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56
Citations
10473
World Ranking
426
National Ranking
149

Overview

Robert B. Payne is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields and subfields within biological and ecological sciences, with a particular focus on animal science and zoology, ecology, and aquatic science.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Animal Science and Zoology
  • Ecology
  • Aquatic Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

Primary topics of investigation in Payne's body of work cover various aspects of animal behavior, ecological interactions, and conservation, including:

  • Livestock and Poultry Management
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Aquatic life and conservation
  • Comparative Animal Anatomy Studies
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Bird parasitology and diseases
  • Primate Behavior and Ecology

Payne has a significant publication record in the venue Birds of the World, with 347 publications, along with contributions to the Bulletin of the British Ornithologists Club, Journal of Medical Entomology, Emerging Infectious Diseases, and The Auk.

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Guy M. Kirwan
  • Peter F. D. Boesman
  • Josep del Hoyo
  • Nigel Collar
  • Eduardo de Juana

Recent papers by Payne demonstrate a focus on avian species and insect vector studies. The selected works include:

  • "Insecticide Resistance Status of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in California by Biochemical Assays" (2020), published in Journal of Medical Entomology
  • "Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)" (2020), published in Birds of the World
  • "Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)" (2020), published in Birds of the World
  • "Ash-colored Cuckoo (Coccycua cinerea)" (2020), published in Birds of the World
  • "Common Waxbill (Estrilda astrild)" (2020), published in Birds of the World

Best Publications

  • Song learning and social interaction in indigo buntings

    Robert B. Payne

  • Speciation by host switch in brood parasitic indigobirds

    Michael D. Sorenson;Michael D. Sorenson;Kristina M. Sefc;Robert B. Payne

  • Sexual Selection, Lek and Arena Behavior and Sexual Size Dimorphism in Birds

    Robert B. Payne

  • Behavior, mimetic songs and song dialects, and relationships of the parasitic indigobirds (vidua) of Africa

    Robert B. Payne

  • Imprinting and the origin of parasite–host species associations in brood-parasitic indigobirds, Vidua chalybeata

    Robert B. Payne;Laura L. Payne;Jean L. Woods;Michael D. Sorenson

  • Social Organization and Mating Success in Local Song Populations of Village Indigobirds, Vidua chalybeata

    Robert B. Payne;Karen Payne

  • Ecological Consequences of Song Matching: Breeding Success and Intraspecific Song Mimicry in Indigo Buntings

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  • Breeding dispersal in indigo buntings: circumstances and consequences for breeding success and population structure

    Robert B. Payne;Laura L. Payne

  • Behavioral Continuity and Change in Local Song Populations of Village Indigobirds Vidua chalybeate

    Robert B. Payne

  • Local song traditions in indigo buntings: Cultural transmission of behavior patterns across generations.

    Robert B. Payne;William L. Thompson;Kent L. Fiala;Laura L. Sweany

  • Biological and cultural success of song memes in indigo buntings

    Robert B. Payne;Laura L. Payne;Susan M. Doehlert

  • Brood parasitism by cowbirds: risks and effects on reproductive success and survival in indigo buntings

    Robert B. Payne;Laura L. Payne

  • Clade-limited colonization in brood parasitic finches (Vidua spp.).

    Michael D. Sorenson;Michael D. Sorenson;Christopher N. Balakrishnan;Robert B. Payne

  • The social context of song mimicry: Song-matching dialects in indigo buntings (Passerina cyanea)

    Robert B. Payne

  • A SINGLE ANCIENT ORIGIN OF BROOD PARASITISM IN AFRICAN FINCHES: IMPLICATIONS FOR HOST-PARASITE COEVOLUTION

    Michael D. Sorenson;Michael D. Sorenson;Robert B. Payne

  • Microgeographic Variation in Songs of Splendid Sunbirds Nectarinia Coccinigaster : Population Phenetics, Habitats, and Song Dialects

    R B Payne

  • Molecular genetic perspectives on avian brood parasitism.

    Michael D. Sorenson;Robert B. Payne

  • Song learning in brood-parasitic indigobirds Vidua chalybeata: song mimicry of the host species.

    Robert B Payne;Laura L Payne;Jean L Woods

  • ON MULTIPLE BROODS AND THE BREEDING STRATEGY OF ARCTIC SANDERLINGS

    D. F. Parmelee;R. B. Payne

  • Microsatellite Amplification From Museum Feather Samples: Effects of Fragment Size and Template Concentration on Genotyping Errors

    Kristina M. Sefc;Robert B. Payne;Michael D. Sorenson;Michael D. Sorenson

  • Splendid Wren Malurus Splendens Response To Cuckoos: an Experimental Test of Social Organization in a Communal Bird

    Robert B. Payne;Laura L. Payne;Ian Rowley

  • Natal dispersal and population structure in a migratory songbird, the indigo bunting

    Robert B. Payne

  • Breeding seasons and reproductive physiology of tricolored blackbirds and redwinged blackbirds

    Robert B. Payne

  • Parental care in estrildid finches: experimental tests of a model of Vidua brood parasitism

    Robert B. Payne;Jean L. Woods;Laura L. Payne

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael D. Sorenson
Michael D. Sorenson Boston University
Kristina M. Sefc
Kristina M. Sefc University of Graz
David F. Westneat
David F. Westneat University of Kentucky
Mark E. Hauber
Mark E. Hauber Queens College, CUNY
Mark E. Siddall
Mark E. Siddall American Museum of Natural History
David P. Mindell
David P. Mindell University of California, San Francisco
James V. Briskie
James V. Briskie University of Canterbury
Dianne H. Brunton
Dianne H. Brunton Massey University

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