Presentations given by first author unless otherwise indicated.
*Student-involved research

  1. *Schaefer, L., N. Lemus, A. L. Dragon, C. CICERO, and Z. A. Cheviron. One does not simply fly into Mordor: Investigating avian physiology in the scar of a California megafire. Annual meeting of the American Ornithological Society, Estes Park, CO, 1-5 October 2024 [poster]
  2. *Laubstein, M., C. CICERO, P. Benham, L. Smith, M. Davila, E. Enbody, R. C. K. Bowie. Whole genome sequences corroborate deep split and cryptic variation in Steller’s Jays (Cyanocitta stelleri). Annual meeting of the American Ornithological Society, Estes Park, CO, 1-5 October 2024 [oral]
  3. *Tofflemire, M., P. Benham, C. CICERO, M. Davila, L. Smith, M. Nachman, R. C. K. Bowie, K. Burns. Whole genome phylogeography of the Wrentit (Chamaea fasciata). Annual meeting of the American Ornithological Society, Estes Park, CO, 1-5 October 2024 [oral]
  4. *Kirsch, E., A. Schultz, S. Edmands, P. Benham, C. CICERO, J. Walsh, R. C. K. Bowie. Evidence for recent inbreeding and historical bottlenecks in multiple threatened California Savannah Sparrow subspecies. Annual meeting of the American Ornithological Society, Estes Park, CO, 1-5 October 2024 [oral]
  5. *Mutchler, M., C. CICERO, R. C. K. Bowie, O. Gittings, and J. McCormack. Unravelling the mystery of the Mesoamerican Steller’s Jays (Cyanocitta stelleri) with phenotypic and genomic data. Annual meeting of the American Ornithological Society, Estes Park, CO, 1-5 October 2024 [oral]
  6. Benham, P. M., C. CICERO, E. D. Enbody, L. L. Smith, M. D. Davila, M. W. Nachman, and R. C. K. Bowie. Comparing spatial patterns of genetic diversity across three California quail species. Annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Albuquerque, NM, 21-25 June 2023 [oral]
  7. Mayfield-Meyer, T., S. Brady, C. CICERO, and E. Braker.Arctos Entities: Greater than the sum of their parts. Arctos Webinar Series, 8 November 2022 [webinar]
  8. *Schaefer, L. N., C. CICERO, P. M. Benham, L. Benedict, and R. C. K. Bowie. Like father, like song: Ancestry constrains song and morphology in Vireo and Pachysylvia. Annual meeting of the American Ornithological Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 27 June 2 July 2022 [oral]
  9. *Wait, D. R., C. CICERO, C. Jenkins, and R. C. K. Bowie. Is this a new beginning? Vocal discrimination in Spotted Towhees (Pipilo maculatus) across western North America. Annual meeting of the American Ornithological Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 27 June 2 July 2022 [oral]
  10. *Gittings, O. P., C. CICERO, A. G. Navarro-Sigüenza, and J. E. McCormack. Morphological variation in Mexican populations of the Steller’s Jay (Cyanocitta stelleri). Annual meeting of the American Ornithological Society, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 27 June 2 July 2022 [poster]
  11. C. Spencer, E. Braker, M. Campbell, C. CICERO, E. DeArmon, A. Doll, L. Frederick, J. T. Giermakowski, K. Hildebrandt, M. Koo, A. Linn, T. Mayfield-Meyer, C. Witt, and E. Wommack. Arctos: A Collaborative Collection Management Solution for Amphibian, Reptile and Fish Collections. Joint meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists, Spokane, WA, 27-31 July 2022 [poster]
  12. Castañeda, V. R., E. P. Westeen, J. Frederick, S. Amini, D. Wait, A. Achmadi, M. A. Bernal, R. Brown, R. A. Jimenez, R. Márquez, J. L. Parra, S. R. Ron, N. Andayani, E. Arida, U. Arifin, E. Bonaccorso, M. B. Sanguilai, J. Che, F. P. Condori, D. Hartiningtias, A. E. Hiller, D. Iskandar, Khelifa, J. G. Martínez-Fonseca, J. Peñalba, L. Pinto-García, O. Razafindratsima, S. Souza, J. Supriatna, J. A. McGuire, R. C. K. Bowie, C. CICERO, and R. D. Tarvin.  The fieldwork that we envision: A future of equitable field biology and reciprocity with local communities.  Annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Cleveland, OH, 24-28 Jun 2022 [oral, collaborative perspective]
  13. Bates, J., C. CICERO, and A. T. Peterson. Museums, biodiversity, and the digital data revolution: An ornithological perspective. Annual meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Tucson, AZ, 17-21 June 2022 [oral, invited symposium]
  14. M. Campbell, E. Braker, C. CICERO, E. S. DeArmon, A. Doll, L. Frederick, K. B.P. Hildebrandt, M. S. Koo, A. Linn, T. J. Mayfield-Meyer, C. L. Spencer, C. C. Witt, and E. A. Wommack. Arctos: A Collaborative Collection Management Solution. Annual meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Edinburgh, Scotland, 5-11 June 2022 [poster]
  15. Mayfield-Meyer, T., E. Braker, M. Campbell, C. CICERO, M. Koo, and D. McDonald. Arctos Entities: Greater than the sum of their parts. Virtual meeting on Digital Data in Biodiversity, 23-25 May 2022.
