TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clutton-Brock,T.H.
AU  - Pemberton,J.M.
TI  - Soay sheep: population dynamics and selection on St. Kilda 
SN  - 9781107321618
AV  - QL737.U53 S66 2004eb
U1  - 599.649/1788 22
PY  - 2004///
CY  - Cambridge, UK, New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Soay sheep
KW  - Selection
KW  - Scotland
KW  - Saint Kilda
KW  - Mammal populations
KW  - Ecology
KW  - Soay (Race bovine)
KW  - Sélection
KW  - Écosse
KW  - Mammifères
KW  - Populations
KW  - Écologie
KW  - Soay (Race ovine)
KW  - NATURE
KW  - Animals
KW  - Mammals
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - SCIENCE
KW  - Life Sciences
KW  - Zoology
KW  - fast
KW  - Natürliche Auslese
KW  - gnd
KW  - Populationsdynamik
KW  - Schafrasse
KW  - Ökologie
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-379); Individuals and populations / T.H. Clutton-Brock and J.M. Pemberton -- The sheep of St. Kilda / T.H. Clutton-Brock [and others] -- Population dynamics in Soay sheep / T.H. Clutton-Brock [and others] -- Vegetation and sheep population dynamics / M.J. Crawley [and others] -- Parasites and their impact / K. Wilson [and others] -- Mating patterns and male breeding success / J.M. Pemberton [and others] -- Selection on phenotype / J.M. Milner [and others] -- Molecular genetic variation and selection on genotype / J.M. Pemberton [and others] -- Adaptive reproductive strategies / I.R. Stevenson [and others] -- The causes and consequences of instability / T.H. Clutton-Brock -- Appendix 1. The flora of St. Kilda / M.J. Crawley -- Appendix 2. Inheritance of coat colour and horn type in Hirta Soay sheep / D.W. Coltman and J.M. Pemberton -- Appendix 3. How average life tables can mislead / T. Coulson and M.J. Crawley
N2  - Soay Sheep synthesises one of the most detailed studies of demography and dynamics in a naturally regulated population of mammals. Unlike most other large mammals, the Soay sheep population of Hirta in the St Kilda archipelago show persistent oscillations, sometimes increasing or declining by more than 60% in a year. Soay Sheep explores the causes of these oscillations and their consequences for selection on genetic and phenotypic variation within the population, drawing on studies over nearly twenty years of the life-histories and reproductive careers of many individuals. Covering population dynamics, demography and their effects on selection, energetic and resource limitations on the interaction between sheep and parasites, and the adaptive significance of their reproductive characteristics, it provides unique insights into the regulation of other herbivore populations and the effects of environmental change on selection and adaptation. It will be essential reading for vertebrate ecologists, demographers, evolutionary biologists and behavioural ecologists
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