evolutionary Applications, 18(10), Article e70163. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.70163

Morrison, E. S., Pandolfi, G. P., Aguillon, S. M., Ali, J. R., Archard, O., Baldassarre, D. T., Baquero, I., Bennett, K. F. P., Bonney, K. M., Bryant, R., Catanach, R. M., Catanach, T. A., Chavoshan, I., Davis, S. N., Goodman, B. D., Gulson-Castillo, E. R., Hack, M., Hudon, J., Leighton, G. M., ... Shultz, A. J. (2025). AvianLexiconAtlas: A database of descriptive categories of English-language bird names around the world. PloS one, 20(6 June), Article e0325890. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0325890

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