Professor Xavier Lambin

Professor Xavier Lambin The University of Aberdeen School of Biological Sciences Professor Xavier Lambin Chair in Zoology work +44 (0)1224 273259 http://abdn.ac.uk/lambin-group/ pref Room 408 Zoology building Tillydrone Avenue Aberdeen AB24 2TZ Scotland UK

Chair in Zoology

Professor Xavier Lambin

Personal Details

Telephone: +44 (0)1224 273259
Email: x.lambin@abdn.ac.uk
Personal website: http://abdn.ac.uk/lambin-group/
Address: Room 408 Zoology building
Tillydrone Avenue
Aberdeen AB24 2TZ
Scotland UK
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Research Interests

Current research is centred on

 

American mink with trout photo by John MacAvoy

Compensatory and depensatory processes involving dispersal in culled populations of American mink.
Tawny owl Chatillon 2009

 Demography in Tawny owls and intraguild predation
Field vole density in Kielder Forest sptring trend

 Changes in dynamics of cycling herbivores across Europe and impact on vole predators
 

The roles of dispersal, predation, herbivory and pathogens on the spatial and temporal dynamics of cyclic field vole populations in an highly fragmented environment.   
 

Demography, dispersal andd trophic interactions in metapopulations.
 

Adaptive management for mitigating the impact of an invasive predators.
 

Dynamical feedback between plants and herbivores through silica induction.
 

Kinship-induced instability in population dynamics.

 

  Disease dynamics in host population dynamics and the role of (single and multiple) host dynamics in (single and multiple) disease dynamics?
   

 


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Current Research

Google Scholar profile

ResearcherID: E-8284-2011

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Collaborations

Postdoctoral Fellows

Yolanda Melero: Mink dynamics

Thomas cornulier: Statistical models of changing dynamics of cyclic vole populations

Matthew Oliver: Depensatory processes in mink population

Ros Bryce: Pathways of science into policy in conservation

PhD Students

Chris Sutherland: State space models of metapopulations (with David Elston BioSS and Len Thomas (St Andrews)

Elaine Fraser: Invasion dynamics of american mink in coastal inland interface (with David W MacDonald (Oxford)

Ewan Weston: Natal dispersal of golden eagles (with Justin Travis, Phil Withfield (Natural Research)

Claire Davies: Microparasite dynamics in water vole metapopulations (with Sandra Telfer)

Sarah Hoy; Intraguild predation and prey demography in a raptor community (Phil Withfield (Natural Research)

Main Aberdeen University Collaborators:

Justin Travis, Rene Van der Wal, Stuart Piertney, Nava Tintarev, Sandra Telfer

External collaborators

Prof Rolf A Ims and Nigel Yoccoz, University of Tromso Norway. Long term collaborators, including co-PI on Biodiversa ECOCYCLES grant

Dr Chris Horrill, rivers and Fisheries trust of Scotland

Prof Juan Luque Larena, Francois Mougeot, IREC and Universitad de Valadoid, Spain

Prof Sue Hartley, University of Sussex  (co-PI on NERc grant on silica induction)

Prof Mike Begon, university of Liverpool (co-I on NERC and Welcome grants investigating disease dynamics in field voles)

 

 


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Research Grants

NERC Dispersal and depensation in low density culled mink populations 2012  £65,000

NERC/DEFRA BioDiversa ERA-NET Ecosystem reorganisation and science into policy issues relating to changes in vole dynamics. With Profs Ims, Bretagnolle, Vinuela  2008-11 £352,000

NERC Limits of life history adaptation to environmental changes, with tawny owls. With Dr Travis Prof Redpath 2008-11 £309,031

NERC Plant herbivore interaction and silica induction by grazing; with Prof Hartley, Prof Sherratt 2008-11, £285,269

NERC Partnership, Overcoming the compensatory capacity of populations of an invasive predator with Cairgorms National Park Authority, Scottish Natural Heritage, Dee, Spey and Isla Deveron Salmon district fisheries boards 2007-9, £135,000

The Wellcome Trust The dynamics of, and risks posed by, concomitant zoonotic infections in their wildlife reservoirs with Profs Begon, Bennet, Birtles Patterson Univ Liverpool 2004-7, £ 360,000

UK-POPNET/NERC  Framework for Sustainable Livelihoods, Biodiversity Change and Conflict Resolution with Dr Redpath (CEH) Profs  Raffaelli (York), Watkinson (UEA) 2003-6 £ 95,000

UK-POPNET/NERC Predicting Population Dynamics in a Changing Environment with Profs W Sutherland (UEA), T Benton (Leeds), D Elston (BioSS) 2003-6 £ 95,000, also co-PI on main application


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Teaching Responsibilities

Contributor to MREs in Ecology and Sustainability course Zo5301 Population Ecology 

