Kevin C. Burns

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
151 papers, 3.2k citations indexed

About

Kevin C. Burns is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kevin C. Burns has authored 151 papers receiving a total of 3.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 116 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 78 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 48 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Kevin C. Burns's work include Plant and animal studies (102 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (76 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (34 papers). Kevin C. Burns is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (102 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (76 papers) and Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies (34 papers). Kevin C. Burns collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, United States and Canada. Kevin C. Burns's co-authors include Jason Low, John William Dawson, Rachael C. Shaw, Shirley Pledger, Nicola S. Clayton, Patrick H. Kavanagh, Gerhard Zotz, Nik Fadzly, Amanda Taylor and Jayden O. van Horik and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Kevin C. Burns

141 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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Author Peers

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Author Last Decade Papers Cites
Kevin C. Burns 2.1k 1.4k 943 918 458 151 3.2k
Darren M. Evans 1.6k 0.7× 1.0k 0.7× 1.5k 1.6× 715 0.8× 500 1.1× 95 3.6k
Ola Olsson 2.2k 1.0× 1.1k 0.8× 1.7k 1.8× 438 0.5× 316 0.7× 90 4.1k
Christophe Pélabon 2.4k 1.1× 1.2k 0.9× 1.3k 1.4× 784 0.9× 221 0.5× 95 4.2k
Daniel Otte 2.3k 1.1× 762 0.6× 530 0.6× 445 0.5× 210 0.5× 82 3.3k
Frank B. Gill 1.7k 0.8× 768 0.6× 1.4k 1.5× 345 0.4× 252 0.6× 74 2.9k
Douglass H. Morse 3.4k 1.6× 1.4k 1.0× 2.1k 2.3× 716 0.8× 307 0.7× 141 4.8k
Miguel A. Rodrı́guez-Gironés 1.6k 0.8× 543 0.4× 534 0.6× 608 0.7× 93 0.2× 65 2.1k
Nathaniel T. Wheelwright 2.8k 1.3× 1.9k 1.3× 2.4k 2.5× 642 0.7× 492 1.1× 86 4.3k
Evan L. Preisser 2.2k 1.0× 1.4k 1.1× 3.3k 3.5× 898 1.0× 518 1.1× 107 5.9k
Michael B. Morrissey 1.6k 0.8× 1.0k 0.7× 1.2k 1.2× 148 0.2× 400 0.9× 68 3.1k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Kevin C. Burns

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All Works

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Burns, Kevin C., et al.. (2025). Flower size evolution in the Southwest Pacific. Annals of Botany. 136(2). 287–296.
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Hutton, Ian, et al.. (2024). Guests in nests: A parallel between social plants and animals?. Biotropica. 56(5). 3 indexed citations
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Haywood, John, et al.. (2024). Biogeographical patterns in the seasonality of bird collisions with aircraft. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5(3). 3 indexed citations
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Burns, Kevin C., et al.. (2022). Avian translocations restore dual interaction networks in an island ecosystem. Restoration Ecology. 31(1). 2 indexed citations
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Burns, Kevin C., et al.. (2021). Minimal models provide maximally parsimonious explanations. Ecology Letters. 24(11). 2524–2525. 1 indexed citations
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Burns, Kevin C., et al.. (2021). Do fruit reflectance properties affect avian frugivory in New Zealand?. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 60(3). 319–329. 2 indexed citations
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Burns, Kevin C.. (2016). Spinescence in the New Zealand flora: parallels with Australia. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 54(2). 273–289. 23 indexed citations
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Taylor, Amanda, et al.. (2016). Composition patterns and network structure of epiphyte–host interactions in Chilean and New Zealand temperate forests. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 54(2). 204–222. 28 indexed citations
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Burns, Kevin C., et al.. (2015). The ontogeny of leaf spines: progressive versus retrogressive heteroblasty in two New Zealand plant species. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 53(1). 15–23. 11 indexed citations
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Shaw, Rachael C., et al.. (2015). Wild psychometrics: evidence for ‘general’ cognitive performance in wild New Zealand robins, Petroica longipes. Animal Behaviour. 109. 101–111. 119 indexed citations
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Burns, Kevin C.. (2013). Comparative ecology of bird‐pollinated and bird‐dispersed New Zealand plants. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 51(3). 206–212. 8 indexed citations
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Burns, Kevin C.. (2010). How arboreal are epiphytes? A null model for Benzing's classifications. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 48(3-4). 185–191. 21 indexed citations
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Horik, Jayden O. van, Ben D. Bell, & Kevin C. Burns. (2007). Vocal ethology of the North Island kaka ( Nestor meridionalis septentrionalis ). New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 34(4). 337–345. 9 indexed citations
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Burns, Kevin C. & John William Dawson. (2006). A morphological comparison of leaf heteroblasty between New Caledonia and New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany. 44(4). 387–396. 21 indexed citations
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Burns, Kevin C.. (2005). Plastic heteroblasty in beach groundsel ( Senecio lautus ). New Zealand Journal of Botany. 43(3). 665–672. 19 indexed citations
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Burns, Kevin C.. (2005). Does mimicry occur between fleshy-fruits?. Evolutionary ecology research. 7(7). 1067–1076. 18 indexed citations
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Burns, Kevin C., et al.. (1984). A comparison of random balance and two-stage group screening designs: A case study. Communication in Statistics- Theory and Methods. 13(21). 2625–2648. 11 indexed citations

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