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Professor Kenneth Wilson

Professor Emeritus, Professor

  1. 2018
  2. Published

    And the winner of the inaugural Sidnie Manton Award is ...

    Wilson, K., Sheldon, B. C., Gaillard, J.-M., Sanders, N. J., Hoggart, S. P. G. & Newton, E., 05/2018, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 87, 3, p. 527-529 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

  3. Published

    Bacterial communities associated with honeybee food stores are correlated with land use

    Donkersley, P. W., Rhodes, G., Pickup, R. W., Jones, K. C. & Wilson, K., 05/2018, In: Ecology and Evolution. 8, 10, p. 4743-4756 24 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Little impact of over-winter parasitism on a free-ranging ungulate in the high Arctic

    Carlsson, A. M., Albon, S. D., Coulson, S. J., Ropstad, E., Stien, A., Wilson, K., Loe, L. E., Veiberg, V. & Irvine, R. J., 04/2018, In: Functional Ecology. 32, 4, p. 1046-1056 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Transparency and open processes in Journal of Animal Ecology

    Wilson, K., Sheldon, B. C., Gaillard, J.-M., Sanders, N. J., Hoggart, S. P. G. & Newton, E., 01/2018, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 87, 1, p. 1-3 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorial

  6. 2017
  7. Published

    Nutritional composition of honey bee food stores vary with floral composition

    Donkersley, P., Rhodes, G., Pickup, R. W., Jones, K. C., Power, E. F., Wright, G. A. & Wilson, K., 12/2017, In: Oecologia. 185, 4, p. 749-761 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  8. Published

    Differences in the progress of the biopesticide revolution between the EU and other major crop-growing regions

    Balog, A., Hartel, T., Loxdale, H. D. & Wilson, K., 11/2017, In: Pest Management Science. 73, 11, p. 2203-2208 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Fifty important research questions in microbial ecology

    Antwis, R. E., Griffiths, S. M., Harrison, X. A., Aranega-Bou, P., Arce, A., Bettridge, A. S., Brailsford, F. L., de Menezes, A., Devaynes, A., Forbes, K. M., Fry, E. L., Goodhead, I., Haskell, E., Heys, C., James, C., Johnston, S. R., Lewis, G. R., Lewis, Z., Macey, M. C. & McCarthy, A. & 9 others, McDonald, J. E., Mejia-Florez, N. L., O'Brien, D., Orland, C., Pautasso, M., Reid, W. D. K., Robinson, H. A., Wilson, K. & Sutherland, W. J., 1/05/2017, In: FEMS Microbiology Ecology. 93, 5, 10 p., fix044.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineComment/debatepeer-review

  10. Published

    Characterization of a novel member of genus Iflavirus in Helicoverpa armigera

    Yuan, H., Xu, P., [Unknown], X., Graham, R. I., Wilson, K. & Wu, K., 03/2017, In: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 144, p. 65-73 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Structure and transcription of the Helicoverpa armigera densovirus (HaDV2) genome and its expression strategy in LD652 cells

    Xu, P., Graham, R. I., Wilson, K. & Wu, K., 7/02/2017, In: Virology Journal. 14, 10 p., 23.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. Published

    Like a rolling stone: the dynamic world of animal ecology publishing

    Wilson, K., Sheldon, B. C., Gaillard, J.-M., Sanders, N. J., Hoggart, S. P. G. & Newton, E., 01/2017, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 86, 1, p. 1-3 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorial

  13. 2016
  14. Published

    Is Heliothis viriplaca (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) a long-distance migrant?

    Zhao, X.-Y., Fu, X.-W., Ali, A., Wilson, K. & Wu, K., 12/2016, In: Bulletin of Entomological Research. 106, 6, p. 740-748 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Trade-offs and mixed infections in an obligate-killing insect pathogen

    Redman, E. M., Wilson, K. & Cory, J. S., 09/2016, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 85, 5, p. 1200-1209 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Exposure to viral and bacterial pathogens among Soay sheep (Ovis aries) of the St Kilda archipelago

    Graham, A. L., Nussey, D. H., Lloyd-Smith, J. O., Longbottom, D., Maley, M., Pemberton, J. M., Pilkington, J. G., Prager, K. C., Smith, L., Watt, K. A., Wilson, K., McNeilly, T. N. & Brulisauer, F., 07/2016, In: Epidemiology and Infection. 144, 9, p. 1879-1888 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. 2015
  18. Published

    Behavioral microbiomics: a multi-dimensional approach to microbial influence on behavior

    Wong, A. C.-N., Holmes, A., Ponton, F., Lihoreau, M., Wilson, K., Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S. J., 27/11/2015, In: Frontiers in Microbiology. 6, 8 p., 1359.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  19. Published

    Development of a real-time qPCR assay for quantification of covert baculovirus infections in a major african crop pest

