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Professor Kenneth Wilson

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  1. 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

  2. Published

    Noise and determinism in synchronized sheep dynamics

    Grenfell, B. T., Wilson, K., Finkenstädt, B. F., Coulson, T. N., Murray, S., Albon, S. D., Pemberton, J. M., Clutton-Brock, T. H. & Crawley, M. J., 13/08/1998, In: Nature. 394, 6694, p. 674-677 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Novel Mito‐Nuclear Combinations Facilitate the Global Invasion of a Major Agricultural Crop Pest

    Li, H., Liang, X., Peng, Y., Liu, Z., Zhang, L., Wang, P., Jin, M., Wilson, K., Garvin, M. R., Wu, K. & Xiao, Y., 11/09/2024, In: Advanced Science. 11, 34, e2305353.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    Novel partiti-like viruses are conditional mutualistic symbionts in their normal lepidopteran host, African armyworm, but parasitic in a novel host, Fall armyworm

    Xu, P., Yang, L., Yang, X., Li, T., Graham, R., Wu, K. & Wilson, K., 22/06/2020, In: PLoS Pathogens. 16, 6, 26 p., e1008467.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. 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

  8. Published

    Origin of an insular population of the wood mouse based on parasitological evidence

    Wilson, K., Eady, P. & Del Nevo, A. J., 1/01/1998, In: Journal of Wildlife Diseases. 34, 1, p. 150-154 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Osmolality as a novel mechanism explaining diet effects on the outcome of infection with a blood parasite

    Wilson, K., Holdbrook, R., Reavey, C., Randall, J., Tummala Munuswamy, Y., Ponton, F., Simpson, S. J., Smith, J. & Cotter, S., 6/07/2020, In: Current Biology. 30, 13, p. 2459-2467 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. 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

  11. Published

    Overwintering survival in the seven spot ladybird, Coccinella septempunctata (Coleoptera Coccinellidae)

    Barron, A. & Wilson, K., 1/01/1998, In: European Journal of Entomology. 95, 4, p. 639-642 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. 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

  13. Published

    Parasite-induced behavioral change: Mechanisms

    Perrot-Minnot, M.-J., Cézilly, F. & Wilson, K., 25/01/2019, Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. Choe, J. (ed.). 2nd ed. ed. Academic Press, p. 679-687 9 p.

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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. Published

    Partiti-like viruses from African armyworm increase larval and pupal mortality of a novel host: the Egyptian cotton leafworm

    Xu, P., Rice, A., Li, T., Wang, J., Yang, X., Yuan, H., Graham, R. I. & Wilson, K., 30/04/2022, In: Pest Management Science. 78, 4, p. 1529-1537 19 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  18. 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

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. Published

    Population-genomics provide insights into the evolution and adaptation of the Asia corn borer

    Peng, Y., Jin, M., Li, Z., Li, H., Zhang, L., Yu, S., Zhang, Z., Fan, R., Liu, J., Qi, X., Wilson, K. & Xiao, Y., 31/05/2023, In: Molecular Biology and Evolution. 40, 5, msad112.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  22. 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

  23. E-pub ahead of print

    Predicting potential global and future distributions of the African armyworm (Spodoptera exempta) using Species Distribution Models

    Gomez, I., Musavi, F., Mushobozi, W. L., David, G., Day, R., Early, R. & Wilson, K., 28/09/2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Scientific Reports. 12, 1

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  24. Published

    Preface: wildlife disease ecology

    Wilson, K., Fenton, A. & Tompkins, D. M., 1/11/2019, Wildlife Disease Ecology: Linking Theory to Data and Application. Wilson, K., Fenton, A. & Tompkins, D. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. xix-xxiii 5 p. (Ecological Reviews).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)peer-review

  25. Published

    Propagule behavior and parasite transmission

    Lamberton, P. H. L., Norton, A. J., Webster, J. P. & Wilson, K., 25/01/2019, Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. Choe, J. (ed.). 2nd ed. ed. Elsevier, p. 646-652 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNEntry for encyclopedia/dictionary

  26. 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

  27. Published

    Rapid spread of a densovirus in a major crop pest following wide-scale adoption of bt-cotton in china

    Xiao, Y., Li, W., Yang, X., Xu, P., Jin, M., Yuan, H., Zheng, W., Soberón, M., Bravo, A., Wilson, K. & Wu, K., 15/07/2021, In: eLife. 10, 25 p., e66913.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Regional Monitoring of Fall Armyworm (FAW) Using Early Warning Systems

    Buchaillot, M. L., Cairns, J., Hamadziripi, E., Wilson, K., Hughes, D., Chelal, J., McCloskey, P., Kehs, A., Clinton, N., Araus, J. L. & Kefauver, S. C., 8/10/2022, In: Remote Sensing. 14, 19, 19 p., 5003.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Reproductive behavior and parasites: Vertebrates

    Richner, H. & Wilson, K., 25/01/2019, Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. Choe, J. (ed.). 2nd ed. ed. Elsevier, p. 727-731 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNEntry for encyclopedia/dictionary

