Chair in Zoology
- About
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- Email Address
- x.lambin@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 273259
- Office Address
Room 408 Zoology building Tillydrone Avenue Aberdeen AB24 2TZ Scotland UK
- School/Department
- School of Biological Sciences
Biography
2016 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh FRSE
2015 Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology FRSB
2004 Professor of Ecology, University of Aberdeen
1994 Lecturer, Senior Lecturer (1999), Reader in zoology (2002) University of Aberdeen
1993 NATO/Royal Society Research Fellow at Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, Banchory field Station
1992 PhD University of Louvain & Univ British Columbia, Personal Reseach Fellowship National Foundation for Scientific Research (Belgium)
1988-1991 Visiting Graduate Student, University of British Columbia1986 BSc Zoological Sciences, University of Louvain, First class
1988 MSc Biology, University of Louvain, First class
1987 Visiting Graduate Student, University of Oslo
External Memberships
Prof Lambin is currently:
A member of REF2021 panel B7 Earth Systems and Environmental Science
A member of Orkney's Native wildlife Project Technical Advisory committee
a member of Scotland Invasive Species Initiative steering board
A member of Scottish Natural Heritage Scientific Advisory Committe Expert panel
- Research
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Research Overview
My research seeks to understand the contributions of dispersal to the dynamics of populations, how the outcome of trophic interactions is modified by dispersal and to optimise the use of concepts from population ecology to solve pressing applied issues in wildlife management and conservation.
I achieve these aims by conducting large scale, often long term field studies with birds and mammals as well as by linking theoretical insights with empirical findings using state of the art statistical techniques. Ongoing projects include
- Metapopulation dynamics including of water voles and the role of dispersal and connectivity in fragmented systems on soil processes and vegation dynamics and disease dynamics
- Intraguild predation interactions and other interactions in bird of prey communities including those ivolving the northern goshawk, owls, other birds of prey and the pine marten
- The impact of the recovery of pine martens on grey and red squirrels, the squirrel pox virus and conservation and land use issues surrounding non-native grey squirrels
- The changing dynamics of cyclic field and common voles in the UK and Spain and their relationships with the predators parasites and food plants
- The management of non-native American mink and the volunteers and organsiations that are working to push back this invasion
- The management of non-native signal crayfish at the edge of their invasion front where they are predicted to profoundly damage freshwater fisheries and ecosystems
Collaborations
Spatial dynamics of pathogens and hosts
Dr Sandra Telfer (water vole metapopulations, disease dynamics); Prof Mike Begon (University of Liverpool)
Cyclic Vole demography
Prof Juan Luque Larena, Dr Francois Mougeot, Dr Beatriz Arroyo (Irruptive vole populations in Catilla y Leon CSIC IREC) ; Dr Eloy Revilla and Ruben Bernardo (meta-analyses of vole demography CSIC Donana, Spain); Prof sue Hartley (Univ York plant herbivore dynamics)
Statistical ecology
Dr Chris Sutherland (Univ Massashusets); Prof David Elston (BioSS); Dr Thomas Cornulier (statistical models of population dynamics, voles mink and more)
Raptor dynamics and life histories
Dr Alexandre Millon (Univ Aix Marseille), Dr Steve Petty (retired), Dr Phil Whitfield (Natural Research), Dr Ewan Weston (Natural Research)
Adaptive management of Invasive species
Chris Horrill, Ann Marie MacMaster (American mink participatory management, RAFTS); Prof Rene van der Wal (Citizen science and Minkapp); Prof Colin Bean (Crayfish SNH), Bob Laughton (Crayfish Nairn river trust),
Ecosystem dynamics
Prof Rolf Ims and Prof Nigel Yoccoz (University of Tromso Norway); Ricardo Pita (Univ Evora, Portugal)
Biodiversity and forest management
Kenny Kortland (pine martens, wood ants, squirrels, Forest Enterprise Scotland)
Funding and Grants
title Funder Amount Partners 2019 -22
CONTAIN: Optimising the long term management of invasive species affecting biodiversity and the rural economy using adaptive management NERC- NEWTON LATAM program £1,2M with burslem Phimister, Travis cornulier Caplat and Latin america Partners 2018 -22 Leaving the safety of the forest: the landscape-scale dynamics of a protected mobile species occupying areas with varying levels of protection NERC £89K A Stringer, Forestry England & Raptor Study groups 2017 -22 Assessing the economic and conservation impacts of the pine marten, a recovering predator, non-native grey squirrels, and forest land management NERC
£89K
A Stringer, Forestry England, PTES 2016-- ongoing Adaptive monitoring and management for endangered species conservation in boreal forest ecosystems with newly enriched guild of predators
Forestry and Land Scotland K Kortland - Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Course organiser for 4th year course Zo4527 in Wildlife conservation and management concepts and practice
Contributor to MSc in Ecology and Sustainability course Zo5304 Population Ecology
Contributor to MSc course EK5506 Ecology and Society
Contributor to 3rd year course Zo3303 in Animal Population Ecology
Contributor to 3rd year field course BI3001 Field Ecology Skills
Contributor to 2nd year course BI2020 Ecology
- Publications
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Patch spatial attributes and time to disturbance affect the emergence of source local populations within ephemeral habitats
