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Helen James
Research Zoologist and Curator of BirdsDepartment / Division
Education
- B.A., University of Arkansas
- D.Phil., Oxford University
Research Interests
Systematics, morphology, and fossil record of birds; island biogeography and paleoecology; ecological effects of humans in island and marine systems
Publications
Journal Article
- Leonard, Marty, Hauber, Mark, James, Helen F., Williams, Tony D., and Wiebe, Karen. 2023. "2023 AOS Loye and Alden Miller Research Award to Vicki Friesen." Ornithological Applications, https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duad039.
- Leonard, Marty, Hauber, Mark, James, Helen F., Williams, Tony D., and Wiebe, Karen. 2023. "2023 AOS William Brewster Memorial Award to Cristina Yumi Miyaki and Maren Vitousek." Ornithology, 140, (4) 1–2. https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukad039.
- Mosleh, Salem, Choi, Gary P. T., Musser, Grace M., James, Helen F., Abzhanov, Arhat, and Mahadevan, L. 2023. "Beak morphometry and morphogenesis across avian radiations." Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences, 290, (2007) 20230420. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0420.
- Leonard, Marty, Hauber, Mark, James, Helen F., Williams, Tony D., and Wiebe, Karen. 2023. "2023 AOS Elliott Coues Award to Gregory F. Ball and Jacques Balthazart." Ornithology, https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukad040.
- Fleischer, Robert C., Campana, Michael G., and James, Helen F. 2022. "Hawaiian songbird radiations." Current Biology, 32, (20) R1070–R1072. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.057.
- Leonard, Marty, Hauber, Mark, James, Helen F., Williams, Tony D., and Wiebe, Karen. 2022. "2022 AOS Loye and Alden Miller Research Award to John Wingfield." Ornithological Applications, 124, (4). https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithapp/duac028.
- Leonard, Marty, Hauber, Mark, James, Helen F., Williams, Tony D., and Wiebe, Karen. 2022. "2022 AOS Elliott Coues Award to Bruce Lyon and Bridget Stutchbury." Ornithology, 139, (4). https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukac036.
- Leonard, Marty, Hauber, Mark, James, Helen F., Williams, Tony D., and Wiebe, Karen. 2022. "2022 AOS William Brewster Memorial Award to Roxana Torres and Amanda Rodewald." Ornithology, 139, (4). https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukac035.
- Leonard, Marty, Hauber, Mark, James, Helen F., Williams, Tony D., and Wiebe, Karen. 2022. "2022 AOS Ralph W. Schreiber Conservation Award to David Ainley and to Lindsay Young and Eric VanderWerf." Ornithology, 139, (4). https://doi.org/10.1093/ornithology/ukac037.
- Obiol, Joan Ferrer, James, Helen F., Chesser, R. Terry, Bretagnolle, Vincent, Gonzalez-Solis, Jacob, Rozas, Julio, Welch, Andreanna J., and Riutort, Marta. 2022. "Palaeoceanographic changes in the late Pliocene promoted rapid diversification in pelagic seabirds." Journal of Biogeography, 49, (1) 171–188. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.14291.
- Obiol, Joan Ferrer, James, Helen F., Chesser, R. Terry, Bretagnolle, Vincent, González-Solís, Jacob, Rozas, Julio, Riutort, Marta, and Welch, Andreanna J. 2021. "Integrating Sequence Capture and Restriction Site-Associated DNA Sequencing to Resolve Recent Radiations of Pelagic Seabirds." Systematic Biology, 70, (5) 976–996. https://doi.org/10.1093/sysbio/syaa101.
- Douglass, Kristina, Bulathsinhala, Priyangi, Feo, Teresa J., Tighe, Tim, Whittaker, Scott, Brand, Zanell, James, Helen F., and Rick, Torben. 2021. "Modeling avian eggshell microstructure to predict ontogenetic age and reveal patterns of human-avifauna interaction." Journal of Archaeological Science, 133. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2021.105442.
