Publications

• Arnold, P, Kruuk, L & Nicotra, A 2019, 'How to analyse plant phenotypic plasticity in response to a changing climate', New Phytologist, vol. 222, pp. 1235-1241pp.
• Arnold, P, Nicotra, A & Kruuk, L 2019, 'Sparse evidence for selection on phenotypic plasticity in response to temperature', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B, vol. 374, no. 1768, pp. 14pp.
• Bonnet, T, Morrissey, M & Kruuk, L 2019, 'Estimation of Genetic Variance in Fitness, and Inference of Adaptation, When Fitness Follows a Log-Normal Distribution', Journal of Heredity, vol. 110, no. 4, pp. 383-395.
• Siepielski, A, Morrissey, M, Carlson, S et al 2019, 'No evidence that warmer temperatures are associated with selection for smaller body sizes', Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B: Biological Sciences, vol. 286, no. 1907, pp. 10pp.
• Siepielski, A, Morrissey, M, Buoro, M et al 2018, 'Response to Comment on "precipitation drives global variation in natural selection"', Science, vol. 359, no. 6374, pp. 2pp.
• Hayward, A, Pemberton, J, Berenos, C et al 2018, 'Evidence for selection-by-environment but not genotype-by-environment interactions for fitness-related traits in a wild mammal population', Genetics (online), vol. 208, no. 1, pp. 349-364pp.
• De Mello Martins, F, Kruuk, L, Llewelyn, J et al 2018, 'Heritability of climate-relevant traits in a rainforest skink', Heredity, vol. 122, pp. 41-52.
• Vega Trejo, R, Kruuk, L, Jennions, M et al 2018, 'What happens to offspring when parents are inbred, old or had a poor start in life? Evidence for sex-specific parental effects', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 31, no. 8, pp. 1138-1151.
• Hajduk, G, Cockburn, A, Margraf, N et al 2018, 'Inbreeding, inbreeding depression, and infidelity in a cooperatively breeding bird', Evolution, vol. 72, no. 7, pp. 1500-1514pp.
• Henshaw, J, Jennions, M & Kruuk, L 2018, 'How to quantify (the response to) sexual selection on traits', Evolution, vol. 72, no. 9, pp. 1904-1917pp.
• Nottingham, A, Fierer, N, Turner, B et al. 2018, 'Microbes follow Humboldt: temperature drives plant and soil microbial diversity patterns from the Amazon to the Andes', Ecology, vol. 99, no. 11, pp. 2455-2466.
• Cooper, E & Kruuk, L 2018, 'Ageing with a silver-spoon: A meta-analysis of the effect of developmental environment on senescence', Evolution Letters, vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 460-471.
• Kruuk, L & Wilson, A 2018, 'The challenge of estimating indirect genetic effects on behavior: a comment on Bailey et al.', Behavioral Ecology, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 13-14pp.
• Vega Trejo R, Head, M, Jennions, M & Kruuk, L 2018, 'Maternal-by-environment but not genotype-by-environment interactions in a fish without parental care', Heredity, vol. 120, no. 2, pp. 154-167.
• Kruuk, L 2017, 'A new explanation for unexpected evolution in body size', PLoS Biology, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 6pp.
• Siepielski, A, Morrissey, M, Buoro, M et al 2017, 'Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection', Science, vol. 355, no. 6328, pp. 959-962pp.
• Andrews, C, Kruuk, L & Smiseth, P 2017, 'Evolution of elaborate parental care: phenotypic and genetic correlations between parent and offspring traits', Behavioral Ecology, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 39-48.
• Callaby, R, Toye, P, Jennings, A et al 2016, 'Seroprevalence of respiratory viral pathogens of indigenous calves in Western Kenya', Research in Veterinary Science, vol. 108, pp. 120-124.
• Froy, H, Walling, C, Pemberton, J et al. 2016, 'Relative costs of offspring sex and offspring survival in a polygynous mammal', Biology Letters, vol. 12, no. 9, pp. -.
• Thackeray, S, Henrys, P, Hemming, D et al. 2016, 'Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels', Nature, vol. 535, no. 7611, pp. 241-U94.
• Logan, C, Kruuk, L, Stanley, R et al 2016, 'Endocranial volume is heritable and is associated with longevity and fitness in a wild mammal', Royal Society Open Science, vol. 3, no. 12, pp. 160622-160622.
• Huisman, J, Kruuk, L, Ellis, P et al 2016, 'Inbreeding depression across the lifespan in a wild mammal population', PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 113, no. 13, pp. 3585-3590.
• Pavitt, A, Pemberton, J, Kruuk, L et al 2016, 'Testosterone and cortisol concentrations vary with reproductive status in wild female red deer', Ecology and Evolution, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 1163-1172.
• Gardner, J.L., Symonds, M.R.E., Joseph, L., Ikin, K., Stein, J. & Kruuk, L.E.B. (2016). Spatial variation in avian bill size is associated with humidity in summer among Australian passerines. Climate Change Responses, 3, 11.
• Roche, D, Kruuk, L, Lanfear, R et al 2015, 'Public Data Archiving in Ecology and Evolution: How Well Are We Doing?', PLoS Biology, vol. 13, no. 11, pp. e1002295-e1002295.
• Pavitt, A, Walling, C, Mostl, E et al 2015, 'Cortisol but not testosterone is repeatable and varies with reproductive effort in wild red deer stags', General and Comparative Endocrinology: an international journal, vol. 222, pp. 62-68.
• Kruuk, L, Osmond, H & Cockburn, A 2015, 'Contrasting effects of climate on juvenile body size in a Southern Hemisphere passerine bird', Global Change Biology, vol. 21, no. 8, pp. 2929-2941.
