Individuals and populations: the role of long-term, individual-based studies of animals in ecology and evolutionary biology

T Clutton-Brock, BC Sheldon - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2010 - cell.com
Many important questions in ecology and evolutionary biology can only be answered with
data that extend over several decades and answering a substantial proportion of questions …

Early growth conditions, phenotypic development and environmental change

P Monaghan - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2008 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Phenotypic development is the result of a complex interplay involving the organism's own
genetic make-up and the environment it experiences during development. The latter …

Social influences on survival and reproduction: Insights from a long‐term study of wild baboons

SC Alberts - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
For social species, the environment has two components: physical and social. The social
environment modifies the individual's interaction with the physical environment, and the …

Revealing the contributions of reproduction and survival to the Europe-wide decline in meadow birds: review and meta-analysis

M Roodbergen, B van der Werf, H Hötker - Journal of Ornithology, 2012 - Springer
In this review, we summarize available data on nest success, chick survival and reproductive
output, and adult and juvenile survival of five meadow breeding waders in Europe: Eurasian …

Sea-level rise causes shorebird population collapse before habitats drown

M van de Pol, LD Bailey, M Frauendorf… - Nature Climate …, 2024 - nature.com
Sea-level rise will lead to widespread habitat loss if warming exceeds 2° C, threatening
coastal wildlife globally. Reductions in coastal habitat quality are also expected but their …

Determinants of reproductive success in dominant pairs of clownfish: a boosted regression tree analysis

PM Buston, J Elith - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Central questions of behavioural and evolutionary ecology are what factors influence the
reproductive success of dominant breeders and subordinate nonbreeders within animal …

Individual heterogeneity in life histories and eco‐evolutionary dynamics

Y Vindenes, Ø Langangen - Ecology letters, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Individual heterogeneity in life history shapes eco‐evolutionary processes, and unobserved
heterogeneity can affect demographic outputs characterising life history and population …

Effects of climate change and variability on population dynamics in a long‐lived shorebird

M Van de Pol, Y Vindenes, BE Sæther, S Engen… - Ecology, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change affects both the mean and variability of climatic variables, but their relative
impact on the dynamics of populations is still largely unexplored. Based on a long‐term …

Survival in a long‐lived territorial migrant: effects of life‐history traits and ecological conditions in wintering and breeding areas

JM Grande, D Serrano, G Tavecchia, M Carrete… - Oikos, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Despite its key role in population dynamics and evolutionary ecology, little is known about
factors shaping survival in long‐lived territorial species. Here, we assessed several …

Intensified agricultural use of grasslands reduces growth and survival of precocial shorebird chicks

R Kentie, JCEW Hooijmeijer, KB Trimbos… - Journal of Applied …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Intensification of agricultural use of grassland habitats has been linked to the declines of
many farmland bird species, several of whom have been in decline for multiple decades …