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Andrew D. C. MacColl
Researcher at University of Nottingham
Publications - 74
Citations - 3980
Andrew D. C. MacColl is an academic researcher from University of Nottingham. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Stickleback. The author has an hindex of 28, co-authored 71 publications receiving 3630 citations. Previous affiliations of Andrew D. C. MacColl include University of Cambridge & University of Sheffield.
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Predation, group size and mortality in a cooperative mongoose, Suricata suricatta.
Tim H. Clutton-Brock,David Gaynor,G. M. McIlrath,Andrew D. C. MacColl,R. Kansky,P. Chadwick,Marta B. Manser,J. D. Skinner,P. N. M. Brotherton +8 more
TL;DR: It is argued that high group extinction rates are to be expected in species where survival declines in small groups and mortality rates are high.
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Precipitation drives global variation in natural selection.
Adam M. Siepielski,Michael B. Morrissey,Mathieu Buoro,Stephanie M. Carlson,Christina M. Caruso,Sonya M. Clegg,Sonya M. Clegg,Tim Coulson,Joseph D. DiBattista,Kiyoko M. Gotanda,Kiyoko M. Gotanda,Clinton D. Francis,Joe Hereford,Joel G. Kingsolver,Kate E. Augustine,Loeske E. B. Kruuk,Ryan Martin,Ben C. Sheldon,Nina Sletvold,Erik I. Svensson,Michael J. Wade,Andrew D. C. MacColl +21 more
TL;DR: It is reported that aspects of precipitation and potential evapotranspiration, along with the North Atlantic Oscillation, predicted variation in selection across plant and animal populations throughout many terrestrial biomes, whereas temperature explained little variation.
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The ecological causes of evolution.
TL;DR: By refocusing attention on the structure and consequences of ecological variation, a better characterisation of selective agents would improve understanding of natural selection and evolution, including adaptive radiation, coevolution, the niche, the evolutionary ecology of the ranges of species and their response to environmental change.
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Costs of cooperative behaviour in suricates (Suricata suricatta)
Tim H. Clutton-Brock,David Gaynor,R. Kansky,Andrew D. C. MacColl,G. M. Mcilrath,P. Chadwick,P. N. M. Brotherton,J. M. O'Riain,Marta B. Manser,J. D. Skinner +9 more
TL;DR: Here it is provided of one form of cooperative behaviour that is seldom performed by parents and has substantial energetic costs to helpers, in the cooperative mongoose, Suricata suricatta, non–breeding adults commonly babysit young pups at the natal burrow for a day at a time.
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Stability and Instability in Ungulate Populations: An Empirical Analysis
Tim H. Clutton-Brock,Andrew W. Illius,Kenneth Wilson,Kenneth Wilson,Bryan T. Grenfell,Andrew D. C. MacColl,Steve D. Albon +6 more
TL;DR: This article investigates the causes of variation in population stability in ungulates by comparing the contrasting dynamics of two naturally regulated island populations: the Soay sheep population of Hirta (St. Kilda) and the red deer population of the North Block of Rum, where numbers have been stable for over a decade.