Course organiser for 4th year course Zo4527 in Wildlife conservation and management concepts and practice

Contributor to 3rd year course Zo3303 in Animal Population Ecology


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External Responsibilities

Prof Lambin is currently:

An editor of Population Ecology

A member of NERC Peer Review college

A member of Scottish Natural Heritage Scientific Advisory Committe Expert panel 

A member of Biodiversa panel of expert

 

 


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Admin Responsibilities

On research leave funded by Leverhulme Trust fellowship


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Past PhD Students and postdoctoral fellows

Wendy Stewart 1997 Microsattelites and genetic structure in water voles. MSc Cosupervised by John  Dallas and Stuart Piertney

Jason Matthiopoulos 1998 Modelling the kinship hypothesis for red grouse.  Funded by Aberdeen University. Co-supervised by Robert Moss Moss (CEH). Presently Senior Research Fellow, Sea Mammal Reserch Institute, SMRU Univ St Andrews  

Andrew MacColl 1998 factors Affecting recruitment in Red Grouse  Funded by Aberdeen University. Co-supervised by Robert Moss Moss (CEH). Presently NERC Advanced Postdoctoral Fellow at Nothingham University

James MacKinnon 1998  Spatial synchrony in cyclic field vole populations. Funded by NERC. Co-supervised by Tom Sherratt, Chris J Thomas, Steve Petty . Presently Wolrd Conservation International Madagascar

Anuar Shahrul 1998 Spacing pattern and mating system in water voles (Arvicola terrestris) in north-east Scotland Funded by Univ Sains Malaysia. presently Associate Professor  at Univ Sains Malaysia

Sandra Telfer 2000 Dispersal and metapopulation dynamics in water vole populations. Funded by NERC.  Presently Postdoctoral Research at the Centre for compartive Infectious disease Welcome fellow University of Aberdeen

Isla M Graham 2001 Weasels And Vole Cycles: An Experimental Test Of The Specialist Predator Hypothesis 2001 Funded by NERC. Co-supervised by Jonathan Humphreys (Forest Research). Presently PDRA University of Aberdeen  

Arjun Amar 2001 Determining The Cause Of The Hen Harrier Decline On Orkney. Funded by Aberdeen Research Consortium. Co-supervised by Steve Redpath (CEH), Ron Summers (RSPB). Presently Lecturer in south Africa

Ann  Humble 2002 Habitat selection in short eared owls. MPhil Co-supervised by Martyn Gorman Dick Birnie, Richard Aspinal. Presently with CCW Wales 

John Duban 2002  Bayesian methods for marine mammal population assessment.  Funded by Carnegie trust. Co-supervised by Paul Thompson (Abz),  David Elston (BIOSS). Presently NOAA Scientist, SCRIPS San Diego

Kerry Lock 2003  Recruitment in declining grouse populations Funded by NERC. Co-supervised by Steve Redpath (CEH), Stuart Piertney (Abz). Presently Reserve Manager English Nature 

Torbjorn Ergon 2003 Life history variation in cyclic field vole populations. Funded by  Norwegian Science foundation University of Oslo Co-supervised by Nils C  Stenseth (Oslo). Presently: Professor at the University of Oslo .

Sarah Burthe 2004  Cowpox dynamics in cyclicfield vole  population Funded by NERC University of Liverpool. Co-supervised by Mike Begon and Malcolm  Bennet.  NERC PDRA at Liverpool. Presently staff at CEH Bush 

Stijn Bierman 2004 Spatio temporal models in ecology funded by BioSS. Co-supervised by David Elston, Ian Wilson (Stats). Presently NIOZ Holland

Kenny Kortland 2005 MRes, Landscape effects on capercaillie   Ecologist Forestry enterprise Scotland      

Sevvandy Jayakodi 2005  Habitat selection in red deer hinds funded by Commonwealth Co-supervised by Angela Sibbald, Ian Gordon (MLURI). presently lecturer at Wayamba University

Ros Bryce  2005 Consequences of impending species loss: Water voles as ecosystem engineers.  Funded by NERC. Co-supervised by Dr Phil Hulme (CEH Banchory). Funded by NERC. Presently PDRA University of Aberdeen

Michelle Sims 2006 Models of animal populations BIOSS(APERU) Co-supervised by David Elston, Ian Wilson (Stats). Presently PDRA University of Bristol

Matthew Smith (Mustard)   2007 Modelling periodic travelling waves in cyclic populations 2007 Funded by NERC. Co-supervised by Jonathan Sherratt Heriot-Watt. Presently  Researcher with Microsoft Research

Ali Shati  Thresholds for parasite persistence in metapopulations   Funded by Saudi government  2007. Co-supervised by Dr Stuart Piertney School of Biological Sciences University of Aberdeen. Lecturer in Saudi Arabia

