KELLY MOYES

Previous Research
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I investigate how conditions in early life affect future reproduction and survival and whether these effects are transgenerational using the red deer database. I am also involved in identifying temporal changes in life history traits and relating these to environmental conditions. I am collaborating with members of the archaeological department to address ecological and archaeological questions using stable isotope analysis of hair samples from the red deer. My Ph.D. thesis identified demographic consequences of individual variation in a population of red deer and provided insight into how the distribution of life history strategies within the population emerges as a consequence of phenotype.

Publications
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K. Moyes, B. J. T. Morgan, A. Morris, S. J. Morris, T. H. Clutton-Brock, T. Coulson (2009) Exploring individual quality in a wild population of red deer, Journal of Animal Ecology, 78 406–413

K. Moyes, T. Coulson, B. J. T. Morgan, A. Donald, S. J. Morris, F. E. Guinness, T. H. Clutton-Brock (in revision) The influence of spatial, temporal and individual factors on the home range area of female red deer, Journal of Animal Ecology

D. H. Nussey, B. Metherell, K. Moyes, A. Donald, F. E. Guinness, T. H. Clutton-Brock (2007) Tooth wear in a wild red deer population: Effects of habitat quality, but no consequences or late life reproduction, Journal of Animal Ecology. 76(2) 402-412

K. Moyes, T. Coulson, B. J. T. Morgan, A. Donald, S. J. Morris and T. H. Clutton-Brock. (2006) Cumulative reproduction and survival costs in female red deer, Oikos. 115(2), 241