Publications* denotes student researcher (graduate and undergraduate)
Smiley KO, SE Lipshutz, AA Kimmitt, MS Devries, KE Cain, EM George, KM Covino. Beyond a biased binary: A perspective on the misconceptions, challenges, and implications of studying females in avian endocrinology. Frontiers in Physiology *Special issue on Rising Stars in Avian Physiology 2022 * J Gaviraghi Mussoi, MC Stanley, KE Cain. Importance of sleep for avian vocal communication. Biology Letters 18 (8), 20220223 * Johnsson RD, F Connelly, *J Gaviraghi Mussoi J, AL Vyssotski, KE Cain, TC Roth and JA Lesku. Sleep loss impairs cognitive performance and alters song output performance in Australian magpies. Scientific Reports. 12 (1), 1-11 Odom, K; KE Cain; ML Hall; N Langmore; R Mulder; S Kleindorfer; J Karubian; L Brouwer; E Enbody; J Jones; J Dowling; A Leitão; E Greig; C Evans; A Johnson; K Meyers; M Araya-Salas; M Webster. Sex role similarity and sexual selection predict male and female song elaboration and dimorphism in fairy-wrens. Ecology & Evolution 11 (24), 17901-17919 * Johnsson, RD, F Connelly, *JG Mussoi, KE Cain, AL Vyssotski, TC Roth, JA Lesku. A causal role for sleep in maintaining high neurobehavioural performance in Australian magpies. Journal of Sleep Research 29, 178-178 * Sweeney, AP, *Heswell, AM, Cain, K.E. (2022). An observation of a juvenile feeding an injured adult in pūkeko (Porphyrio melanotus melanotus). Notornis, 69 (3), 191-195 * Erastova, DA; JA Galbraith, KE Cain, Y van Heezik, E Hume, MC Stanley. Effects of urban sugar water feeding on bird body condition and avian diseases. Avian Biology Research. 15 (3), 133-143 * Sweeney, AP, *Haerewa, NL, Cain, KE. (2022). Observations of satellite nesting and nocturnal incubation behaviours in pūkeko (Porphyrio melanotus melanotus). Notornis, 69 (3), 196-201 * Sweeney, AP & KE Cain. Opportunistic predation of non-native species by a native Aotearoa - New Zealand rail, the pukeko. Notornis. 69, 130-134 * Loo, YY & KE Cain. A call to expand avian vocal development research. Frontiers in Ecol & Evol. 9-773. doi.org10.3389/fevo.2021.757972 Cain, KE; S Griffith, LEB Kruuk. Morph and sex differences in ageing patterns in a polymorphic songbird - Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 34 (11), 1691-1703 * Sweeney, AP & KE Cain. The effects of a large-scale ecological disturbance on social group cohesion and reproductive success in a cooperatively breeding rail - Learning and Motivation - Invited contribution * Erastova,DA, JA Galbraith, KE Cain, Y van Heezik, A Filion, MC Stanley. Sugar water feeding practices are associated with bird species composition in urban backyards. Journal of Urban Ecology 7 (1), juab018 * K Heaphy, KE Cain. Song variation between sexes and among subspecies of New Zealand Fantail (Rhipidura fuliginosa)'. Emu - Austral Ornithology DOI: 10.1080/01584197.2021.1886589 * Liu, G, KE Cain, L Schwanz. Maternal temperature, corticosterone, and body condition as mediators of maternal effects in jacky dragons (Amphibolurus muricatus). 2020. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/711955. M Iglesias-Carrasco, DA Duchene, ML Head, AP Møller, and KE Cain. 2019. Sex in the city: sexual selection and urban colonisation in passerines. Biology Letters. 15: 20190257 * RMR Rodgers, KE Cain. 2019. No evidence for side preference or handedness in a New Zealand rail species with habitual foot-usage, the pukeko. Behavioural Processes. 167. * Loo, YYi, * Moran, IG, Cain, KE. 2019. Grey warbler aggressive behaviour towards rifleman nestlings. Notornis 66: 174-177. notornis.osnz.org.nz/node/4460 * Moran, IG, * Loo, YYi, Cain, KE. 2019. Long-tailed cuckoo (Eudynamys taitensis) predation on rifleman (Acanthisitta chloris) nestlings. Notornis. 66 103-107 Press- Youtube; Scoop.co.nz, 2nd Scoop KE Cain, ML Hall, I Medina, AV Leitao, K Delhey, L Brouwer, A Peters, S Pruett-Jones, MS Webster, NE Langmore, and RA Mulder. 2019. Conspicuous plumage does not increase predation risk: A continent-wide test using model songbirds. American Naturalist. doi.org/10.1086/701632. Press Release - * Taylor C, Hall ML, Cain KE, Langmore NE. 2019. A superb solo, or a deviant duet? Overlapping songs in superb fairy-wrens. Behavioural Ecology. 30(4), 1076–1086. * Young, CM, Cain, KE, Svedin, N, Backwell, PRY, Pryke, SR. 2018. Breeding biology of Crimson Finches (Neochmia phaeton) in the eastern Kimberley, Western Australia. Emu - Austral Ornithology - 119:2, 2019 - 106-115. Medina I, K Delhey, KE Cain, ML Hall, A Peters, RA Mulder & NE Langmore. 