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Rebecca M. Kilner is affiliated with the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple domains within the agricultural and biological sciences, with a particular focus on ecology, evolution, and insect science.

The main fields of study where their research contributions are most prominent include:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Environmental Science

Their work further delves into specific subfields such as:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Insect Science
  • Genetics
  • Ecology
  • Sociology and Political Science

Key topics frequently covered in their research encompass:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Forest Insect Ecology and Management
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
  • Insect and Pesticide Research

Rebecca M. Kilner has published extensively in a variety of scientific venues. Some of the most common publication outlets include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Evolution
  • Evolution Letters

Notable recent papers by Kilner and collaborators are:

  • "An evolutionary switch from sibling rivalry to sibling cooperation, caused by a sustained loss of parental care," 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Revisiting the ecology and evolution of burying beetle behavior (Staphylinidae: Silphinae)," 2024, Ecology and Evolution
  • "Multimodal mimicry of hosts in a radiation of parasitic finches," 2020, Evolution
  • "Rapid local adaptation linked with phenotypic plasticity," 2020, Evolution Letters
  • "Temperature stress induces mites to help their carrion beetle hosts by eliminating rival blowflies," 2020, eLife

The scientist frequently collaborates with other researchers, including:

  • Rahia Mashoodh
  • Sónia Pascoal
  • Eleanor Bladon
  • Benjamin J. M. Jarrett
  • Darren Rebar

Best Publications

  • Begging the question: are offspring solicitation behaviours signals of need?

    Rebecca Kilner;Rufus A. Johnstone

  • The evolution of egg colour and patterning in birds

    R. M. Kilner

  • Escalation of a coevolutionary arms race through host rejection of brood parasitic young

    Naomi E. Langmore;Sarah Hunt;Rebecca M. Kilner

  • Signals of need in parent–offspring communication and their exploitation by the common cuckoo

    R. M. Kilner;D. G. Noble;N. B. Davies

  • When do Canary Parents Respond to Nestling Signals of Need

    Rebecca Kilner

  • Reduced Egg Investment Can Conceal Helper Effects in Cooperatively Breeding Birds

    A.F. Russell;Naomi Langmore;Andrew Cockburn;Lee B Astheimer

  • Primary and secondary sex ratio manipulation by zebra finches

    Rebecca Kilner

  • Cuckoos versus hosts in insects and birds: adaptations, counter‐adaptations and outcomes

    Rebecca M. Kilner;Naomi E. Langmore

  • A growth cost of begging in captive canary chicks

    Rebecca M. Kilner

  • Nestling cuckoos, Cuculus canorus, exploit hosts with begging calls that mimic a brood.

    N.B. Davies;R.M. Kilner;D.G. Noble

  • Personal immunity versus social immunity

    Sheena Cotter;R.M. Kilner

  • Brood Parasitic Cowbird Nestlings Use Host Young to Procure Resources

    Rebecca M. Kilner;Joah R. Madden;Mark Erno Hauber;Mark Erno Hauber

  • Negotiations within the family over the supply of parental care

    Camilla A Hinde;Rebecca M Kilner

  • Mouth colour is a reliable signal of need in begging canary nestlings

    Rebecca Kilner

  • Parent-Offspring Conflict and Coadaptation

    Camilla A. Hinde;Rufus A. Johnstone;Rebecca M. Kilner

  • Visual mimicry of host nestlings by cuckoos

    Naomi E. Langmore;Martin Stevens;Golo Maurer;Robert Heinsohn

  • Sexual division of antibacterial resource defence in breeding burying beetles, Nicrophorus vespilloides

    Sheena C. Cotter;Rebecca M. Kilner

  • Pattern recognition algorithm reveals how birds evolve individual egg pattern signatures

    Mary Caswell Stoddard;Rebecca M. Kilner;Christopher Town

  • Are dark cuckoo eggs cryptic in host nests

    Naomi Langmore;M. Stevens;Golo Maurer;Rebecca Kilner

  • Brood Parasitism and the Evolution of Cooperative Breeding in Birds

    William Feeney;Iliana Medina;M. Somveille;Robert Heinsohn

  • The evolution of egg rejection by cuckoo hosts in Australia and Europe

    N E Langmore;R M Kilner;S H M Butchart;G Maurer

Frequent Co-Authors

Naomi E. Langmore
Naomi E. Langmore Australian National University
John G. Ewen
John G. Ewen Zoological Society of London
Nicholas B. Davies
Nicholas B. Davies University of Cambridge
Claire N. Spottiswoode
Claire N. Spottiswoode University of Cape Town
Robert Heinsohn
Robert Heinsohn Australian National University
Rufus A. Johnstone
Rufus A. Johnstone University of Cambridge
Andrew F. Russell
Andrew F. Russell University of Exeter
Richard J. Ward
Richard J. Ward Universidade de São Paulo
Nigel Davies
Nigel Davies Lancaster University
Michelle L. Hall
Michelle L. Hall University of Melbourne

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