Ecological Modelling, vol. 496, 110839Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEvaluating diversionary feeding as a method to resolve conservation conflicts in a recovering ecosystem
Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 61, no. 8, pp. 1968-1978Contributions to Journals: ArticlesStakeholder mapping to support invasive non-native species management in South America
NeoBiota, vol. 93, pp. 263-291Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA global initiative for ecological and evolutionary hologenomics
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, vol. 39, no. 7, pp. 616-620Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMultiple novel caliciviruses identified from stoats (Mustela erminea) in the United Kingdom
Access microbiology, vol. 6, no. 7Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInterests, beliefs, experience, and perceptions shape tolerance towards impacts of recovering predators
People and Nature, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 117-133Contributions to Journals: ArticlesMating system induced lags in rates of range expansion for different simulated mating systems and dispersal strategies: a modelling study
Oecologia, vol. 204, no. 1, pp. 119–132Contributions to Journals: ArticlesReproductive ecology of the black rat (Rattus rattus) in Madagascar: the influence of density-dependent and -independent effects
Integrative zoology, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 66-86Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLack of detection of SARS-CoV-2 in British wildlife 2020-21 and first description of a stoat (Mustela erminea) Minacovirus.
Journal of General Virology, vol. 104, no. 12, 001917Contributions to Journals: ArticlesReproductive Performance of Peregrine Falcons Relative to the Use of Organochlorine Pesticides, 1946-2021
Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 92, no. 11, pp. 2201-2213Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPatterns and drivers of vector-borne microparasites in a classic metapopulation
Parasitology, vol. 150, no. 10, pp. 1-57Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182023000677
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The effect of climate change on avian offspring production: a global meta-analysis
PNAS, vol. 120, no. 19, e2208389120Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLiving with rodent pests: unifying stakeholder interests to prioritise pest management in rural Madagascar
People and Nature, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 713-725Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10438
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/21944/1/Scobie_etal_PN_Living_With_Rodent_VoR.pdf
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From species detection to population size indexing: the use of sign surveys for monitoring a rare and otherwise elusive small mammal
European Journal of Wildlife Research, vol. 69, 9Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPredicting the impact of invasive trees from different measures of abundance
Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 325, no. Part B, 116480Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSpatiotemporal connectivity dynamics in spatially structured populations
Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 91, no. 10, pp. 2050-2060Contributions to Journals: ArticlesA temporal refuge from predation can change the outcome of prey species competition
Oikos, vol. 2022, no. 9, e08565Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.08565
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/19134/1/Slade_et_al_A_temporal_refuge_Oikos_vor.pdf
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Restoring vertebrate predator populations can provide landscape-scale biological control of established invasive vertebrates: Insights from pine marten recovery in Europe
Global Change Biology, vol. 28, no. 18, pp. 5368-5384Contributions to Journals: Review articlesFrom pattern to process?: Dual travelling waves, with contrasting propagation speeds, best describe a self-organised spatio-temporal pattern in population growth of a cyclic rodent
Ecology Letters, vol. 25, no. 9, pp. 1986-1998Contributions to Journals: ArticlesInterspecific coprophagia by wild red foxes: DNA metabarcoding reveals a potentially widespread form of commensalism among animals
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 12, no. 7, e9029Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRestoring native predators can control invasive species – if they pass these tests
Contributions to Specialist PublicationsThe value of considering demographic contributions to connectivity: a review
Ecography, vol. 2022, no. 6, e05552Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.05552
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/19265/1/Drake_etal_The_value_of_VOR.pdf
Using a modelling approach to inform progress towards stoat eradication from the Orkney Islands
Frontiers in Conservation Science, vol. 2, 780102Contributions to Journals: ArticlesIdentifying priorities, targets, and actions for the long-term social and ecological management of invasive non-native species
Environmental Management, vol. 69, no. 1, pp. 140-153Contributions to Journals: ArticlesRodent control to fight plague: field assessment of methods based on rat density reduction
Integrative zoology, vol. 16, no. 6, pp. 868-885Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe best defence is not being there: avoidance of larger carnivores is not driven by risk intensity
