Kai Ruohomäki
Lecturer
kairuo@utu.fi +358 29 450 4098 +358 45 7874 5766 Natura, yliopistonmäki Turku |
Ecology; Finnish Macorlepidoptera
Population ecology of the autumnal moth (Epirrita
autumnata), currently mainly interaction of parasioids and the moth host.
Biology teacher education; Ecology, evolutionary biology and systematics. Diversity of invertebrates, including field courses.
- Biotic interactions outweigh direct climate effects in shaping subarctic mountain birch ecosystem: Insights from four decades of integrated monitoring (2026)
- Ecological Indicators
- Pitääkö nokkosperhosesta olla huolissaan? (2025)
- Baptria
- Using long-term tree diversity experiments to explore the mechanisms of temporal shifts in forest ecosystem functioning (2025)
- Oikos
- A curated DNA barcode reference library for parasitoids of northern European cyclically outbreaking geometrid moths (2022)
- Ecology and Evolution
- Pitääkö puutarhan pyjamaluteista huolestua? (2022)
- Turun Sanomat
- Investigating evidence of enhanced aerosol formation and growth due to autumnal moth larvae feeding on mountain birch at SMEAR I in northern Finland (2020)
- Boreal Environment Research
- The End of Entomologica Fennica (2019)
- Entomologica Fennica
- Cold hardiness of Lymantria monacha and L-dispar (Lepidoptera: Erebidae) eggs to extreme winter temperatures: implications for predicting climate change impacts (2018)
- Ecological Entomology
- Local adaptations and phenotypic plasticity may render gypsy moth and nun moth future pests in northern European boreal forests (2018)
- Canadian Journal of Forest Research
- The recent northward expansion of Lymantria monacha in relation to realised changes in temperatures of different seasons (2018)
- Forest Ecology and Management



