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List of works by Loeske Kruuk

A comparison of multilocus clines maintained by environmental adaptation or by selection against hybrids.

scientific article published on December 1999

A multivariate analysis of genetic constraints to life history evolution in a wild population of red deer

scientific article

A new explanation for unexpected evolution in body size

scientific article

A quantitative genetic analysis of hibernation emergence date in a wild population of Columbian ground squirrels

scientific article

A wake-up call for studies of natural selection?

scientific article published on 01 January 2007

ANTLER SIZE IN RED DEER: HERITABILITY AND SELECTION BUT NO EVOLUTION

article by Loeske Kruuk et al published 2002 in Evolution

Adaptive phenotypic plasticity in response to climate change in a wild bird population

scientific article

Ageing and senescence across reproductive traits and survival in superb fairy-wrens (Malurus cyaneus)

scientific article published on 14 November 2019

Ageing in a variable habitat: environmental stress affects senescence in parasite resistance in St Kilda Soay sheep

scientific article published on 08 July 2009

Ageing with a silver-spoon: A meta-analysis of the effect of developmental environment on senescence

scientific article published on 16 August 2018

Aging and Senescence across Reproductive Traits and Survival in Superb Fairy-Wrens (<i>Malurus cyaneus</i>)

scientific article published on 01 December 2020

An ecologist's guide to the animal model

scientific article published in January 2010

Barriers to gene flow : a Bombina (fire-bellied toad) hybrid zone and multilocus cline theory

Ph.D. dissertation

CONTRASTING PATTERNS OF PHENOTYPIC PLASTICITY IN REPRODUCTIVE TRAITS IN TWO GREAT TIT (PARUS MAJOR) POPULATIONS

scientific article published on 18 March 2010

Co-infections determine patterns of mortality in a population exposed to parasite infection

scientific article published on 20 March 2015

Comparative evidence for a link between Peyer's patch development and susceptibility to transmissible spongiform encephalopathies

scientific article

Comparing parentage inference software: reanalysis of a red deer pedigree.

scientific article published on 23 March 2010

Consistent within-individual plasticity is sufficient to explain temperature responses in red deer reproductive traits

scientific article published on 15 September 2019

Constraints on plastic responses to climate variation in red deer

scientific article

Contrasting effects of climate on juvenile body size in a Southern Hemisphere passerine bird

scientific article

Cortisol but not testosterone is repeatable and varies with reproductive effort in wild red deer stags

scientific article published on 23 July 2015

Costs of resistance: genetic correlations and potential trade-offs in an insect immune system

scientific article

Cryptic evolution in a wild bird population

scientific article published in July 2001

Cryptic evolution: does environmental deterioration have a genetic basis?

scientific article

Decline in the frequency and benefits of multiple brooding in great tits as a consequence of a changing environment

scientific article published on 25 February 2009

Decoupling the effects of parental and offspring warming on seed and seedling traits

scientific article published in 2021

Delayed phenology and reduced fitness associated with climate change in a wild hibernator.

scientific article

Despite COVID: showcasing new research in evolutionary biology from academic care-givers in the middle of a pandemic

scientific article published in 2022

Do the ages of parents or helpers affect offspring fitness in a cooperatively breeding bird?

scientific article published on 12 October 2020

Do the ages of parents or helpers affect offspring fitness in a cooperatively breeding bird?

scientific article published on 16 June 2020

ESTIMATING SELECTION ON NEONATAL TRAITS IN RED DEER USING ELASTICITY PATH ANALYSIS

article

Effects of warming temperatures on germination responses and trade‐offs between seed traits in an alpine plant

scientific article published in 2022

Endocranial volume is heritable and is associated with longevity and fitness in a wild mammal

scientific article

Environmental conditions in early life influence ageing rates in a wild population of red deer

scientific article published in December 2007

Environmental coupling of selection and heritability limits evolution

scientific article published in July 2006

Environmental heterogeneity generates fluctuating selection on a secondary sexual trait

scientific article published in May 2008

Epidemiology of parasitic protozoan infections in Soay sheep (Ovis aries L.) on St Kilda

scientific article published on 18 September 2006

Estimating genetic parameters in natural populations using the "animal model"

scientific article

Estimating the functional form for the density dependence from life history data.

scientific article

Estimation of Genetic Variance in Fitness, and Inference of Adaptation, When Fitness Follows a Log-Normal Distribution

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Evidence for Selection-by-Environment but Not Genotype-by-Environment Interactions for Fitness-Related Traits in a Wild Mammal Population.

scientific article

Evidence for a Genetic Basis of Aging in Two Wild Vertebrate Populations

article

Evolution driven by differential dispersal within a wild bird population

scientific article published on 01 January 2005

Evolution in a changing environment: a case study with great tit fledging mass.

