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Professor Xavier Lambin

Professor Xavier Lambin
Professor Xavier Lambin
Professor Xavier Lambin

Chair in Zoology

About
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

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

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. The changing dynamics of cyclic field and  common voles in the UK and Spain and their relationships with the predators parasites and food plants
  5. The management of non-native American mink and the volunteers and organsiations that are working to push back this invasion 
  6. 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

Current Research

Google Scholar profile

ResearcherID: E-8284-2011

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

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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  • Effects of human disturbance on the diet composition of wild red deer (Cervus elaphus)

    Jayakody, S., Sibbald, A. M., Mayes, R. W., Hooper, R. J., Gordon, I. J., Lambin, X.
    European Journal of Wildlife Research, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 939-948
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The Common Shrew (Sorex araneus): A Neglected Host of Tick-Borne Infections?

    Bown, K. J., Lambin, X., Telford, G., Heyder-Bruckner, D., Ogden, N. H., Birtles, R. J.
    Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, vol. 11, no. 7, pp. 947-953
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Delayed density-dependent onset of spring reproduction in a fluctuating population of field voles

    Ergon, T., Ergon, R., Begon, M., Telfer, S., Lambin, X.
    Oikos, vol. 120, no. 6, pp. 934-940
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Microbe Interactions Undermine Predictions - Response

    Telfer, S., Lambin, X., Birtles, R., Beldomenico, P., Burthe, S., Paterson, S., Begon, M.
    Science, vol. 331, no. 6014, pp. 145-147
    Contributions to Journals: Letters

  • Bayesian reconstitution of environmental change from disparate historical records: hedgerow loss and farmland bird declines

    Cornulier, T., Robinson, R. A., Elston, D., Lambin, X., Sutherland, W. J., Benton, T. G.
    Methods in Ecology and Evolution, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 86-94
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Turning back the tide of American mink invasion at an unprecedented scale through community participation and adaptive management

    Bryce, R., Oliver, M. K., Davies, L., Gray, H., Urquhart, J., Lambin, X.
    Biological Conservation, vol. 144, no. 1, pp. 575-583
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Species interactions in a parasite community drive infection risk in a wildlife population

    Telfer, S., Lambin, X., Birtles, R., Beldomenico, P., Burthe, S., Paterson, S., Begon, M.
    Science, vol. 330, no. 6001, pp. 243-246
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Individual growth rates in natural field vole, Microtus agrestis, populations exhibiting cyclic population dynamics

    Burthe, S. J., Lambin, X., Telfer, S. E., Douglas, A., Beldomenico, P., Smith, A. D., Begon, M.
    Oecologia, vol. 162, no. 3, pp. 653-661
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Pulsed resources affect the timing of first breeding and lifetime reproductive success of tawny owls

    Millon, A., Petty, S., Lambin, X.
    Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 79, no. 2, pp. 426-435
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Delineating Anaplasma phagocytophilum Ecotypes in Coexisting, Discrete Enzootic Cycles

    Bown, K. J., Lambin, X., Ogden, N. H., Begon, M., Telford, G., Woldehiwet, Z., Birtles, R. J.
    Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 15, no. 12, pp. 1948-1954
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Do rabbits eat voles? Apparent competition, habitat heterogeneity and large-scale coexistence under mink predation

    Oliver, M. K., Luque-Larena, J. J., Lambin, X.
    Ecology Letters, vol. 12, no. 11, pp. 1201-1209
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Estimating the annual number of breeding attempts from breeding dates using mixture models

    Cornulier, T., Elston, D., Arcese, P., Benton, T. G., Douglas, D. J. T., Lambin, X., Reid, J. M., Robinson, R. A., Sutherland, W. J.
    Ecology Letters, vol. 12, no. 11, pp. 1184-1193
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Host-pathogen time series data in wildlife support a transmission function between density and frequency dependence

    Smith, M. J., Telfer, S. E., Kallio, E. R., Burthe, S., Cook, A. R., Lambin, X., Begon, M.
    PNAS, vol. 106, no. 19, pp. 7905-7909
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Seasonal host dynamics drive the timing of recurrent epidemics in a wildlife population

    Begon, M., Telfer, S. E., Smith, M. J., Burthe, S., Paterson, S., Lambin, X.
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol. 276, no. 1662, pp. 1603-1610
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Experimental translocation of juvenile water voles in a Scottish lowland metapopulation

    Fisher, D. O., Lambin, X., Yletyinen, S. M.
    Population Ecology, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 289-295
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Landscape barriers reduce gene flow in an invasive carnivore: geographical and local genetic structure of American mink in Scotland

