Search Results - "RICHARDSON, DAVID S."

How pathogens drive genetic diversity: MHC, mechanisms and misunderstandings by Spurgin, Lewis G., Richardson, David S.

“…Major histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes have been put forward as a model for studying how genetic diversity is maintained in wild populations…”
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Sex differences in telomeres and lifespan by Barrett, Emma L. B., Richardson, David S.

“…Summary Males and females often age at different rates resulting in longevity ‘gender gaps’, where one sex outlives the other. Why the sexes have different…”
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The monetary benefit of early flood warnings in Europe by Pappenberger, Florian, Cloke, Hannah L., Parker, Dennis J., Wetterhall, Fredrik, Richardson, David S., Thielen, Jutta

“…•Potential monetary benefits of early flood warnings are estimated based on the forecasts of the continental-scale European Flood Awareness System…”
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Disentangling the causes of temporal variation in the opportunity for sexual selection by Carleial, Rômulo, Pizzari, Tommaso, Richardson, David S., McDonald, Grant C.

“…In principle, temporal fluctuations in the potential for sexual selection can be estimated as changes in intrasexual variance in reproductive success (i.e. the…”
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ECMWF Extreme Forecast Index for water vapor transport: A forecast tool for atmospheric rivers and extreme precipitation by Lavers, David A., Pappenberger, Florian, Richardson, David S., Zsoter, Ervin

“…In winter, heavy precipitation and floods along the west coasts of midlatitude continents are largely caused by intense water vapor transport (integrated vapor…”
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Breeders that receive help age more slowly in a cooperatively breeding bird by Hammers, Martijn, Kingma, Sjouke A., Spurgin, Lewis G., Bebbington, Kat, Dugdale, Hannah L., Burke, Terry, Komdeur, Jan, Richardson, David S.

“…Helping by group members is predicted to lead to delayed senescence by affecting the trade-off between current reproduction and future survival for dominant…”
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Telomere length and dynamics predict mortality in a wild longitudinal study by Barrett, Emma L. B., Burke, Terry A., Hammers, Martijn, Komdeur, Jan, Richardson, David S.

“…Explaining variation in life expectancy between individuals of the same age is fundamental to our understanding of population ecology and life history…”
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Sexual selection and the differential effect of polyandry by Collet, Julie, Richardson, David S, Worley, Kirsty, Pizzari, Tommaso

“…In principle, widespread polyandry (female promiscuity) creates potential for sexual selection in males both before and after copulation. However, the way…”
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Genetic and phenotypic divergence in an island bird: isolation by distance, by colonization or by adaptation? by Spurgin, Lewis G, Illera, Juan Carlos, Jorgensen, Tove H, Dawson, Deborah A, Richardson, David S

“…Discerning the relative roles of adaptive and nonadaptive processes in generating differences among populations and species, as well as how these processes…”
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A vision for improving global flood forecasting by Lavers, David A, Harrigan, Shaun, Andersson, Erik, Richardson, David S, Prudhomme, Christel, Pappenberger, Florian

“…Global hydrological forecasts are now produced operationally on a daily basis. However, the lack of global river discharge observations precludes routine flood…”
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Telomere length reveals cumulative individual and transgenerational inbreeding effects in a passerine bird by Bebbington, Kat, Lewis G. Spurgin, Eleanor A. Fairfield, Hannah L. Dugdale, Jan Komdeur, Terry Burke, David S. Richardson

“…Inbreeding results in more homozygous offspring that should suffer reduced fitness, but it can be difficult to quantify these costs for several reasons. First,…”
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Age-dependent terminal declines in reproductive output in a wild bird by Hammers, Martijn, Richardson, David S, Burke, Terry, Komdeur, Jan

“…In many iteroparous species individual fitness components, such as reproductive output, first increase with age and then decline during late-life. However,…”
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Assessing the causes and consequences of gut mycobiome variation in a wild population of the Seychelles warbler by Worsley, Sarah F, Davies, Charli S, Mannarelli, Maria-Elena, Komdeur, Jan, Dugdale, Hannah L, Richardson, David S

“…Considerable research has focussed on the importance of bacterial communities within the vertebrate gut microbiome (GM). However, studies investigating the…”
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Assessing the cost of helping: the roles of body condition and oxidative balance in the Seychelles warbler (Acrocephalus sechellensis) by van de Crommenacker, Janske, Komdeur, Jan, Richardson, David S

“…In cooperatively breeding species, helping close relatives may provide important fitness benefits. However, helping can be energetically expensive and may…”
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Immunogenetic variation shapes the gut microbiome in a natural vertebrate population by Davies, Charli S, Worsley, Sarah F, Maher, Kathryn H, Komdeur, Jan, Burke, Terry, Dugdale, Hannah L, Richardson, David S

“…The gut microbiome (GM) can influence many biological processes in the host, impacting its health and survival, but the GM can also be influenced by the host's…”
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Ageing European lobsters (Homarus gammarus) using DNA methylation of evolutionarily conserved ribosomal DNA by Fairfield, Eleanor A., Richardson, David S., Daniels, Carly L., Butler, Christopher L., Bell, Ewen, Taylor, Martin I.

“…Crustaceans are notoriously difficult to age because of their indeterminate growth and the moulting of their exoskeleton throughout life. The poor knowledge of…”
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Gut microbiome composition, not alpha diversity, is associated with survival in a natural vertebrate population by Worsley, Sarah F, Davies, Charli S, Mannarelli, Maria-Elena, Hutchings, Matthew I, Komdeur, Jan, Burke, Terry, Dugdale, Hannah L, Richardson, David S

“…The vertebrate gut microbiome (GM) can vary substantially across individuals within the same natural population. Although there is evidence linking the GM to…”
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Gene conversion rapidly generates major histocompatibility complex diversity in recently founded bird populations by SPURGIN, LEWIS G., Van OOSTERHOUT, COCK, ILLERA, JUAN CARLOS, BRIDGETT, STEPHEN, GHARBI, KARIM, EMERSON, BRENT C., RICHARDSON, DAVID S.

“…Population bottlenecks can restrict variation at functional genes, reducing the ability of populations to adapt to new and changing environments. Understanding…”
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Hematocrit, age, and survival in a wild vertebrate population by Brown, Thomas J., Hammers, Martijn, Taylor, Martin, Dugdale, Hannah L., Komdeur, Jan, Richardson, David S.

“…Understanding trade‐offs in wild populations is difficult, but important if we are to understand the evolution of life histories and the impact of ecological…”
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Seychelles warblers with silver spoons: Juvenile body mass is a lifelong predictor of annual survival, but not annual reproduction or senescence by Brown, Thomas J., Dugdale, Hannah L., Hammers, Martijn, Komdeur, Jan, Richardson, David S.

“…The environment experienced during development, and its impact on intrinsic condition, can have lasting outcomes for individual phenotypes and could contribute…”
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