Anna Evely 2009 An investigation into integrating knowledge for conservation. Funded by University of Aberdeen  PDRA St Andrew University       PDRA 

Edoardo Tedesco 2010 Dispersal in water vole metapopulations . Self employed

Anna Renwick 2009 Abundance thresholds and ecological processes in a fragmented landscape: field voles, parasites and predators. Funded by NERC. Presently PDRA at University of Townsville Australia

Nacho Villar  2010  Effect of grazing and predation on upland biodiversity     Aberdeen Centre for Environmental sustainability


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Publications

Contributions to Journals

Articles

  • Renwick, AR. & Lambin, X. (2013). 'Host-parasite interactions in a fragmented landscape'. International Journal for Parasitology, vol 43, no. 1, pp. 27-35.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2012.10.012
  • Fraser, EJ., Macdonald, DW., Bryce, R. & Lambin, X. (in press). 'Control of an invasive species through empowering environmental stakeholders – ecotourism boat operators as guardians of local wildlife against the invasive American mink'. Oryx.
  • Bryce, R., Van Der Wal, R., Mitchell, R. & Lambin, X. (in press). 'Metapopulation dynamics of a burrowing herbivore drive spatio-temporal dynamics of riparian plant communities'. Ecosystems.
  • Cornulier, T., Yoccoz, NG., Bretagnolle, V., Brommer, J., Butet, A., Ecke, F., Elston, DA., Framstad, E., Henttonen, H., Hörnfeldt, B., Huitu, O., Imholt, C., Ims, RA., Jacob, J., Jedrzejewska, B., Millon, A., Petty, SJ., Pietiäinen, H., Tkadlec, E., Zub, K. & Lambin, X. (2013). 'Europe-Wide Dampening of Population Cycles in Keystone Herbivores'. Science, vol 340, no. 6128, pp. 63-66.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1126/science.1228992
  • Le Galliard, J-F, Remy, A., Ims, RA. & Lambin, X. (2012). 'Patterns and processes of dispersal behaviour in arvicoline rodents'. Molecular Ecology, vol 21, no. 3, pp. 505-523.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05410.x
  • Sutherland, C., Elston, DA. & Lambin, X. (2012). 'Multi-scale processes in metapopulations: Effects of stage structure, rescue effect and correlated extinctions'. Ecology, vol 93, no. 11, pp. 2465-2473.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1890/12-0172.1
    [Online] AURA: Sutherland_etal_Ecology_2012.pdf
  • Reynolds, JJH., Lambin, X., Massey, FP., Reidinger, S., Sherratt, JA., Smith, MJ., White, A. & Hartley, SE. (2012). 'Delayed induced silica defences in grasses and their potential for destabilising herbivore population dynamics'. Oecologia, vol 170, no. 2, pp. 445-456.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1007/s00442-012-2326-8
  • Millon, A., Petty, SJ., Little, B. & Lambin, X. (2011). 'Natal conditions alter age-specific reproduction but not survival or senescence in a long-lived bird of prey'. Journal of Animal Ecology, vol 80, no. 5, pp. 968-975.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01842.x
  • Jayakody, S., Sibbald, AM., Mayes, RW., Hooper, RJ., Gordon, IJ. & Lambin, X. (2011). 'Effects of human disturbance on the diet composition of wild red deer (Cervus elaphus)'. European Journal of Wildlife Research, vol 57, no. 4, pp. 939-948.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1007/s10344-011-0508-z
  • Bown, KJ., Lambin, X., Telford, G., Heyder-Bruckner, D., Ogden, NH. & Birtles, RJ. (2011). 'The Common Shrew (Sorex araneus): A Neglected Host of Tick-Borne Infections?'. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, vol 11, no. 7, pp. 947-953.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2010.0185
  • Cornulier, T., Robinson, RA., Elston, D., Lambin, X., Sutherland, WJ. & Benton, TG. (2011). 'Bayesian reconstitution of environmental change from disparate historical records: hedgerow loss and farmland bird declines'. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, vol 2, no. 1, pp. 86-94.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1111/j.2041-210X.2010.00054.x
  • Ergon, T., Ergon, R., Begon, M., Telfer, S. & Lambin, X. (2011). 'Delayed density-dependent onset of spring reproduction in a fluctuating population of field voles'. Oikos, vol 120, no. 6, pp. 934-940.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18983.x
  • Bryce, R., Oliver, MK., Davies, L., Gray, H., Urquhart, J. & Lambin, X. (2011). 'Turning back the tide of American mink invasion at an unprecedented scale through community participation and adaptive management'. Biological Conservation, vol 144, no. 1, pp. 575-583.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.10.013
  • Renwick, AR. & Lambin, X. (2011). 'Abundance thresholds and the underlying ecological processes: Field voles Microtus agrestis in a fragmented landscape'. Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, vol 144, no. 1, pp. 364-369.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.agee.2011.10.006