- Early, Catherine M., Morhardt, Ashley C., Cleland, Timothy P., Milensky, Christopher M., Kavich, Gwénaëlle M., and James, Helen F. 2020. "Chemical effects of diceCT staining protocols on fluid-preserved avian specimens." PLOS One, 15, (9) Article e0238783. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0238783.
- James, Helen F. 2020. "The Irvingtonian Avifauna of Cumberland Bone Cave, Maryland." Zootaxa, 4772, (1) 111–131. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4772.1.4.
- Morra, Kaycee E., Chikaraishi, Yoshito, James, Helen F., Rossman, Sam, Wiley, Anne E., and Ostrom, Peggy H. 2020. "Seasonality of decadal-scale trophic declines and nutrient regime shifts in the Laysan albatross and Newell's shearwater." Marine Ecology Progress Series, 654 163–175. https://doi.org/10.3354/meps13504.
- Lavretsky, Philip, McInerney, Nancy Rotzel, Mohl, Jonathon E., Brown, Joshua I., James, Helen F., McCracken, Kevin G., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2019. "Assessing Changes in Genomic Divergence Following a Century of Human Mediated Secondary Contact among Wild and Captive-bred Ducks." Molecular ecology, 28, (24). https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15343.
- Morra, Kaycee E., Chikaraishi, Yoshito, Gandhi, Hasand, James, Helen F., Rossman, Sam, Wiley, Anne E., Raine, Andre F., Beck, Jessie, and Ostrom, Peggy H. 2019. "Trophic declines and decadal-scale foraging segregation in three pelagic seabirds." Oecologia, 189, (2) 395–406. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-018-04330-8.
- Wiley, Anne E., Rossman, Sam, Ostrom, Peggy H., France, Christine A. M., Penniman, Jay, Bailey, Cathleen, Duvall, Fern, Zipkin, Elise F., and James, Helen F. 2019. "From ecologically equivalent individuals to contrasting colonies: quantifying isotopic niche and individual foraging specialization in an endangered oceanic seabird." Marine Biology, 166, (3). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-019-3483-7.
- Morra, Kaycee E., Wiley, Anne E., James, Helen F., Dutcher, Alex, and Ostrom, Peggy H. 2018. "Influence of Feather Selection and Sampling Protocol on Interpretations of Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) Nonbreeding Season Foraging Habits from Stable Isotope Analysis." Waterbirds, 41, (1) 93–100. https://doi.org/10.1675/063.041.0113.
- Ostrom, Peggy H., Wiley, Anne E., James, Helen F., Rossman, Sam, Walker, William A., Zipkin, Elise F., and Chikaraishi, Yoshito. 2017. "Broad-scale trophic shift in the pelagic North Pacific revealed by an oceanic seabird." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 284, (1851). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2016.2436.
- Tokita, Masayoshi, Yano, Wataru, James, Helen F., and Abzhanov, Arhat. 2017. "Cranial shape evolution in adaptive radiations of birds: comparative morphometrics of Darwin's finches and Hawaiian honeycreepers." Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, 372, (1713). https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2015.0481.
- Danner, Raymond M., Gulson-Castillo, Eric, James, Helen F., Dzielski, Sarah A., Frank, David C., Sibbald, Eric T., and Winkler, David W. 2016. "Habitat-specific divergence of air conditioning structures in bird bills." The Auk, 134, (1) 65–75. https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-16-107.1.
- Linderholm, Anna, Spencer, Daisy, Battista, Vincent, Frantz, Laurent, Barnett, Ross, Fleischer, Robert C., James, Helen F., Duffy, Dave, Sparks, Jed P., Clements, David R., Andersson, Leif, Dobney, Keith, Leonard, Jennifer A., and Larson, Greger. 2016. "A novel MC1R allele for black coat colour reveals the Polynesian ancestry and hybridization patterns of Hawaiian feral pigs." Royal Society Open Science, 3, (9). https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160304.
