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		SLAPPED is a group of quantitative population biologists interested in evolutionary demography (or, Studies in Longitudinal Analysis of Population Persistence and Evolutionary Demography). Research focuses on identifying how distributions of phenotypes and genotypes interact with environmental variables to influence survival and recruitment rates and, consequently, population fluctuations and micro-evolutionary change. We use this understanding to marry ecological and evolutionary dynamics. In order to conduct this research we work with very detailed data sets consisting of individual life histories and population-level variables. Our research spans theoretical and empirical population biology and is both blue skies and applied. Recent examples include: the development of statistical methods to estimate survival and recruitment rates; the development of quantitative methods to measure selection and responses to selection in stochastic environments; the measurement of the strength of density-dependence in structured population living in stochastic environments; the ranking of strategies for the management of red deer in Scotland and threatened reptile species in Africa; the development of an integrated statistical framework for the analysis of animal space use data. SLAPPED currently consists of Prof Tim Coulson, three post-docs and eight Ph.D. students. Details of former group members are also available.
				Recent Publication: Morris WF et al. 2008. Longevity can buffer plant and animal populations against changing climatic variability. Ecology, 89:19-25.