  • Burthe, SJ., Lambin, X., Telfer, SE., Douglas, A., Beldomenico, P., Smith, AD. & Begon, M. (2010). 'Individual growth rates in natural field vole, Microtus agrestis, populations exhibiting cyclic population dynamics'. Oecologia, vol 162, no. 3, pp. 653-661.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1007/s00442-009-1495-6
  • Millon, A., Petty, SJ. & Lambin, X. (2010). 'Pulsed resources affect the timing of first breeding and lifetime reproductive success of tawny owls'. Journal of Animal Ecology, vol 79, no. 2, pp. 426-435.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01637.x
  • Telfer, S., Lambin, X., Birtles, R., Beldomenico, P., Burthe, S., Paterson, S. & Begon, M. (2010). 'Species Interactions in a Parasite Community Drive Infection Risk in a Wildlife Population'. Science, vol 330, no. 6001, pp. 243-246.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1126/science.1190333
  • Bown, KJ., Lambin, X., Ogden, NH., Begon, M., Telford, G., Woldehiwet, Z. & Birtles, RJ. (2009). 'Delineating Anaplasma phagocytophilum Ecotypes in Coexisting, Discrete Enzootic Cycles'. Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol 15, no. 12, pp. 1948-1954.
    [Online] DOI: 10.3201/eid1512.090178
  • Cornulier, T., Elston, D., Arcese, P., Benton, TG., Douglas, DJT., Lambin, X., Reid, JM., Robinson, RA. & Sutherland, WJ. (2009). 'Estimating the annual number of breeding attempts from breeding dates using mixture models'. Ecology Letters, vol 12, no. 11, pp. 1184-1193.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01377.x
  • Oliver, MK., Luque-Larena, JJ. & Lambin, X. (2009). 'Do rabbits eat voles? Apparent competition, habitat heterogeneity and large-scale coexistence under mink predation'. Ecology Letters, vol 12, no. 11, pp. 1201-1209.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01375.x
  • Smith, MJ., Telfer, SE., Kallio, ER., Burthe, S., Cook, AR., Lambin, X. & Begon, M. (2009). 'Host-pathogen time series data in wildlife support a transmission function between density and frequency dependence'. PNAS, vol 106, no. 19, pp. 7905-7909.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0809145106
  • Zalewski, A., Piertney, SB., Zalewska, H. & Lambin, X. (2009). 'Landscape barriers reduce gene flow in an invasive carnivore: geographical and local genetic structure of American mink in Scotland'. Molecular Ecology, vol 18, no. 8, pp. 1601-1615.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04131.x
  • Begon, M., Telfer, SE., Smith, MJ., Burthe, S., Paterson, S. & Lambin, X. (2009). 'Seasonal host dynamics drive the timing of recurrent epidemics in a wildlife population'. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol 276, no. 1662, pp. 1603-1610.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.1732
  • Fisher, DO., Lambin, X. & Yletyinen, SM. (2009). 'Experimental translocation of juvenile water voles in a Scottish lowland metapopulation'. Population Ecology, vol 51, no. 2, pp. 289-295.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1007/s10144-008-0122-4
  • Oliver, MK., Lambin, X., Cornulier, T. & Piertney, SB. (2009). 'Spatio-temporal variation in the strength and mode of selection acting on major histocompatibility complex diversity in water vole (Arvicola terrestris) metapopulations'. Molecular Ecology, vol 18, no. 1, pp. 80-92.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.04015.x
  • Begon M, M., Telfer, SE., Burthe, S., Lambin, X. & Patterson, S. (2009). 'Effects of abundance on infection in natural populations: field voles and cowpox virus'. Epidemics, vol 1, no. 1, pp. 35-46.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.epidem.2008.10.001
  • Bown, KJ., Lambin, X., Telford, GR., Ogden, NH., Telfer, S., Woldehiwet, Z. & Birtles, RJ. (2008). 'Relative Importance of Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes trianguliceps as Vectors for Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti in Field Vole (Microtus agrestis) Populations'. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol 74, no. 23, pp. 7118-7125.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00625-08
  • Telfer, S., Birtles, R., Bennett, M., Lambin, X., Paterson, S. & Begon, M. (2008). 'Parasite interactions in natural populations: insights from longitudinal data'. Parasitology, vol 135, no. 7, pp. 767-781.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1017/S0031182008000395
  • Jayakody, S., Sibbald, AM., Gordon, IJ. & Lambin, X. (2008). 'Red deer Cervus elephus vigilance behaviour differs with habitat and type of human disturbance'. Wildlife Biology, vol 14, no. 1, pp. 81-91.
    [Online] DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2008)14[81:RDCEVB]2.0.CO;2