  16. *Schaefer, L. N., C. CICERO, P. M. Benham, L. Benedict, and R. C. K. Bowie. Relating song to morphology, ecology, and phylogeny in the genus Vireo. Annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, virtual due to COVID-19, 2-6 August 2021 [poster]
  17. *Schaefer, L. N., C. CICERO, P. M. Benham, L. Benedict, and R. C. K. Bowie. Relating song to morphology, ecology, and phylogeny in the genus Vireo. Annual meeting of the American Ornithological Society, virtual due to COVID-19, 9-14 August 2021 [poster]
  18. Bates, J. M., C. CICERO, A. T. Peterson, J. R. Wieczorek, and P. F. Zermoglio. Making bird specimen data more consistent, accessible, and informative. Annual meeting of the American Ornithological Society, virtual due to COVID-19, 9-14 August 2021 [oral, presented by A. T. Peterson]
  19. CICERO, C., A. T. Peterson, J. M. Bates, J. R. Wieczorek, P. F. Zermiglio. The dream: Consistent, usable, queriable data on birds of the world. Data Harmonization Workshop, virtual due to COVID-19, 22-26 February 2021 [oral]
  20. CICERO, C. and E. A. Wommack. Introduction to Arctos for bird and egg/nest specimens. Arctos Webinar Series, 10 November 2020 [webinar]
  21. Graham, B., C. CICERO, D. Strickland, J. Woods, H. Coneybeare, K. Dohms, I. Szabo, and T. Burg. Shades of grey? Cryptic genetic diversity and cytonuclear discordance characterize contact zones among Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) morphotypes in western North America. North American Ornithological Conference, virtual due to COVID-19, 10-15 August 2020 [poster]
  22. Campbell, M. L., C. CICERO, J. Demboski, K. B. P. Hildebrandt, and T. J. Mayfield-Meyer. Arctos: The community model for museum biorepositories. Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, virtual due to COVID-19, 8-12 June 2020 [oral]
  23. Campbell, M. L., D. McDonald, E. Hoberg, C. CICERO, and  J. Cook. Linking across collections: Host/parasite relationships. American Society of Mammalogists, virtual due to COVID-19, 5-9 June 2020 [oral]
  24. Graham, B., C. CICERO, D. Strickland, K. Dohms, J. Woods, H. Coneybeare, I. Szabo, and T. Burg. Shades of grey? Genetic structure of three Canada Jay (Perisoreus canadensis) morphotypes in contact zones in western North America. Annual meeting of the Society of Canadian Ornithologists, Quebec City, Canada, 27-30 August 2019 [oral]
  25. Campbell, M., C. CICERO, J. Cook, J. Demboski, D. McDonald, and C. Witt. Linking specimens to their data: A collaborative solution to integration and attribution. Symposium at the annual meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists, Washington, D.C., 28 June-2 July 2019 [oral, invited]
  26. *Wait, D. R., C. CICERO, A. Malik, R. C. K. Bowie. Geographic variation and speciation in Pipilo maculatus. Annual meeting of the American Ornithological Society, Anchorage, AK, 24-28 June 2019 [poster]
  27. *Wang-Claypool, C. Y., N. A. Mason, C. CICERO, and R. C. K. Bowie. Genetic connectivity and differentiation among Horned Larks (Eremophila alpestris) along an elevational gradient in the White Mountains of California. Annual meeting of the American Ornithological Society, Anchorage, AK, 24-28 June 2019 [oral]
  28. CICERO, C., N. A. Mason, R. A. Jimenez, D. R. Wait, C. Y. Wang-Claypool, and R. C. K. Bowie. Integrative approaches to species delimitation in birds. Annual meeting of the American Ornithological Society, Anchorage, AK, 24-28 June 2019 [oral, invited, symposium]
  29. Braker, E., M. Campbell, C. CICERO, J. Demboski, A. Doll, T. Giermakowski, K. Hildebrandt, M. Koo, A. Linn, T. Mayfield-Meyer, C. Spencer. Arctos: A Collaborative Collection Management Solution. Annual meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Chicago, IL, 25-31 May 2019 [poster]
