ABSTRACT 1 Tuberculosis (TB) is a chronic disease caused by Mycobacterium bovis and
related members of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. Infection affects not only cattle …

Virtually nothing in nature is uniform. Observed at the right scale, most entities are clustered
rather than evenly distributed, spatially and temporally, and this applies across domains …

Simple Summary As populations of European hedgehogs are declining, it is vital that we
monitor and understand the population dynamics of this species to optimise conservation …

Individual variation in survival probability due to differential responses to early‐life
environmental conditions is important in the evolution of life histories and senescence. A …

Agricultural landscapes have become increasingly intensively managed resulting in
population declines across a broad range of taxa, including insectivores such as the …

Pathogen‐mediated selection is thought to maintain the extreme diversity in the major
histocompatibility complex (MHC) genes, operating through the heterozygote advantage …

Early‐life environmental conditions can provide a source of individual variation in life‐history
strategies and senescence patterns. Conditions experienced in early life can be quantified …

Despite considerable advances in knowledge of the anatomy, ecology and evolution of early
mammals, far less is known about their physiology. Evidence is contradictory concerning the …

Understanding individual variation in fitness‐related traits requires separating the
environmental and genetic determinants. Telomeres are protective caps at the ends of …

Abstract The Selection, Constraint, Restraint and Senescence Hypotheses predict how
breeding success should vary with age. The Selection Hypothesis predicts between …