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Overview

Steve D. Albon is affiliated with the James Hutton Institute in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a significant body of work in ecology and related subfields.

The main fields of study associated with their work include:

  • Environmental Science

Within this broad field, their subfields of study include:

  • Ecology
  • Atmospheric Science
  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • General Health Professions

Their research covers key topics such as:

  • Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
  • Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Indigenous Studies and Ecology
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Rangeland and Wildlife Management
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Gut microbiota and health

Steve D. Albon has contributed to numerous peer-reviewed articles, with recent papers including:

  • The neglected season: Warmer autumns counteract harsher winters and promote population growth in Arctic reindeer, 2020, Global Change Biology
  • Determinants of heart rate in Svalbard reindeer reveal mechanisms of seasonal energy management, 2021, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Stress responses to repeated captures in a wild ungulate, 2022, Scientific Reports
  • Harvesting can stabilise population fluctuations and buffer the impacts of extreme climatic events, 2022, Ecology Letters
  • Increased parental effort fails to buffer the cascading effects of warmer seas on common guillemot demographic rates, 2023, Journal of Animal Ecology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Steve D. Albon include:

  • Leif Egil Loe
  • R. Justin Irvine
  • Vebjørn Veiberg
  • Audun Stien
  • Erik Ropstad

The scientist's research has been published repeatedly in venues such as:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Global Change Biology
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Best Publications

  • Red Deer: Behavior and Ecology of Two Sexes

    T. H. Clutton-Brock;F. E. Guinness;S. D. Albon

  • Age, Sex, Density, Winter Weather, and Population Crashes in Soay Sheep

    Tim Coulson;Edward A. Catchpole;Steve D. Albon;Byron J. T. Morgan

  • THE ROARING OF RED DEER AND THE EVOLUTION OF HONEST ADVERTISEMENT

    T.H. Clutton-Brock;S.D. Albon

  • The logical stag: adaptive aspects of fighting in red deer ( Cervus elaphus L.)

    T.H. Clutton-Brock;S.D. Albon;R.M. Gibson;F.E. Guinness

  • Parental investment and sex differences in juvenile mortality in birds and mammals

    T. H. Clutton-Brock;S. D. Albon;F. E. Guinness

  • Fitness costs of gestation and lactation in wild mammals.

    T. H. Clutton-Brock;S. D. Albon;F. E. Guinness

  • Plant phenology and the benefits of migration in a temperate ungulate

    S. D. Albon;R. Langvatn

  • Maternal dominance, breeding success and birth sex ratios in red deer.

    T. H. Clutton-Brock;S. D. Albon;F. E. Guinness

  • Noise and determinism in synchronized sheep dynamics

    B T Grenfell;K Wilson;B F Finkenstadt;T N Coulson

  • Early development and population dynamics in red deer. II: Density-independent effects and cohort variation

    S. D. Albon;T. H. Clutton-Brock;F. E. Guinness

  • Microsatellites reveal heterosis in red deer

    T. N Coulson;J. M Pemberton;S. D Albon;M Beaumont

  • The role of parasites in the dynamics of a reindeer population

    S. D. Albon;A. Stien;R. J. Irvine;R. Langvatn

  • 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

  • Early development and population dynamics in red deer. I: Density-dependent effects on juvenile survival

    T. H. Clutton-Brock;M. Major;S. D. Albon;F. E. Guinness

  • Great expectations: dominance, breeding success and offspring sex ratios in red deer

    T.H. Clutton-Brock;S.D. Albon;F.E. Guinness

  • The Costs of Reproduction to Red Deer Hinds

    T. H. Clutton-Brock;F. E. Guinness;S. D. Albon

  • Parental investment in male and female offspring in polygynous mammals

    T. H. Clutton-Brock;S. D. Albon;F. E. Guinness

  • UK National Ecosystem Assessment:understanding nature's value to society. Synthesis of key findings

    R. Watson;S. Albon;R. Aspinall;M. Austen

  • Climate, plant phenology and variation in age of first reproduction in a temperate herbivore

    R. Langvatn;S.D. Albon;T. Burkey;T.H. Clutton-Brock

  • UK National Ecosystem Assessment:Technical report

    R Watson;S Albon;R Aspinall;M Austen

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim H. Clutton-Brock
Tim H. Clutton-Brock University of Cambridge
Audun Stien
Audun Stien University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Fiona E. Guinness
Fiona E. Guinness University of Cambridge
Josephine M. Pemberton
Josephine M. Pemberton University of Edinburgh
Leif Egil Loe
Leif Egil Loe Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Rolf Langvatn
Rolf Langvatn Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Tim Coulson
Tim Coulson University of Oxford
Loeske E. B. Kruuk
Loeske E. B. Kruuk University of Edinburgh
Torkild Tveraa
Torkild Tveraa Norwegian Institute for Nature Research
Kenneth Wilson
Kenneth Wilson Lancaster University

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