- Thomas, Daniel B. and James, Helen F. 2016. "Nondestructive Raman spectroscopy confirms carotenoid-pigmented plumage in the Pink-headed Duck." The Auk, 133, (2) 147–154. https://doi.org/10.1642/AUK-15-152.1.
- Hailer, Frank, James, Helen F., Olson, Storrs L., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2015. "Distinct and extinct: Genetic differentiation of the Hawaiian eagle." Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 83 40–43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2014.11.005.
- Langenwalter, P. E. and James, Helen F. 2015. "Extinct and extirpated birds and other vertebrates in the faunal assemblage of Halawa Cave, a rockshelter in North Halawa Valley, O`ahu, Hawai`i." Hawaiian Archaeology, 14 65–78.
- Meijer, Hanneke J. M., Tocheri, Matthew W., Due, Rokus Awe, Sutikna, Thomas, Wahyu Saptomo, E., and James, Helen F. 2015. "Continental-style avian extinctions on an oceanic island." Palaeogeography palaeoclimatology palaeoecology, 429 163–170. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2015.03.041.
- Ostrom, Peggy H., Wiley, Anne E., Rossman, Sam, Stricker, Craig A., and James, Helen F. 2014. "Unexpected hydrogen isotope variation in oceanic pelagic seabirds." Oecologia, 175, (4) 1227–1235. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-014-2985-8.
- Rocha, L. A., Aleixo, A., Allen, G., Almeda, F., Baldwin, Carole C., Barclay, M. V. L., Bates, J. M., Bauer, A. M., Benzoni, F., Berns, C. M., Berumen, M. L., Blackburn, D. C., Blum, S., Bolanos, F., Bowie, R. C. K., Britz, R., Brown, R. M., Cadena, C. D., Carpenter, K., Ceriaco, L. M., Chakrabarty, P., Chaves, G., Choat, J. H., Clements, K. D., Collette, Bruce B. et al. 2014. "Specimen collection: An essential tool." Science, 344, (6186) 814–815. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.344.6186.814.
- Thomas, Daniel B., McGraw, Kevin J., Butler, Michael W., Carrano, Matthew T., Madden, Odile, and James, Helen F. 2014. "Ancient origins and multiple appearances of carotenoid-pigmented feathers in birds." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281, (1788). https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.0806.
- Thomas, Daniel B., McGraw, Kevin J., James, Helen F., and Madden, Odile. 2014. "Non-destructive descriptions of carotenoids in feathers using Raman spectroscopy." Analytical Methods, (5) 1301–1308. https://doi.org/10.1039/C3AY41870G.
- Thomas, Daniel B., Nascimbene, Paul C., Dove, Carla J., Grimaldi, David A., and James, Helen F. 2014. "Seeking carotenoid pigments in amber-preserved fossil feathers." Scientific Reports, 4. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep05226.
- Meijer, Hanneke J. M., Sutikna, Thomas, Saptomo, E. Wahyu, Awe, Rokhus Due, Jatmiko, Wasisto, Sri, James, Helen F., Morwood, Michael J., and Tocheri, Matthew W. 2013. "Late Pleistocene-Holocene non-passerine avifauna of Liang Bua (Flores, Indonesia)." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 33, (4) 877–894. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2013.746941.
- Thomas, Daniel B., McGoverin, C. M., McGraw, K. J., James, Helen F., and Madden, Odile. 2013. "Vibrational spectroscopic analyses of unique yellow feather pigments (spheniscins) in penguins." Journal of the Royal Society, Interface, 10, (83) 20121065–20121065. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2012.1065.
- Wiley, Anne E., Ostrom, Peggy H., Welch, Andreanna J., Fleischer, Robert C., Gandhi, Hasand, Southon, John R., Stafford, Thomas W., Penniman, Jay F., Hu, Darcy, Duvall, Fern P., and James, Helen F. 2013. "Millennial-scale isotope records from a wide-ranging predator show evidence of recent human impact to oceanic food webs." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 110, (22) 8972–8977. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1300213110.
