Kathryn C. Grabenstein

University of Colorado Boulder — United States

Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Life Sciences

5h-index266citations14works1.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Genetic diversity and population structure(5), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(5), Avian ecology and behavior(4), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(4), Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock(3)

Publications14 total

Extensive local introgression despite rare contemporary hybridization between two backyard songbirds
Evolution·2025
Weak population structure in the North American house wren <i>Troglodytes aedon</i>
Journal of Avian Biology·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Chickadees sing different songs in sympatry versus allopatry
Journal of Evolutionary Biology·2024· 1 cited
Higher prevalence and diversity of avian haemosporidian infections in an elevation generalist compared to an elevation specialist
2024
No evidence of sex ratio manipulation by black-throated blue warblers in response to food availability
Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology·2023
Similar parasite communities but dissimilar infection patterns in two closely related chickadee species
The Auk·2023
Hybridization between closely related songbirds is related to human habitat disturbance
Global Change Biology·2022· 21 cited
Sympatry leads to reduced body condition in chickadees that occasionally hybridize
Ecology and Evolution·2022· 17 citedOpen Access
A highly invasive malaria parasite has expanded its range to non-migratory birds in North America
Biology Letters·2021· 12 citedOpen Access
Achromatic plumage variation between and within hybridizing Black‐capped and Mountain chickadees
Journal of Field Ornithology·2021· 8 cited
Recent Literature The Ascent of Birds: How Modern Science is Revealing their Stories John Reilly, 2018. Pelagic Publishing, Exeter, UK. 340 pages. ISBN 9781784271695. $33.00 (Hardcover).
Journal of Field Ornithology·2019
Issue Information
Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America·2019Open Access
Diverging from the Dogma: A Call to Train Creative Thinkers in Science
Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America·2018· 2 citedOpen Access
Breaking Barriers: Causes, Consequences, and Experimental Utility of Human-Mediated Hybridization
Trends in Ecology & Evolution·2018· 202 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Scott A. Taylor(10), Angela N. Theodosopoulos(6), Ken A. Otter(2), Theresa M. Burg(2), Katherine Feldmann(2), Erik R. Funk(2), Garth M. Spellman(2), Isabel Schroeter(2), Chiara Forrester(2), Laurel M. Brigham(2), Erin Fried(2), Claire C. Karban(2), Molly T. McDermott(2), Bethann Garramon Merkle(2), Staffan Bensch(1), William Anderson(1), Olivia Taylor(1), H. S. Leeson(1), Carrie L. Branch(1), Taylor Scott(1)