    Graham, R. I., Tummala Munuswamy, Y., Rhodes, G., Cory, J. S., Shirras, A. D., Grzywacz, D. & Wilson, K., 25/08/2015, In: Insects. 6, 3, p. 746-759 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Evidence for a pervasive ‘idling-mode’ activity template in flying and pedestrian insects

    Reynolds, A. M., Jones, H. B. C., Hill, J. K., Pearson, A. J., Wilson, K., Wolf, S., Lim, K. S., Reynolds, D. R. & Chapman, J. W., 20/05/2015, In: Royal Society Open Science. 2, 5, 10 p., 150085.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  21. Published

    Body condition constrains immune function in field populations of female Australian plague locust Chortoicetes terminifera

    Graham, R., Graham, J., Wilson, K. & Simpson, S. J., 05/2015, In: Parasite Immunology. 37, 5, p. 233-241 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. Published

    Transgenerational effects modulate density-dependent prophylactic resistance to viral infection in a lepidopteran pest

    Wilson, K. & Graham, R. I., 25/03/2015, In: Biology Letters. 11, 3, 4 p., 20150012.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    Long-range seasonal migration in insects: mechanisms, evolutionary drivers and ecological consequences

    Chapman, J., Reynolds, D. & Wilson, K., 1/03/2015, In: Ecology Letters. 18, 3, p. 287-302 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Macronutrients mediate the functional relationship between Drosophila and Wolbachia

    Ponton, F., Wilson, K., Holmes, A., Raubenheimer, D., Robinson, K. & Simpson, S. J., 7/02/2015, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 282, 1800, 9 p., 20142029.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Life history correlates of faecal bacterial species richness in a wild population of the blue tit Cyanistes caeruleus

    Benskin, C., Rhodes, G., Pickup, R., Mainwaring, M., Wilson, K. & Hartley, I., 02/2015, In: Ecology and Evolution. 5, 4, p. 821-835 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  26. 2014
  27. Published

    Honeybee nutrition is linked to landscape composition

    Donkersley, P., Rhodes, G., Pickup, R., Jones, K. & Wilson, K., 11/2014, In: Ecology and Evolution. 4, 21, p. 4195-4206 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Densovirus is a mutualistic symbiont of a global crop pest (Helicoverpa armigera) and protects against a baculovirus and Bt biopesticide

    Xu, P., Liu, Y., Graham, R., Wilson, K. & Wu, K., 30/10/2014, In: PLoS Pathogens. 10, 10, 11 p., e1004490.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Locusts increase carbohydrate consumption to protect against a fungal biopesticide

    Graham, R., Graham, J., Pulpitel, T., Ponton, F., Simpson, S. J. & Wilson, K., 10/2014, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 69, p. 27-34 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Where have all the insects gone?

    Wilson, K., 27/06/2014, In: Journal of Animal Ecology.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorial

  31. Published

    The use of indigenous ecological resources for pest control in Africa

    Grzywacz, D., Stevenson, P., Mushobozi, W. L., Belmain, S. & Wilson, K., 02/2014, In: Food Security. 6, 1, p. 71-86 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  32. Published

    Dynamics of macronutrient self-medication and illness-induced anorexia in virally infected insects

    Povey, S., Cotter, S. C., Simpson, S. J. & Wilson, K., 01/2014, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 83, 1, p. 245-255 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. Published

    The times they are a-changin’: evolution and revolution in animal ecology publishing

    Wilson, K., 01/2014, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 83, 1, p. 1-4 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorial

  34. 2013
  35. Published

    Pest control: biopesticides’ potential

    Wilson, K., Benton, T., Graham, R. & Grzywacz, D., 15/11/2013, In: Science. 342, 6160, p. 799 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  36. Published

    Can the biofuel crop, Jatropha curcas, be used as a locally-grown botanical pesticide? a lab and field study in Zambia

    Wilson, K., Maloney, K., Zulu, D., Mutamba, E. & Vermeylen, S., 1/11/2013, Proceedings of The First International Conference on Pesticidal Plants: Volume 1 (August 2013). Ogendo, J., Lukhoba, C. W., Bett, P. K. & Machocho, A. K. (eds.). Nakuru, Kenya: Egerton University, Vol. 1. p. 124-127 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNConference contribution/Paperpeer-review

  37. Published

    Adaptations to the Arctic: low-temperature development and cold tolerance in the free-living stages of a parasitic nematode from Svalbard

    Carlsson, A. M., Irvine, R. J., Wilson, K. & Coulson, S. J., 07/2013, In: Polar Biology. 36, 7, p. 997-1005 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  38. Published
  39. Published

    Integrating nutrition and immunology: a new frontier

    Ponton, F., Wilson, K., Holmes, A. J., Cotter, S. C., Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S. J., 02/2013, In: Journal of Insect Physiology. 59, 2, p. 130-137 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLiterature reviewpeer-review