  30. Koo, M., C. CICERO. Using QGIS to view, validate, and clean up localities in an accession. Arctos Webinar Series in collaboration with Integrated Digitized Biocollections, 14 May 2019 [webinar]
  31. Mayfield-Meyer, T., M. Campbell, K. Hildebrandt, C. CICERO, D. McDonald, J. Cook, and J. Demboski. Establishment of the Arctos-GGBN data pipeline. Annual meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections and Taxonomic Databases Working Group (Biodiversity Information Standards), Donedin, New Zealand, 25 August-2 September 2018 [oral]
  32. Koo, M., C. Spencer, C. CICERO, A. Linn. Arctos Open Office Hours. Arctos Webinar Series in collaboration with Integrated Digitized Biocollections, 12 Jun 2018 [webinar]
  33. Campbell, M., D. Bloom, C. CICERO, J. Cook, D. McDonald, and J. Wieczorek. Tying samples and organisms together across multiple collecting events: The challenge of integration and attribution across platforms. Biodiversity Collections Network Workshop: Data Integration and Attribution. Digital Data in Biodiversity Research Conference, Berkeley, CA, 4-6 June 2018.
  34. *Sanchez, K., L. Benedict, C. CICERO, and K. Fialko. Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) song characteristics at two time points across an urban gradient. Annual meeting of the American Ornithological Society, Tucson, AZ, 9-14 April 2018 [e-poster]
  35. *OONG, Z., C. CICERO, Z. R. Hanna, K. Feldheim, R. C. K. Bowie. Nuclear DNA supports mitochondrial and phenotypic divergence in Steller’s Jays (Cytanocitta stelleri). Annual meeting (Undergraduate Symposium of the American Ornithological Society, Tucson, AZ, 9-14 April 2018 [oral]
  36. Campbell, M., D. McDonald, E. Hoberg, C. CICERO, and J. Cook. Linking across collections: Host/parasite relationships. Meeting of the Biodiversity Collections Network, Lawrence KS, 13-14 February 2018.
  37. CICERO, C. and M. Koo. Transactions in Arctos (accessions, loans, permits). Arctos Webinar Series in collaboration with Integrated Digitized Biocollections, 14 November 2017 [webinar]
  38. Bloom, D., C. CICERO, J. Wieczorek, D. McDonald, and J. Cook. An example of synergy in data mobilization: The Arctos-VertNet nexus. Annual meeting of the Taxonomic Databases Working Group (Biodiversity Information Standards), Ottawa, Canada, 1-6 October 2017 [oral]
  39. CICERO, C., J. Cook, M. Campbell, K. Hildebrandt, T. Mayfield, and J. Wieczorek. The Arctos community model for sustaining and enriching access to biodiversity data. Annual meeting of the Taxonomic Databases Working Group (Biodiversity Information Standards), Ottawa, Canada, 1-6 October 2017 [oral, invited]
  40. CICERO, C., M. Campbell. Introduction to Arctos as a community-driven collection management system. Arctos Webinar Series in collaboration with Integrated Digitized Biocollections,  12 September 2017 [webinar]
  41. Hiller, A., C. CICERO, M. Albe, T. Barclay, C. Spencer, M. Koo, R. Bowie, and E. Lacey. Teaching natural history beyond the classroom: Looking back on 10 years of the MVZ Undergraduate Program. Centennial reunion of the Zoology 107/IB 104 class in Natural History of the Vertebrates,  Berkeley, CA, 9 September 2017 [oral]
  42. CICERO, C. and C. Jenkins. Song as a driver of reproductive isolation in Spotted Towhees (Pipilo maculatus). Annual meeting of the American Ornithological Society, East Lansing, MI, 31 July-5 August 2017 [oral]
  43. Fidler, C. and C. CICERO. Preserving and promoting access to field notes in natural history collections. Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Denver, CO, 18-24 June 2017.
