Journal Articles

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Lake B & Burns KC (In press) Fruit-frugivore interactions in two southern hemisphere forests: allometry, phylogeny and body size. Oikos

Burns KC & Zotz G (In press) A hierarchical framework to investigate epiphyte assemblages: networks, metacommunites and scale. Ecology

Burns KC (In press) Is crypsis a common defensive strategy in plants? Speculation on signal deception in the New Zealand flora. Plant Signalling and Behaviour

Menzies IJ & Burns KC (In press) Winter coexistence mechanisms in New Zealand robins (Petrocia australis). New Zealand Journal of Ecology

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Grenfell M & Burns KC (2009) Sampling effects and host ranges in Australian mistletoes. Biotropica 41: 656-658. pdf (109kb)

Fadzly N, Jack C, Schaefer HM & Burns KC (2009) Ontogenetic colour changes in an insular tree species: Signalling to extinct browsing birds? New Phytologist 184: 495-501. pdf (1.46mb)

See also - Science 325: 524 (http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/724/1), Natural History - October Issue, 2009 (link), Commentary in New Phytologist pdf (206kb)

Low J, Burns KC & Hauber ME (2009) Wild number sense in brood parasitic brown-headed cowbirds. Ibis 151: 775-777. pdf (661kb)

Burns KC & Beaumont S (2009) Scale-dependent trait correlations in a temperate tree community. Austral Ecology 34: 670-677 pdf (194kb)

Burns KC (2009) Dietary diversity in fruit-eating birds: A biogeographic comparison between New Zealand and Canada. New Zealand Journal of Ecology pdf (483kb)

Burns KC & Dawson J (2009) Heteroblasty on Chatham Island: A comparison with New Zealand and New Caledonia. New Zealand Journal of Ecology pdf (1.80mb)

Burns KC, McHardy RP & Pledger S (2009) The small island effect: fact or artefact? Ecography 32: 269-276. pdf (228kb)

Burns KC (2009) Fine-scale food hoarding decision in New Zealand robins: Is inter-sexual competition important? Journal of Ornithology 150: 321-328. pdf (268kb)

Lester PJ, Abbott KL, Sarty M & Burns KC (2009) Competitive assembly of a South Pacific invasive ant community. BMC Ecology 9:3 pdf (1.86mb)

Beaumont S & Burns KC (2009) Vertical gradients in leaf trait diversity in a New Zealand forest. Trees 23: 339-328. pdf (272kb)

Burns KC, Cazetta E, Galetti M, Valido A. & Schaefer HM (2009) Geographic patterns in fruit colour diversity - do leaves add colour to fleshy fruits? Oecologia 159: 337-343. pdf (248kb)

Coelho de Almeida D, Siva A & Burns KC (2009) Long-term changes in Otari Wilton’s Bush: How important is possum control? New Zealand Natural Sciences 34: 9-18. pdf (831kb)

Burns KC & Neufeld CJ (2009) Plant extinction dynamics in an insular metacommunity. Oikos 118: 191-198. pdf (237kb)

Blick R & Burns KC (2009) Network properties of arboreal plant metacommunities: Are epiphytes, mistletoes and lianas structured similarly? Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution & Systematics 11: 41-52. (email me for a copy)

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Burns KC 2008. Meta-community structure of vascular epiphytes in a temperate rainforest. Botany 86: 1252-1259. (email me for a copy)

Hunt, S., Low, J. & Burns, K.C. 2008. Adaptive numerical competency in a food-hoarding songbird. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 275: 2373-2379. pdf (216kb)

See also - Scientific American September Issue, 2009 (link)

Ting, S., Hartley, S. & Burns, K.C. 2008. Global patterns in fruiting seasons. Global Ecology & Biogeography 17: 648-657. pdf (486kb)

Burns, K.C. 2008. When is it coevolution? A reply to Morgan-Richards et al. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 32: 113-114. pdf (115kb)

Steer, J. & Burns, K.C. 2008. Seasonal variation in sexual conflict cooperation and selfish hoarding in a monogamous songbird. Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology 62: 1175-1183. pdf (219kb)

Blick, R., Bartholomew, R., Burrell, T. & Burns, K.C. 2008. Successional dynamics after pest eradication in the Karori Wildlife Sanctuary. New Zealand Natural Sciences 33: 3-14. pdf (212kb)

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Montoya, I. & Burns, K.C. 2007. Community-wide character displacement in New Zealand skinks. Journal of Biogeography 24: 2139-2147. pdf (209KB)

Burns, K.C. 2007. Network properties of an epiphyte metacommunity. Journal of Ecology 95: 1142-1151. pdf (195KB) Cover image (2.66MB)

Van Horik, J., Bell, B. & Burns, K.C. 2007. Vocal ethology of New Zealand kaka (Nestor meridionalis). New Zealand Journal of Zoology 34:337-345. pdf (1.42MB)