  • Piertney, SB., Lambin, X., Maccoll, ADC., Lock, K., Bacon, PJ., Dallas, JF., Leckie, F., Mougeot, F., Racey, PA., Redpath, S. & Moss, R. (2008). 'Temporal changes in kin structure through a population cycle in a territorial bird, the red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus'. Molecular Ecology, vol 17, no. 10, pp. 2544-2551.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03778.x
  • Burthe, S., Bennett, M., Kipar, A., Lambin, X., Smith, A., Telfer, S. & Begon, M. (2008). 'Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium microti) in wild field vole populations'. Parasitology, vol 135, no. 3, pp. 309-317.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1017/S0031182007003940
  • Smith, MJ., White, A., Sherratt, JA., Telfer, S., Begon, M. & Lambin, X. (2008). 'Disease effects on reproduction can cause population cycles in seasonal environments'. Journal of Animal Ecology, vol 77, no. 2, pp. 378-389.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01328.x
  • Burthe, S., Telfer, S., Begon, M., Bennett, M., Smith, A. & Lambin, X. (2008). 'Cowpox virus infection in natural field vole Microtus agrestis populations: significant negative impacts on survival'. Journal of Animal Ecology, vol 77, no. 1, pp. 110-119.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01302.x
  • Evely, AC., Fazey, I., Pinard, MA. & Lambin, X. (2008). 'The Influence of Philosophical Perspectives in Integrative Research: a Conservation Case Study in the Cairngorms National Park'. Ecology and Society, vol 13, no. 2, pp. 52-69.
  • Smith, MJ., Sherratt, JA. & Lambin, X. (2008). 'The effects of density-dependent dispersal on the spatiotemporal dynamics of cyclic populations'. Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol 254, no. 2, pp. 264-274.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.05.034
  • Massey, FP., Smith, MJ., Lambin, X. & Hartley, SE. (2008). 'Are silica defences in grasses driving vole population cycles?'. Biology Letters, vol 4, no. 4, pp. 419-422.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1098/rsbl.2008.0106
  • Bown, KJ., Lambin, X., Ogden, NH., Petrovec, M., Shaw, SE., Woldehiwet, Z. & Birtles, RJ. (2007). 'High-resolution genetic fingerprinting of European strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum by use of multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis'. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, vol 45, no. 6, pp. 1771-1776.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00365-07
  • Telfer, S., Begon, M., Bennett, M., Bown, KJ., Burthe, S., Lambin, X., Telford, G. & Birtles, R. (2007). 'Contrasting dynamics of Bartonella spp. in cyclic field vole populations: the impact of vector and host dynamics'. Parasitology, vol 134, no. 3, pp. 413-425.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1017/S0031182006001624
  • Brandt, MJ. & Lambin, X. (2007). 'Movement patterns of a specialist predator, the weasel Mustela nivalis exploiting asynchronous cyclic field vole Microtus agrestis populations'. Acta Theriologica, vol 52, no. 1, pp. 13-25.
  • Bown, KJ., Begon, M., Bennett, M., Birtles, RJ., Burthe, S., Lambin, X., Telfer, S., Woldehiwet, Z. & Ogden, NH. (2006). 'Sympatric Ixodes trianguliceps and Ixodes ricinus ticks feeding on field voles (Microtus agrestis): Potential for increased risk of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in the United Kingdom?'. Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, vol 6, no. 4, pp. 404-410.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1089/vbz.2006.6.404
  • Burthe, S., Telfer, S., Lambin, X., Bennett, M., Carslake, D., Smith, A. & Begon, M. (2006). 'Cowpox virus infection in natural field vole Microtus agrestis populations: delayed density dependence and individual risk'. Journal of Animal Ecology, vol 75, no. 6, pp. 1416-1425.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01166.x
  • Smith, MJ., White, A., Lambin, X., Sherratt, JA. & Begon, M. (2006). 'Delayed density-dependent season length alone can lead to rodent population cycles'. The American Naturalist, vol 167, no. 5, pp. 695-704.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1086/503119
  • Aars, J., Dallas, JF., Piertney, SB., Marshall, F., Gow, JL., Telfer, S. & Lambin, X. (2006). 'Widespread gene flow and high genetic variability in populations of water voles Arvicola terrestris in patchy habitats'. Molecular Ecology, vol 15, no. 6, pp. 1455-1466.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02889.x
  • Amar, AD., Picozzi, AN., Meek, ER., Lambin, X. & Redpath, SM. (2005). 'Amar, A N. Picozzi, E.R. Meek, X. Lambin & S.M. Redpath (2005)Variation in demographic parameters and mating system during the decline of the hen harrier on Orkney. British birds 52, 18-24'. British Birds, vol 52, pp. 18-24.
  • Piertney, SB., Stewart, WA., Lambin, X., Telfer, S., Aars, J. & Dallas, JF. (2005). 'Phylogeographic structure and postglacial evolutionary history of water voles ( Arvicola terrestris ) in the United Kingdom'. Molecular Ecology, vol 14, no. 5, pp. 1435-1444.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02496.x
