Virpi Lummaa
Professor
Department of Biology virpi.lummaa@utu.fi +358 29 450 2097 +358 50 438 2044 Vesilinnantie 5 Turku Office: 242 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2128-7587 |
Areas of expertise
Evolutionary ecology and genetics; human life history; natural selection; evolutionary biology of Asian elephants; ageing; senescence; behavioural ecology; lifespan; reproductive success; endocrinology; health; sex differences; socio-econimic differences;
Evolutionary ecology and genetics; human life history; natural selection; evolutionary biology of Asian elephants; ageing; senescence; behavioural ecology; lifespan; reproductive success; endocrinology; health; sex differences; socio-econimic differences;
Publications 
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- Close and more distant relatives are associated with child mortality risk in historical Finland (2025)
- Evolutionary Human Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Socioeconomic Differences in Vaccination Coverage After a Mandatory Vaccination Law, 1855-1900 (2025)
- JAMA Network Open
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The spatial distribution of pertussis, but not measles or smallpox, in pre-industrial Finland matches dialects (2025)
- iScience
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Asian elephant calf physiology and mahout perspectives during taming in Myanmar (2024)
- Royal Society Open Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Enhancing Stress Assessment in Sledge Reindeer (Rangifer tarandus): A Pilot Study on Infrared Thermal Imaging and its Opportunities for Advancement as a Welfare Assessment Tool (2024)
- Animal Behavior and Cognition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Extracting Social Connections from Finnish Karelian Refugee Interviews Using LLMs (2024)
- CEUR Workshop Proceedings
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Fertility resilience varies by socioeconomic status and sex : Historical trends in childlessness across 150 years (2024)
- iScience
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Grandmother effects over the Finnish demographic transition (2024)
- Evolutionary Human Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Menopause has not evolved as a general trait in mammals: A response to ‘Do mammals have menopause?’ (2024)
- bioRxiv
(Other publication) - Milk metabolite composition of a semi-captive population of Asian elephants (2024)
- Royal Society Open Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - No evidence of early life resource pulse effects on age‐specific variation in survival, reproduction and body mass of female Siberian flying squirrels (2024)
- Journal of Animal Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Reply to: Maternal capacity, twinning and fertility: the last birth matters (2024)
- Nature Communications
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Testosterone variation in a semi-captive population of Asian elephants in Myanmar (2024)
- Conservation Physiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - First report of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) response to human-given cues (2023)
- Journal of Comparative Psychology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Grandmother presence improved grandchild survival against childhood infections but not vaccination coverage in historical Finns (2023)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Grandparental co-residence and grandchild survival: the role of resource competition in a pre-industrial population (2023)
- Behavioral Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Kolmen sukupolven perheet ja resurssikilpailu esiteollisessa Suomessa (2023)
- Väestöliitto : Tietovuoto
(Other publication) - Reproductive inequality in humans and other mammals (2023)
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Seasonal variation in molecular and physiological stress markers in Asian elephants (2023)
- Conservation Physiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sex, age, and family structure influence dispersal behaviour after a forced migration (2023)
- Evolutionary Human Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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