  44. CICERO, C., J. Wieczorek, L. Russell, and D. Bloom. VertNet: Global Biodiversity Data for Research and Conservation. Global Genome Biodiversity Network, Washington, D. C., 11-13 April 2017 [oral, invited, workshop]
  45. CICERO, C., M. Campbell, and K. Hildebrandt. Curating and Publishing Genomic Data in Arctos: A Collaborative Solution for Museums and Researchers. Global Genome Biodiversity Network, Washington, D. C., 11-13 April 2017 [oral, invited, workshop]
  46. CICERO, C., C. Spencer, D. Bloom, M. Koo, R. Guralnick, J. Wieczorek, and L. Russell. VertNet: Advances in Biodiversity Discovery and Data Quality Improvement. North American Ornithological Conference, Washington, D. C., 16-20 August 2016 [oral, invited, co-organized symposium and roundtable discussion “Issues in Collections Management and Museum Science]
  47. CICERO, C. Arctos: A collaborative, cost-efficient solution for managing and publishing biodiversity data. North American Ornithological Conference, Washington, D. C., 16-20 August 2016 [oral, invited, co-organized symposium and roundtable discussion “Issues in Collections Management and Museum Science]
  48. *Hiller, A., C. CICERO, M. Albe, T. Barclay, C. Spencer, M. Koo, R. Bowie, and E. Lacey. Mutualism in museums: A 10-year retrospective on the MVZ Undergraduate Program. North American Ornithological Conference, Washington, D. C., 16-20 August 2016 [oral, invited; co-organized symposium and roundtable discussion “Integrating Natural History Collections into Undergraduate Education”]
  49. CICERO, C. The voucher nexus: Linking isotope data to museum specimens. IsoBank, Sevilleta Field Station, NM, 22-23 April 2016 [oral, invited, workshop]
  50. McDonald, D. and C. CICERO. Data migration from Excel: A brief introduction to Arctos. Integrated Digitized Biocollections Workshop, Berkeley, CA, 4-6 April 2016 [oral, invited, “Vertebrate Digitization Workshop Two]
  51. CICERO, C., C. Spencer, and C. Conroy. What to transcribe and database? Fully populated vs skeletal records. Integrated Digitized Biocollections Workshop, Berkeley, CA, 4-6 April 2016 [oral, invited, “Vertebrate Digitization Workshop Two]
  52. Benedict, L., C. CICERO, C. King, J. McEntee, and R. Bowie. Birdsong variation in relation to genetics and morphology across a hybrid zone. Winter Animal Behavior Conference, Winter Park, CO, 30 January-3 February 2016 [oral]
  53. CICERO, C. The value of digitizing bird collections. Integrated Digitized Biocollections Vertebrate Digitization Interest Group, 29 September 2015, Berkeley, CA [oral, invited, Webinar.