Burns, K.C. & van Horik, J. 2007. Sexual differences in food re-caching by New Zealand robins. Journal of Avian Biology 38: 394-398. pdf (96KB)

van Horik, J. & Burns, K.C. 2007. Cache spacing patterns and reciprocal cache theft in New Zealand robins. Animal Behaviour 73: 1043-1049. pdf (224KB)

Burns, K.C. 2007. Patterns in the assembly of an island plant community. Journal of Biogeography 34: 760-768. pdf (610KB)

Burns, K.C. 2007. Is tree diversity different in the Southern Hemisphere? Journal of Vegetation Science 18: 307-312. pdf (487KB) Cover image (132KB)

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Burns, K.C. 2006. A simple null model predicts bird-fruit interactions in a temperate rainforest. Oikos 115: 427-432. pdf (100KB)

Burns, K.C. & Dawson, J.W. 2006. A morphological comparison of leaf heteroblasty between New Caledonia and New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 44: 387-396. pdf (819KB)

Burns, K.C. & Steer, J. 2006. Dominance rank influences food hoarding behaviour in New Zealand robins. Ibis 148: 266-272. pdf (138KB)

Duthie, C., Gibbs, G. & Burns, K.C. 2006. Seed dispersal by weta. Science 311: 1575. pdf (88KB)

Burns, K.C. 2006. Weta and the evolution of fleshy-fruits in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 30: 405-406 pdf (200KB)

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Burns, K.C. & Dawson, J.W. 2005. Patterns in the diversity and distribution of epiphytes and vines in a New Zealand forest. Austral Ecology 30:891-899 pdf (185KB)

Burns, K.C. 2005. Is there limiting similarity in the phenology of fleshy-fruits? Journal of Vegetation Science 16: 617-624. pdf (727KB) Cover Image (239KB)

Burns, K.C. 2005. Evidence for mimicry in fleshy-fruits. Evolutionary Ecology Research 7: 1067-1076. pdf (96KB)

Burns, K.C. 2005. Relationships between plant abundance, age and island area in an insular plant community. Folia Geobotanica 40: 331-340 pdf (192KB)

Burns, K.C. 2005. Effects of bi-colored displays on avian fruit color preferences in a color polymorphic plant. Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society 132: 505-509. pdf (37KB)

Alexander, L., Duthie, C. Fyfe, J. Haws, Z., Hunt, S., Montoya, I., Ochoa, C., Siva, A., Stringer, L., Van Horik , J., & Burns, K.C. 2005. An experimental evaluation of food hoarding in North Island robins (Petroica australis). Notornis 52: 138-142.

Burns, K.C. 2005. A multi-scale test for dispersal filters in an island plant community. Ecography 28: 552-560. pdf (193KB)

Burns, K.C. 2005. Plastic heteroblasty in beach groundsel (Senecio lautus). New Zealand Journal of Botany 43: 665-672 pdf (871KB)

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Burns, K.C. 2004. Relationships between the demography and distribution of two bird-dispersed plants in an island archipelago. Journal of Biogeography 31: 1935-1943. pdf (247KB)

Burns, K.C. 2004. Scale and macroecological patterns in seed dispersal mutualisms. Global Ecology & Biogeography 13: 289-293. pdf (143KB) Cover Image (1.4MB)

Marchinko, K.B., Nishizaki, M.T. & Burns, K.C. 2004. Community-wide character displacement in barnacles: a new perspective for past observations. Ecology Letters 7: 114-120. pdf (265KB)

Burns, K.C. 2004. Patterns in specific leaf area and the structure of a temperate heath community. Diversity & Distributions 10: 105-112. pdf (354KB)

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Burns, K.C. 2003. Broad-scale reciprocity in an avian seed dispersal system. Global Ecology & Biogeography 12: 421-426. pdf (517KB)

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Burns, K.C. & Dalen, J.L. 2002. Foliage color contrasts and adaptive fruit color variation in a bird dispersed plant community. Oikos 96: 463-469. pdf (574KB)

Burns, K.C. 2002. Seed dispersal facilitation and geographic consistency in bird-fruit abundance patterns. Global Ecology & Biogeography 11: 253-259 pdf (598KB)

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Book Chapters

Menzies, I.J. & Burns, K.C. In press. Food hoarding in the New Zealand robin: A review and synthesis. In: Animal Behaviour Research Trends Nova Publishers.

Burns, K.C. & Lester, P. In press. Competition and co-existence in model populations. In: Encyclopedia of Ecology Jørgensen, S.E. (ed). Elsevier.

Lester P & Burns KC In press. Population regulation in arthropods. In: Encyclopedia of Ecology Jørgensen, S.E. (ed). Elsevier.

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