    Zalewski, A., Piertney, S. B., Zalewska, H., Lambin, X.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 1601-1615
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Effects of abundance on infection in natural populations: field voles and cowpox virus

    Begon, M., Telfer, S., Burthe, S., Lambin, X., Patterson, S.
    Epidemics, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 35-46
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Spatio-temporal variation in the strength and mode of selection acting on major histocompatibility complex diversity in water vole (Arvicola terrestris) metapopulations

    Oliver, M. K., Lambin, X., Cornulier, T., Piertney, S. B.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 80-92
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Relative Importance of Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes trianguliceps as Vectors for Anaplasma phagocytophilum and Babesia microti in Field Vole (Microtus agrestis) Populations

    Bown, K. J., Lambin, X., Telford, G. R., Ogden, N. H., Telfer, S., Woldehiwet, Z., Birtles, R. J.
    Applied and Environmental Microbiology, vol. 74, no. 23, pp. 7118-7125
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The Influence of Philosophical Perspectives in Integrative Research: a Conservation Case Study in the Cairngorms National Park

    Evely, A. C., Fazey, I., Pinard, M., Lambin, X.
    Ecology and Society, vol. 13, no. 2, 52
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The effects of density-dependent dispersal on the spatiotemporal dynamics of cyclic populations

    Smith, M. J., Sherratt, J. A., Lambin, X.
    Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol. 254, no. 2, pp. 264-274
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Are silica defences in grasses driving vole population cycles?

    Massey, F. P., Smith, M. J., Lambin, X., Hartley, S. E.
    Biology Letters, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 419-422
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Parasite interactions in natural populations: insights from longitudinal data

    Telfer, S., Birtles, R., Bennett, M., Lambin, X., Paterson, S., Begon, M.
    Parasitology, vol. 135, no. 7, pp. 767-781
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Temporal changes in kin structure through a population cycle in a territorial bird, the red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus

    Piertney, S. B., Lambin, X., Maccoll, A. D. C., Lock, K., Bacon, P. J., Dallas, J. F., Leckie, F., Mougeot, F., Racey, P. A., Redpath, S., Moss, R.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 17, no. 10, pp. 2544-2551
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Disease effects on reproduction can cause population cycles in seasonal environments

    Smith, M. J., White, A., Sherratt, J. A., Telfer, S., Begon, M., Lambin, X.
    Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 77, no. 2, pp. 378-389
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Red deer Cervus elephus vigilance behaviour differs with habitat and type of human disturbance

    Jayakody, S., Sibbald, A. M., Gordon, I. J., Lambin, X.
    Wildlife Biology, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 81-91
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Tuberculosis (Mycobacterium microti) in wild field vole populations

    Burthe, S., Bennett, M., Kipar, A., Lambin, X., Smith, A., Telfer, S., Begon, M.
    Parasitology, vol. 135, no. 3, pp. 309-317
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Cowpox virus infection in natural field vole Microtus agrestis populations: significant negative impacts on survival

    Burthe, S., Telfer, S., Begon, M., Bennett, M., Smith, A., Lambin, X.
    Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 77, no. 1, pp. 110-119
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • High-resolution genetic fingerprinting of European strains of Anaplasma phagocytophilum by use of multilocus variable-number tandem-repeat analysis

    Bown, K. J., Lambin, X., Ogden, N. H., Petrovec, M., Shaw, S. E., Woldehiwet, Z., Birtles, R. J.
    Journal of Clinical Microbiology, vol. 45, no. 6, pp. 1771-1776
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Contrasting dynamics of Bartonella spp. in cyclic field vole populations: the impact of vector and host dynamics

    Telfer, S., Begon, M., Bennett, M., Bown, K. J., Burthe, S., Lambin, X., Telford, G., Birtles, R.
    Parasitology, vol. 134, no. 3, pp. 413-425
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Movement patterns of a specialist predator, the weasel Mustela nivalis exploiting asynchronous cyclic field vole Microtus agrestis populations

    Brandt, M. J., Lambin, X.
    Acta Theriologica, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 13-25
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Sympatric Ixodes trianguliceps and Ixodes ricinus ticks feeding on field voles (Microtus agrestis): Potential for increased risk of Anaplasma phagocytophilum in the United Kingdom?

