Josephine Pemberton

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Education/Academic qualification

Zoology, Doctor in Philosophy, An investigation into the population genetics of British fallow deer (Dama dama L.)., University of Reading

1 Oct 1978 → 30 Sept 1983

Zoology, Bachelor of Arts, University of Oxford

1 Oct 1975 → 1 Jun 1978

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Unmeasured prior viability selection resolves the paradox of stasis for body size in wild Soay sheep
Mittell, E. A., Pemberton, J. M., Kruuk, L. E. B. & Morrissey, M. B., 2 Dec 2025, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122, 48, 7 p., e2513969122.
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Addressing biases in sliding window analysis gives new insight into the response of parturition date to weather in a wild mammal
Macphie, K. H., Morris, S., Morris, A., Guinness, F. E., Clutton-Brock, T. H., Kruuk, L. E. B. & Pemberton, J. M., 24 Nov 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Oikos. 15 p., e11372.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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Parasite-mediated inbreeding depression in wild red deer
Hasik, A. Z., Hewett, A. M., Maris, K., Morris, S. J., Morris, A., Albery, G. F. & Pemberton, J. M., 1 Oct 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Heredity. 8 p.
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Persistent maternal age effects on male offspring fitness traits in a wild mammal population
Ravindran, S., Delaney, K. L., Bal, X., Pilkington, J. G., Pemberton, J. M., Moorad, J. A., Froy, H. & Nussey, D. H., Oct 2025, In: Evolution Letters. 9, 5, p. 511-521 11 p., qraf021.
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Density-dependent network structuring within and across wild animal systems
Albery, G. F., Becker, D. J., Firth, J. A., De Moor, D., Ravindran, S., Silk, M., Sweeny, A. R., Vander Wal, E., Webber, Q., Allen, B., Babayan, S. A., Barve, S., Begon, M., Birtles, R. J., Block, T. A., Block, B. A., Bradley, J. E., Budischak, S., Buesching, C. & Burthe, S. J. & 90 others, Carlisle, A. B., Caselle, J. E., Cattuto, C., Chaine, A. S., Chapple, T. K., Cheney, B. J., Clutton-Brock, T., Collier, M., Curnick, D. J., Delahay, R. J., Farine, D. R., Fenton, A., Ferretti, F., Feyrer, L., Fielding, H., Foroughirad, V., Frere, C., Gardner, M. G., Geffen, E., Godfrey, S. S., Graham, A. L., Hammond, P. S., Henrich, M., Heurich, M., Hopwood, P., Ilany, A., Jackson, J. A., Jackson, N., Jacoby, D. M. P., Jacoby, A.-M., Ježek, M., Kirkpatrick, L., Klamm, A., Klarevas-Irby, J. A., Knowles, S., Koren, L., Krzyszczyk, E., Kusch, J. M., Lambin, X., Lane, J. E., Leirs, H., Leu, S. T., Lyon, B. E., Macdonald, D. W., Madsen, A. E., Mann, J., Manser, M., Mariën, J., Massawe, A., McDonald, R. A., Morelle, K., Mourier, J., Newman, C., Nussear, K., Nyaguthii, B., Ogino, M., Ozella, L., Packer, C., Papastamatiou, Y. P., Paterson, S., Payne, E., Pedersen, A. B., Pemberton, J. M., Pinter-Wollman, N., Planes, S., Raulo, A., Rodríguez-Muñoz, R., Rudd, L., Sabuni, C., Sah, P., Schallert, R. J., Sheldon, B. C., Shizuka, D., Sih, A., Sinn, D. L., Sluydts, V., Spiegel, O., Telfer, S., Thomason, C. A., Tickler, D. M., Tregenza, T., VanderWaal, K., Walmsley, S., Walters, E. L., Wanelik, K. M., Whitehead, H., Wielgus, E., Wilson-Aggarwal, J., Wohlfeil, C. & Bansal, S., 4 Sept 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Nature Ecology & Evolution. 15 p.
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4 Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
4 Participation in workshop, seminar, course
1 Oral presentation

Veterinary Deer Society
Pemberton, J. (Presenter)
14 Mar 2014
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
Talk from Rum Deer Project to field course from Anglia Ruskin University
Pemberton, J. (Presenter)
13 Oct 2013
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Rut walk
Pemberton, J. (Presenter)
12 Oct 2013
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Rut walk
Pemberton, J. (Presenter)
5 Oct 2013
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Public Engagement – Public lecture/debate/seminar
Talk to field course from Moray House School of Education
Pemberton, J. (Speaker)
31 May 2013
Activity: Academic talk or presentation types › Oral presentation