  • Ergon, T., Speakman, JR., Scantlebury, M., Cavanagh, R. & Lambin, X. (2004). 'Optimal body size and energy expenditure during winter: Why are voles smaller in declining populations?'. The American Naturalist, vol 163, no. 3, pp. 442-457.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1086/381940
  • Cavanagh, R., Lambin, X., Ergon, T., Bennett, M., Graham, IM., van Soolingen, D. & Begon, M. (2004). 'Disease dynamics in cyclic populations of field voles ( Microtus agrestis ): cowpox virus and vole tuberculosis ( Mycobacterium microti )'. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol 271, no. 1541, pp. 859-867.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2667
  • Telfer, S., Dallas, JF., Aars, J., Piertney, SB., Stewart, WA. & Lambin, X. (2003). 'Demographic and genetic structure of fossorial water voles ( Arvicola terrestris ) on Scottish islands'. Journal of Zoology, vol 259, pp. 23-29.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902003321
  • Telfer, S., Piertney, SB., Dallas, JF., Stewart, WA., Marshall, F., Gow, J. & Lambin, X. (2003). 'Parentage assignment detects frequent and large-scale dispersal in water voles'. Molecular Ecology, vol 12, no. 7, pp. 1939-1949.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01859.x
  • Matthiopoulos, J., Moss, R., Mougeot, F., Lambin, X. & Redpath, SM. (2003). 'Territorial behaviour and population dynamics in red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus . II. Population models'. Journal of Animal Ecology, vol 72, no. 6, pp. 1083-1096.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2003.00780.x
  • Sherratt, JA., Lambin, X. & Sherratt, TN. (2003). 'The Effects of the Size and Shape of Landscape Features on the Formation of Traveling Waves in Cyclic Populations'. The American Naturalist, vol 162, no. 4, pp. 503-513.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1086/377186
  • Petty, SJ., Anderson, DIK., Davison, M., Little, B., Sherratt, TN., Tomas, CJ. & Lambin, X. (2003). 'The decline of Common Kestrels Falco tinnunculus in a forested area of northern England: the role of predation by Northern Goshawks Accipiter gentilis'. Ibis, vol 145, no. 3, pp. 472-483.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1046/j.1474-919X.2003.00191.x
  • Speakman, JR., Ergon, T., Cavanagh, R., Reid, K., Scantlebury, DM. & Lambin, X. (2003). 'Resting and daily energy expenditures of free-living field voles are positively correlated but reflect extrinsic rather than intrinsic effects'. PNAS, vol 100, no. 24, pp. 14057-14062.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2235671100
  • Sherrat, JA., Lambin, X., Thomas, CJ. & Sherratt, TN. (2002). 'Generation of periodic waves by landscape features in cyclic predator-prey systems'. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol 269, no. 1489, pp. 327-334.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1890
  • Matthiopoulos, J., Moss, R. & Lambin, X. (2002). 'The kin facilitation hypothesis for red grouse population cycles: territorial dynamics of the family cluster'. Ecological Modelling, vol 147, no. 3, pp. 291-307.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00420-3
  • Graham, IM. & Lambin, X. (2002). 'The impact of weasel predation on cyclic field-vole survival: the specialist predator hypothesis contradicted'. Journal of Animal Ecology, vol 71, no. 6, pp. 946-956.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2002.00657.x
  • Cavanagh, R., Begon, M., Bennett, M., Ergon, T., Graham, IM., de Haas, PEW., Hart, CA., Koedam, M., Lambin, X., Roholl, P. & van Soolingen, D. (2002). 'Mycobacterium microti Infection (Vole Tuberculosis) in Wild Rodent Populations'. Journal of Clinical Microbiology, vol 40, no. 9, pp. 3281-3285.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.9.3281-3285.2002
  • Ergon, T., MacKinnon, JL., Stenseth, NC., Boonstra, R. & Lambin, X. (2001). 'Mechanisms for delayed density-dependency reproductive traits in field voles, Microtus agrestis : the importance of inherited environmental effects'. Oikos, vol 95, no. 2, pp. 185-197.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.950201.x
  • Aars, J., Lambin, X., Denny, R. & Cy Griffin, A. (2001). 'Water vole in the Scottish uplands: distribution patterns of disturbed and pristine populations ahead and behind the American mink invasion front'. Animal Conservation, vol 4, pp. 187-194.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1017/S1367943001001226
  • Elston, D., Lambin, X. & Moss, R. (2001). 'Modelling space-phase relationships in cyclic populations'. Journal of Applied Biometry in Environmental Science.