  54. CICERO, C., C. Spencer, D. Bloom, M. Koo, R. Guralnick, J. Wieczorek, and L. Russell. VertNet: Advances in Biodiversity Discovery and Data Quality Improvement. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union and Cooper Ornithological Society, Norman, OK, 28 July-2 August 2015 [oral]
  55. CICERO, C., C. Spencer, D. Bloom, M. Koo, R. Guralnick, J. Wieczorek, and L. Russell. VertNet: Advances in Biodiversity Discovery and Data Quality Improvement. Integrated Digitized Biocollections Workshop, Ithaca, NY, 4-7 May 2015 [oral, invited, “Strategies for Vertebrate Digitization Workshop”]
  56. *King, C., C. CICERO, L. Benedict, and B. Karin. Cultural evolution in Bell’s and Sagebrush Sparrows (Artemisiospiza belli and A. nevadensis): Does song reflect phylogeny and ecology? Annual meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology, West Palm Beach, FL, 3-7 January 2015 [poster]
  57. *Walsh, S., K. Burns, and C. CICERO. Genetic and phenotypic divergence of the Spotted Towhee (Pipilo maculatus) on the California Channel Islands. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Cooper Ornithological Society, and Society of Canadian Ornithologists, Estes Park, CO, 23-28 September 2014 [oral]
  58. *CICERO, C., L. Benedict, C. King, and B. Karin. Cultural evolution in Bell’s and Sagebrush Sparrows (Artemisiospiza belli and A. nevadensis): Does song reflect phylogeny and ecology? Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Cooper Ornithological Society, and Society of Canadian Ornithologists, Estes Park, CO, 23-28 September 2014 [oral]
  59. *Schrage, A. and C. CICERO. Geographic and temporal variation in songs of Baeolophus inornatus and B. ridgwayi. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Cooper Ornithological Society, and Society of Canadian Ornithologists, Estes Park, CO, 23-28 September 2014 [oral]
  60. CICERO, C., L. Olson, J. Cook, M. Koo, D. McDonald, and G. Jarrell. Arctos: A collaborative, cost-efficient solution for managing and publishing biodiversity data in collections of all sizes. Annual meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Cardiff, Wales, 22-27 June 2014 [oral, invited, symposium “Recruiting, Retaining, and Supporting Small Collections in Biodiversity Digitization Initiatives”]
  61. CICERO, C., C. Fidler, M. Koo, and K. Dodd. Uncovering and integrating archives for multidisciplinary research at the MVZ. Annual meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Cardiff, Wales, 22-27 June 2014 [oral, invited]
  62. CICERO, C., C. Spencer, M. Koo, D. Bloom, R. Guralnick, J. Wieczorek, and L. Russell. VertNet: Biodiversity Data in the Cloud. MVZ Lunch Series in Evolutionary Biology, Berkeley, CA, 4 September 2013 [oral]
  63. *Gowen, F., J. McCormack, and C. CICERO. Genetic structure in Western Scrub-jays. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union and Cooper Ornithological Society, Chicago, IL 12-17 August 2013 [poster]
  64. *Jimenez, R., J. Ornelas, and C. CICERO. Blue-tailed Hummingbird might be a hybrid species. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union and Cooper Ornithological Society, Chicago, IL, 12-17 August 2013 [oral]
  65. CICERO, C., C. Spencer, M. Koo, D. Bloom, R. Guralnick, A. Steele, J. Wieczorek, L. Russell, J. Otegui, D. Vieglais, H. Bart, and N. Rios. VertNet and Big Data; Visualizing birds in the cloud. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union and Cooper Ornithological Society, Chicago, IL, 12-17 August 2013 [oral, invited, symposium “The Extended Specimen: Emerging Frontiers in Collections-based Ornithological Research”]
  66. *Kingston, S., T. Parchman, Z. Gompert, C. A. Buerkle, C. CICERO, J. Klicka, and M. Braun. Hybridization, introgression and differentiation on a continental scale: Genome-wide sequence analysis in Pipilo maculatus. Annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Evolution, Snowbird, UT, 21-25 June 2013 [oral]
  67. *Karin, B., C. CICERO, and R. Bowie. Song comparison of two Amphispiza belli subspecies. North American Ornithological Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, 14-18 August 2012 [poster]
  68. Spencer, C., C. CICERO, M. Koo, N. Rios, D. Bloom, and J. Wieczorek. Lessons learned from HerpNET and VertNet: Collaborative georeferencing and data quality improvement in natural history collections. World Congress of Herpetology, Vancouver, British Columbia, 8-14 August 2012 [oral, invited]
  69. CICERO, C., C. Spencer, J. Wieczorek, N. Rios, and H. Bart. VertNet Round Table. North American Ornithological Conference and World Congress of Herpetology, Vancouver, British Columbia, 14 August 2012 [oral]
