Evolution in wild populations

Project Information

EVOWILD

Grant agreement ID: 101020503

DOI

10.3030/101020503

EC signature date 8 July 2021

Start date 1 December 2021

End date 30 November 2026

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 1 818 417,00

EU contribution

€ 1 818 417,00

Coordinated by

THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH
United Kingdom

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (11)

The expanding value of long-term studies of individuals in the wild

Author(s): Sheldon, B.C., Kruuk, L.E.B. & Alberts, S.C.
Published in: Nature Ecology and Evolution, Issue 6, 2022, Page(s) 1799–1801, ISSN 2397-334X
Publisher: Springer Nature
DOI: 10.1038/s41559-022-01940-7

Antler size in red deer: declining selection and increasing genetic variance with age, but little senescence

Author(s): Elizabeth A Mittell, Priyam Mandaliya, Josephine M Pemberton, Alison Morris, Sean Morris, Susan E Johnston, Loeske E B Kruuk
Published in: Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 2024, ISSN 1420-9101
Publisher: Oxford University Press
DOI: 10.1093/jeb/voae112

Adaptive potential in the face of a transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils

Author(s): Kasha Strickland, Menna E. Jones, Andrew Storfer, Rodrigo K. Hamede, Paul A. Hohenlohe, Mark J. Margres, Hamish I. McCallum, Sebastien Comte, Shelly Lachish, Loeske E. B. Kruuk
Published in: Molecular Ecology, 2024, ISSN 0962-1083
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/mec.17531

Scaling‐up RADseq methods for large datasets of non‐invasive samples: Lessons for library construction and data preprocessing

Author(s): Larissa S. Arantes, Jilda A. Caccavo, James K. Sullivan, Sarah Sparmann, Susan Mbedi, Oliver P. Höner, Camila J. Mazzoni
Published in: Molecular Ecology Resources, 2023, ISSN 1755-098X
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.13859

Satellite‐Derived <scp>NDVI</scp> Predicts Forage Availability in a Wild Ungulate System: Ground‐Truthing Using Field‐Collected Vegetation Biomass

Author(s): Shane Butt, Kirsty Macphie, Richard S. Turner, Sean J. Morris, Alison Morris, Robin Pakeman, Loeske E. B. Kruuk, J. M. Pemberton, H. Froy
Published in: Ecology and Evolution, Issue 16, 2026, Page(s) 1-16, ISSN 2045-7758
Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.73258

The Unusual Value of Long-Term Studies of Individuals: The Example of the Isle of Rum Red Deer Project

Author(s): Josephine M. Pemberton, Loeske E.B. Kruuk, and Tim Clutton-Brock
Published in: Annual Reviews of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics, Issue 53, 2022, Page(s) 327-351, ISSN 1543-592X
Publisher: Annual Reviews, Inc.
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-ecolsys-012722-024041

Addressing biases in sliding window analysis gives new insight into the response of parturition date to weather in a wild mammal

Author(s): Kirsty H. Macphie, Sean Morris, Alison Morris, Fiona E. Guinness, Timothy H. Clutton‐Brock, Loeske E. B. Kruuk, Josephine M. Pemberton
Published in: Oikos, Issue 2026, 2026, Page(s) 1-15, ISSN 0030-1299
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/oik.11372

Unmeasured prior viability selection resolves the paradox of stasis for body size in wild Soay sheep

Author(s): Elizabeth A. Mittell, Josephine M. Pemberton, Loeske E. B. Kruuk, Michael B. Morrissey
Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Issue 122, 2025, Page(s) 1-7, ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2513969122

Life-history trade-offs and reproductive strategies in Tasmanian devils following disease-induced population decline

Author(s): Kasha Strickland, Menna Jones, Shelly Lachish, Sebastien Comte, Rodrigo Hamede Ross, Paul A. Hohenlohe, Hamish McCallum, Andrew Storfer, Loeske E. B. Kruuk
Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, Issue 292, 2025, Page(s) 1-9, ISSN 1471-2954
Publisher: The Royal Society
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2025.0697

Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals

Author(s): Timothée Bonnet*, Michael B. Morrissey, Pierre de Villemereuil, Susan C. Alberts, Peter Arcese, Liam D. Bailey, Stan Boutin, Patricia Brekke, Lauren J.N. Brent, Glauco Camenisch, Anne Charmantier, Tim H. Clutton-Brock, Andrew Cockburn, David W. Coltman, Alexandre Courtiol, Eve Davidian, Simon R. Evans, John G. Ewen, Marco Festa-Bianchet, Christophe de FranceschiLars Gustafsson, Oliver P. Höner,
Published in: Science, Issue 376, 2022, Page(s) 1012-1016, ISSN 0036-8075
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
DOI: 10.1126/science.abk0853

Simple maternal effects animal models may provide biased estimates of additive genetic and maternal variation

Author(s): Joel L Pick, Craig A Walling, Loeske E B Kruuk
Published in: Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Issue 38, 2025, Page(s) 1556-1572, ISSN 1420-9101
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)
DOI: 10.1093/jeb/voaf104