- Thomas, Daniel B., James, Helen F., Carrano, Matthew T., and Madden, Odile. 2012. "Searching for Evidence of Fossil Feather Color with Spectroscopy." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 32 183–184.
- Welch, Andreanna J., Fleischer, Robert C., James, Helen F., Wiley, A. E., Ostrom, P. H., Adams, J., Duvall, F., Holmes, N., Hu, D., Penniman, J., and Swindle, K. A. 2012. "Population divergence and gene flow in an endangered and highly mobile seabird." Heredity, 109, (1) 19–28. https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.2012.7.
- Welch, Andreanna J., Wiley, Anne E., James, Helen F., Ostrom, Peggy H., Stafford, Thomas W., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2012. "Ancient DNA reveals genetic stability despite demographic decline: 3,000 years of population history in the endemic Hawaiian petrel." Molecular biology and evolution, 29, (12) 3729–3740. https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/mss185.
- Wiley, Anne E., Welch, Andreanna J., Ostrom, Peggy H., James, Helen F., Stricker, Craig A., Fleischer, Robert C., Gandhi, Hasand, Adams, Josh, Ainley, David G., Duvall, Fern, Holmes, Nick, Hu, Darcy, Judge, Seth, Penniman, Jay, and Swindle, Keith A. 2012. "Foraging segregation and genetic divergence between geographically proximate colonies of a highly mobile seabird." Oecologia, 168, (1) 119–130. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-011-2085-y.
- Zhang, Zihui, Feduccia, Alan, and James, Helen F. 2012. "A Late Miocene Accipitrid (Aves: Accipitriformes) from Nebraska and Its Implications for the Divergence of Old World Vultures." PLOS One, 7, (11) 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0048842.
- Zhang, Zihui, Huang, Yunping, James, Helen F., and Hou, Lianhai. 2012. "A Marabou (Ciconiidae: Leptoptilos) from the Middle Pleistocene of Northeastern China." The Auk, 129, (4) 699–706. https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2012.11227.
- Zhang, Zihui, Huang, Yunping, James, Helen F., and Hou, Lianhai. 2012. "Two Old World Vultures from the Middle Pleistocene of Northeastern China and their Implications for Interspecific Competition and Biogeography of Aegypiinae." Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 32, (1) 117–124. https://doi.org/10.1080/02724634.2012.624146.
- Lerner, Heather R L., Meyer, Matthias, James, Helen F., Hofreiter, Michael, and Fleischer, Robert C. 2011. "Multilocus Resolution of Phylogeny and Timescale in the Extant Adaptive Radiation of Hawaiian Honeycreepers." Current Biology, 21, (21) 1838–1844. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2011.09.039.
- Boyer, Alison G., James, Helen F., Olson, Storrs L., and Grant-Mackie, Jack A. 2010. "Long-term ecological change in a conservation hotspot: the fossil avifauna of Mé Auré Cave, New Caledonia." Biodiversity and Conservation, 19, (11) 3207–3224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-010-9887-9.
- Wiley, Anne E., Ostrom, Peggy H., Stricker, Craig A., James, Helen F., and Gandhi, Hasand. 2010. "Isotopic Characterization of Flight Feathers in Two Pelagic Seabirds: Sampling Strategies for Ecological Studies." The Condor, 112, (2) 337–346. https://doi.org/10.1525/cond.2010.090186.
- Harbaugh Reynaud, Danica, Wagner, Warren L., Percy, Diana M., James, Helen F., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2009. "Genetic Structure of the Polymorphic Metrosideros (Myrtaceae) Complex in the Hawaiian Islands Using Nuclear Microsatellite Data." PLoS ONE, 4, (3) e4698. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0004698.