  70. CICERO, C., C. Spencer, D. Bloom, M. Koo, R. Guralnick, A. Steele, J. Wieczorek, N. Rios, H. Bart, D. Vieglais, and L. Russell. Vertebrates in the cloud: Are we there yet? North American Ornithological Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, 14-18 August 2012 [oral]
  71. CICERO, C., M. Koo, and C. Spencer. Arctos: A Collaborative Collection Management Information System. Seminar Series in Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, CA, 7 September 2011 [live demo]
  72. Koo, M., C. Spencer, C. CICERO, G. Jarrell, and D. McDonald. Arctos: A Collaborative Collection Management Information System. Annual meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, San Francisco, CA, 21-28 May 2011 [live demo]
  73. Spencer, C., M. Koo. D. Bloom, C. CICERO, J. Wieczorek, R.Guralnick, A. T. Peterson, L. Russell, D. Vieglais, N. Rios, and H. Bart. VertNet: Distributed databases with backbone. Annual meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, San Francisco, CA, 21-28 May 2011 [poster]
  74. C. CICERO, C. Spencer, M. Koo, D. Bloom. J. Wieczorek, A. Steele, R. Guralnick, D. Vieglais, A. T. Peterson, L. Russell, H. Bart, and N. Rios. VertNet: Distributed databases with backbone. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Jacksonville, FL, 24-29 July 2011 [poster]
  75. *C. CICERO, P. van Els,, and J. Klicka. Phylogeographic variation in the Gray Jay: A widespread boreal corvid. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Jacksonville, FL, 24-29 July 2011 [oral]
  76. 2011. ckert-Bond, S., C. CICERO, J. Cook, S. Edwards, and E. Lacey. AIM-UP! A research coordinating network to increase the use of museum collections in undergraduate education. Botany conference, St. Louis, MO, 9-13 Jul 2011 [poster]
  77. Smith, A., Rauri Bowie, C. CICERO, C. Conroy, P. Epanchin, J. Patton, M. Koo, T. Morelli, K. Rowe, K. Rowe, E. Rubidge, M. Tingley, and C. Moritz. Predicting the ranges of species across time spans relevant to conservation: Species distribution modeling of vertebrates observed by Joseph Grinnell and contemporary resurveys. Annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America, Pittsburgh, PA, 1-6 August 2010 [oral]
  78. C. CICERO. Molecular, morphological, and ecological divergence in the Sage Sparrow (Amphispiza belli). Seminar series in Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, CA, 21 April 2010 [oral]
  79. C. CICERO, R. Bowie, M. Koo, Z. R Hannah, and S. Palida. Phylogeography of the Sage Sparrow (Amphispiza belli): Microsatellite and GIS analyses. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Cooper Ornithological Society, and Society of Canadian Ornithologists, San Diego, CA, 7-11 February 2010 [oral]
  80. C. CICERO, H. Constable, A. T. Peterson, and J. Wieczorek. ORNIS: Current status, research uses, and future directions. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Cooper Ornithological Society, and Society of Canadian Ornithologists, San Diego, CA, 7-11 February 2010 [poster]
  81. *Hanna, Z., C. CICERO, and R. Bowie. Phylogeography of the Orange-crowned Warbler (Vermivora celata). Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Cooper Ornithological Society, and Society of Canadian Ornithologists, Portland, OR, 4-9 August 2008 [oral]
  82. C. CICERO. A primer on recording field data, with an emphasis on good versus bad localities. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Cooper Ornithological Society, and Society of Canadian Ornithologists, Portland, OR, 4-9 August 2008 [oral, invited, co-organized symposium “A Beginner’s Guide to Collecting and Preparing Museum Specimens”]
  83. C. CICERO. The Grinnell Resurvey Project: A century of avifaunal change in California. Annual meeting of the Western Field Ornithologists’, San Mateo, CA, 11 October 2008 [oral, invited, keynote address]
  84. C. CICERO. The significance of subspecies: A case study of Sage Sparrows (Amphispiza belli). Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Cooper Ornithological Society, and Society of Canadian Ornithologists, Portland, OR, 4-9 August 2008 [oral, invited, coordinated session on subspecies]
  85. C. CICERO, M. Koo, G. Spellman, K. Winker, and J. Klicka. Linking phylogeography and distributional ecology. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Cooper Ornithological Society, and Society of Canadian Ornithologists, Portland, OR, 4-9 August 2008 [oral, invited, co-organized symposium “New Answers from Old Specimens”]
  86. Spellman, G. M., C. CICERO, K. Winker, and J. Klicka. Clarifying the evolutionary history of a morphologically diverse species: Phylogeography of the Steller’s Jay. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Laramie, WY, 9-11 August 2007 [oral]
