Professor Ken Wilson

Professor of Evolutionary Ecology

Publications

Articles
Books & Chapters

Articles

Preston, Brian T. and Stevenson, Ian R. and Lincoln, Gerald A. and Monfort, Steven L. and Pilkington, Jill G. and Wilson, Kenneth (2012) Testes size, testosterone production and reproductive behaviour in a natural mammalian mating system. Journal of Animal Ecology, 81 (1). pp. 296-305. ISSN 0021-8790
Ponton, Fleur and Wilson, Kenneth and Cotter, Sheena C. and Raubenheimer, David and Simpson, Stephen J. (2011) Nutritional Immunology: A Multi-Dimensional Approach. PLoS pathogens, 7 (12). -. ISSN 1553-7374
Graham, Robert and Hartley, Laura and Wilson, Kenneth (2011) Characterisation of a nucleopolyhedrovirus and Spiroplasma sp. bacterium associated with outbreaking populations of the Antler moth Cerapteryx graminis. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 107 (1). pp. 90-93. ISSN 0022-2011
Cotter, Sheena and Simpson, Stephen J. and Raubenheimer, David and Wilson, Kenneth (2011) Macronutrient balance mediates trade-offs between immune function and life history traits. Functional Ecology, 25 (1). pp. 186-198. ISSN 0269-8463
Ponton, Fleur and Lalubin, Fabrice and Fromont, Caroline and Wilson, Kenneth and Behm, Carolyn and Simpson, Stephen J. (2011) Hosts use altered macronutrient intake to circumvent parasite-induced reduction in fecundity. International Journal of Parasitology, 41 (1). pp. 43-50. ISSN 0020-7519
Benskin, Clare M. H. and Rhodes, Glenn and Pickup, Roger W. and Wilson, Kenneth and Hartley, Ian R. (2010) Diversity and temporal stability of bacterial communities in a model passerine bird, the zebra finch. Molecular Ecology, 19 (24). pp. 5531-5544. ISSN 0962-1083
Redman, Elizabeth M. and Wilson, Kenneth and Grzywacz, David and Cory, Jenny S. (2010) High levels of genetic diversity in Spodoptera exempta NPV from Tanzania. Journal of Invertebrate Pathology, 105 (2). pp. 190-193. ISSN 0022-2011
Vilaplana, Luisa and Wilson, Ken and Redman, Elizabeth M. and Cory, Jenny S. (2010) Pathogen persistence in migratory insects : high levels of vertically-transmitted virus infection in field populations of the African armyworm. Evolutionary Ecology, 24 (1). pp. 147-160. ISSN 0269-7653
Benskin, Clare McWilliam Haldane and Wilson, Ken and Jones, Keith J. and Hartley, Ian R. (2009) Bacterial pathogens in wild birds: a review of the frequency and effects of infection. Biological Reviews, 84 (3). pp. 349-373. ISSN 1464-7931
Povey, Sonia and Cotter, Sheena C. and Simpson, Stephen J. and Lee, Kwang Pum and Wilson, Ken (2009) Can the protein costs of bacterial resistance be offset by altered feeding behaviour? Journal of Animal Ecology, 78 (2). pp. 437-446. ISSN 0021-8790
Wilson, Ken (2009) Evolutionary ecology : percolation of old ideas to new areas of ecology. Current Biology, 19 (1). R21-R23. ISSN 0960-9822
Wilson, Ken and Grzywacz, D. and Mushobozi, W. L. (2009) Biological control of armyworm in Africa : pitfalls and solutions. Pesticides News, 84. pp. 18-19. ISSN 0967-6597
Wilson, Ken (2009) Climate change and the spread of infectious ideas. Ecology, 90 (4). pp. 901-902. ISSN 0012-9658
Grzywacz, D. and Mushobozi, W. L. and Wilson, Ken (2009) Armyworm NPV for Africa : illustrating problems of promoting biopesticides in Africa. Biocontrol News and Information, 30 (2). 30N-32N. ISSN 0143-1404
Lee, K. P. and Simpson, S. J. and Wilson, Ken (2008) Dietary protein-quality influences melanization and immune function in an insect. Functional Ecology, 22 (6). pp. 1051-1061. ISSN 0269-8463
Cotter, S. C. and Myatt, J. P. and Benskin, C. and Wilson, Ken (2008) Selection for cuticular melanism reveals immune function and life-history trade-offs in Spodoptera littoralis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 21 (6). pp. 1744-1754. ISSN ISSN (printed): 1010-061X. ISSN (electronic): 1420-9101.