2017. Habitat structure is linked with the evolution of plumage in female, but not male, fairy-wrens. BMC Evolutionary Biology 17 (1), 35 Cain, KE & SR Pryke. 2017. Testosterone production ability predicts breeding success and tracks breeding stage in captive male songbirds. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 30: 430–436 * Young, CM, KE Cain, N Svedin, P Backwell & SR Pryke. 2017. Predictors of aggressive response towards simulated intruders depend on context and sex in Crimson Finches (Neochmia phaeton). Behavioural Processes 138, 41-48 Cain, KE & NE Langmore. 2016. Female song and aggression show contrasting relationships to reproductive success when habitat quality differs. Behav Ecol Sociobiol doi:10.1007/s00265-016-2192-1 Cain, KE & SR Pryke. 2016. Testosterone production in response to exogenous gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH challenge) depends on social environment and color polymorphism. Special issue in General & Comparative Endocrinology, 244:77-85 Cain, KE, A Cockburn & NE Langmore. 2016. Female territorial behaviour (song and activity) is positively related to fitness estimates in superb fairy-wrens (Malurus cyaneus). Invited special issue on female song in Front. Ecol. Evol. http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2015.00119 Cain, KE & NE Langmore. 2015. Female and male song rates across breeding stage: testing for sexual and non-sexual functions of female song. Animal Behaviour 109:65-71 * Young, C, KE Cain, & SR Pryke. 2015. Carotenoid or melanin? The role of coloured badges in resolving group conflicts. Journal of Avian Biology, DOI: 10.1111/jav.00742 * Young, C, KE Cain, N Svedin, P Backwell & SR Pryke. 2015. Nest success in crimson finches: chance or choice? Ethology, DOI: 10.1111/eth.12422 Cain KE, J Jawor & JW McGlothlin. Individual variation and selection on hormone-mediated phenotypes. In: The Ordinary Extraordinary Junco. (JW Atwell & ED Ketterson, editors). Chicago University Press, IL. Book Chapter Cain, KE & KA Rosvall. 2014. Next steps for understanding the selective relevance of female-female competition., Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution doi: 10.3389/fevo.2014.0003 Cain, KE. 2014. Mates of competitive females: the relationships between female aggression, mate quality and parental care. Advances in Zoology, Article ID 319567, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/319567 Roche DG, Lanfear R, Binning SA, Haff TM, Schwanz LE, Cain KE, Kokko H, Jennions MD, & Kruuk LEB. 2014. Troubleshooting Public Data Archiving: Suggestions to Increase Participation. PLoS Biology 12(1): e1001779. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1001779 Cain, KE & ED Ketterson. 2013. Individual variation in testosterone and parental care in a female songbird; the dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis), Hormones & Behavior, 64:685–692 Cain, KE & ED Ketterson. 2013. Costs and benefits of female competitive traits; aggression, maternal care, and reproductive success in a common songbird. PLoS One, 8(10):e77816 Cain, KE, CM Bergeon-Burns & ED Ketterson. 2012. Testosterone production, sexually dimorphic morphology and digit ratio in a common songbird, the dark-eyed junco. Behavioral Ecology, 24:462–469. doi: 10.1093/beheco/ars186 Cain, KE, and Ketterson, ED 2012. Competitive females are successful females; phenotype, mechanism, and selection in a common songbird. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 66(2): 241-252. doi: 10.1007/s00265-011-1272-5 PRESS: Featured on the science blog The Scorpion and the Frog Selected as an Editor's Choice Article; one of the journals top cited papers. Cain, KE, Rich, MS*, Ainsworth, K*, Ketterson, ED 2011. Two sides of the same coin? Consistency in aggression to conspecifics and predators in a female songbird. Ethology 117(9): 786-795. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2011.01932.x Datasets KE Cain, ML Hall, I Medina, AV Leitao, K Delhey, L Brouwer, A Peters, S Pruett-Jones, MS Webster, NE Langmore, and RA Mulder. Data from: Conspicuous plumage does not increase predation risk: A continent-wide test using model songbirds. Dryad Digital Repository. https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.t63qq52 Cain K, Pryke S (2016) Data from: Testosterone production ability predicts breeding success and tracks breeding stage in male finches. Dryad Digital Repository. http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.70gh4 |