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Professor Kenneth Wilson

Professor Emeritus, Professor

  1. 2009
  2. Published

    Evolutionary ecology : percolation of old ideas to new areas of ecology.

    Wilson, K., 13/01/2009, In: Current Biology. 19, 1, p. R21-R23

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Armyworm NPV for Africa : illustrating problems of promoting biopesticides in Africa.

    Grzywacz, D., Mushobozi, W. L. & Wilson, K., 2009, In: Biocontrol News and Information. 30, 2, p. 30N-32N

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Biological control of armyworm in Africa : pitfalls and solutions.

    Wilson, K., Grzywacz, D. & Mushobozi, W. L., 2009, In: Pesticides News. 84, p. 18-19 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. Published

    Climate change and the spread of infectious ideas.

    Wilson, K., 2009, In: Ecology. 90, 4, p. 901-902 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  6. Published

    Density-dependent prophylaxis in insects.

    Wilson, K. & Cotter, S. C., 2009, Phenotypic plasticity of insects : mechanisms and consequences. Ananthakrishnan, T. N. & Whitman, T. W. (eds.). Enfield: Science Publsihers Inc., p. 381-420 40 p.

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

  7. 2008
  8. Published

    Dietary protein-quality influences melanization and immune function in an insect.

    Lee, K. P., Simpson, S. J. & Wilson, K., 12/2008, In: Functional Ecology. 22, 6, p. 1051-1061 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Selection for cuticular melanism reveals immune function and life-history trade-offs in Spodoptera littoralis.

    Cotter, S. C., Myatt, J. P., Benskin, C. & Wilson, K., 11/2008, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 21, 6, p. 1744-1754 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    Density related variation in vertical transmission of a virus in the African armyworm.

    Vilaplana, L., Redman, E. M., Wilson, K. & Corey, J. S., 03/2008, In: Oecologia. 155, 2, p. 237-246 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  11. Published

    Evaluation of Spodoptera exempta nucleopolyhedrovirus (SpexNPV) for the field control of African armyworm (Spodoptera exempta) in Tanzania.

    Grzywacz, D., Mushobozi, W. L., Parnell, M., Jolliffe, F. & Wilson, K., 01/2008, In: Crop Protection. 27, 1, p. 17-24 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. 2007
  13. Published

    The population dynamical implications of male-biased parasitism in different mating systems.

    Miller, M. R., White, A., Wilson, K. & Boots, M., 18/07/2007, In: PLoS ONE. e624

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. 2006
  15. Published

    Flexible diet choice offsets protein costs of pathogen resistance in a caterpillar.

    Lee, K. P., Cory, J. S., Wilson, K., Raubenheimer, D. & Simpson, S. J., 7/04/2006, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 273, 1588, p. 823-829 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Melanism in a larval Lepidopteran : repeatability and heritability of a dynamic trait.

    Lee, K. P. & Wilson, K., 04/2006, In: Ecological Entomology. 31, 2, p. 196-205 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Novel technologies for control of African armyworm on smallholder cereals in East Africa.

    Grzywacz, D., Mushobozi, W., Moscardi, F., Cory, J. S., Ray, R. & Wilson, K., 2006, Perspectives on pests II.. Sweetmore, A. (ed.). Alyesford: Natural Resources International, p. 93-95 3 p.

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

  18. 2005
  19. Published

    Male mate choices influences female promiscuity in Soay sheep.

    Preston, B. T., Stevenson, I. R., Pemberton, J. M., Coltman, D. W. & Wilson, K., 22/02/2005, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 272, 1561, p. 365-373 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  20. Published

    Evolutionary ecology of insect host-parasite interactions : an ecological immunology perspective.

    Wilson, K., 2005, Insect evolutionary ecology. Fellowes, M., Holloway, G. J. & Rolff, J. (eds.). Wallingford: CABI Publications, p. 289-341 53 p.

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

  21. Published

    New approaches to improve the livelihoods of poor farmers and pastoralists in Tanzania through monitoring and control of African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta.

    Mushobozi, W. L., Grzywacz, D., Musebe, R., Kimani, M. & Wilson, K., 2005, In: Aspects of Applied Biology. 75, p. 37-45 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. 2004
  23. Published

    Costs of resistance : genetic correlations and potential trade-offs in an insect immune system.

