Kristal E. Cain

1.0k total citations
48 papers, 690 citations indexed

About

Kristal E. Cain is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology and Developmental Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Kristal E. Cain has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 690 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 34 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 27 papers in Ecology and 19 papers in Developmental Biology. Recurrent topics in Kristal E. Cain's work include Animal Behavior and Reproduction (32 papers), Plant and animal studies (20 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (19 papers). Kristal E. Cain is often cited by papers focused on Animal Behavior and Reproduction (32 papers), Plant and animal studies (20 papers) and Avian ecology and behavior (19 papers). Kristal E. Cain collaborates with scholars based in New Zealand, Australia and United States. Kristal E. Cain's co-authors include Ellen D. Ketterson, Naomi E. Langmore, Sarah R. Pryke, Andrew Cockburn, Kimberly A. Rosvall, Lisa E. Schwanz, Robert Lanfear, Hanna Kokko, Loeske E. B. Kruuk and Dominique G. Roche and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Scientific Reports and The American Naturalist.

In The Last Decade

Kristal E. Cain

43 papers receiving 675 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Kristal E. Cain New Zealand	15	512	302	214	87	55	48	690
Tonya M. Haff Australia	11	615 1.2×	518 1.7×	435 2.0×	80 0.9×	65 1.2×	17	913
Isabel S. Winney United Kingdom	15	420 0.8×	222 0.7×	49 0.2×	113 1.3×	42 0.8×	19	559
Malika Ihle Germany	10	269 0.5×	151 0.5×	45 0.2×	97 1.1×	20 0.4×	19	389
Matthieu Paquet France	15	435 0.8×	337 1.1×	32 0.1×	107 1.2×	105 1.9×	38	630
Raphaël Royauté United States	14	570 1.1×	244 0.8×	43 0.2×	213 2.4×	113 2.1×	23	776
James L. Savage United Kingdom	14	350 0.7×	241 0.8×	134 0.6×	74 0.9×	10 0.2×	28	459
Joel L. Pick United Kingdom	13	238 0.5×	177 0.6×	23 0.1×	87 1.0×	56 1.0×	26	471
Janne‐Tuomas Seppänen Finland	12	626 1.2×	449 1.5×	274 1.3×	81 0.9×	49 0.9×	17	776
Eric Snajdr United States	10	655 1.3×	515 1.7×	90 0.4×	141 1.6×	92 1.7×	17	907
Lysanne Snijders Netherlands	14	293 0.6×	244 0.8×	167 0.8×	56 0.6×	57 1.0×	28	509

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Brunton, Dianne H., et al.. (2026). Status of the tara iti (New Zealand fairy tern, Sternula nereis davisae) population in 2025. Notornis. 73(1). 5–5. 1 indexed citations

Stanley, Margaret C., et al.. (2025). The effects of sleep disturbance on a songbird’s vocal performance. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 292(2052). 20251409–20251409. 2 indexed citations

Stanley, Margaret C., et al.. (2025). The impacts of sleep disturbance on birds: a review of the knowledge gaps. Journal of Avian Biology. 2025(5).

Rayner, Matt J., et al.. (2025). Clear-white plastics are most common in global oceans and seabird stomachs, but local species can ingest specific colours. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 215. 117827–117827.

Loo, Yen Yi, Stilianos Louca, Annabel Whibley, et al.. (2024). Vocal convergence and social proximity shape the calls of the most basal Passeriformes, New Zealand Wrens. Communications Biology. 7(1). 575–575. 3 indexed citations

Stanley, Margaret C., et al.. (2024). Experimentally elevated corticosterone increases song output and complexity in common mynas. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A Ecological and Integrative Physiology. 341(7). 733–742. 2 indexed citations

Whibley, Annabel, et al.. (2024). Projecting the current and potential future distribution of New Zealand’s invasive sturnids. Biological Invasions. 26(5). 1345–1366. 9 indexed citations

Loo, Yen Yi, et al.. (2023). Playback experiment shows no evidence for vocal learning in titipounamu nestlings ( Acanthisitta chloris ). New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 51(2). 286–300.

Loo, Yen Yi, et al.. (2023). Structure and function of the vocal repertoire of the Rifleman ( Acanthisitta chloris ), a member of the earliest diverging passerine suborder, Acanthisitti. Journal of Field Ornithology. 94(4). 1 indexed citations

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Smiley, Kristina O., et al.. (2022). Beyond a biased binary: A perspective on the misconceptions, challenges, and implications of studying females in avian behavioral endocrinology. Frontiers in Physiology. 13. 970603–970603. 13 indexed citations

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Cain, Kristal E., Simon C. Griffith, & Loeske E. B. Kruuk. (2021). Sex and morph differences in age‐dependent trait changes in a polymorphic songbird. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 34(11). 1691–1703. 2 indexed citations

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Odom, Karan J., Kristal E. Cain, Michelle L. Hall, et al.. (2021). Sex role similarity and sexual selection predict male and female song elaboration and dimorphism in fairy‐wrens. Ecology and Evolution. 11(24). 17901–17919. 14 indexed citations

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Cain, Kristal E., et al.. (2019). No evidence for side preference or handedness in a New Zealand rail species with habitual foot-usage, the pukeko. Behavioural Processes. 167. 103910–103910. 5 indexed citations

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Loo, Yen Yi, et al.. (2019). Long-tailed cuckoo (Eudynamys taitensis) predation on rifleman (Acanthisitta chloris) nestlings. Notornis. 66(2). 103–103. 1 indexed citations

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Loo, Yen Yi, et al.. (2019). Grey warbler (Gerygone igata) aggressive behaviour towards rifleman (Acanthisitta chloris) fledglings. Notornis. 66(3). 174–174. 1 indexed citations

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Medina, Iliana, Kaspar Delhey, Anne Peters, et al.. (2017). Habitat structure is linked to the evolution of plumage colour in female, but not male, fairy-wrens. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 17(1). 35–35. 26 indexed citations

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Cain, Kristal E., et al.. (2017). Predictors of aggressive response towards simulated intruders depend on context and sex in Crimson Finches (Neochmia phaeton). Behavioural Processes. 138. 41–48. 7 indexed citations

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Cain, Kristal E. & Sarah R. Pryke. (2016). Testosterone production in response to exogenous gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH challenge) depends on social environment and color polymorphism. General and Comparative Endocrinology. 244. 77–85. 9 indexed citations

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Cain, Kristal E. & Ellen D. Ketterson. (2013). Costs and Benefits of Competitive Traits in Females: Aggression, Maternal Care and Reproductive Success. PLoS ONE. 8(10). e77816–e77816. 41 indexed citations

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Cain, Kristal E. & Ellen D. Ketterson. (2013). Individual variation in testosterone and parental care in a female songbird; The dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis). Hormones and Behavior. 64(4). 685–692. 18 indexed citations

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