    Bown, K. J., Begon, M., Bennett, M., Birtles, R. J., Burthe, S., Lambin, X., Telfer, S., Woldehiwet, Z., Ogden, N. H.
    Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 404-410
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Cowpox virus infection in natural field vole Microtus agrestis populations: delayed density dependence and individual risk

    Burthe, S., Telfer, S., Lambin, X., Bennett, M., Carslake, D., Smith, A., Begon, M.
    Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 75, no. 6, pp. 1416-1425
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Delayed density-dependent season length alone can lead to rodent population cycles

    Smith, M. J., White, A., Lambin, X., Sherratt, J. A., Begon, M.
    The American Naturalist, vol. 167, no. 5, pp. 695-704
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Widespread gene flow and high genetic variability in populations of water voles Arvicola terrestris in patchy habitats

    Aars, J., Dallas, J. F., Piertney, S. B., Marshall, F., Gow, J. L., Telfer, S., Lambin, X.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 1455-1466
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Vole population cycles in northern and southern Europe: Is there a need for different explanations for single pattern?

    Lambin, X., Bretagnolle, V., Yoccoz, N. G.
    Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 75, no. 2, pp. 340-349
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Phylogeographic structure and postglacial evolutionary history of water voles (Arvicola terrestris) in the United Kingdom

    Piertney, S. B., Stewart, W. A., Lambin, X., Telfer, S., Aars, J., Dallas, J. F.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 1435-1444
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Decline of the Orkney Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus population: Do changes to demographic parameters and mating system fit a declining food hypothesis?

    Amar, A., Picozzi, N., Meek, E. R., Redpath, S. M., Lambin, X.
    Bird Study, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 18-24
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • 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

    Amar, A. D., Picozzi, A. N., Meek, E. R., Lambin, X., Redpath, S. M.
    British Birds, vol. 52, pp. 18-24
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Summertime activity patterns of common weasels Mustela nivalis vulgaris under differing prey abundances in grassland habitats

    Brandt, M. J., Lambin, X.
    Acta Theriologica, vol. 50, pp. 67-79
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Disease dynamics in cyclic populations of field voles (Microtus agrestis): cowpox virus and vole tuberculosis (Mycobacterium microti)

    Cavanagh, R., Lambin, X., Ergon, T., Bennett, M., Graham, I. M., van Soolingen, D., Begon, M.
    Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. B, Biological Sciences, vol. 271, no. 1541, pp. 859-867
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Inferring patterns and process in small mammal metapopulations: insights from ecological and genetic data

    Lambin, X., Aars, J., Piertney, S. B., Telfer, S.
    Ecology, genetics and evolution in metapopulations, (eds Hanski I & Gaggiotti O), Elsevier, pp. 515-540, 25 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Optimal body size and energy expenditure during winter: Why are voles smaller in declining populations?

    Ergon, T., Speakman, J. R., Scantlebury, M., Cavanagh, R., Lambin, X.
    The American Naturalist, vol. 163, no. 3, pp. 442-457
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Resting and daily energy expenditures of free-living field voles are positively correlated but reflect extrinsic rather than intrinsic effects

    Speakman, J. R., Ergon, T., Cavanagh, R., Reid, K., Scantlebury, D. M., Lambin, X.
    PNAS, vol. 100, no. 24, pp. 14057-14062
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Testing the specialist predator hypothesis for vole cycles

    Lambin, X., Graham, I. M.
    Trends in Ecology & Evolution, vol. 18, no. 10, pp. 493
    Contributions to Journals: Letters

  • The Effects of the Size and Shape of Landscape Features on the Formation of Traveling Waves in Cyclic Populations

    Sherratt, J. A., Lambin, X., Sherratt, T. N.
    The American Naturalist, vol. 162, no. 4, pp. 503-513
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Parentage assignment detects frequent and large-scale dispersal in water voles

    Telfer, S., Piertney, S., Dallas, J., Stewart, W., Marshall, F., Gow, J., Lambin, X.
    Molecular Ecology, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 1939-1949
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Demographic and genetic structure of fossorial water voles (Arvicola terrestris) on Scottish islands

    Telfer, S., Dallas, J. F., Aars, J., Piertney, S. B., Stewart, W. A., Lambin, X.
    Journal of Zoology, vol. 259, pp. 23-29
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Territorial behaviour and population dynamics in red grouse Lagopus lagopus scoticus. II. Population models

    Matthiopoulos, J., Moss, R., Mougeot, F., Lambin, X., Redpath, S. M.
    Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 72, no. 6, pp. 1083-1096
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The decline of Common Kestrels Falco tinnunculus in a forested area of northern England: the role of predation by Northern Goshawks Accipiter gentilis

    Petty, S. J., Anderson, D. I. K., Davison, M., Little, B., Sherratt, T. N., Tomas, C. J., Lambin, X.
    Ibis, vol. 145, no. 3, pp. 472-483
    Contributions to Journals: Articles
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