  • MacKinnon, JL., Petty, SJ., Elston, DA., Thomas, CJ., Sherratt, TN. & Lambin, X. (2001). 'Scale invariant spatio-temporal patterns of field vole density'. Journal of Animal Ecology, vol 70, no. 1, pp. 101-111.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2001.00479.x
  • Elston, DA., Moss, R., Boulinier, T., Arrowsmith, C. & Lambin, X. (2001). 'Analysis of aggregation, a worked example: numbers of ticks on red grouse chicks'. Parasitology, vol 122, pp. 563-569.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1017/S0031182001007740
  • Lambin, X. & Yoccoz, NG. (2001). 'Adaptive precocial reproduction in voles: reproductive costs and multivoltine life-history strategies in seasonal environment'. Journal of Animal Ecology, vol 70, no. 2, pp. 191-200.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2656.2001.00494.x
  • Ergon, T., Lambin, X. & Stenseth, NC. (2001). 'Life-history traits of voles in a fluctuating population respond to the immediate environment'. Nature, vol 411, no. 6841, pp. 1043-1045.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1038/35082553
  • Telfer, S., Donaldson, R., Holt, A. & Lambin, X. (2001). 'Metapopulation processes and persistence in remnant water vole populations'. Oikos, vol 95, no. 1, pp. 31-42.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.950104.x
  • Lambin, X. (1998). 'Gradients in cyclicity, predation and microtine life history'. Researches on population ecology, vol 40, no. 1, pp. 137-139.
  • Matthiopoulos, J., Moss, R. & Lambin, X. (1998). 'Models of red grouse cycles. A family affair?'. Oikos, vol 82, no. 3, pp. 574-590.
  • Lambin, X. & Yoccoz, NG. (1998). 'The impact of population kin-structure on nestling survival in Townsend's voles, Microtus townsendii'. Journal of Animal Ecology, vol 67, no. 1, pp. 116.
  • Lovett, L., Kruuk, H. & Lambin, X. (1997). 'Factors influencing use of freshwater pools by otters, Lutra lutra, in a marine environment'. Journal of Zoology, vol 243, pp. 825-831.
  • Lambin, X. & MacKinnon, J. (1997). 'The relative efficiency of two commercial live-traps for small mammals'. Journal of Zoology, vol 242, pp. 400-404.
  • Lambin, X. (1997). 'Home range shifts by breeding female Townsend's voles (Microtus townsendii): A test of the territory bequeathal hypothesis'. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol 40, no. 6, pp. 363-372.
  • Lambin, X. & Mathers, C. (1997). 'Dissipation of kin discrimination in Orkney voles, Microtus arvalis orcadensis: A laboratory study'. Annales Zoologici Fennici, vol 34, no. 1, pp. 23-30.
  • MOSS, R., PARR, R. & LAMBIN, X. (1995). 'EFFECTS OF TESTOSTERONE ON BREEDING DENSITY, BREEDING SUCCESS AND SURVIVAL OF RED GROUSE (VOL 258, PG 175, 1994)'. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol 260, no. 1359, pp. 373-373.
  • MOSS, R., PARR., R. & LAMBIN, X. (1994). 'EFFECTS OF TESTOSTERONE ON BREEDING DENSITY, BREEDING SUCCESS AND SURVIVAL OF RED GROUSE'. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol 258, no. 1352, pp. 175-180.
  • LAMBIN, X. (1994). 'SEX-RATIO VARIATION IN RELATION TO FEMALE PHILOPATRY IN TOWNSEND VOLES'. Journal of Animal Ecology, vol 63, no. 4, pp. 945-953.
  • LAMBIN, X. (1994). 'TERRITORY ACQUISITION AND SOCIAL FACILITATION BY LITTER-MATE TOWNSENDS VOLES (MICROTUS-TOWNSENDII)'. Ethology ecology & evolution, vol 6, no. 2, pp. 213-220.
  • LAMBIN, X. (1994). 'LITTER SEX-RATIO DOES NOT DETERMINE NATAL DISPERSAL TENDENCY IN FEMALE TOWNSEND VOLES'. Oikos, vol 69, no. 2, pp. 353-356.
  • LAMBIN, X. (1994). 'NATAL PHILOPATRY, COMPETITION FOR RESOURCES, AND INBREEDING AVOIDANCE IN TOWNSENDS VOLES (MICROTUS-TOWNSENDII)'. Ecology, vol 75, no. 1, pp. 224-235.
  • LAMBIN, X. & KREBS, CJ. (1993). 'INFLUENCE OF FEMALE RELATEDNESS ON THE DEMOGRAPHY OF TOWNSENDS VOLE POPULATIONS IN SPRING'. Journal of Animal Ecology, vol 62, no. 3, pp. 536-550.
  • LAMBIN, X. (1993). 'DETERMINANTS OF THE SYNCHRONY OF REPRODUCTION IN TOWNSEND VOLES, MICROTUS-TOWNSENDII'. Oikos, vol 67, no. 1, pp. 107-113.
  • Lambin, X., Krebs, CJ. & Scott, BE. (1992). 'Spacing system of the Tundra vole (Microtus oecomonus) during the breeding season in Canada's western Arctic'. Canadian Journal Of Zoology/Revue Canadien De Zoologie, vol 70, no. 10, pp. 2068-2072.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1139/z92-278
  • LAMBIN, X. & KREBS, CJ. (1991). 'CAN CHANGES IN FEMALE RELATEDNESS INFLUENCE MICROTINE POPULATION-DYNAMICS'. Oikos, vol 61, no. 1, pp. 126-132.
  • LAMBIN, X. & KREBS, CJ. (1991). 'SPATIAL-ORGANIZATION AND MATING SYSTEM OF MICROTUS-TOWNSENDII'. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, vol 28, no. 5, pp. 353-363.
  • LAMBIN, X. & BAUCHAU, V. (1989). 'CONTEST COMPETITION BETWEEN WOOD MICE AND BANK VOLES - IS THERE A WINNER'. Acta Theriologica, vol 34, no. 12-28, pp. 385-390.
  • LAMBIN, X. (1987). 'SOCIAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN ADULT AND JUVENILE WOOD MICE IN THE WILD SCALE'. Mammalia, vol 51, no. 3, pp. 473-473.