Vilaplana, Lluisa and Redman, Elizabeth M. and Wilson, Kenneth and Corey, Jenny S. (2008) Density related variation in vertical transmission of a virus in the African armyworm. Oecologia, 155 (2). pp. 237-246. ISSN 0029-8549
Grzywacz, David and Mushobozi, Wilfred L. and Parnell, Mark and Jolliffe, Flavia and Wilson, Kenneth (2008) Evaluation of Spodoptera exempta nucleopolyhedrovirus (SpexNPV) for the field control of African armyworm (Spodoptera exempta) in Tanzania. Crop Protection, 27 (1). pp. 17-24. ISSN 0261-2194
Miller, Martin R. and White, Andrew and Wilson, Kenneth and Boots, Michael (2007) The population dynamical implications of male-biased parasitism in different mating systems. PLoS ONE (e624).
Lee, K. P. and Cory, J. S. and Wilson, Kenneth and Raubenheimer, D. and Simpson, S. J. (2006) Flexible diet choice offsets protein costs of pathogen resistance in a caterpillar. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, 273 (1588). pp. 823-829. ISSN 0962-8452
Lee, Kwang Pum and Wilson, Kenneth (2006) Melanism in a larval Lepidopteran : repeatability and heritability of a dynamic trait. Ecological Entomology, 31 (2). pp. 196-205. ISSN 0307-6946
Preston, B. T. and Stevenson, I. R. and Pemberton, J. M. and Coltman, D. W. and Wilson, Kenneth (2005) Male mate choices influences female promiscuity in Soay sheep. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, 272 (1561). pp. 365-373. ISSN 0962-8452
Mushobozi, W. L. and Grzywacz, D. and Musebe, R. and Kimani, M. and Wilson, Kenneth (2005) New approaches to improve the livelihoods of poor farmers and pastoralists in Tanzania through monitoring and control of African armyworm, Spodoptera exempta. Aspects of Applied Biology, 75. pp. 37-45. ISSN 0265-1491
Cotter, S. L. and Kruuk, L. E. B. and Wilson, Kenneth (2004) Costs of resistance : genetic correlations and potential trade-offs in an insect immune system. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 17 (2). pp. 421-429. ISSN 1010-061X
Cotter, S. L. and Hails, R. S. and Cory, J. S. and WIlson, Kenneth (2004) Density-dependent prophylaxis and condition-dependent immune function in Lepidopteron larvae : a multibariate approach. Journal of Animal Ecology, 73 (2). pp. 283-293. ISSN 0021-8790
Preston, B. T. and Stevenson, I. R. and Wilson, Kenneth (2003) Soay rams target reproductive activity towards promisculous females' optimal insemination period. Proceedings of the Royal Society B : Biological Sciences, 270 (1528). pp. 2073-2078.
Wilson, Kenneth and Moore, Sarah L. and Owens, Ian P. F. (2003) Response to comment on "parasites as a viability cost of sexual selection in natural populations of mammals". Science, 300 (5616). p. 55. ISSN 0036-8075
Preston, B. T. and Stevenson, I. R. and Pemberton, J. M. and Coltman, D. W. and Wilson, Kenneth (2003) Overt and covert competition in a promiscuous mammal : the importance of weaponry and testes size to male reproductive success. Proceedings of the Royal Society B : Biological Sciences, 270 (1515). pp. 633-640.
Wilson, Kenneth and Knell, Robert and Boots, Michael and Koch-Osborne, Jane (2003) Group living and investment in immune defence : an inter-specific analysis. Journal of Animal Ecology, 72 (1). pp. 133-143. ISSN 0021-8790
Moore, Sarah L. and Wilson, Kenneth (2002) Parasites as a Viability Cost of Sexual Selection in Natural Populations of Mammals. Science, 297 (5589). pp. 2015-2018. ISSN 0036-8075
Wilson, Kenneth and Thomas, Matthew B. and Blanford, Simon and Dogett, Matthew and Simpson, Stephen J. and Moore, Sarah L. (2002) Coping with crowds : density-dependent disease resistance in desert locusts. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 99 (8). pp. 5471-5475.
