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John M. Burns
Researcher at National Museum of Natural History
Publications - 62
Citations - 6415
John M. Burns is an academic researcher from National Museum of Natural History. The author has contributed to research in topics: Genus & DNA barcoding. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 59 publications receiving 5887 citations. Previous affiliations of John M. Burns include Wesleyan University & Harvard University.
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Ten species in one: DNA barcoding reveals cryptic species in the neotropical skipper butterfly Astraptes fulgerator
TL;DR: The results add to the evidence that cryptic species are prevalent in tropical regions, a critical issue in efforts to document global species richness, and illustrate the value of DNA barcoding, especially when coupled with traditional taxonomic tools, in disclosing hidden diversity.
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DNA barcodes distinguish species of tropical Lepidoptera
TL;DR: It is shown that cytochrome c oxidase I DNA barcodes effectively discriminate among species in three Lepidoptera families from Area de Conservación Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica, suggesting DNA barcoding will significantly aid species identification and discovery in tropical settings.
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Integration of DNA Barcoding Into An Ongoing Inventory of Complex Tropical Biodiversity
Daniel H. Janzen,Winnie Hallwachs,Patrick Blandin,John M. Burns,Jean Marie Cadiou,Isidro Chacón,Tanya Dapkey,Andrew R. Deans,Marc E. Epstein,Bernardo Espinoza,John G. Franclemont,William A. Haber,Mehrdad Hajibabaei,Jason P. W. Hall,Paul D. N. Hebert,I. D. Gauld,Donald J. Harvey,Axel Hausmann,Ian J. Kitching,Don Lafontaine,Jean Fran Çois Landry,Claude Lemaire,Jacqueline Y. Miller,James Miller,Lee M. Miller,Scott E. Miller,Jose Montero,Eugene Munroe,Suzanne Rab Green,Sujeevan Ratnasingham,John E. Rawlins,Robert K. Robbins,Josephine J. Rodriguez,Rodolphe Rougerie,Michael J. Sharkey,M. Alex Smith,M. Alma Solis,J. Bolling Sullivan,Paul Thiaucourt,David B. Wahl,Susan J. Weller,James B. Whitfield,Keith R. Willmott,D. Monty Wood,Norman E. Woodley,John J. Wilson +45 more
TL;DR: Adding DNA barcoding to the inventory of the caterpillars, their food plants and parasitoids in northwestern Costa Rica has substantially improved the quality and depth of the inventory, and greatly multiplied the number of situations requiring further taxonomic work for resolution.
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Wedding biodiversity inventory of a large and complex Lepidoptera fauna with DNA barcoding
Daniel H. Janzen,Mehrdad Hajibabaei,John M. Burns,Winnie Hallwachs,Ed Remigio,Paul D. N. Hebert +5 more
TL;DR: The early stages of the use of cox1 barcoding to supplement and strengthen the taxonomic platform underpinning the inventory of thousands of sympatric species of caterpillars in tropical dry forest, cloud forest and rain forest in northwestern Costa Rica are described.
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DNA barcodes and cryptic species of skipper butterflies in the genus Perichares in Area de Conservación Guanacaste, Costa Rica
TL;DR: DNA barcodes can be used to identify cryptic species of skipper butterflies previously detected by classic taxonomic methods and to provide first clues to the existence of yet other cryptic species, and this complex likely includes still more species, whose exposure may require barcoding.