Annual Report 2003
ST. KILDA SOAY SHEEP PROJECT: ANNUAL REPORT 2003 J.G. Pilkington1+3, S.D. Albon2, D. Beraldi1, K. Byrne1, D.W. Coltman7, T.H. Clutton-Brock3, T. Coulson4, B. Craig1, M.J. Crawley4, I. Gordon5, J. Gratton7, B.T. Grenfell3, O. Jones4+5, L. Kruuk1, A.F. McRae1, B. Morgan8, D. Nussey1, A. Overall1, J.M. Pemberton1, B. Preston6, J. Slate7, I.R. Stevenson9, G. Tavecchia3, L-J. Tempest6, P.M. Visscher1, A. Wilson1, K. Wilson6, B. Wimmer1. 1Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh. 2Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Banchory. 3Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge. 4Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College, University of London. 5Macaulay Institute, Aberdeen. 6Institute of Biological Sciences, University of Stirling. 7Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield. 8Institute of Maths and Statistics, University of Kent at Canterbury. 9Sunadal Data Solutions, Edinburgh. POPULATION OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................................... 2 REPORTS ON COMPONENT STUDIES.................................................................................................................... 4 New developments in estimating fitness in the wild ...................................................................................... 4 Investigating reproductive responses of individual Soay ewes to climate conditions................................... 5 Inbreeding and neonatal survival ................................................................................................................
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