• Woolhouse, M, Thumbi, S, Jennings, A et al 2015, 'Co-infections determine patterns of mortality in a population exposed to parasite infection', Science Advances, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. e1400026-e1400026.
• Pemberton, J & Kruuk, L 2015, Red deer research on the Isle of Rum NNR: management implications.
• Kruuk, L, Livingston, J, Kahn, A et al. 2015, 'Sex-Specific maternal effects in a viviparous fish', Biology Letters, vol. 11, no. 8, pp. -.
• Callaby, R, Hanotte, O, Conradie van Wyk, I et al 2015, 'Variation and covariation in strongyle infection in East African shorthorn zebu calves', Parasitology, vol. 142, no. 3, pp. 499-511.
• Kruuk, L, Charmantier, A & Garant, D 2014, 'The study of quantitative genetics in wild populations', in Anne Charmantier, Dany Garant, Loeske E.B. Kruuk (ed.), Quantitative Genetics in the Wild, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 1-15.
• Charmantier, A, Garant, D & Kruuk, L, eds, 2014, Quantitative Genetics in the Wild, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
• Kruuk, L, Clutton-Brock, T & Pemberton, J 2014, 'Case study: quantitative genetics and sexual selection of weaponry in a wild ungulate', in Anne Charmantier, Dany Garant, Loeske E.B. Kruuk (ed.), Quantitative Genetics in the Wild, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 160-176.
• Roche, D, Lanfear, R, Binning, S et al 2014, 'Troubleshooting Public Data Archiving: Suggestions to Increase Participation', PLoS Biology, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. e1001779-e1001779.
• Stopher, K, Bento, A, Clutton-Brock, T et al. 2014, 'Multiple pathways mediate the effects of climate change on maternal reproductive traits in a red deer population', Ecology, vol. 95, no. 11, pp. 3124-3138.
• Walling, C, Morrissey, M, Foerster, K et al 2014, 'A multivariate analysis of genetic constraints to life history evolution in a wild population of red deer', Genetics (online), vol. 198, no. 4, pp. 1735-1749.
• Pavitt, A, Walling, C, McNeilly, A et al 2014, 'Variation in early-life testosterone within a wild population of red deer', Functional Ecology, vol. 28, no. 5, pp. 1224-1234.
• Pavitt, A, Walling, C, Pemberton, J et al. 2014, 'Heritability and cross-sex genetic correlations of early-life circulating testosterone levels in a wild mammal', Biology Letters, vol. 10, no. 11, pp. 20140685-20140685.
• Andres, D, Clutton-Brock, T, Kruuk, L et al 2013, 'Sex differences in the consequences of maternal loss in a long-lived mammal, the red deer (Cervus elaphus)', Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol. 67, no. 8, pp. 1249-1258.
• Hayward, A, Wilson, A, Pilkington, J et al 2013, 'Reproductive senescence in female Soay sheep: Variation across traits and contributions of individual ageing and selective disappearance', Functional Ecology, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 184-195.
• Lane, J, Kruuk, L, Charmantier, A et al. 2012, 'Delayed phenology and reduced fitness associated with climate change in a wild hibernator', Nature, vol. 489, no. 7417, pp. 554-557.
• Nielsen, J, English, S, Goodall-Copestake, W et al 2012, 'Inbreeding and inbreeding depression of early life traits in a cooperative mammal', Molecular Ecology, vol. 21, no. 11, pp. 2788-2804.
• Morrissey, M, Walling, C, Wilson, A et al 2012, 'Genetic Analysis of Life-History Constraint and Evolution in a Wild Ungulate Population', The American Naturalist, vol. 179, no. 4, pp. E97-E114.
• Morrissey, M, Parker, D, Korsten, P et al 2012, 'The Prediction of Adaptive Evolution: Empirical Application of the Secondary Theorem of Selection and Comparison to the Breeder's Equation', Evolution, vol. 66, no. 8, pp. 2399-2410.
• Hayward, A, Wilson, A, Pilkington, J et al 2011, 'Natural selection on a measure of parasite resistance varies across ages and environmental conditions in a wild mammal', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 24, no. 8, pp. 1664-1676.
• Clements, M, Clutton-Brock, T, Albon, S et al 2011, 'Gestation length variation in a wild ungulate', Functional Ecology, vol. 25, no. 3, pp. 691-703.
• Hadfield, J, Wilson, A & Kruuk, L 2011, 'Cryptic evolution: Does environmental deterioration have a genetic basis?', Genetics (Print) ceased Dec 2009 - don't use, vol. 187, no. 4, pp. 1099-1113.
• Clements, M, Clutton-Brock, T, Guinness, F et al 2011, 'Variances and covariances of phenological traits in a wild mammal population', Evolution, vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 788-801.
• Moyes, K, Nussey, D, Clements, M et al 2011, 'Advancing breeding phenology in response to environmental change in a wild red deer population', Global Change Biology, vol. 17, no. 7, pp. 2455-2469.
• Walling, C, Nussey, D, Morris, A et al. 2011, 'Inbreeding depression in red deer calves', BMC Evolutionary Biology (now BMC Ecology and Evolution), vol. 11, no. 318, pp. 1-13.
• Lane, J, Kruuk, L, Charmantier, A et al 2011, 'A quantitative genetic analysis of hibernation emergence date in a wild population of Columbian ground squirrels', Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 24, no. 9, pp. 1949-1959.
• Husby, A, Visser, M & Kruuk, L 2011, 'Speeding up microevolution: The effects of increasing temperature on selection and genetic variance in a wild bird population', PLoS Biology, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. e1000585-e1000585.

Projects and Grants

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• Evolution in a changing environment (Primary Investigator)