Cotter, Sheena C. and Wilson, Kenneth (2002) Heritability of immune function in the caterpillar Spodoptera littoralis. Heredity, 88 (4). pp. 229-234. ISSN 0018-067X
Wilson, Kenneth and Cotter, Sheena C. and Reeson, Andrew F. and Pell, Judith K. (2001) Melanism and disease resistance in insects. Ecology Letters, 4 (6). pp. 637-649. ISSN 1461-023X
Stevenson, Ian R. and Wilson, Kenneth (2001) Costs of reproduction : egg production takes its toll. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 16 (10). p. 539. ISSN 0169-5347
Coltman, D. and Pilkington, J. G. and Kruuk, L. E. B. and Wilson, Kenneth and Pemberton, J. M. (2001) Positive genetic correlation between parasite resistance and body size in a free-living ungulate population. Evolution, 55 (10). pp. 2116-2125. ISSN 0014-3820
Coltman, D. and Wilson, Kenneth and Pilkington, J. G. and Stear, M. J. and Pemberton, J. M. (2001) A microsatellite polymorphism in the gamma interferon gene is associated with resistance to gastrointestinal nematodes in a naturally-parasitised population of Soay sheep. Parasitology, 122 (5). pp. 571-582. ISSN 0031-1820
Preston, Brian T. and Stevenson, Ian R. and Pemberton, Josephine M. and Wilson, Kenneth (2001) Sperm depletion constrains male reproductive success in a promisculous mammal. Nature, 409 (6821). pp. 681-682. ISSN 0028-0836
Wilson, Kenneth (2001) The costs of resistance in Drosophila : blood cells count. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 16 (2). pp. 72-73. ISSN 0169-5347
Wilson, Kenneth (2000) Global warming and the spread of disease : the debate heats up. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 15 (12). p. 488. ISSN 0169-5347
Wilson, Kenneth (2000) Parasite manipulation : how extensive is the extended phenotype? Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 15 (10). p. 395. ISSN 0169-5347
Grenfell, B. T. and Finkenstadt, B. F. and Wilson, Kenneth and Coulson, T. N. and Crawley, M. J. (2000) Ecology : nonlinearity and the Moran effect. Nature, 406 (6798). p. 847. ISSN 0028-0836
Reeson, A. F. and Wilson, Kenneth and Cory, J. S. and Hankard, P. and Weeks, J. M. and Goulson, D. and Hails, R. S. (2000) Effects of phenotypic plasticity on pathogen transmission to the field in a Lepidoptera-NPV system. Oecologia, 124 (3). pp. 373-380. ISSN 0029-8549
Wilson, Kenneth and Missing, Missing (2000) How the locust got its stripes : the evolution of density-dependent aposematism. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 15 (3). pp. 88-90. ISSN 0169-5347
Smith, J. A. and Wilson, Kenneth and Pilkington, J. G. and Pemberton, J. M. (1999) Heritable variation to gastrointestinal nematodes in an unmanaged mammal population. Proceedings of the Royal Society B : Biological Sciences, 266 (1425). pp. 1283-1290.
Owens, I. P. F. and Wilson, Kenneth (1999) Immunocompetence : a neglected life history trait or conspicuous red herring? Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 14 (5). pp. 170-172. ISSN 0169-5347
Wilson, Kenneth and Stevenson, I. and Pemberton, J. (1999) Horny Soays - the mystery of the scurs. The ARK, 27. pp. 1000-101.
White, K. A. J. and Wilson, Kenneth (1999) Modelling density-dependent resistance in insect-pathogen interactions. Theoretical Population Biology, 56 (2). pp. 163-181. ISSN 0040-5809
Hartley, I. R. and Griffith, S. and Wilson, Kenneth and Shepherd, M. and Burke, T. (1999) Nestling sex ratios in the polygynously breeding corn bunting, Miliaria calandra. Journal of Avian Biology, 30 (1). pp. 7-14. ISSN 0908-8857
Tompkins, D. M. and Wilson, Kenneth (1998) Wildlife disease ecology : from theory to policy. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 13 (12). pp. 476-478. ISSN 0169-5347

