Thesis
The effects of energetic expenditure tactics and life-history variability on European badger (Meles meles) ecology
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Wild animals have evolved a diverse range of energy-budgeting tactics to cope in situ with rapid environmental change. My thesis investigates these tactics and their underlying mechanisms in a population of wild European badgers (Meles meles): 1) over the course of an individual’s lifetime and 2) in response to fine-scale changes in energetic context.
Chapter 1 derives a novel minimum number alive abundance estimator, incorporating variable capture efficiency to more accurately qua...
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+ Macdonald, D
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Zoology
Research group:
Wildlife Conservation Research Unit
Oxford college:
Lady Margaret Hall
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0003-0607-9373
+ Newman, C
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Zoology
Research group:
Wildlife Conservation Research Unit
Oxford college:
Lady Margaret Hall
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0002-9284-6526
+ Markham, A
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Computer Science
Oxford college:
Kellogg College
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0001-5716-3941
+ Malhi, Y
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
SOGE
Sub department:
Environmental Change Institute
Role:
Supervisor
ORCID:
0000-0002-3503-4783
+ Sheldon, B
Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Zoology
Research group:
Edward Grey Institute
Role:
Examiner
ORCID:
0000-0002-5240-7828
Funding
+ Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission
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Funder identifier:
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100014014
Funding agency for:
Bright Ross, J
Grant:
Marshall Scholarship 2017
+ John Fell Fund, University of Oxford
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Funder identifier:
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100004789
Funding agency for:
Macdonald, D
Grant:
0005109
+ Explorers Club
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Funder identifier:
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100002861
Funding agency for:
Bright Ross, J
Grant:
Mamont Scholar Grant
Bibliographic Details
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- English
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- Deposit date:
- 2021-10-18
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