![Professor Xavier Lambin Professor Xavier Lambin](/img/200x200/staffpages/uploads/nhi502/webpicture.jpg)
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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Patterns and processes of dispersal behaviour in arvicoline rodents
Molecular Ecology, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 505-523Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2011.05410.x
Abundance thresholds and the underlying ecological processes: field voles Microtus agrestis in a fragmented landscape
Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment, vol. 144, no. 1, pp. 364-369Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2011.10.006
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. 968-975Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2011.01842.x
Effects of human disturbance on the diet composition of wild red deer (Cervus elaphus)
European Journal of Wildlife Research, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 939-948Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10344-011-0508-z
The Common Shrew (Sorex araneus): A Neglected Host of Tick-Borne Infections?
Vector Borne and Zoonotic Diseases, vol. 11, no. 7, pp. 947-953Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2010.0185
Delayed density-dependent onset of spring reproduction in a fluctuating population of field voles
Oikos, vol. 120, no. 6, pp. 934-940Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18983.x
Microbe Interactions Undermine Predictions - Response
Science, vol. 331, no. 6014, pp. 145-147Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
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. 86-94Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2041-210X.2010.00054.x
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. 575-583Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2010.10.013
Species interactions in a parasite community drive infection risk in a wildlife population
Science, vol. 330, no. 6001, pp. 243-246Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1190333
Individual growth rates in natural field vole, Microtus agrestis, populations exhibiting cyclic population dynamics
Oecologia, vol. 162, no. 3, pp. 653-661Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-009-1495-6
Pulsed resources affect the timing of first breeding and lifetime reproductive success of tawny owls
Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 79, no. 2, pp. 426-435Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2009.01637.x
Delineating Anaplasma phagocytophilum Ecotypes in Coexisting, Discrete Enzootic Cycles
Emerging Infectious Diseases, vol. 15, no. 12, pp. 1948-1954Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1512.090178
Do rabbits eat voles? Apparent competition, habitat heterogeneity and large-scale coexistence under mink predation
Ecology Letters, vol. 12, no. 11, pp. 1201-1209Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01375.x
Estimating the annual number of breeding attempts from breeding dates using mixture models
Ecology Letters, vol. 12, no. 11, pp. 1184-1193Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01377.x
Host-pathogen time series data in wildlife support a transmission function between density and frequency dependence
PNAS, vol. 106, no. 19, pp. 7905-7909Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0809145106
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. 1603-1610Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.1732
Experimental translocation of juvenile water voles in a Scottish lowland metapopulation
Population Ecology, vol. 51, no. 2, pp. 289-295Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10144-008-0122-4
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. 1601-1615Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04131.x
Effects of abundance on infection in natural populations: field voles and cowpox virus
Epidemics, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 35-46Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2008.10.001
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. 80-92Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.04015.x
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. 7118-7125Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/AEM.00625-08
The Influence of Philosophical Perspectives in Integrative Research: a Conservation Case Study in the Cairngorms National Park
Ecology and Society, vol. 13, no. 2, 52Contributions to Journals: ArticlesThe effects of density-dependent dispersal on the spatiotemporal dynamics of cyclic populations
Journal of Theoretical Biology, vol. 254, no. 2, pp. 264-274Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2008.05.034
Are silica defences in grasses driving vole population cycles?
Biology Letters, vol. 4, no. 4, pp. 419-422Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2008.0106
Parasite interactions in natural populations: insights from longitudinal data
Parasitology, vol. 135, no. 7, pp. 767-781Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182008000395
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. 2544-2551Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03778.x
Disease effects on reproduction can cause population cycles in seasonal environments
Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 77, no. 2, pp. 378-389Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01328.x
Red deer Cervus elephus vigilance behaviour differs with habitat and type of human disturbance
Wildlife Biology, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 81-91Contributions to Journals: ArticlesTuberculosis (Mycobacterium microti) in wild field vole populations
Parasitology, vol. 135, no. 3, pp. 309-317Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182007003940
Cowpox virus infection in natural field vole Microtus agrestis populations: significant negative impacts on survival
Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 77, no. 1, pp. 110-119Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2007.01302.x
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. 1771-1776Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1128/JCM.00365-07
Contrasting dynamics of Bartonella spp. in cyclic field vole populations: the impact of vector and host dynamics
Parasitology, vol. 134, no. 3, pp. 413-425Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182006001624
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. 13-25Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03194195
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. 404-410Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1089/vbz.2006.6.404
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. 1416-1425Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01166.x
Delayed density-dependent season length alone can lead to rodent population cycles
The American Naturalist, vol. 167, no. 5, pp. 695-704Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/503119
Widespread gene flow and high genetic variability in populations of water voles Arvicola terrestris in patchy habitats
Molecular Ecology, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 1455-1466Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02889.x
Vole population cycles in northern and southern Europe: Is there a need for different explanations for single pattern?
Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 75, no. 2, pp. 340-349Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2656.2006.01051.x
Phylogeographic structure and postglacial evolutionary history of water voles (Arvicola terrestris) in the United Kingdom
Molecular Ecology, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 1435-1444Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294X.2005.02496.x
Decline of the Orkney Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus population: Do changes to demographic parameters and mating system fit a declining food hypothesis?
Bird Study, vol. 52, no. 1, pp. 18-24Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/00063650509461370
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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. 18-24Contributions to Journals: ArticlesSummertime activity patterns of common weasels Mustela nivalis vulgaris under differing prey abundances in grassland habitats
Acta Theriologica, vol. 50, pp. 67-79Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDisease 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. 859-867Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2003.2667
Inferring patterns and process in small mammal metapopulations: insights from ecological and genetic data
Ecology, genetics and evolution in metapopulations, (eds Hanski I & Gaggiotti O), Elsevier, pp. 515-540, 25 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersOptimal body size and energy expenditure during winter: Why are voles smaller in declining populations?
The American Naturalist, vol. 163, no. 3, pp. 442-457Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/381940
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. 14057-14062Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2235671100
Testing the specialist predator hypothesis for vole cycles
Trends in Ecology & Evolution, vol. 18, no. 10, pp. 493Contributions to Journals: Letters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00181-2
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. 503-513Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1086/377186
Parentage assignment detects frequent and large-scale dispersal in water voles
Molecular Ecology, vol. 12, no. 7, pp. 1939-1949Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01859.x