List of works - Kevin C. Burns

A Theory of Island Biogeography for Exotic Species

scientific article published on 17 August 2015

A hierarchical framework for investigating epiphyte assemblages: networks, meta-communities, and scale.

scientific article published in February 2010

A simple null model predicts the island rule

scientific article published in 2021

A unified analysis of niche overlap incorporating data of different types

article

Adaptive advantages of appearance: predation, thermoregulation, and color of webbing built by New Zealand's largest moth.

scientific article published on March 2017

Adaptive numerical competency in a food-hoarding songbird.

scientific article

Allometry of sexual size dimorphism in dioecious plants: do plants obey Rensch's rule?

scientific article published on 6 October 2011

An alternative water transport system in land plants

scientific article published on 01 August 2018

At a loss for birds: insularity increases asymmetry in seed-dispersal networks

scientific article published in 2013

Avian frugivory in Miconia (Melastomataceae): contrasting fruiting times promote habitat complementarity between savanna and palm swamp

scientific article published in 2013

Avian translocations restore dual interaction networks in an island ecosystem

scientific article published in 2022

Broad-scale reciprocity in an avian seed dispersal mutualism

scientific article published on 21 August 2003

Cache spacing patterns and reciprocal cache theft in New Zealand robins

article

Can you teach an old parrot new tricks? Cognitive development in wild kaka (Nestor meridionalis).

scientific article published in June 2016

Changes in tree abundance over 15 years at Otari: Succession or possum control?

scholarly article

Convergent evolution of gigantism in the flora of an isolated archipelago

scientific article published on 23 June 2017

Disturbance and diversity in a continental archipelago: a mechanistic framework linking area, height, and exposure

article by Christopher J. Neufeld et al published October 2017 in Ecosphere

Do fruit reflectance properties affect avian frugivory in New Zealand?

scientific article published on 24 November 2021

Dominant network interactions are not correlated with resource availability: a case study using mistletoe host interactions

article published in 2012

Drivers of aggregation in a novel arboreal parasite: the influence of host size and infra-populations.

scientific article published on 20 December 2014

Evaluating Frugivore-fruit Interactions Using Avian Eye Modelling

scientific article published on December 2013

Facultative hemiepiphytism as a recruitment strategy in small‐seeded tree species

scientific article published on 14 July 2020

Fish distributions along depth gradients of a sea mountain range conform to the mid-domain effect

scientific article published in 2011

Fruitâ frugivore interactions in two southern hemisphere forests: allometry, phylogeny and body size

scientific article published on 30 November 2009

Functional traits explain non-native plant species richness and occupancy on northern New Zealand islands

scientific article published on 23 March 2022

Geographic patterns in fruit colour diversity: do leaves constrain the colour of fleshy fruits?

scientific article published on 26 November 2008

Global patterns in fruiting seasons

scientific article published in 2008

Independent evolution of allometric traits: a test of the allometric constraint hypothesis in island vines

scientific article published on 22 September 2018

Is crypsis a common defensive strategy in plants? Speculation on signal deception in the New Zealand flora

scientific article published on January 2010

Large quantity discrimination by North Island robins (Petroica longipes) ⬇️

scientific article published on July 24, 2012

Male New Zealand robins (Petroica longipes) cater to their mate's desire when sharing food in the wild

scientific article

Memory Performance Influences Male Reproductive Success in a Wild Bird

scientific article published on 18 April 2019

Memory Performance Influences Male Reproductive Success in a Wild Bird

scientific article published on 01 August 2019

Memory for multiple cache locations and prey quantities in a food-hoarding songbird

scientific article

Native-exotic richness relationships: a biogeographic approach using turnover in island plant populations

scientific article

Ontogenetic colour changes in an insular tree species: signalling to extinct browsing birds?

scientific article

Parasite-offspring competition for female resources can explain male-biased parasitism in plants