  30. Published

    Reproductive behavior and parasites: Invertebrates

    Shaw, J. C. & Wilson, K., 25/01/2019, Encyclopedia of Animal Behavior. Choe, J. (ed.). 2nd ed. ed. Elsevier, p. 718-726 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNEntry for encyclopedia/dictionary

  31. Published

    Reproductive effort influences intra‐seasonal variation in parasite‐specific antibody responses in wild Soay sheep

    Hayward, A. D., Pilkington, J. G., Wilson, K., McNeilly, T. N. & Watt, K. A., 1/07/2019, In: Functional Ecology. 33, 7, p. 1307-1320 14 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  32. 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

  33. Published

    Seasonal and geographical variation in the migratory potential of outbreak populations of the African armyworm moth, Spodoptera exempta

    Wilson, K. & Gatehouse, A. G., 1/01/1993, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 62, 1, p. 169-181 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  34. 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

  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. Published

    Stability and instability in ungulate populations: An empirical analysis

    Clutton-Brock, T. H., Illus, A. W., Wilson, K., Grenfell, B. T., MacColl, A. D. C. & Albon, S. D., 25/04/1997, In: American Naturalist. 149, 2, p. 195-219 25 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. Published

    Survival costs of reproduction are mediated by parasite infection in wild Soay sheep

    Leivesley, J. A., Bussiere, L. F., Pemberton, J. M., Pilkington, J. G., Wilson, K. & Hayward, A. D., 1/08/2019, In: Ecology Letters. 22, 8, p. 1203-1213 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  41. 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

  42. Published

    The application of a rhizotron to study the subterranean effects of pesticides

    Wilson, K., Gunn, A. & Cherrett, J. M., 1/01/1995, In: Pedobiologia. 39, 2, p. 132-143 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  43. Published

    The complex interactions between nutrition, immunity and infection in insects

    Ponton, F., Tan, Y. X., Forster, C. C., Austin, A. J., English, S., Cotter, S. C. & Wilson, K., 15/12/2023, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 226, 24

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  44. 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

  45. Published

    The distribution of covert microbial natural enemies of a globally invasive crop pest, fall armyworm, in Africa: enemy-release and spillover events

    Withers, A. J., Rice, A., de Boer, J., Donkersley, P., Pearson, A. J., Chipabika, G., Karangwa, P., Uzayisenga, B., Mensah, B. A., Mensah, S. A., Nkunika, P. O. Y., Kachigamba, D., Smith, J. A., Jones, C. M. & Wilson, K., 30/09/2022, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 91, 9, p. 1826-1841 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  46. Published

    The impact of field margins on biological pest control: a meta‑analysis

    Crowther, L., Wilson, K. & Wilby, A., 30/08/2023, In: BioControl. 68, 4, p. 387-396 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  47. Published

    The influence of temperature on nutrient supply and demand: host plant quality is temperature dependent

    Clissold, F. J., Woodman, J. D., Wilson, K. & Simpson, S. J., 1/03/2019, In: INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. 59, Suppl. 1, p. E39-E39 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineMeeting abstractpeer-review

  48. Published

    The interactive impact of temperature and nutrition on disease resistance

    Clissold, F. J., Woodman, J. D., Wilson, K. & Simpson, S. J., 1/03/2019, In: INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY. 59, Suppl. 1, p. E39-E39 1 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineMeeting abstractpeer-review

  49. 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

  50. Published

    The tethered flight technique as a tool for studying life-history strategies associated with migration in insects

    Minter, M., Pearson, A., Lim, K. S., Wilson, K., Chapman, J. W. & Jones, C. M., 08/2018, In: Ecological Entomology. 43, 4, p. 397-411 15 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineReview articlepeer-review

  51. 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

  52. Published

    The transition from diet to blood: Exploring homeostasis in the insect haemolymph nutrient pool

    Holdbrook, R., Andongma, A. A., Randall, J. L., Reavey, C. E., Tummala, Y., Wright, G. A., Simpson, S. J., Smith, J. A., Wilson, K. & Cotter, S. C., 1/09/2024, In: Physiological Entomology. 49, 3, p. 227-243

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  53. 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

  54. 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

  55. 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

  56. Published

    Trans-generational viral transmission and immune priming are dose-dependent

    Wilson, K., 30/06/2021, In: Journal of Animal Ecology. 90, 6, p. 1560-1569 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  57. 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

  58. Published

    Updated assessment of potential biopesticide options for managing fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in Africa

    Bateman, M. L., Day, R. K., Rwomushana, I., Subramanian, S., Wilson, K., Babendreier, D., Luke, B. & Edgington, S., 30/06/2021, In: Journal of Applied Entomology. 145, 5, p. 384-393 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  59. 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

  60. Published

    Where have all the insects gone?

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

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineEditorial

  61. Published

    Wildlife disease ecology: from theory to policy

    Tompkins, D. M. & Wilson, K., 1/12/1998, In: Trends in Ecology and Evolution. 13, 12, p. 476-478 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  62. Published

    Wildlife Disease Ecology: Linking Theory to Data and Application

    Wilson, K. (Editor), Fenton, A. (Editor) & Tompkins, D. M. (Editor), 1/11/2019, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 655 p. (Ecological Reviews)

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  63. 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

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