Journal of Zoology, vol. 315, no. 2, pp. 110-122Contributions to Journals: ArticlesLinking Zoonosis Emergence to Farmland Invasion by Fluctuating Herbivores: Common Vole Populations and Tularemia Outbreaks in NW Spain
Frontiers in Veterinary Science, vol. 8, 698454Contributions to Journals: Review articlesLethal interactions among forest-grouse predators are numerous, motivated by hunger and carcasses, and their impacts determined by the demographic value of the victims
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 11, no. 12, pp. 7164-7186Contributions to Journals: ArticlesManagement policies for invasive alien species: Addressing the impacts rather than the species
BioScience, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 174–185Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa139
A proposed unified framework to describe the management of biological invasions
Biological Invasions, vol. 22, no. 9, pp. 2633-2645Contributions to Journals: ArticlesCONTAIN: Optimising the long-term management of invasive alien species using adaptive management
NeoBiota, vol. 59, pp. 119-138Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.59.52022
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/14884/1/Lambin_etal_NeoB_CONTAIN_VOR.pdf
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The role of species charisma in biological invasions
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 345-352Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2195
On the merits and pitfalls of introducing a digital platform to aid conservation management: Volunteer data submission and the mediating role of volunteer coordinators
Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 265, 110497Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2020.110497
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The challenges of long-term invasive mammal management: lessons from the UK
Mammal Review, vol. 50, no. 2, pp. 136-146Contributions to Journals: ArticlesFishing for mammals: Landscape‐level monitoring of terrestrial and semi‐aquatic communities using eDNA from riverine systems
Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 707-716Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13592
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Trophic transfer of pesticides: The fine line between predator–prey regulation and pesticide–pest regulation
Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 806-818Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBody size and habitat use of the common weasel Mustela nivalis vulgaris in Mediterranean farmlands colonised by common voles Microtus arvalis
Mammal research, vol. 65, pp. 75-84Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13364-019-00465-y
Fluctuations in age structure and their variable influence on population growth
Functional Ecology, vol. 34, no. 1, pp. 203-216Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13431
Proximate causes and fitness consequences of double brooding in female barn owls
Oecologia, vol. 192, pp. 91-103Contributions to Journals: ArticlesQuantifying the contribution of immigration to population dynamics: a review of methods, evidence and perspectives in birds and mammals
Biological Reviews, vol. 94, no. 6, pp. 2049-2067Contributions to Journals: ArticlesNumerical response of a mammalian specialist predator to multiple prey dynamics in Mediterranean farmlands
Ecology, vol. 100, no. 9, e02776Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.2776
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/12867/1/Mougeot_et_al_2019_Ecology_VoR.pdf
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Colonisation dynamics during range expansion is poorly predicted by dispersal in the core range
Ecography, vol. 42, no. 6, pp. 1142-1151Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/ecog.04180
- [OPEN ACCESS] http://aura.abdn.ac.uk/bitstream/2164/13774/1/Morgan_et_al_2019_Ecography.pdf
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Advances in population ecology and species interactions in mammals
Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 100, no. 3, pp. 965-1007Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyz017
Zoonotic pathogens in fluctuating common vole (Microtus arvalis) populations: occurrence and dynamics
Parasitology, vol. 146, no. 3, pp. 389-398Contributions to Journals: ArticlesUnintentional effects of environmentally-friendly farming practices: arising conflicts between zero-tillage and a crop pest, the common vole (Microtus arvalis)
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, vol. 272, pp. 105-113Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDrivers of survival in a small mammal of conservation concern: An assessment using extensive genetic non-invasive sampling in fragmented farmland
Biological Conservation, vol. 230, pp. 131-140Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEmpowered communities or "cheap labour"?: Engaging volunteers in the rationalised management of invasive alien species in Great Britain
Journal of Environmental Management, vol. 229, pp. 102-111Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPopulation-level manipulations of field vole densities induce subsequent changes in plant quality but no impacts on vole demography
Ecology and Evolution, vol. 8, no. 16, pp. 7752-7762Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEcological traps for large-scale invasive species control: Predicting settling rules by recolonising American mink post-culling
Journal of Applied Ecology, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 1769-1779Contributions to Journals: Articles"Got rats?" Global environmental costs of thirst for milk include acute biodiversity impacts linked to dairy feed production
Global Change BiologyContributions to Journals: Letters