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.
- Does immune function influence population fluctuations and level of parasitism in the cyclic geometrid moth? (2007)
- Population Ecology
- Phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Operophterini (Lepidoptera, Geometridae): a case study of the evolution of female flightlessness (2007)
- Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
- Dispersal of females and differentiation between populations of Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera : Geometridae) inferred from variation in mitochondrial DNA (2004) Snall, N (Snall, N); Huoponen, K (Huoponen, K); Saloniemi, I (Saloniemi, I); Savontaus, ML (Savontaus, ML); Ruohomaki, K (Ruohomaki, K)
- Seasonally varying diet quality and the quantitative genetics of development time and body size in birch feeding insects (2001)
- Evolution
- Within-season variability of pupal period in the autumnal moth: A bet-hedging strategy? (1999)
- Ecology
- Density and performance of Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) along three air pollution gradients in northern Europe (1996)
- Journal of Applied Ecology



