Mikhail Kozlov
PhD
mikoz@utu.fi +358 29 450 4273 +358 50 462 3157 Vesilinnantie 5 Turku Office: 344 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9500-4244 |
Ecology; entomology; environmental pollution; global change research; insect-plant interactions; fluctuating asymmetry; macroecology; metaanalysis
Current research project: The challenges of living in soil: why are plant roots underutilized by herbivorous insects? (2024–2028; Research Council of Finland).
I graduated from St. Petersburg University in 1984 and obtained a Ph.D. in entomology in 1986. From 1984–1991, I was employed by the All-Union Institute of Plant Protection in St. Petersburg, Russia. Since 1991, I have worked at the University of Turku, Finland.
Insects are my favourite study objects. I started as an entomologist working on the morphology and systematics of archaic moths, but then extended my interest to insect ecology. My environmental research addresses the impacts of industrial pollution on terrestrial biota; my current focus is on macroecology and global change impacts on trophic interactions in terrestrial ecosystems, particularly belowground.
- 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) - Herbivory on the pedunculate oak along an urbanization gradient in Europe: Effects of impervious surface, local tree cover, and insect feeding guild (2022)
- Ecology and Evolution
(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) - Meta-analysis of elevational changes in the intensity of trophic interactions: Similarities and dissimilarities with latitudinal patterns (2022)
- Ecology Letters
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
- Roots and insect herbivory01.09.2024 - 31.08.2028
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- GILES01.01.2017 - 31.12.2019
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- Endeeminen juuri- ja versoherbivoria muuttuvassa ilmastossa01.09.2014 - 01.09.2018
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology



