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Research interests

I am interested in the evolution of within- and between-individual differences in behavioural and life-history traits. The Dugdale Research Group's focus is the evolution of senescence. One of the most profound challenges we all face is that we deteriorate with age – a process known as senescence. Individuals clearly senesce differently, but our understanding of how and why individuals senesce in such different ways remains limited. Our research takes a comprehensive and integrative approach to investigate why individual variation in senescence evolved and is maintained. This will generate vital knowledge on how individuals can live longer, healthier lives.

Publications

Adult telomere length is positively correlated with survival and lifetime reproductive success in a wild passerine

Causes and consequences of divorce in a long-lived socially monogamous bird

Implications of adult sex ratios for natal dispersal in a cooperative breeder

Lack of parental mate-switching effects on offspring fitness components in a long-lived socially monogamous species

Longitudinal gut microbiome dynamics in relation to age and senescence in a wild animal population

Single-generation fitness proxies as predictors of long-term genetic contributions in a cooperatively breeding bird

The impact of helping experience on helper life-history and fitness in a cooperatively breeding bird

A major myna problem: Invasive predator removal benefits female survival and population growth of a translocated island endemic

DNA methylation markers of age(ing) in non-model animals

Lifetime inclusive fitness effects of cooperative polygamy in the acorn woodpecker

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Press/media

Women in academia lose out - The Covid penalty

Eva zoekt uit: Waarom gaan we dood?

‘Hot air in Glasgow means it’s time for radical leadership’: Read full letter signed by more than 200 academics

Open Research Award 2021: de winnaars

A warning on climate and the risk of societal collapse

Seychelles: $78,000 Donation for Nature Seychelles Will Rebuild Cousin Island Research Centre

Tummy rumbles? Otters juggle pebbles when hungry, study finds

Codger badger- Britain’s oldest ever badger Bertie, 20, lined up for luxury retirement

Countering gender bias at conferences

Study finds women biologists more likely to avoid spotlight at conferences

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