  87. CICERO, C. ORNIS: A Network of Avian Information for the 21st Century. Zoology seminar series, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 31 October 2006 [oral, invited]
  88. CICERO, C., J. D. Rising, and L. Benedict. Phylogeny of Aimophila sparrows, an unnatural assemblage: Insight into morphology, ecology, and behavior. North American Ornithological Conference, Veracruz, Mexico, 2-7 October 2006 [oral]
  89. Peterson, A. T., and C. CICERO. ORNIS. Presentation and roundtable discussion at the International Ornithological Congress, Hamburg, Germany, 13-19 August 2006 [oral]
  90. CICERO, C., M. Koo, A. T. Peterson, and J. Wieczorek. The ORNIS network: A distributed database resource with tools for the ornithological community. International Ornithological Congress, Hamburg, Germany, 13-19 August 2006 [poster]
  91. Conroy, C. and C. CICERO. The Digital Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. Annual meeting of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, Albuquerque, NM, 23-27 May 2006 [oral, invited, Arctos workshop]
  92. CICERO, C. and A. Steele. The Digital MVZ Project. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Santa Barbara, CA, 23-27 August 2005 [oral, invited, co-organized symposium “Increasing Access to Avian Biodiversity Data”]
  93. CICERO, C. and N. K. Johnson. Geographic variation and secondary contact in the Sage Sparrow complex. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Santa Barbara, CA, 23-27 August 2005 [oral, invited, co-organized symposium “Festschrift to Ned K. Johnson: Perspectives on Geographic Variation, Speciation, and Evolution in Birds”]
  94. Remsen, J. V., Jr. and C. CICERO. A tribute to the career of Ned K. Johnson: Leadership by meticulous example. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Santa Barbara, CA, 23-27 August 2005 [oral, invited, co-organized symposium “Festschrift to Ned K. Johnson: Perspectives on Geographic Variation, Speciation, and Evolution in Birds”]
  95. CICERO, C. The legacy of Joseph Grinnell in ornithology. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Santa Barbara, CA, 23-27 August 2005 [oral, invited, plenary]
  96. CICERO C., A. T. Peterson, and J. Wieczorek. The ORNIS network: data and tools for the ornithological community. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Quebec City, Canada, 16-21 August 2004 [oral]
  97. Johnson, N. K. and C. CICERO. The over-estimation of speciation times in modern birds. North American Ornithological Conference, New Orleans, LA, 24-28 September 2002 [oral]
  98. CICERO, C. and N. K. Johnson. The role of ecologic diversification in sibling speciation of Empidonax flycatchers: Multigene evidence from mtDNA. North American Ornithological Conference, New Orleans, LA, 24-28 September 2002 [oral]
  99. CICERO, C., A. T. Peterson, and A. G. Navarro-Siguenza. Sound recordings, distributed diversity databases, and ecological niche modeling: New tools create new functionalities. North American Ornithological Conference, New Orleans, LA, 24-28 September 2002 [oral, invited, symposium]
  100. C. CICERO. Decision-making by the AOU Committee on Classification and Nomenclature. Mt. Diablo Audubon Society, Walnut Creek, CA, 5 September 2002 [oral, invited]
  101. C. CICERO and N. K. Johnson. Empidonax flycatchers: If you’ve seen one, you haven’t seen them all. Seminar series in Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, CA, 23 January 2002 [oral]
  102. CICERO, C. and N. K. Johnson. Mosaic patterns of evolution in the Sage Sparrow complex. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union and Society of Canadian Ornithologists, Seattle, WA, 15-18 August 2001 [oral]
  103. CICERO, C., C. Moritz, and J. Wieczorek. The MVZ tissue collection: 28 years of experience. Annual meeting of the Association of Systematics Collections, Chicago, IL, 8-9 June 2001 [oral, invited]
  104. CICERO, C. Splits, lumps and new species: What’s going on? Golden Gate Audubon Society, Berkeley, CA, 19 April 2001 [oral, invited]
  105. CICERO, C. Molecular, morphologic, and ecological correlates of a secondary contact zone in titmice. Seminar series in Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, CA, 20 September 2000 [oral]
  106. CICERO, C. and N. K. Johnson. Molecular phylogeny of Empidonax flycatchers and their relatives using mitochondrial DNA sequences. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Society of Canadian Ornithologists, and British Ornithologists’ Union, St. John’s, Newfoundland, 14-19 August 2000 [oral]