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Patterns in specific leaf area and the structure of a temperate heath community

scientific article published on 24 February 2004

Patterns in the diversity and distribution of epiphytes and vines in a New Zealand forest

scientific article published in 2005

Phenotypic trait matching predicts the topology of an insular plant-bird pollination network

scientific article published on 14 March 2018

Photosynthetic properties of juvenile<i>Prumnopitys taxifolia</i>(Podocarpaceae), a divaricate and heteroblastic conifer

scientific article published in 2019

Plant composition patterns inside an endemic birds’ nest fern (Asplenium goudeyi) on Lord Howe Island: effects of fern size, fern isolation and plant dispersal abilities

scientific article

Plant extinction dynamics in an insular metacommunity

article

Plants obey (and disobey) the island rule ⬇️

scientific article published on 19 August 2019

Plastic heteroblasty in beach groundsel (Senecio lautus)

scientific article published on 11 August 2010

Predicting network topology of mistletoe-host interactions: do mistletoes really mimic their hosts?

scientific article published in 2011

Primitive eusociality in a land plant?

scientific article

Radial distributions of air plants: a comparison between epiphytes and mistletoes.

scientific article published in April 2016

Reply to Brian and Walker-Hale: Support for the island rule does not hide morphological disparity in insular plants ⬇️

scientific article published on 26 November 2019

Scale and macroecological patterns in seed dispersal mutualisms

scientific article published on 21 June 2004

Scientists' warning - The outstanding biodiversity of islands is in peril

publication published on 01 November 2021

Seed dispersal by weta.

scientific article

Seed dispersal: the blind bomb maker

scientific article published on July 2012

Sexual size dimorphism in island plants: the niche variation hypothesis and insular size changes

scientific article published on 04 November 2014

Similar yet distinct distributional patterns characterize native and exotic plant species richness across northern New Zealand islands

scientific article

Size changes in island plants: independent trait evolution in<i>Alyxia ruscifolia</i>(Apocynaceae) on Lord Howe Island

scientific article published on 28 July 2016

Spatial ecology and host diversity of three arboreal plants from Lord Howe Island

scientific article published in 2020

Successional dynamics after pest eradication in the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary

scholarly article

The ability of North Island Robins to discriminate between humans is related to their behavioural type.

scientific article

The color of plant reproduction: macroecological trade-offs between biotic signaling and abiotic tolerance

article

The paradox of island evolution

The repeated evolution of large seeds on islands.

scientific article published in July 2014

Time to abandon the loss of dispersal ability hypothesis in island plants: A comment on García-Verdugo, Mairal, Monroy, Sajeva and Caujapé-Castells (2017)

scientific article published on 01 April 2018

Vertical gradients in leaf trait diversity in a New Zealand forest

scientific article published on 22 October 2008

What causes size coupling in fruit--frugivore interaction webs?

scientific article published in February 2013

Wild psychometrics: evidence for ‘general’ cognitive performance in wild New Zealand robins, Petroica longipes

article

Wild robins (Petroica longipes) respond to human gaze

scientific article published on 27 April 2014

List of works by Kevin C. Burns

A Theory of Island Biogeography for Exotic Species

A hierarchical framework for investigating epiphyte assemblages: networks, meta-communities, and scale.

A simple null model predicts the island rule

A unified analysis of niche overlap incorporating data of different types

Adaptive advantages of appearance: predation, thermoregulation, and color of webbing built by New Zealand's largest moth.

Adaptive numerical competency in a food-hoarding songbird.

Allometry of sexual size dimorphism in dioecious plants: do plants obey Rensch's rule?

An alternative water transport system in land plants

At a loss for birds: insularity increases asymmetry in seed-dispersal networks

Avian frugivory in Miconia (Melastomataceae): contrasting fruiting times promote habitat complementarity between savanna and palm swamp

Avian translocations restore dual interaction networks in an island ecosystem

Broad-scale reciprocity in an avian seed dispersal mutualism

Cache spacing patterns and reciprocal cache theft in New Zealand robins

Can you teach an old parrot new tricks? Cognitive development in wild kaka (Nestor meridionalis).

Changes in tree abundance over 15 years at Otari: Succession or possum control?