scientific article

Evolution of elaborate parental care: phenotypic and genetic correlations between parent and offspring traits.

scientific article published on 22 August 2016

Evolution of genetic integration between dispersal and colonization ability in a bird

scientific article published on 14 January 2009

Explaining stasis: microevolutionary studies in natural populations.

scientific article

Fluctuating asymmetry in a secondary sexual trait: no associations with individual fitness, environmental stress or inbreeding, and no heritability

scientific article published in January 2003

Fluctuating optimum and temporally variable selection on breeding date in birds and mammals

scientific article published on 30 November 2020

Function of weaponry in females: the use of horns in intrasexual competition for resources in female Soay sheep

scientific article

Genetic Analysis of Life-History Constraint and Evolution in a Wild Ungulate Population ⬇️

scientific article published on February 27, 2012

Genetic consequences of human management in an introduced island population of red deer (Cervus elaphus).

scientific article published on 17 May 2006

Genotype-level variation in lifetime breeding success, litter size and survival of sheep in scrapie-affected flocks

scientific article

Gestation length variation in a wild ungulate

scientific article published in 2010

Getting the timing right: antler growth phenology and sexual selection in a wild red deer population.

scientific article published on 18 May 2010

HYBRID DYSFUNCTION IN FIRE-BELLIED TOADS (BOMBINA).

scientific article published on October 1999

Heritability and cross-sex genetic correlations of early-life circulating testosterone levels in a wild mammal.

scientific article

Heritability and genetic constraints of life-history trait evolution in preindustrial humans

scientific article

Heritability of climate-relevant traits in a rainforest skink

scientific article published on 22 May 2018

How to analyse plant phenotypic plasticity in response to a changing climate

scientific article published on 25 January 2019

How to quantify (the response to) sexual selection on traits

scientific article published on 26 July 2018

How to separate genetic and environmental causes of similarity between relatives

scientific article published on September 2007

How to use molecular marker data to measure evolutionary parameters in wild populations

scientific article

Inbreeding and inbreeding depression of early life traits in a cooperative mammal

scientific article

Inbreeding depression across the lifespan in a wild mammal population

scientific article published on 15 March 2016

Inbreeding depression in red deer calves

scientific article

Inbreeding, inbreeding depression, and infidelity in a cooperatively breeding bird

scientific article published on 15 May 2018

Indirect genetics effects and evolutionary constraint: an analysis of social dominance in red deer, Cervus elaphus.

scientific article published on 3 February 2011

Inter- and intrasexual variation in aging patterns across reproductive traits in a wild red deer population

scientific article published in September 2009

Introduction. Evolutionary dynamics of wild populations: the use of long-term pedigree data.

scientific article published in March 2008

LIVE FAST, DIE YOUNG: TRADE-OFFS BETWEEN FITNESS COMPONENTS AND SEXUALLY ANTAGONISTIC SELECTION ON WEAPONRY IN SOAY SHEEP

article by Matthew R. Robinson et al published 2006 in Evolution

Live fast, die young: trade-offs between fitness components and sexually antagonistic selection on weaponry in Soay sheep

scientific article published in October 2006

Maternal effects and early-life performance are associated with parasite resistance across life in free-living Soay sheep

scientific article published on 17 March 2010

Maternal genetic effects set the potential for evolution in a free-living vertebrate population

scientific article published on 01 March 2005

Maternal-by-environment but not genotype-by-environment interactions in a fish without parental care

scientific article published on 11 December 2017

Mating patterns in a hybrid zone of fire-bellied toads (Bombina): inferences from adult and full-sib genotypes.

scientific article published in February 2005

Mechanisms maintaining species differentiation: predator-mediated selection in a hybrid zone

scientific article published in 1997

Microbes follow Humboldt: temperature drives plant and soil microbial diversity patterns from the Amazon to the Andes

article published in 2018

Microbes follow Humboldt: temperature drives plant and soil microbial diversity patterns from the Amazon to the Andes

scientific article published in 2018

Microbes follow Humboldt: temperature drives plant and soil microbial diversity patterns from the Amazon to the Andes

Natural selection and inheritance of breeding time and clutch size in the collared flycatcher.

scientific article published in February 2003

Natural selection on a measure of parasite resistance varies across ages and environmental conditions in a wild mammal

scientific article published on 10 June 2011

Natural selection on the genetical component of variance in body condition in a wild bird population

article by Juha Merilä et al published November 2001 in Journal of Evolutionary Biology

New Answers for Old Questions: The Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics of Wild Animal Populations

article

No evidence that warmer temperatures are associated with selection for smaller body sizes

scientific article published on 24 July 2019

Ontogenetic patterns in heritable variation for body size: using random regression models in a wild ungulate population.

