Kevin C. Burns

I am a Biology Professor who is interested in how life evolves on isolated islands

[Kevin C. Burns @KevinCBurns2]

Do harsh environmental conditions promote cooperative behaviour in both plants and animals? https://t.co/t9TXlnOGAj

[Society of Island Biology @IslandBiology]

🚨 Registration is now OPEN 🚨

The Island Biology 2023 conference in Lipari is open for registration: https://t.co/Y3XwGMJ1PQ

📅Dates: July 3rd to 7th 2023
📌Location: Lipari, Aeolian Islands, Italy
💰Fees: Early bird until March 5: 380€ (regular), 230€ (student)

[Kevin C. Burns @KevinCBurns2]

Congratulations to Ganges Lim on his recent paper on fruit colour polymorphisms in the New Zealand alps (https://t.co/cTlD5a13ZT)

[Kevin C. Burns @KevinCBurns2]

How does published research labeled as ‘natural history’ differ from mainstream research in ecology and evolution? https://t.co/c7hdnwwdQR

[Kevin C. Burns @KevinCBurns2]

Ever wonder how #plant_traits influence invasion success? Check out Fabio Mologni's new paper (https://t.co/pcujeRwafz) out today in #Biological_Invasions

[Kevin C. Burns @KevinCBurns2]

@ummat_s Awesome! Let me know what you think. - KC

[Kevin C. Burns @KevinCBurns2]

Adaptive Radiations vs the Island Rule - The Paradox on Island Evolution https://t.co/enTUXBgbBk

[Anna Traveset @AnnaTraveset]

I just knew that the great island biologist Sherwan Carlquist has passed away😞. His books and papers have been such an inspiration for all of us working on islands. Thanks so much Prof. Carlquist!! @IslandBiology

[Kevin C. Burns @KevinCBurns2]

Do parrots use tools to deter predators? Natural history observations of wild New Zealand kaka published in the latest issue of Behaviour suggest they do. DOI 10.1163/1568539X-bja10137

[Kevin C. Burns @KevinCBurns2]

@Guida_Santos7 @Ecology_Letters @jose_dinizfilho @uncshai @lab_raia And here's our reply...
https://t.co/kP9UyyETpZ

[Jon Waters @jon_waters_nz]

Lord Howe Island researcher receives Honorary Doctorate after 40 years on remote paradise https://t.co/Di4KP2z2B6

[Amy McDermott @amygmcdermott]

Well, this is a first. Staghorn ferns may be the first known eusocial plants (& reporting about them was my first time bringing a houseplant to an interview, thx @KevinCBurns2). Find the story here, on the ferns' exciting sociality: https://t.co/VKVAmb67iZ #ecology #euscial

[Kevin C. Burns @KevinCBurns2]

Can a simple null model predict the island rule?
https://t.co/x8x8ORZDWw @IslandBiology @Biogeography

[Kevin C. Burns @KevinCBurns2]

Can land plants evolve to become eusocial?
https://t.co/7yQM0VHid9

[Society of Island Biology @IslandBiology]

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[Kevin C. Burns @KevinCBurns2]

Interested in a fully-funded PhD scholarship on the molecular ecology of island plants? Email [email protected] for a description of the project.

[Dr. Ganges Lim @GangesLim]

If once you have slept on an island
You’ll never be quite the same
(Rachel Lyman Field)

Robert D. Holt's lovely review of the slender and captivating, "Evolution in Isolation: The Search for an Island Syndrome in Plants." By Kevin C. Burns.
@KevinCBurns2
https://t.co/7a0P1280TA

[Kevin C. Burns @KevinCBurns2]

Great paper on epiphytes written by Tom Dawes in @JVegSci "Facultative hemiepiphytism as a recruitment strategy in small‐seeded tree species" https://t.co/1UR6X21Zuz Well done Tom!

[Diversity & Distributions @consbiog]

Call for papers: Special Issue on "Environmental DNA-based biodiversity assessment and conservation management in the Anthropocene" https://t.co/ltBJlfB8Bq

[Kevin C. Burns @KevinCBurns2]

@cryptic_omics Be sure to let me know what you think!