    Cotter, S. L., Kruuk, L. E. B. & Wilson, K., 03/2004, In: Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 17, 2, p. 421-429 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Density-dependent prophylaxis and condition-dependent immune function in Lepidopteron larvae : a multibariate approach.

    Cotter, S. L., Hails, R. S., Cory, J. S. & WIlson, K., 03/2004, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 73, 2, p. 283-293 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  25. Published

    Adaptive reproductive strategies.

    Stevenson, I. R., Marrow, P., Preston, B. T., Pemberton, J. M. & Wilson, K., 2004, Soay Sheep : Dynamics and Selection in an Island Population. Clutton-Brock, T. H. & Pemberton, J. M. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 243-275 33 p.

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

  26. Published

    Parasites and their impact.

    Wilson, K., Grenfell, B. T., Pilkington, J. G., Boyd, H. E. G. & Gulland, F. M. D., 2004, Soay Sheep : Dynamics and Selection in an Island Population. Clutton-Brock, T. H. & Pemberton, J. M. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 113-165 53 p.

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

  27. Published

    Population dynamics.

    Clutton-Brock, T. H., Grenfell, B. T., Coulson, T. N., Wilson, K., Crawley, M. & Albon, S. D., 2004, Soay Sheep : Dynamics and Selection in an Island Population. Clutton-Brock, T. H. & Pemberton, J. M. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 52-88 37 p.

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

  28. 2003
  29. Published

    Soay rams target reproductive activity towards promisculous females' optimal insemination period.

    Preston, B. T., Stevenson, I. R. & Wilson, K., 7/10/2003, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 270, 1528, p. 2073-2078 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    Response to comment on "parasites as a viability cost of sexual selection in natural populations of mammals".

    Wilson, K., Moore, S. L. & Owens, I. P. F., 4/04/2003, In: Science. 300, 5616, p. 55

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  31. Published

    Overt and covert competition in a promiscuous mammal : the importance of weaponry and testes size to male reproductive success.

    Preston, B. T., Stevenson, I. R., Pemberton, J. M., Coltman, D. W. & Wilson, K., 22/03/2003, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 270, 1515, p. 633-640 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  32. Published

    Group living and investment in immune defence : an inter-specific analysis.

    Wilson, K., Knell, R., Boots, M. & Koch-Osborne, J., 01/2003, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 72, 1, p. 133-143 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  33. 2002
  34. Published

    Ups and downs of wildlife population regulation by macroparasites

    Wilson, K., 1/10/2002, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 17, 10, 1 p.

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

  35. Published

    Parasites as a Viability Cost of Sexual Selection in Natural Populations of Mammals.

    Moore, S. L. & Wilson, K., 20/09/2002, In: Science. 297, 5589, p. 2015-2018 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  36. Published

    Coping with crowds : density-dependent disease resistance in desert locusts.

    Wilson, K., Thomas, M. B., Blanford, S., Dogett, M., Simpson, S. J. & Moore, S. L., 16/04/2002, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 99, 8, p. 5471-5475 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  37. Published

    Heritability of immune function in the caterpillar Spodoptera littoralis.

    Cotter, S. C. & Wilson, K., 04/2002, In: Heredity. 88, 4, p. 229-234 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  38. Published

    Heterogeneities in macroparasite infections : patterns and processes.

    Wilson, K., Bjornstad, O. N., Dobson, A. P., Merler, S., Poglayen, G., Randolph, S. E., Read, A. F. & Skorping, A., 2002, The ecology of wildlife diseases. Hudson, P. J., Rizzoli, A., Grenfell, B. T., Heesterbeek, J. A. P. & Dobson, A. P. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 6-44 39 p.

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

  39. Published

    Microparasite transmission and persistence

    Swinton, J., Woolhouse, M. E. J., Begon, M. E., Dobson, A. P., Ferroglio, E., Grenfell, B. T., Guburti, V., Hails, R. S., Heesterbeek, J. A. P., Lavazza, A., Roberts, M. G., White, P. J. & Wilson, K., 2002, The ecology of wildlife diseases. Hudson, P. J., Rizzoli, A., Grenfell, B. T., Heesterbeek, J. A. P. & Dobson, A. P. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 83-101 19 p.

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

  40. Published

    Parasites and host population dynamics.

