Zachary Aidala

Publications by Year

Research Areas

Avian ecology and behavior, Animal Behavior and Reproduction, Plant and animal studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Ichthyology and Marine Biology

Most-Cited Works

• → Ultraviolet visual sensitivity in three avian lineages: paleognaths, parrots, and passerines(2012)75 cited
• → Using 3D printed eggs to examine the egg-rejection behaviour of wild birds(2015)66 cited
• → The role of egg-nest contrast in the rejection of brood parasitic eggs(2015)24 cited
• → Multiple parasitism reduces egg rejection in the host (Acrocephalus arundinaceus) of a mimetic avian brood parasite (Cuculus canorus).(2019)15 cited
• → Phylogenetic relationships of the genus Mohoua, endemic hosts of New Zealand’s obligate brood parasitic Long-tailed Cuckoo (Eudynamys taitensis)(2013)12 cited
• → Repeated Brood Parasitism by Brown-Headed Cowbirds ( Molothrus ater ) at Nesting Sites of Eastern Phoebes ( Sayornis phoebe ) across Non-consecutive Years(2013)11 cited
• → Predicted visual sensitivity for short-wavelength light in the brood parasitic cuckoos of New Zealand(2012)10 cited
• → Experimental shifts in egg–nest contrasts do not alter egg rejection responses in an avian host–brood parasite system(2015)9 cited
• → Increased egg–nest visual contrast does not induce egg ejection in the eastern phoebe (Sayornis phoebe), an accepter host of the brood parasitic brown-headed cowbird (Molothrus ater).(2018)7 cited
• → Pseudogenisation of the Short-wavelength Sensitive 1 (SWS1) Opsin Gene in Two New Zealand Endemic Passerine Species: the Yellowhead ( Mohoua ochrocephala ) and Brown Creeper ( M. novaeseelandiae )(2016)4 cited