- Iwaniuk, Andrew N., Olson, Storrs L., and James, Helen F. 2009. "Extraordinary cranial specialization in a new genus of extinct duck (Aves: Anseriformes) from Kauai, Hawaiian Islands." Zootaxa, 2296 47–67.
- James, Helen F. 2009. "Repeated Evolution of Fused Thoracic Vertebrae in Songbirds." The Auk, 126, (4) 862–872. https://doi.org/10.1525/auk.2009.08194.
- Reding, Dawn M., Foster, Jeffrey T., James, Helen F., Pratt, H. Douglas, and Fleischer, Robert C. 2009. "Convergent evolution of 'creepers' in the Hawaiian honeycreeper radiation." Biology Letters, 5, (2) 221–224. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2008.0589.
- Fleischer, Robert C., James, Helen F., and Olson, Storrs L. 2008. "Convergent evolution of Hawaiian and Australo-Pacific honeyeaters from distant songbird ancestors." Current Biology, 18 1927–1931.
- James, Helen F. and Price, J. P. 2008. "Integration of palaeontological, historical, and geographical data on the extinction of koa-finches." Diversity & Distributions, 14, (3) 441–451. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00442.x.
- Percy, Diana M., Garver, Adam M., Wagner, Warren L., James, Helen F., Cunningham, Clifford W., Miller, Scott E., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2008. "Progressive island colonization and ancient origin of Hawaiian Metrosideros (Myrtaceae)." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 275, (1642) 1479–1490. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.0191.
- James, Helen F. and Olson, Storrs L. 2006. "A new species of Hawaiian finch (Drepanidini: Loxioides) from Makawauhi Cave, island of Kaua`i." The Auk, 123, (2) 335–344, with cover art.
- Hearty, P. J., James, Helen F., and Olson, Storrs L. 2005. "The geological context of Middle Pleistocene crater lake deposits and fossil birds at Ulupau Head, Oahu, Hawaiian Islands." Monografies de la Societat d'Historia Natural de les Balears, 12 113–128.
- James, Helen F. 2005. "Overview: Paleogene fossils and the radiation of modern birds." The Auk, 122, (4) 1049–1054.
- James, Helen F. and Olson, Storrs L. 2005. "The Diversity and Biogeography of Koa-Finches (Drepanidini: Rhodacanthis), With Descriptions of Two New Species." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 144 527–541.
- Jungers, William L., Lemelin, P., Godfrey, Laurie R., Wunderlich, R. E., Burney, David A., Simons, Elwyn L., Chatrath, P. S., James, Helen F., and Randria, G. F. N. 2005. "The hands and feet of Archaeolemur: metrical affinities and their functional significance." Journal of Human Evolution, 49 36–55.
- Iwaniuk, Andrew N., Nelson, John E., James, Helen F., and Olson, Storrs L. 2004. "a Comparative Test of the Correlated Evolution of Flightlessness and Relative Brain Size in Birds." Journal of zoology, 263, (3) 317–327.
- James, Helen F. 2004. "The osteology and phylogeny of the Hawaiian finch radiation (Fringillidae: Drepanidini), including extinct taxa." Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 141 207–255.
- James, Helen F., Ericson, P. G. P., Slikas, B., Lei, F. M., Gill, F. B., and Olson, Storrs L. 2003. "Pseudopodoces humilis, a misclassified terrestrial tit (Paridae) of the Tibetan Plateau: evolutionary consequences of shifting adaptive zones." Ibis, 145 185–202.
- James, Helen F. and Olson, Storrs L. 2003. "A giant new species of Nukupuu (Fringillidae: Drepanidini: Hemignathus) from the island of Hawaii." The Auk, 120, (4) 970–981.
- Paxinos, E. E., James, Helen F., Olson, Storrs L., Sorenson, Michael D., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2002. "MtDNA from fossils reveals a radiation of Hawaiian geese recently derived from the Canada goose (Branta canadensis)." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 99, (3) 1399–1404.
