Professor Virpi Lummaa - UTU Research Portal

Virpi Lummaa
Professor

- Professor,
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Department of Biology)

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

Human Life History Group

Myanmar Timer Elephant Project

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;

Publications

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Twinning propensity and offspring in utero growth covary in rural African women (2012)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Rickard IJ, Courtiol A, Prentice AM, Fulford AJC, Clutton-Brock TH, Lummaa V
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Maternal Risk of Breeding Failure Remained Low throughout the Demographic Transitions in Fertility and Age at First Reproduction in Finland (2012) Liu JH, Rotkirch A, Lummaa V
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Natural and sexual selection in a monogamous historical human population (2012)
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Courtiol A, Pettay JE, Jokela M, Rotkirch A, Lummaa V
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Senescence and age-specific trade-offs between reproduction and survival in female Asian elephants (2012)
- Ecology Letters
Robinson MR, Mar KU, Lummaa V
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
(2012)
- Biology Letters
Rickard IJ, Prentice AM, Fulford AJC, Lummaa V
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Why is lifetime fertility higher in twinning women? (2012)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Rickard IJ, Courtiol A, Lummaa V
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Age at first reproduction and probability of reproductive failure in women (2011)
- Evolution and Human Behavior
Liu JH, Lummaa V
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Reproductive Behavior and Personality Traits of the Five Factor Model (2011)
- European Journal of Personality
Jokela M, Alvergne A, Pollet TV, Lummaa V
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Costs and Consequences of Reproduction (2010) Lummaa V
(C1 Refereed scientific book)
Does the contraceptive pill alter mate choice in humans? (2010)
- Trends in Ecology and Evolution
Alvergne A, Lummaa V
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)