Convergent evolution of gigantism in the flora of an isolated archipelago

Disturbance and diversity in a continental archipelago: a mechanistic framework linking area, height, and exposure

Do fruit reflectance properties affect avian frugivory in New Zealand?

Dominant network interactions are not correlated with resource availability: a case study using mistletoe host interactions

Drivers of aggregation in a novel arboreal parasite: the influence of host size and infra-populations.

Evaluating Frugivore-fruit Interactions Using Avian Eye Modelling

Facultative hemiepiphytism as a recruitment strategy in small‐seeded tree species

Fish distributions along depth gradients of a sea mountain range conform to the mid-domain effect

Fruitâ frugivore interactions in two southern hemisphere forests: allometry, phylogeny and body size

Functional traits explain non-native plant species richness and occupancy on northern New Zealand islands

Geographic patterns in fruit colour diversity: do leaves constrain the colour of fleshy fruits?

Global patterns in fruiting seasons

Independent evolution of allometric traits: a test of the allometric constraint hypothesis in island vines

Is crypsis a common defensive strategy in plants? Speculation on signal deception in the New Zealand flora

Large quantity discrimination by North Island robins (Petroica longipes) ⬇️

Male New Zealand robins (Petroica longipes) cater to their mate's desire when sharing food in the wild

Memory Performance Influences Male Reproductive Success in a Wild Bird

Memory Performance Influences Male Reproductive Success in a Wild Bird

Memory for multiple cache locations and prey quantities in a food-hoarding songbird

Native-exotic richness relationships: a biogeographic approach using turnover in island plant populations

Ontogenetic colour changes in an insular tree species: signalling to extinct browsing birds?

Parasite-offspring competition for female resources can explain male-biased parasitism in plants

Patterns in specific leaf area and the structure of a temperate heath community

Patterns in the diversity and distribution of epiphytes and vines in a New Zealand forest

Phenotypic trait matching predicts the topology of an insular plant-bird pollination network

Photosynthetic properties of juvenile<i>Prumnopitys taxifolia</i>(Podocarpaceae), a divaricate and heteroblastic conifer

Plant composition patterns inside an endemic birds’ nest fern (Asplenium goudeyi) on Lord Howe Island: effects of fern size, fern isolation and plant dispersal abilities

Plant extinction dynamics in an insular metacommunity

Plants obey (and disobey) the island rule ⬇️

Plastic heteroblasty in beach groundsel (Senecio lautus)

Predicting network topology of mistletoe-host interactions: do mistletoes really mimic their hosts?

Primitive eusociality in a land plant?

Radial distributions of air plants: a comparison between epiphytes and mistletoes.

Reply to Brian and Walker-Hale: Support for the island rule does not hide morphological disparity in insular plants ⬇️

Scale and macroecological patterns in seed dispersal mutualisms

Scientists' warning - The outstanding biodiversity of islands is in peril

Seed dispersal by weta.

Seed dispersal: the blind bomb maker

Sexual size dimorphism in island plants: the niche variation hypothesis and insular size changes

Similar yet distinct distributional patterns characterize native and exotic plant species richness across northern New Zealand islands

Size changes in island plants: independent trait evolution in<i>Alyxia ruscifolia</i>(Apocynaceae) on Lord Howe Island

Spatial ecology and host diversity of three arboreal plants from Lord Howe Island

Successional dynamics after pest eradication in the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary

The ability of North Island Robins to discriminate between humans is related to their behavioural type.

The color of plant reproduction: macroecological trade-offs between biotic signaling and abiotic tolerance

The paradox of island evolution

The repeated evolution of large seeds on islands.

Time to abandon the loss of dispersal ability hypothesis in island plants: A comment on García-Verdugo, Mairal, Monroy, Sajeva and Caujapé-Castells (2017)

Vertical gradients in leaf trait diversity in a New Zealand forest

What causes size coupling in fruit--frugivore interaction webs?

Wild psychometrics: evidence for ‘general’ cognitive performance in wild New Zealand robins, Petroica longipes

Wild robins (Petroica longipes) respond to human gaze