- Paxinos, Ellen, James, Helen F., Olson, Storrs L., Ballou, Jonathan D., Leonard, Jennifer A., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2002. "Prehistoric decline of genetic diversity in the Nene." Science, 5574 1827–1827.
- Slikas, B., Olson, Storrs L., James, Helen F., and Fleischer, Robert C. 2002. "Rapid, independent evolution of flightlessness in four species of Pacific Island rails (Rallidae): an analysis based on mitochondrial sequence data." Journal of Avian Biology, 33 5–14.
- Burney, D. A., James, Helen F., Burney, L. P., Olson, Storrs L., Kikuchi, W., Wagner, Warren L., Burney, M., McCloskey, D., Kikuchi, D., Grady, F. V., Gage, R.,I, and Nishek, R. 2001. "Fossil evidence for a diverse biota from Kaua`i and its transformation since human arrival." Ecological Monographs, 71, (6) 615–641.
- Fleischer, Robert C., Tarr, C. L., James, Helen F., Slikas, B., and McIntosh, C. E. 2001. "Phylogenetic placement of the po`o-uli Melamprosops phaeosoma based on mitochondrial DNA sequence and osteological characters." Studies in Avian Biology, 22 98–103.
- Fleischer, Robert C., Olson, Storrs L., James, Helen F., and Cooper, A. C. 2000. "Identification of the extinct Hawaiian eagle (Haliaeetus) by mitochondrial DNA sequence." The Auk, 117, (4) 1051–1056.
- Hearty, Paul J., Kaufman, Darrell S., Olson, Storrs L., and James, Helen F. 2000. "Stratigraphy and whole-rock amino acid geochronology of key Holocene and last interglacial carbonate deposits in the Hawaiian Islands." Pacific Science, 54, (4) 423–442.
- Sorenson, Michael D., Cooper, A., Paxinos, E. E., Quinn, T. W., James, Helen F., Olson, Storrs L., and Fleischer, Robert C. 1999. "Relationships of the extinct moa-nalos, flightless Hawaiian waterfowl, based on ancient DNA." Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 266 2187–2194.
- Burney, David A., James, Helen F., Grady, Frederick V., Rafamantanantsoa, Jean Gervais, Ramalisonina, Wright, Henry T., and Cowart, James B. 1997. "Environmental change, extinction and human activity: evidence from caves in NW Madagascar." Journal of Biogeography, 24, (6) 755–767.
- James, Helen F. and Burney, David A. 1997. "The diet and ecology of Hawaii's extinct flightless waterfowl: evidence from coprolites." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 62, (2) 279–297.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1997. "Prehistoric status and distribution of the Hawaiian hawk (Buteo solitarius), with the first fossil record from Kauai." Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, 49 65–69.
- Cooper, A. C., Rhymer, J., James, Helen F., Olson, Storrs L., McIntosh, C., Sorenson, Michael D., and Fleischer, Robert C. 1996. "Ancient DNA and island endemics." Nature, 381, (6582) 484.
- Burney, David A., DeCandido, R. V., Burney, Lida Pigott, Kostel-Hughes, F. N., Stafford T.W. , Jr, and James, Helen F. 1995. "A Holocene record of climate change, fire ecology and human activity from montane Flat Top Bog, Maui." Journal of Paleolimnology, 13 209–217.
- James, Helen F. 1995. "Prehistoric extinctions and ecological changes on oceanic islands." Ecological Studies, 115 87–102.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1995. "Nomenclature of the Hawaiian akialoas and Nukupuus (Aves: Drepanidini)." Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 108, (3) 373–387.
- Cooper, A. R., Fleischer, Robert C., James, Helen F., and Tuross, Noreen C. 1994. "Studies of the effects of bone consolidants on endogenous DNA." Ancient DNA Newsletter, 2 15–6.
