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Indrikis Krams

Indrikis Krams

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
47
Citations
5661
World Ranking
4523
National Ranking
1

Overview

Indrikis Krams is affiliated with the University of Latvia in Latvia and has contributed extensively to the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a particular focus on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Their body of work spans multiple subfields including Insect Science, Ecology, Genetics, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation

Indrikis Krams has published in various scientific venues, with frequent contributions in:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Birds
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Significant recent papers by Krams cover topics of mixed-species animal groups, evolutionary perspectives on mental health, and environmental impacts on avian reproduction. Notable publications include:

  • Mixed company: a framework for understanding the composition and organization of mixed-species animal groups (2020), Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Bipolar disorder: An evolutionary psychoneuroimmunological approach (2021), Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Schizophrenia: The new etiological synthesis (2022), Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Women's socioeconomic position in ontogeny is associated with improved immune function and lower stress, but not with height (2020), Scientific Reports
  • The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: A global meta-analysis (2023), Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist has collaborated frequently with other researchers, with notable coauthors including Tatjana Krama, Markus J. Rantala, Priit Jõers, Severi Luoto, and Didzis Elferts. These collaborations have contributed to a diverse and interdisciplinary approach to their research questions.

Best Publications

  • Evidence for the stress-linked immunocompetence handicap hypothesis in humans

    Markus J. Rantala;Fhionna R. Moore;Ilona Skrinda;Tatjana Krama

  • Experimental evidence of reciprocal altruism in the pied flycatcher

    Indrikis Krams;Tatjana Krama;Kristine Igaune;Raivo Mänd

  • A rapid effect of handling on counts of white blood cells in a wintering passerine bird: a more practical measure of stress?

    Dina Cīrule;Tatjana Krama;Tatjana Krama;Jolanta Vrublevska;Markus J. Rantala

  • Adiposity, compared with masculinity, serves as a more valid cue to immunocompetence in human mate choice

    Markus J. Rantala;Vinet Coetzee;Fhionna R. Moore;Ilona Skrinda

  • Depression subtyping based on evolutionary psychiatry: Proximate mechanisms and ultimate functions

    Markus J. Rantala;Severi Luoto;Indrikis Krams;Hasse Karlsson

  • Mixed company: a framework for understanding the composition and organization of mixed-species animal groups.

    Eben Goodale;Hari Sridhar;Hari Sridhar;Kathryn E. Sieving;Priti Bangal

  • Heterophil/lymphocyte ratios predict the magnitude of humoral immune response to a novel antigen in great tits (Parus major)

    Indrikis Krams;Jolanta Vrublevska;Dina Cirule;Inese Kivleniece

  • Interspecific reciprocity explains mobbing behaviour of the breeding chaffinches, Fringilla coelebs

    Indrikis Krams;Tatjana Krama

  • New behavioural trait adopted or rejected by observing heterospecific tutor fitness.

    Janne-Tuomas Seppänen;Jukka T. Forsman;Mikko Mönkkönen;Indrikis Krams

  • Women's preferences for men's facial masculinity are strongest under favorable ecological conditions

    Urszula M. Marcinkowska;Urszula M. Marcinkowska;Markus J. Rantala;Anthony J. Lee;Mikhail V. Kozlov

  • A Life History Approach to the Female Sexual Orientation Spectrum: Evolution, Development, Causal Mechanisms, and Health

    Severi Luoto;Indrikis Krams;Indrikis Krams;Markus J. Rantala

  • Cost of mobbing call to breeding pied flycatcher, Ficedula hypoleuca

    Tatjana Krama;Indrikis Krams

  • The increased risk of predation enhances cooperation

    Indrikis Krams;Arnis Bērziņš;Tatjana Krama;Tatjana Krama;David Wheatcroft

  • Bipolar disorder: An evolutionary psychoneuroimmunological approach

    Markus J. Rantala;Severi Luoto;Javier I. Borráz-León;Indrikis Krams;Indrikis Krams;Indrikis Krams

  • There is more than one way to skin a G matrix.

    D. A. Roff;J. M. Prokkola;I. Krams;I. Krams;I. Krams;M. J. Rantala

  • Group effect in nest defence behaviour of breeding pied flycatchers, Ficedula hypoleuca

    Indrikis Krams;Arnis Bērziņš;Tatjana Krama

  • Fattening strategies of wintering great tits support the optimal body mass hypothesis under conditions of extremely low ambient temperature

    Indrikis Krams;Dina Cirule;Valerija Suraka;Tatjana Krama;Tatjana Krama

  • Predation selects for low resting metabolic rate and consistent individual differences in anti-predator behavior in a beetle

    Indrikis Krams;Indrikis Krams;Inese Kivleniece;Aare Kuusik;Tatjana Krama

  • Phenological sensitivity to climate change is higher in resident than in migrant bird populations among European cavity breeders.

    Jelmer M. Samplonius;Lenka Bartošová;Malcolm D. Burgess;Malcolm D. Burgess;Andrey V. Bushuev

  • Sexual attractiveness of immune-challenged male mealworm beetles suggests terminal investment in reproduction

    Inese Kivleniece;Indrikis Krams;Indrikis Krams;Janīna Daukšte;Tatajana Krama

  • Effects of food quality on trade-offs among growth, immunity and survival in the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella.

    Indrikis Krams;Indrikis Krams;Sanita Kecko;Katariina Kangassalo;Fhionna R. Moore

  • Mass-dependent take-off ability in wintering great tits ( Parus major ): comparison of top-ranked adult males and subordinate juvenile females

    Indrikis Krams

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus J. Rantala
Markus J. Rantala University of Turku
Tatjana Krama
Tatjana Krama University of Tartu
Toni Laaksonen
Toni Laaksonen University of Turku
Raivo Mänd
Raivo Mänd University of Tartu
Jukka T. Forsman
Jukka T. Forsman Natural Resources Institute Finland
Markku Orell
Markku Orell University of Oulu
Jaime Potti
Jaime Potti Spanish National Research Council
Christiaan Both
Christiaan Both University of Groningen
Seppo Rytkönen
Seppo Rytkönen University of Oulu
Tapio Eeva
Tapio Eeva University of Turku

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