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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Australian Laureate Fellow
  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2012 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Loeske E. B. Kruuk is affiliated with the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple fields including Environmental Science, Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Ecology and its related subfields.

The scientist's main fields of study cover:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Within these broader fields, their work further specializes in subfields such as:

  • Ecology
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Genetics
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation

The focus areas of their research include:

  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Genetic diversity and population structure

Loeske E. B. Kruuk has published extensively in several scientific venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Evolution
  • Molecular Ecology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist has contributed to the following recent papers:

  • Genetic variance in fitness indicates rapid contemporary adaptive evolution in wild animals (2022) - Science
  • Fluctuating optimum and temporally variable selection on breeding date in birds and mammals (2020) - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • The expanding value of long-term studies of individuals in the wild (2022) - Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • Warming temperatures drive at least half of the magnitude of long-term trait changes in European birds (2022) - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Effects of warming temperatures on germination responses and trade-offs between seed traits in an alpine plant (2022) - Journal of Ecology

Collaborations have been an important aspect of their research with frequent co-authors including:

  • Andrew Cockburn
  • Josephine M. Pemberton
  • Helen L. Osmond
  • Adrienne B. Nicotra
  • Pieter A. Arnold

Throughout their career, Loeske E. B. Kruuk has received several recognitions such as:

  • Australian Laureate Fellow (2020)
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2020)
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2012)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Best Publications

  • Statistical confidence for likelihood-based paternity inference in natural populations

    T. C. Marshall;J. Slate;L. E. B. Kruuk;J. M. Pemberton

  • Adaptive Phenotypic Plasticity in Response to Climate Change in a Wild Bird Population

    Anne Charmantier;Anne Charmantier;Robin H. McCleery;Lionel R. Cole;Chris Perrins

  • Estimating genetic parameters in natural populations using the 'animal model'

    Loeske E. B. Kruuk

  • An ecologist's guide to the animal model

    Alastair J. Wilson;Denis Réale;Michelle N. Clements;Michael M. Morrissey

  • Phenological sensitivity to climate across taxa and trophic levels

    Stephen J. Thackeray;Peter A. Henrys;Deborah Hemming;James R. Bell

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

    Loeske E. B. Kruuk;Loeske E. B. Kruuk;Jon Slate;Josephine M. Pemberton;Sue Brotherstone

  • Heritability of fitness in a wild mammal population.

    Loeske E. B. Kruuk;Tim H. Clutton-Brock;Jon Slate;Josephine M. Pemberton

  • Maternal effects and evolution at ecological time‐scales

    K. Räsänen;L. E. B. Kruuk

  • Explaining stasis: microevolutionary studies in natural populations.

    J. Merilä;B. C. Sheldon;L. E. B. Kruuk

  • Sexually antagonistic genetic variation for fitness in red deer

    Katharina Foerster;Tim Coulson;Ben C. Sheldon;Josephine M. Pemberton

  • How to separate genetic and environmental causes of similarity between relatives.

    L. E. B. Kruuk;J. D. Hadfield

  • Population density affects sex ratio variation in red deer

    Loeske E. B. Kruuk;Loeske E. B. Kruuk;Tim H. Clutton-Brock;Steve D. Albon;Josephine M. Pemberton

  • The misuse of BLUP in ecology and evolution.

    Jarrod D. Hadfield;Alastair J. Wilson;Dany Garant;Ben C. Sheldon

  • Inbreeding depression influences lifetime breeding success in a wild population of red deer (Cervus elaphus)

    J. Slate;L. E. B. Kruuk;T. C. Marshall;J. M. Pemberton

  • Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection.

    Adam M. Siepielski;Michael B. Morrissey;Mathieu Buoro;Stephanie M. Carlson

  • Inbreeding depression across the lifespan in a wild mammal population

    Jisca Huisman;Loeske E. B. Kruuk;Loeske E. B. Kruuk;Philip A. Ellis;Tim Clutton-Brock

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

    Loeske E. B. Kruuk;Jon Slate;Alastair J. Wilson

  • Evolution driven by differential dispersal within a wild bird population

    Dany Garant;Loeske E B Kruuk;Teddy A Wilkin;Robin H McCleery

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

    S. L. Cotter;L. E. B. Kruuk;Kenneth Wilson

  • Environmental coupling of selection and heritability limits evolution.

    Alastair Wilson;Josephine Pemberton;Jill Pilkington;D. W. Coltman

  • NATURAL SELECTION AND INHERITANCE OF BREEDING TIME AND CLUTCH SIZE IN THE COLLARED FLYCATCHER

    B. C. Sheldon;L. E. B. Kruuk;J. Merila

Frequent Co-Authors

Josephine M. Pemberton
Josephine M. Pemberton University of Edinburgh
Tim H. Clutton-Brock
Tim H. Clutton-Brock University of Cambridge
Alastair J. Wilson
Alastair J. Wilson University of Exeter
Ben C. Sheldon
Ben C. Sheldon University of Oxford
Jill G. Pilkington
Jill G. Pilkington University of Edinburgh
Daniel H. Nussey
Daniel H. Nussey University of Edinburgh
Dany Garant
Dany Garant Université de Sherbrooke
Juha Merilä
Juha Merilä University of Hong Kong
Anne Charmantier
Anne Charmantier Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Jon Slate
Jon Slate University of Sheffield

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