| Zink, R.M. 2021. Considering the use of the Terms Strain and Adaptation in Prion Research. Heliyon. 7, e06801. | Online |
| Russ, G. M., and R. M. Zink. (2020) Age and sex Ratios for selected passerines killed in window collisions. Wils. J. Ornithology. | |
| Vázquez-Miranda, H. and Zink, R.M.(2020) Geographic Distribution of Chronic Wasting Disease Resistant Alleles in Nebraska, with Comments on the Evolution of Resistance. Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management, 11(1), pp.46-55. | Online |
| Zink RM, Botero-Cañola S, Martinez H,Herzberg KM (2020) Niche modeling reveals life history shifts in birds at La Brea over the last twenty millennia. PLoS ONE 15(1): e0227361.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227361 | Online |
| Zink, R. M. (2020) Genetic and evolutionary considerations of the chronic wasting disease – human species barrier. Infection, Genetics and Evolution. Vol. 84. 104484 | |
| Zink, R. M., M. J. Olson, H. Vazquez-Miranda. (2020) Evolutionary origin and genetic diversity of ring-necked pheasants (Phasianus colchicus) in the Upper Midwest. Wildlife Society Bulletin 44:246-251. | Online |
| Zink, R.M., Najar, N., Vazquez-Miranda, H., Buchanan, B., Loy, J., Brodersen, B.W. 2020. Geographic Variation in the PRNP Gene and its Promoter, and their Relationship to Chronic Wasting Disease in North American Deer. PRION Vol. 14, No. 1:185-192. | Online |
| Hill, G. E. and R. M. Zink. (2018) Hybrid speciation in birds, with special reference to Darwin's finches. J. Avian Biology, e01879 doi: 10.1111/jav.01879. | Online |
| Hung, C.-H., R. M. Zink S.‐H. Li. (2018) Can genomic variation explain the extinction of the passenger pigeon? J. Avian Biology e01858, doi: 10.1111/jav.01858. | Online |
| Zink, R. M. (2018)The Three Minute Outdoorsman Returns. Univ. Neb.
Press. | |
| Zink, R. M. and G. V. Voelker. (2018) Distribution of the world’s birds, an evolutionary and ecological perspective. Pp. 61-94 in Morrison et al. (eds.) Ornithology, Johns Hopkins Univ. Press. | |
| Zink, R. M. and H. Vázquez-Miranda. (2018) Species limits and phylogenomic relationships of Darwin’s finches remain unresolved: potential consequences of a volatile ecological setting. Systematic Biology. 68(2):347-357. DOI:10.1093/sysbio/syy073 | |
| Zink, R. M. and J. Klicka. (2018) Species concepts and speciation analysis. Pp. 39-60 in Morrison et al. (eds.) Ornithology, Johns Hopkins Univ. Press | |
| Hung, C.-M., S. Drovetski, and R. M. Zink. (2017)The roles of ecology, behavior and effective population size in the evolution of a community. Molecular Ecology. 26(14):3775-3784. | Online |
| Vázquez-Miranda, H., J. A. Griffin, J. M. Sheppard, J. M. Herman, R. M. Zink. (2017) Rates of morphological and molecular evolution and their consequences for taxonomy in the LeConte’s Thrasher (Toxostoma lecontei). J. Avian Biology. | |
| Zink, R.M. and Gardner, A.S. (2017) Glaciation as a migratory switch. Science advances 3(9), p.e1603133. | Online |
| Barrowclough GF, Cracraft J, Klicka J, Zink RM (2016) How Many Kinds of Birds Are There and Why Does It Matter? PLoS ONE 11(11): e0166307. | Online |
| Hung, C. M., Drovetski, S. V., and Zink, R. M. (2016) Matching loci surveyed to questions asked in phylogeography. In Proc. R. Soc. B (Vol. 283, No. 1826, p. 20152340). The Royal Society. | |
| Zink, R. M. (2106) Current Topics in Avian Conservation Genetics with Special Reference to the Southwestern Willow Flycatcher. The Open Ornithology Journal 9: 60-69. | Online |
| Zink, R. M., & E. F. Stuber. 2016. No relationship between brain size and risk of being shot in hunted birds: a response to Moller and Erritzoe. Biology Letters, 13(5). | Online |
| Zink, R.M., Groth, J. G., Vázquez-Miranda, H., and Barrowclough, G.F.(2016) Geographic variation, null hypotheses and subspecies limits in the California gnatcatcher: a response to McCormack and Maley. The Auk 133:59-68. | Online |
| McKay, B. D. and R. M. Zink. 2015. Sisyphean evolution in Darwin's finches. Biological Reviews 90:689-698. | Online |
| Hung, C.-M., Shaner, P. J. L., Zink, R. M., Liu, W. C., Chu, T. C., Huang, W. S., & Li, S. H. 2014. Drastic population fluctuations explain the rapid extinction of the passenger pigeon. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 111:10636-10641. | Online |
| Zink, R. M. 2014. Homage to Hutchinson, and the role of ecology in lineage divergence and speciation. J. Biogeography 41:999-1006. | Online |
| Zink, R.M., Groth, J. G., Vázquez-Miranda, H., & Barrowclough, G.F. 2014. Phylogeography of the California gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica) using multilocus DNA sequences and ecological niche modeling: implications for conservation. Auk 130:449-458 | Online |
| Hung, C.-M., S. V. Drovetski, & R. M. Zink. 2013. Multilocus coalescence analyses support a mtdna-based phylogeographic history for a widespread Palearctic passerine bird, Sitta europaea. Evolution 66-9: 2850-2864. | Online |
| Arnold, T. W. & R. M. Zink. 2011. Structural collision mortality does not affect long-term avian population trends. PlosOne PLoS ONE 6(9): e24708. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0024708 | Online |
| Zink, R. M. 2011. The evolution of avian migration. Biol. J. Linnaean Society. 104:237-250. | Online |
| McKay, B. D. and R. M. Zink. 2010. The causes of mitochondrial DNA gene tree paraphyly in birds. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 54: 647-650. | Online |
| Zink, R. M. & G. F. Barrowclough. 2008. Mitochondrial DNA under siege in avian phylogeography. Molecular Ecology 17:2107-2121. | Online |
| Zink, R. M. 2004. The role of subspecies in obscuring biological diversity and misleading conservation policy. Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. B. 271:561-564. | Online |