Vitali Zverev
 Ph.D.
vitzve@utu.fi Vesilinnantie 5 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8090-9235  | 
 Areas of expertise 
Ecology, insect-plant interactions, environmental pollution
Ecology, insect-plant interactions, environmental pollution
 Publications  
  
            - Losses of Foliage to Defoliating Insects Increase with Leaf Damage Diversity Due to the Complementarity Effect  (2025)  
- Insects
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Offspring performance does not explain oviposition preference in the leafminer Stigmella sorbi (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae): a tri‐trophic perspective  (2025)  
- Insect Science
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Searching for a universal indicator of plant stress: a three-year study of three woody species in three environmental gradients in boreal forests  (2025)  
- Journal of Forestry Research
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of Birch Populations in Residential Areas of St. Petersburg, Russia, from 2002 to 2022  (2025)  
- Earth
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effects of industrial pollution and ambient air temperature on larval performance and population dynamics of Eriocrania leafminers (Lepidoptera)  (2024)  
- Science of the Total Environment
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Forest management affects ecosystem functioning (predation and herbivory) but not ecosystem constancy: A comparative study across four forest ecosystems around the world  (2024)  
- Global Ecology and Conservation
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Predation on Live and Artificial Insect Prey Shows Different Global Latitudinal Patterns  (2024)  
- Global Ecology and Biogeography
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Experimental Evidence Questions the Relationship between Stress and Fluctuating Asymmetry in Plants  (2023)  
- Symmetry
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Changes in Biomass and Diversity of Soil Macrofauna along a Climatic Gradient in European Boreal Forests  (2022)  
- Insects
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Climate shapes the spatiotemporal variation in color morph diversity and composition across the distribution range of Chrysomela lapponica leaf beetle  (2022)  
- Insect Science
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Diversity but Not Overall Abundance of Moths and Butterflies (Insecta: Lepidoptera) Decreases around Two Arctic Polluters  (2022)  
- Insects
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Elevational changes in insect herbivory on woody plants in six mountain ranges of temperate Eurasia: Sources of variation  (2022)  
- Ecology and Evolution
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Foliar stable isotope ratios of carbon and nitrogen in boreal forest plants exposed to long-term pollution from the nickel-copper smelter at Monchegorsk, Russia  (2022)  
- Environmental Science and Pollution Research
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Insect herbivory increases from forest to alpine tundra in Arctic mountains  (2022)  
- Ecology and Evolution
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Insecticide application did not reveal any impact of herbivory on plant roots in boreal forests  (2022)  
- Applied Soil Ecology
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Is the small island effect observed in the courtyards of a historical city centre?  (2022)  
- Botany letters
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Leaf size is more sensitive than leaf fluctuating asymmetry as an indicator of plant stress caused by simulated herbivory  (2022)  
- Ecological Indicators
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Mixed evidence for the small-island effect in a replicated colonisation experiment  (2022)  
- Journal of Vegetation Science
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Poleward increase in feeding efficiency of leafminer Stigmella lapponica (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae) in a latitudinal gradient crossing a boreal forest zone  (2022)  
- Insect Science
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Recovery of moth and butterfly (Lepidoptera) communities in a polluted region following emission decline  (2022)  
- Science of the Total Environment
 
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) 