4 Active
31 Finished

Is phenology evolving in response to climate change?
Pemberton, J. (Principal Investigator) & Kruuk, L. (Co-investigator)
Natural Environment Research Council
1/03/23 → 30/06/26
Project: Research
How do parasites determine host population distribution in space and time?
Pemberton, J. (Principal Investigator)
Leverhulme Trust
1/09/22 → 23/05/26
Project: Research
Genetic testing to monitor red deer refugia populations
Pemberton, J. (Principal Investigator)
Government Depts (Incl Scot Ent)
1/02/10 → …
Project: Research
Collecting and analysing data on Sika Deer
Pemberton, J. (Principal Investigator)
Universities
31/07/01 → …
Project: Research
Inbreeding in Thoroughbreds
Pemberton, J. (Principal Investigator)
Other
30/08/21 → 30/11/21
Project: Research

John_Hopkins_Tcircumcincta_Archive
Hopkins, J. (Creator), Simpson, C. (Depositor), Gossner, A. (Data Collector) & Pemberton, J. (Data Collector), Edinburgh DataVault, 2017
DOI: 10.7488/a2e7c6ae-0502-4a56-bddd-9325fbed7637
Dataset
The genetic architecture of helminth-specific immune responses in a wild population of Soay sheep (Ovis aries)
Sparks, A. (Creator), Watt, K. (Creator), Sinclair, R. (Creator), Pilkington, J. (Creator), Pemberton, J. (Creator), McNeilly, T. (Creator), Nussey, D. (Creator) & Johnston, S. (Creator), Dryad, 23 Oct 2019
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.zgmsbcc6f
Dataset
Maternal longevity and offspring sex in wild ungulates
Douhard, M. (Creator), Festa-Bianchet, M. (Creator), Hamel, S. (Creator), Nussey, D. (Creator), Côté, S. D. (Creator), Pemberton, J. (Creator) & Pelletier, F. (Creator), Dryad, 15 Jan 2019
DOI: 10.5061/dryad.p0544hn
Dataset
Supplemental Material for Johnston et al., 2018
Johnston, S. (Creator), Huisman, J. (Creator) & Pemberton, J. (Creator), Figshare, 15 May 2018
DOI: 10.1534/g3.118.200063, https://doi.org/10.25387/g3.6166364
Dataset
Persistent maternal age effects on male offspring fitness traits in a wild mammal population
Ravindran, S. (Creator), Delaney, K. (Creator), Bal, X. (Creator), Pilkington, J. G. (Creator), Pemberton, J. M. (Creator), Moorad, J. A. (Creator), Froy, H. (Creator) & Nussey, D. H. (Creator), Zenodo, 6 Jun 2025
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15608495
Dataset

So why ARE the lost sheep of St Kilda meeting such a horrific end?; These beautiful animals should be treasured as a living link to a now-vanished way of life... Under threat: A wild Soay, not protected by animal welfare laws, now faces starvation
Pemberton, J.
24/11/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
New call for protection of rare sheep breed 'starving to death' on Scottish island
Pemberton, J.
29/09/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Fresh call from Uist vets for controls on remote St Kilda's sheep
Pemberton, J.
29/09/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
MeCP2 binds to methylated DNA independently of phase separation and heterochromatin organisation
Pemberton, J.
8/05/24
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
Isle of Rum Red Deer Project featured in VisitScotland advert
Pemberton, J.
18/01/13 → 16/11/13
2 items of Media coverage
Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities

Josephine Pemberton

Personal profile

Education/Academic qualification

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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

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Unmeasured prior viability selection resolves the paradox of stasis for body size in wild Soay sheep

Addressing biases in sliding window analysis gives new insight into the response of parturition date to weather in a wild mammal

Parasite-mediated inbreeding depression in wild red deer

Persistent maternal age effects on male offspring fitness traits in a wild mammal population

Density-dependent network structuring within and across wild animal systems

Veterinary Deer Society

Talk from Rum Deer Project to field course from Anglia Ruskin University

Rut walk

Rut walk

Talk to field course from Moray House School of Education

Is phenology evolving in response to climate change?

How do parasites determine host population distribution in space and time?

Genetic testing to monitor red deer refugia populations

Collecting and analysing data on Sika Deer

Inbreeding in Thoroughbreds

John_Hopkins_Tcircumcincta_Archive

The genetic architecture of helminth-specific immune responses in a wild population of Soay sheep (Ovis aries)

Maternal longevity and offspring sex in wild ungulates

Supplemental Material for Johnston et al., 2018

Persistent maternal age effects on male offspring fitness traits in a wild mammal population

So why ARE the lost sheep of St Kilda meeting such a horrific end?; These beautiful animals should be treasured as a living link to a now-vanished way of life... Under threat: A wild Soay, not protected by animal welfare laws, now faces starvation

New call for protection of rare sheep breed 'starving to death' on Scottish island

Fresh call from Uist vets for controls on remote St Kilda's sheep

MeCP2 binds to methylated DNA independently of phase separation and heterochromatin organisation

Isle of Rum Red Deer Project featured in VisitScotland advert

Josephine Pemberton

Personal profile

Education/Academic qualification

Fingerprint

Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years

Research output

Activities

Projects

Datasets

Press/Media