Rebecca M. Kilner

University of Cambridge — United Kingdom

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

50h-index8.2kcitations213works4.92yr avg
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Research Topics

Plant and animal studies(77), Animal Behavior and Reproduction(74), Avian ecology and behavior(46), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior(39), Insect and Pesticide Research(29)

Publications213 total

The form and function of a multi-functional weapon system in male and female burying beetles ( <i>Nicrophorus vespilloides</i> )
2025Open Access
Parental care at the molecular level: the metabolic division of labour between parents and offspring
2025Open Access
Maternal care shapes an aposematic display and provides lifelong protection against predators
Behavioral Ecology·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Coevolution and the diversification of nestling ornamentation in a species-rich avian radiation
Evolution·2025Open Access
Niche Construction Through an Optimal Host Brood Size Is Supported in Brown‐Headed Cowbirds: A Response to M. Soler
Ethology·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Seasonal Patterns of Resource Use Within Natural Populations of Burying Beetles
Ecology and Evolution·2024Open Access
Can recent evolutionary history promote resilience to environmental change?
Behavioral Ecology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Gene body methylation evolves during the sustained loss of parental care in the burying beetle
Nature Communications·2024· 8 citedOpen Access
Revisiting the ecology and evolution of burying beetle behavior (Staphylinidae: Silphinae)
Ecology and Evolution·2024· 36 citedOpen Access
Nest construction and its effect on posthatching family life in the burying beetle Nicrophorus vespilloides
Animal Behaviour·2024· 2 citedOpen Access
Sexual dimorphism in head size in wild burying beetles
Ecological Entomology·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Plasticity and evolution of metabolic division of labour within families
2024Open Access
Selection on the joint actions of pairs leads to divergent adaptation and coadaptation of care-giving parents during pre-hatching care
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Coevolution with hosts underpins speciation in brood-parasitic cuckoos
Science·2024· 24 citedOpen Access
Carrion type and extent of breeding success together influence subsequent carrion choice by adult burying beetles
Ecological Entomology·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Seasonal patterns of resource use within natural populations of burying beetles
2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Nest construction and its effect on post-hatching family life in the burying beetle <i>Nicrophorus vespilloides</i>
2024Open Access
Biomechanical adaptations enable phoretic mite species to occupy distinct spatial niches on host burying beetles
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
Competition among host‐specific lineages of <i>Poecilochirus carabi</i> mites influences the extent of co‐adaptation with their <i>Nicrophorus vespilloides</i> burying beetle hosts
Ecology and Evolution·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Sexual dimorphism in head size in wild burying beetles ( <i>Nicrophorus vespilloides</i> )
2023Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Naomi E. Langmore(11), Sheena C. Cotter(6), Camilla A. Hinde(6), N. B. Davies(4), Golo Maurer(4), Andrew F. Russell(3), Andrew Cockburn(3), Mary Caswell Stoddard(3), Rufus A. Johnstone(2), Sarah Hunt(2), David G. Noble(2), Joah R. Madden(2), Márk E. Hauber(2), Martin Stevens(2), Robert Heinsohn(2), Michelle L. Hall(2), Anne Peters(2), Nigel Davies(2), Richard J. S. Ward(2), Matthew Schrader(2)