scientific article published on 4 October 2005

POSITIVE GENETIC CORRELATION BETWEEN PARASITE RESISTANCE AND BODY SIZE IN A FREE-LIVING UNGULATE POPULATION

Parasitism reduces the potential for evolution in a wild bird population

scientific article published in January 2004

Patterns of phenotypic plasticity along a thermal gradient differ by trait type in an alpine plant

scientific article published in 2022

Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels

scientific article

Phenotypic plasticity in a maternal trait in red deer

scholarly article by Daniel H Nussey et al published March 2005 in Journal of Animal Ecology

Population density affects sex ratio variation in red deer.

scientific article

Positive genetic correlation between parasite resistance and body size in a free-living ungulate population

scientific article published in October 2001

Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection.

scientific article published in March 2017

Public Data Archiving in Ecology and Evolution: How Well Are We Doing?

scientific article (publication date: 2015)

Quantitative genetics of growth and cryptic evolution of body size in an island population

article

Quantitative genetics of larval life-history traits in Rana temporaria in different environmental conditions

article

Rapidly declining fine-scale spatial genetic structure in female red deer

scientific article published in October 2005

Relative costs of offspring sex and offspring survival in a polygynous mammal

scientific article published on September 2016

Reproductive senescence in a long-lived seabird: rates of decline in late-life performance are associated with varying costs of early reproduction

scientific article published on 01 February 2008

Responding to environmental change: plastic responses vary little in a synchronous breeder

scientific article published on 01 November 2006

Response to Comment on "Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection".

scientific article

SELECTION ON MOTHERS AND OFFSPRING: WHOSE PHENOTYPE IS IT AND DOES IT MATTER?

scientific article published on 01 February 2005

Seroprevalence of respiratory viral pathogens of indigenous calves in Western Kenya.

scientific article published on 26 August 2016

Severe inbreeding depression in collared flycatchers (Ficedula albicollis).

scientific article published in August 2002

Sex-ratio variation in Soay sheep

article

Sex-specific maternal effects in a viviparous fish

scientific article

Sexual conflict in twins: male co-twins reduce fitness of female Soay sheep

scientific article published on 03 June 2009

Sexually antagonistic genetic variation for fitness in red deer

scientific article published in June 2007

Sparse evidence for selection on phenotypic plasticity in response to temperature

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Spatial variation in avian bill size is associated with humidity in summer among Australian passerines

article

Speeding up microevolution: the effects of increasing temperature on selection and genetic variance in a wild bird population

scientific article

Stability of genetic variance and covariance for reproductive characters in the face of climate change in a wild bird population

scientific article

Statistical confidence for likelihood‐based paternity inference in natural populations ⬇️

scientific article published on May 1, 1998

Testing for genetic trade-offs between early- and late-life reproduction in a wild red deer population.

scientific article

Testing for microevolution in body size in three blue tit populations

scientific article published in July 2004

Testosterone and cortisol concentrations vary with reproductive status in wild female red deer

scientific article published on 25 January 2016

The 'algebra of evolution': the Robertson-Price identity and viability selection for body mass in a wild bird population

scientific article published on 09 March 2020

The danger of applying the breeder's equation in observational studies of natural populations

scientific article published on 9 September 2010

The effects of competition on fitness depend on the sex of both competitors

scientific article published on 12 September 2020

The effects of environmental heterogeneity on multivariate selection on reproductive traits in female great tits

scientific article published in July 2007

The genetic architecture of maternal effects across ontogeny in the red deer

scientific article published on 27 May 2020

The impact of environmental heterogeneity on genetic architecture in a wild population of Soay sheep.

scientific article published on 09 February 2009

The misuse of BLUP in ecology and evolution

scientific article published in January 2010

The prediction of adaptive evolution: empirical application of the secondary theorem of selection and comparison to the breeder's equation.

scientific article published on 10 April 2012

The rate of senescence in maternal performance increases with early-life fecundity in red deer

scientific article published in December 2006

The role of selection and evolution in changing parturition date in a red deer population

scientific article published on 05 November 2019

The role of selection and evolution in changing parturition date in a red deer population

scientific article published on 16 May 2019

Trading offspring size for number in a variable environment: selection on reproductive investment in female Soay sheep.

scientific article published in March 2009

Troubleshooting public data archiving: suggestions to increase participation

scientific article published in January 2014

Using different body size measures can lead to different conclusions about the effects of climate change

scientific article published on 12 May 2020

Variances and covariances of phenological traits in a wild mammal population ⬇️

scientific article published on November 2, 2010

Variation and covariation in strongyle infection in East African shorthorn zebu calves.

scientific article

What happens to offspring when parents are inbred, old or had a poor start in life? Evidence for sex-specific parental effects

scientific article published on 07 June 2018

When environmental variation short-circuits natural selection

scientific article published in 2003

When to start and when to stop: Effects of climate on breeding in a multi-brooded songbird

scientific article published on 03 October 2019

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