Christina J. Painting

University of Waikato — New Zealand

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

16h-index1.0kcitations79works2.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Animal Behavior and Reproduction(33), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior(33), Plant and animal studies(28), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(11), Spider Taxonomy and Behavior Studies(11)

Publications79 total

Natural History of <i>Dolomedes schauinslandi</i> , a Range Restricted Fishing Spider From Hokoreroro | Rangatira | South East Island
New Zealand Journal of Zoology·2026Open Access
Towards an integrated understanding of animal weapons
2026Open Access
No evidence for RTA morphology affecting introgression in New Zealand fishing spiders
New Zealand Journal of Zoology·2025
Global variation in honey bee ( <i>Apis mellifera</i> ) mating flight times
New Zealand Journal of Zoology·2025· 1 cited
Systematics and evolutionary history of raft and nursery‐web spiders (Araneae: Dolomedidae and Pisauridae)
Zoologica Scripta·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Global Spider News Database (version 2)
Figshare·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Mating behaviour influences the direction and geographic extent of introgression in New Zealand fishing spiders (<i>Dolomedes</i>)
Journal of Evolutionary Biology·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Dolomedes fishing spider biology: gaps and opportunities for future research
Frontiers in Arachnid Science·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Are weapon allometries steeper in major or minor males? A meta-analysis
Behavioral Ecology·2024· 4 cited
Phylogenomics, Classification, and Lifestyle Evolution in Raft- and Nursery web- Spiders (Araneae: Dolomedidae and Pisauridae)
2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Predicting effects of warming on insect pollinators using the metabolic theory of ecology
2024Open Access
Extreme range in adult body size reveals hidden trade-offs among sexually selected traits
Evolution·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Home and away: the role of intraspecific behavioural variation in biological invasion
New Zealand Journal of Zoology·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Animal behaviour: diverse insights across Aotearoa New Zealand and the South Pacific
New Zealand Journal of Zoology·2024Open Access
The evolution of positive allometry and exaggerated traits in a diverse beetle clade
Functional Ecology·2024· 8 citedOpen Access
Exaggerated mandibles are correlated with enhanced foraging efficacy in male Auckland tree wētā
Biology Letters·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Exaggerated mandibles are correlated with enhanced foraging efficacy in male Auckland tree wētā"
2023
Sequential analysis reveals use of mutual assessment in contests between wild New Zealand giraffe weevils
New Zealand Journal of Zoology·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
Author response for "Exaggerated mandibles are correlated with enhanced foraging efficacy in male Auckland tree wētā"
2023
Juvenile leg autotomy predicts adult male morph in a New Zealand harvestman with weapon polymorphism
Behavioral Ecology·2023· 2 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Gregory I. Holwell(23), Leilani A. Walker(7), Pedro Cardoso(6), Elizabeth Lowe(6), Erin C. Powell(6), Ren‐Chung Cheng(6), Charles R. Haddad(6), Daiqin Li(6), Stefano Mammola(5), Caroline Sayuri Fukushima(5), Marco Isaia(5), Jagoba Malumbres‐Olarte(5), Julien Pétillon(5), Lenka Sentenská(5), Anthony J. Hickey(5), Simona Kralj‐Fišer(5), Yusoff Norma‐Rashid(5), Valeria Arabesky(4), Diego Alejandro Barrales-Alcalá(4), Aimee Lynn A. Barrion-Dupo(4)