Letters

  • Telfer, S., Lambin, X., Birtles, R., Beldomenico, P., Burthe, S., Paterson, S. & Begon, M. (2011). 'Microbe Interactions Undermine Predictions Response'. Science, vol 331, no. 6014, pp. 145-147.
  • Lambin, X. & Graham, IM. (2003). 'Testing the specialist predator hypothesis for vole cycles'. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, vol 18, no. 10, pp. 493.
    [Online] DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00181-2
  • LAMBIN, X., IMS., RA., STEEN., H. & YOCCOZ, NG. (1995). 'VOLE CYCLES'. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, vol 10, no. 5, pp. 204-204.

Comments and Debates

  • LAMBIN, X., KREBS., CJ. & SCOTT, B. (1992). 'SPACING SYSTEM OF THE TUNDRA VOLE (MICROTUS-OECONOMUS) DURING THE BREEDING-SEASON IN CANADA WESTERN ARCTIC'. Canadian Journal Of Zoology/Revue Canadien De Zoologie, vol 70, no. 10, pp. 2068-2072.
  • LAMBIN, X. (1988). 'SOCIAL-RELATIONS IN APODEMUS-SYLVATICUS AS REVEALED BY VIDEO-OBSERVATION IN THE WILD'. Journal of Zoology, vol 216, pp. 587-593.

Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings

Chapters

  • Lambin, X., Aars, J., Piertney, SB. & Telfer, S. (2004). 'Inferring patterns and process in small mammal metapopulations: insights from ecological and genetic data'. in Ecology, genetics and evolution in metapopulations, (eds Hanski I & Gaggiotti O), Elsevier. Ecology, genetics and evolution in metapopulations, (eds Hanski I & Gaggiotti O), Elsevier, pp. 515-540.
  • Lambin, X., Krebs, CJ. & Moss, RYNG. (2002). 'Population Cycles: inferences from experimental, Modeling, and time seris approaches'. in In: Population Cycles: The Case for trophic interactions (ed. Berryman,A. A.) Oxford University Press, Oxford. In: Population Cycles: The Case for trophic interactions (ed. Berryman,A. A.) Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 155-176.
  • Lambin, X., Aars, J. & Piertney, SB. (2001). 'The roles of intraspecific competition, kin competition and kin co-operation in the evolution and ecology of dispersal: a review of the empirical evidence'. in Causes, Consequences and Mechanisms of Dispersal at the Individual, Population and Community level. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
  • Lambin, X., Aars, J. & Piertney, SB. (2001). 'The roles of intraspecific competition, kin competition and kin co-operation in the evolution and ecology of dispersal: a review of the empirical evidence'. in In: The Ecology and Evolution of Dispersal (eds. Clobert et al.), Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. In: The Ecology and Evolution of Dispersal (eds. Clobert et al.), Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

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