- James, Helen F. 1994. "[Review of] Archaeornithology: birds and the archaeological record. Archaeofauna, 1:1-275." Ibis, 136 506–507.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1994. "A chronology of ornithological exploration in the Hawaiian Islands, from Cook to Perkins." Studies in Avian Biology, 15 91–102.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1994. "A specimen of Nuku pu'u (Aves: Drepanidini: Hemignathus lucidus) from the island of Hawai'i." Pacific Science, 48, (4) 331–338.
- James, Helen F. 1992. "[Review of] Owls, caves and fossils. Predation, preservation, and accumulation of small mammal bones in caves, with an analysis of the Pleistocene cave faunas from Westbury-sub-Mendip, Somerset, UK. P. Andrews. 1990. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois. viii + 231 pp." The Auk, 109 402–403.
- Athens, J. Stephen, Kaschko, M. W., and James, Helen F. 1991. "Prehistoric bird hunters: high altitude resource exploitation on Hawai`i Island." Bishop Museum Occasional Papers, 31 63–84.
- James, Helen F. 1991. "The contribution of fossils to knowledge of Hawaiian birds." Acta XX Congressus Internationalis Ornithologici, 1 420–424.
- James, Helen F. and Olson, Storrs L. 1991. "Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part 2. Passeriformes." Ornithological Monographs, 46 1–88.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1991. "Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands: Part 1. Non-Passeriformes." Ornithological Monographs, 45 1–88.
- James, Helen F., Zusi, Richard L., and Olson, Storrs L. 1989. "Dysmorodrepanis munroi (Fringillidae: Drepanidini), a valid genus and species of Hawaiian finch." Wilson Bulletin, 101, (2) 159–179.
- Medeiros, A. C., Loope, L. L., and James, Helen F. 1989. "Caves, bird bones and beetles: new discoveries in rain forests of Haleakala." Park Science, 9, (2) 20–21.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1988. "Nomenclature of the Kauai Amakihi and Kauai Akialoa (Drepanidini)." Elepaio, 48, (2) 13–14.
- James, Helen F., Stafford, T. W., Jr., Steadman, D. W., Olson, Storrs L., Martin, P. S., Jull, A. J., and McCoy, P. C. 1987. "Radiocarbon dates on bones of extinct birds from Hawaii." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 84, (8) 2350–2354.
- Olson, Storrs L., Angle, J. P., Grady, F. V., and James, Helen F. 1987. "A technique for salvaging anatomical material from study skins of rare or extinct birds." The Auk, 104, (3) 510–512.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1986. "The holotype of the Laysan finch Telespiza cantans Wilson (Drepanidini)." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 106, (2) 84–86.
- James, Helen F. and Olson, Storrs L. 1983. "Flightless birds." Natural History, 92, (9) 30–40.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1982. "Fossil birds from the Hawaiian Islands: evidence for wholesale extinction by man before western contact." Science, 217, (4560) 633–635.
- Olson, Storrs L., James, Helen F., and Meister, C. A. 1981. "Winter field notes and specimen weights of Cayman Island birds." Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 101, (3) 339–346.
Dataset
- Estandia, Andrea, Chesser, R. Terry, James, Helen F., Levy, Max, Ferrer-Obiol, Joan, Bretagnolle, Vincent, González-Solís, Jacob, and Welch, Andreanna J. 2021. [Dataset] Correlates of substitution rate variation in a robust Procellariiform seabird phylogeny. Distributed by Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.H18931ZM5.
- Obiol, Joan Ferrer, James, Helen F., Chesser, R. Terry, Bretagnolle, Vincent, González-Solís, Jacob, Rozas, Julio, Welch, Andreanna J., and Riutort, Marta. 2021. [Dataset] Supplementary information for Paleoceanographic changes in the late Pliocene promoted rapid diversification in pelagic seabirds. Distributed by Dryad. https://doi.org/10.5061/DRYAD.QV9S4MWG2.
