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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- Changes in age-structure over four decades were a key determinant of population growth rate in a long-lived mammal (2020)
- Journal of Animal Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Child volunteers in a women's paramilitary organization in World War II have accelerated reproductive schedules (2020)
- Nature Communications
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Demographic and reproductive associations with nematode infection in a long-lived mammal (2020)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Evaluating the Reliability of Non-Specialist Observers in the Behavioural Assessment of Semi-Captive Asian Elephant Welfare (2020)
- Animals
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Faecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites and H/L Ratio are Related Markers of Stress in Semi-Captive Asian Timber Elephants (2020)
- Animals
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Family dynamics and age-related patterns in marriage probability (2020)
- Evolution and Human Behavior
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Milk Composition of Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in a Natural Environment in Myanmar during Late Lactation (2020)
- Animals
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Seasonal variation of health in Asian elephants (2020)
- Conservation Physiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sex differences in the reference intervals of health parameters in semicaptive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) from Myanmar (2020)
- Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Taming age mortality in semi-captive Asian elephants (2020)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The Resettlement and Subsequent Assimilation of Evacuees from Finnish Karelia during and after the Second World War (2020) Digital Histories: Emergent Approaches within the New Digital History Mirkka Danielsbacka, Lauri Aho, Robert Lynch, Jenni Pettay, Virpi Lummaa, John Loehr
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Asian elephants exhibit post-reproductive lifespans (2019)
- BMC Evolutionary Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Capture from the wild has long-term costs on reproductive success in Asian elephants (2019)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Demographic and evolutionary trends in ovarian function and aging (2019)
- Human Reproduction Update
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Evolutionary significance of maternal kinship in a long-lived mammal (2019)
- Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Integration involves a trade-off between fertility and status for World War II evacuees (2019)
- Nature Human Behaviour
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Investigating changes within the handling system of the largest semi-captive population of Asian elephants (2019)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Limits to Fitness Benefits of Prolonged Post-reproductive Lifespan in Women (2019)
- Current Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Long-term trends in wild-capture and population dynamics point to an uncertain future for captive elephants (2019)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Maternal age at birth shapes offspring life-history trajectory across generations in long-lived Asian elephants (2019)
- Journal of Animal Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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