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H.L. (Hannah) Dugdale, Prof

Chair of Evolutionary Medicine, Rosalind Franklin Fellow

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Telephone:

+31 50 36 39683

E-mail:

h.l.dugdale rug.nl

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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

Chik, H. Y. J., Mannarelli, M.-E., dos Remedios, N., Simons, M. J. P., Burke, T., Schroeder, J. & Dugdale, H. L., Aug-2024, In: Molecular Ecology. 33, 15, 15 p., e17455.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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

Speelman, F., Burke, T., Komdeur, J., Richardson, D. & Dugdale, H., 9-Mar-2024, (Submitted) In: Ecology Letters.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Heritability and age-dependent changes in genetic variation of telomere length in a wild house sparrow population

Chik, H. Y. J., Sibma, A., Mannarelli, M.-E., dos Remedios, N., Simons, M. J. P., Burke, T., Dugdale, H. & Schroeder, J., 21-Mar-2024, (Submitted) EcoEvoRxiv, 19 p.

Research output: Working paper › Preprint › Academic

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

Speelman, F. J. D., Borger, M. J., Hammers, M., van Eerden, A. O. K., Richardson, D. S., Burke, T., Dugdale, H. L. & Komdeur, J., Feb-2024, In: Animal Behaviour. 208, p. 19-29 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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

Speelman, F., Burke, T., Komdeur, J., Richardson, D. & Dugdale, H., 16-Jul-2024, EcoEvoRxiv.

Research output: Working paper › Preprint › Academic

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

Worsley, S. F., Davies, C. S., Lee, C. Z., Mannarelli, M. E., Burke, T., Komdeur, J., Dugdale, H. L. & Richardson, D. S., Aug-2024, In: Molecular Ecology. 33, 16, 17 p., e17477.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Rainfall is associated with divorce in the socially monogamous Seychelles warbler

Bentlage, A. A., Speelman, F. J. D., Komdeur, J., Burke, T., Richardson, D. S. & Dugdale, H. L., 11-Nov-2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Animal Ecology.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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

Chesterton, E., Sparks, A. M., Burke, T., Komdeur, J., Richardson, D. S. & Dugdale, H. L., Apr-2024, In: Evolution. 78, 4, p. 690–700 11 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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

Brown, T. J., Hellicar, M., Accouche, W., van der Woude, J., Dugdale, H., Komdeur, J. & Richardson, D. S., Oct-2023, In: Global Ecology and Conservation. 46, e02584.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

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

Tangili, M., Sudyka, J., Pen, I., Dugdale, H., Palsbøll, P. J. & Verhulst, S., Sept-2023, In: Molecular Ecology. 32, 17, p. 4725-4741 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review

All (96) publications

Press/media

The first rule of Badger Club: don’t talk about Badger Club

Dugdale, H.

05/11/2024

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

Women in academia lose out - The Covid penalty

Dugdale, H., Lee, K., de Ruiter, N. & Metting, E.

25/10/2023

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Academic

Eva zoekt uit: Waarom gaan we dood?

Dugdale, H.

14/11/2022

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Popular

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

Dugdale, H.

12/11/2021

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Academic

Open Research Award 2021: de winnaars

Dugdale, H.

06/10/2021

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Academic

A warning on climate and the risk of societal collapse

Dugdale, H.

06/12/2020 → 27/12/2020

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Academic

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

Komdeur, J. & Dugdale, H.

07/10/2020

Press/Media: Other › Professional

Tummy rumbles? Otters juggle pebbles when hungry, study finds

Dugdale, H.

06/05/2020

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Academic

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

Dugdale, H.

06/04/2019

Press/Media: Expert Comment › Popular

Countering gender bias at conferences

Dugdale, H. & Schroeder, J.

29/07/2015

Press/Media: Research › Professional

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