    Tompkins, D. M., Arneberg, P., Begon, M. E., Cattadori, I. M., Greenman, J. V., Heesterbeek, J. A. P., Hudson, P. J., Newborn, D., Pugliese, A., Rizzoli, A. P., Rosa, R. & Wilson, K., 2002, The ecology of wildlife diseases. Hudson, P. J., Rizzoli, A., Grenfell, B. T., Heesterbeek, J. A. P. & Dobson, A. P. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 45-62 18 p.

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

  41. Published

    Statistical analysis of sex ratios : an introduction.

    Wilson, K. & Hardy, I. C. W., 2002, Sex ratios : concepts and research methods. Hardy, I. C. W. (ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 48-92 45 p.

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

  42. 2001
  43. Published

    Melanism and disease resistance in insects.

    Wilson, K., Cotter, S. C., Reeson, A. F. & Pell, J. K., 11/2001, In: Ecology Letters. 4, 6, p. 637-649 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  44. Published

    Costs of reproduction : egg production takes its toll.

    Stevenson, I. R. & Wilson, K., 10/2001, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 16, 10, p. 539

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  45. Published

    Positive genetic correlation between parasite resistance and body size in a free-living ungulate population.

    Coltman, D., Pilkington, J. G., Kruuk, L. E. B., Wilson, K. & Pemberton, J. M., 10/2001, In: Evolution. 55, 10, p. 2116-2125 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  46. Published

    A microsatellite polymorphism in the gamma interferon gene is associated with resistance to gastrointestinal nematodes in a naturally-parasitised population of Soay sheep.

    Coltman, D., Wilson, K., Pilkington, J. G., Stear, M. J. & Pemberton, J. M., 05/2001, In: Parasitology. 122, 5, p. 571-582 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    Corrigendum - The costs of resistance in Drosophila: Blood cells count (Trends in Ecology and Evolution (February 2001) 16 (72-73))

    Wilson, K., 1/04/2001, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 16, 4, 1 p.

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

  48. Published

    Sperm depletion constrains male reproductive success in a promisculous mammal.

    Preston, B. T., Stevenson, I. R., Pemberton, J. M. & Wilson, K., 8/02/2001, In: Nature. 409, 6821, p. 681-682 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  49. Published

    The costs of resistance in Drosophila : blood cells count.

    Wilson, K., 02/2001, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 16, 2, p. 72-73 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  50. 2000
  51. Published

    Global warming and the spread of disease : the debate heats up.

    Wilson, K., 12/2000, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 15, 12, p. 488

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  52. Published

    Parasite manipulation : how extensive is the extended phenotype?

    Wilson, K., 10/2000, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 15, 10, p. 395

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  53. Published

    Ecology : nonlinearity and the Moran effect.

    Grenfell, B. T., Finkenstadt, B. F., Wilson, K., Coulson, T. N. & Crawley, M. J., 24/08/2000, In: Nature. 406, 6798, p. 847

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  54. Published

    Effects of phenotypic plasticity on pathogen transmission to the field in a Lepidoptera-NPV system.

    Reeson, A. F., Wilson, K., Cory, J. S., Hankard, P., Weeks, J. M., Goulson, D. & Hails, R. S., 08/2000, In: Oecologia. 124, 3, p. 373-380 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  55. Published

    How the locust got its stripes : the evolution of density-dependent aposematism.

    Wilson, K. & Missing, M., 03/2000, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 15, 3, p. 88-90 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  56. 1999
  57. Published

    Heritable variation to gastrointestinal nematodes in an unmanaged mammal population.

    Smith, J. A., Wilson, K., Pilkington, J. G. & Pemberton, J. M., 22/06/1999, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 266, 1425, p. 1283-1290 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  58. Published

    Immunocompetence : a neglected life history trait or conspicuous red herring?

    Owens, I. P. F. & Wilson, K., 05/1999, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 14, 5, p. 170-172 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  59. Published

    Nestling sex ratios in the polygynously breeding Corn Bunting Miliaria calanadra

    Hartley, I. R., Griffith, S. C., Wilson, K., Shepherd, M. & Burke, T., 1/01/1999, In: Journal of Avian Biology. 30, 1, p. 7-14 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  60. Published

    Horny Soays - the mystery of the scurs.

    Wilson, K., Stevenson, I. & Pemberton, J., 1999, In: The ARK. 27, p. 1000-101 900 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  61. Published

    Modelling density-dependent resistance in insect-pathogen interactions.

    White, K. A. J. & Wilson, K., 1999, In: Theoretical Population Biology. 56, 2, p. 163-181 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

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