Book Chapter
- James, Helen F. 2017. "Getting under the skin: A call for specimen-based research on the internal anatomy of birds." In The Extended Specimen: Emerging Frontiers in Collections-Based Ornithological Research. Webster, Michael S., editor. 11–22. Boca Raton, FL: Studies in Avian Biology, no. 50. CRC Press.
- Wiley, Anne E., James, Helen F., and Ostrom, Peggy H. 2017. "Emerging techniques and sampling strategies for museum-based stable isotope studies of avian ecology." In The Extended Specimen: Emerging Frontiers in Collections-Based Ornithological Research.. Webster, Michael S., editor. 89–109. Boca Raton, FL: Studies in Avian Biology, no. 50. CRC Press.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 2004. "Fossil birds from the Hawaiian Islands: evidence for wholesale extinction by man before western contact [reprint of Science 217:633-35]." In Foundations of Biogeography: Classic Papers with Commentaries. Lomolino, D., Sax, F., and Brown, J. H., editors. 1023–1025. Chicago and London: University of Chicago Press.
- James, Helen F. 2001. "Prehistoric extinctions and ecological changes on oceanic islands [condensed version of 1995 overview article in Ecological Studies]." In The Biodiversity Crisis: Losing What Counts. 90–94. New York: The New Press.
- James, Helen F. 2001. "Introduction [to the systematics papers]." In Ecology, conservation and management of Hawaiian birds: a vanishing avifauna. Scott, M. J., Conant, S., and I, C. R. Van Riper,II, editors. 48–50. 22 in Studies in Avian Biology.
- James, Helen F. 1998. "Prehistoric extinctions and ecological changes on oceanic islands [condensed version of 1995 overview article in Ecological Studies]." In Scientists on Biodiversity. 43–47. New York: American Museum of Natural History.
- James, Helen F. and Olson, Storrs L. 1994. "Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands. Part II. Passeriformes [abridged version of 1991 Ornithological Monograph 46]." In A Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands: Selected Readings II. Kay, E. A., editor. 456–466. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1994. "Descriptions of thirty-two new species of birds from the Hawaiian Islands. Part I. Non-passeriformes [abridged version of 1991 Ornithological Monograph 45]." In A Natural History of the Hawaiian Islands: Selected Readings II. Kay, E. A., editor. 439–455. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press.
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1989. "Fragile outposts [about Hawaiian fossil birds]." In Lords of the Air. Page, Jake and Morton, Eugene S., editors. 110–115. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Books.
- James, Helen F. 1987. "A late Pleistocene avifauna from the island of Oahu, Hawaiian Islands." In L'Évolution des oiseaux d'après le témoignage des fossiles. Table Ronde internationale de CNRS, Lyon-Villeurbanne, 18-21 Sept. 1985. Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie de Lyon, no. 99. Mourer-Chauviré, Cécile, editor. 121–128. 99
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1984. "The role of Polynesians in the extinction of the avifauna of the Hawaiian Islands." In Quaternary extinctions: A prehistoric revolution. Martin, P. S. and Klein, R. G., editors. 768–780. Tucson: University of Arizona Press.
Book Review
- James, Helen F. 2012. [Book review] "A Feather in the Cap of Science Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle." Bioscience, 62, (2), 206–207. https://doi.org/10.1525/bio.2012.62.2.16.
- James, Helen F. 2003. [Book review] "The lost world of the moa: prehistoric life of New Zealand." The Auk, 120, (3), 917–919.
- James, Helen F. 1994. [Book review] "Handbook of avian anatomy: Nomina anatomica avium, second edition. Publications of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, no. 23, xiv 779 pages. J. J. Baumel, A. S. Breaxile, H. E. Evans & J. C. Van den Berge." Ibis, 136, 498–499.
Book
- Olson, Storrs L. and James, Helen F. 1982. Prodromus of the fossil avifauna of the Hawaiian Islands. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press. In Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 365. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810282.365.