  107. CICERO, C. Molecular, morphologic, and ecological correlates of a secondary contact zone in titmice. Sonoma State University Biology Colloquium, Rohnert Park, CA, 29 February 2000 [oral, invited]
  108. CICERO, C. Species of birds in theory and practice. Rio Grande Valley Birding Festival, Harlingen, TX, 10 November 1999 [oral, invited]
  109. CICERO, C. and N. K. Johnson. Effects of molecular character and taxon sampling on phylogenetic resolution of higher level relationships of vireos and shrikes. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Ithaca, NY, 10-14 August 1999 [oral]
  110. CICERO, C. Song variation in insular populations of montane Lincoln’s Saprrows. Seminar series in Evolutionary Biology, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, CA, 30 September 1998 [oral]
  111. Johnson, N.K., J. V. Remsen, Jr. and C. CICERO. Resolution of the debate over species concepts in ornithology: A new comprehensive biologic species concept. International Ornithological Congress, Durban, South Africa, 16-22 August [oral, invited, symposium “Species Concepts”]
  112. CICERO, C. and Z. Morgan Benowitz-Fredericks. Song structure and variation in insular populations of montane Lincoln’s Sparrows (Melospiza lincolnii alticola). North American Ornithological Conference, St. Louis, MO, 6-12 April 1998 [oral]
  113. Johnson, N. K., J. V. Remsen, and C. CICERO. The relevance of avian systematic methodology to conservation biology: Defining endangered subspecies of the Least Tern. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Minneapolis, MN, 13-16 August 1997 [oral]
  114. CICERO, C. Evidence for essential reproductive isolation of Oak and Juniper titmice. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Minneapolis, MN, 13-16 August 1997 [oral]
  115. CICERO, C. and N. K. Johnson. Higher category relationships of vireos (Aves: Vireonidae) as inferred from complete mtDNA sequences of the cytochrome b gene. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Boise, ID, 13-17 August 1996 [oral]
  116. CICERO, C. and N. K. Johnson. Relationships of species complexes of vireos: An mtDNA perspective. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Cincinnati, OH, 15-19 August [oral]
  117. Johnson, N. K. and C. CICERO. Macrogeographic patterns of genetic variation in the Vireo solitarius complex. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Cincinnati, OH, 15-19 August [oral]
  118. CICERO, C. and N. K. Johnson. Mitochondrial DNA divergence at the cytochrome b locus in sapsuckers. International Ornithological Congress, Vienna, Austria, 20-25 Aug 1994 [oral, invited, symposium “Avian Molecular Systematics and Evolution”]
  119. CICERO, C. and N. K. Johnson. Relationships among sapsuckers based on mtDNA sequences at the cytochrome b locus. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Cooper Ornithological Society, and Wilson Ornithological Society, Missoula, MT, 21-26 June 1994 [oral]
  120. *CICERO, C. Morphologic and molecular variation in titmice: Cryptic patterns and their evolutionary significance. California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA, 31 March 1994 [oral, invited]
  121. *CICERO, C. Cryptic variation and its evolutionary significance in the Plain Titmouse (Parus inornatus) complex. Department of Integrative Biology seminar, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 31 January 1994 [oral, invited]
  122. *CICERO, C. Macrogeographic differentiation in mtDNA sequences of western titmouse populations. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Fairbanks, AK, 8-12 June 1993 [oral]
  123. *CICERO, C. Genic variation, population structure, and gene flow in the Plain Titmouse (Parus inornatus) complex. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, Montreal, Canada, 14-17 August 1991 [oral]
  124. Johnson, N. K. and C. CICERO. Mitochondrial DNA sequence variability in two species of sparrows of the genus Amphispiza. International Ornithological Congress, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2-9 Dec. 1990 [oral, invited]
  125. *CICERO, C. Avian community structure in a large urban park: controls of local richness and diversity. Annual meeting of the American Ornithologists’ Union, San Francisco, CA, 10-13 August 1987 [poster]
  126. Johnson, N. K. and C. CICERO. Richness and distribution of montane avifaunas in the White-Inyo Region, California. University of California White Mountain Research Station Symposium, Bishop, CA, 23-25 August 1985 [oral, invited]

Featured image: Spectrogram showing complex song of Spotted Towhee. Image courtesy of Colin Jenkins.