  40. Published

    Male-killing Wolbachia and mitochondrial selective sweep in a migratory African insect (vol 12, pg 204, 2012)

    Graham, R. I. & Wilson, K., 10/01/2013, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 13, 2 p., 6.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  41. Published

    Publishing the best original research in animal ecology: looking forward from 2013

    Coulson, T., Hays, G., Boots, M., Wilson, K., Baker, L. & Livermore, P., 01/2013, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 82, 1, p. 1-2 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

  42. Published

    Host-parasite interactions and the evolution of immune defense

    Wilson, K. & Cotter, S. C., 2013, Advances in the study of behavior. Brockmann, H. J., Roper, T. J., Naguib, M., Mitani, J. C., Simmons, L. W. & Barrett, L. (eds.). Amsterdam: ELSEVIER ACADEMIC PRESS INC, Vol. 45. p. 81-174 94 p. (Advances in the Study of Behavior; vol. 45).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  43. 2012
  44. Published

    Wolbachia in a major African crop pest increases susceptibility to viral disease rather than protects

    Graham, R. I., Grzywacz, D., Mushobozi, W. L. & Wilson, K., 09/2012, In: Ecology Letters. 15, 9, p. 993-1000 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineLetterpeer-review

  45. Published

    Development and application of a delayed-release anthelmintic intra-ruminal bolus system for experimental manipulation of nematode worm burdens

    Carlsson, A. M., Wilson, K. & Irvine, R. J., 07/2012, In: Parasitology. 139, 8, p. 1086-1092 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  46. Published

    Disease transmission in an extreme environment: Nematode parasites infect reindeer during the Arctic winter

    Carlsson, A. M., Irvine, K. J., Wilson, K., Piertney, S. B., Halvorsen, O., Coulson, S. J., Stien, A. & Albon, S. D., 07/2012, In: International Journal for Parasitology. 42, 8, p. 789-795 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Testes size, testosterone production and reproductive behaviour in a natural mammalian mating system

    Preston, B. T., Stevenson, I. R., Lincoln, G. A., Monfort, S. L., Pilkington, J. G. & Wilson, K., 01/2012, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 81, 1, p. 296-305 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  48. Published

    Male-killing Wolbachia and mitochondrial selective sweep in a migratory African insect

    Graham, R. I. & Wilson, K., 2012, In: BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12, 11 p., 204.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  49. 2011
  50. Published

    Nutritional Immunology: A Multi-Dimensional Approach

    Ponton, F., Wilson, K., Cotter, S. C., Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S. J., 12/2011, In: PLoS Pathogens. 7, 12, p. - 4 p., e1002223.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorialpeer-review

  51. Published

    Characterisation of a nucleopolyhedrovirus and Spiroplasma sp. bacterium associated with outbreaking populations of the Antler moth Cerapteryx graminis

    Graham, R. I., Hartley, L. & Wilson, K., 05/2011, In: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 107, 1, p. 90-93 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  52. Published

    Macronutrient balance mediates trade-offs between immune function and life history traits

    Cotter, S., Simpson, S. J., Raubenheimer, D. & Wilson, K., 02/2011, In: Functional Ecology. 25, 1, p. 186-198 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  53. Published

    Hosts use altered macronutrient intake to circumvent parasite-induced reduction in fecundity

    Ponton, F., Lalubin, F., Fromont, C., Wilson, K., Behm, C. & Simpson, S. J., 01/2011, In: International Journal for Parasitology. 41, 1, p. 43-50 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  54. 2010
  55. Published

    Diversity and temporal stability of bacterial communities in a model passerine bird, the zebra finch.

    Benskin, C., Rhodes, G., Pickup, R. W., Wilson, K. & Hartley, I. R., 12/2010, In: Molecular Ecology. 19, 24, p. 5531-5544 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  56. Published

    High levels of genetic diversity in Spodoptera exempta NPV from Tanzania

    Redman, E. M., Wilson, K., Grzywacz, D. & Cory, J. S., 10/2010, In: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 105, 2, p. 190-193 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  57. Published

    Pathogen persistence in migratory insects : high levels of vertically-transmitted virus infection in field populations of the African armyworm.

    Vilaplana, L., Wilson, K., Redman, E. M. & Cory, J. S., 01/2010, In: Evolutionary Ecology. 24, 1, p. 147-160 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  58. 2009
  59. Published

    Bacterial pathogens in wild birds: a review of the frequency and effects of infection.

    Benskin, C., Wilson, K., Jones, K. J. & Hartley, I. R., 08/2009, In: Biological Reviews. 84, 3, p. 349-373 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  60. Published

    Can the protein costs of bacterial resistance be offset by altered feeding behaviour?

    Povey, S., Cotter, S. C., Simpson, S. J., Lee, K. P. & Wilson, K., 03/2009, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 78, 2, p. 437-446 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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