Books & Chapters

Wilson, Kenneth and Cotter, Sheena C. (2009) Density-dependent prophylaxis in insects. In: Phenotypic plasticity of insects : mechanisms and consequences. Science Publsihers Inc., Enfield, pp. 381-420. ISBN 9781578084234
Grzywacz, D. and Mushobozi, W. and Moscardi, F. and Cory, J. S. and Ray, R. and Wilson, Kenneth (2006) Novel technologies for control of African armyworm on smallholder cereals in East Africa. In: Perspectives on pests II. Natural Resources International, Alyesford, pp. 93-95.
Wilson, Kenneth (2005) Evolutionary ecology of insect host-parasite interactions : an ecological immunology perspective. In: Insect evolutionary ecology. CABI Publications, Wallingford, pp. 289-341.
Wilson, Kenneth and Grenfell, B. T. and Pilkington, J. G. and Boyd, H. E.G. and Gulland, F. M. D. (2004) Parasites and their impact. In: Soay Sheep : Dynamics and Selection in an Island Population. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 113-165. ISBN 978-0521529907
Stevenson, I. R. and Marrow, P. and Preston, B. T. and Pemberton, J. M. and Wilson, Kenneth (2004) Adaptive reproductive strategies. In: Soay Sheep : Dynamics and Selection in an Island Population. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 243-275. ISBN 978-0521529907
Clutton-Brock, T. H. and Grenfell, B. T. and Coulson, T. N. and Wilson, Kenneth and Crawley, M. and Albon, S. D. (2004) Population dynamics. In: Soay Sheep : Dynamics and Selection in an Island Population. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 52-88. ISBN 978-0521529907
Wilson, Kenneth and Hardy, I. C. W. (2002) Statistical analysis of sex ratios : an introduction. In: Sex ratios : concepts and research methods. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 48-92.
Wilson, Kenneth and Bjornstad, O. N. and Dobson, A. P. and Merler, S. and Poglayen, G. and Randolph, S. E. and Read, A. F. and Skorping, A. (2002) Heterogeneities in macroparasite infections : patterns and processes. In: The ecology of wildlife diseases. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 6-44.
Tompkins, D. M. and Arneberg, P. and Begon, M. E. and Cattadori, I. M. and Greenman, J. V. and Heesterbeek, J. A. P. and Hudson, P. J. and Newborn, D. and Pugliese, A. and Rizzoli, A. P. and Rosa, R. and Wilson, Kenneth (2002) Parasites and host population dynamics. In: The ecology of wildlife diseases. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 45-62.
Swinton, J. and Woolhouse, M. E. J. and Begon, M. E. and Dobson, A. P. and Ferroglio, E. and Grenfell, B. T. and Guburti, V. and Hails, R. S. and Heesterbeek, J. A. P. and Lavazza, A. and Roberts, M. G. and White, P. J. and Wilson, Kenneth (2002) Microparasite transmission and persistence. In: The ecology of wildlife diseases. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 83-101.

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