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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Integration involves a trade-off between fertility and status for World War II evacueesGrandmotherhood across the demographic transition (2019)
- Nature Human BehaviourNature Communications
Lynch R., Lummaa V., Panchanathan K., Middleton K., Rotkirch A., Danielsbacka M., O’Brien D., Loehr J.
(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
Jennie A. H. Crawley, Mirkka Lahdenperä, Martin W. Seltmann, Win Htut, Htoo Htoo Aung, Kyaw Nyein, Virpi Lummaa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Limits to Fitness Benefits of Prolonged Post-reproductive Lifespan in Women (2019)
- Current Biology
Chapman SN, Pettay JE, Lummaa V, Lahdenperä M
(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 SciencesBehavioral Ecology
John Jackson, Dylan Z. Childs, Khyne U. Mar, Win Htut, Virpi Lummaa
(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 EcologyPLoS ONE
Sophie Reichert, Vérane Berger, John Jackson, Simon N. Chapman, Win Htut, Khyne U. Mar, Virpi Lummaa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Self sacrifice and kin psychology in war: threats to family predict decisions to volunteer for a women's paramilitary organization (2019)
- Evolution and Human BehaviorBiology Letters
Robert Lynch, Virpi Lummaa, John Loehr
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Whether to have a second child or not? An integrative approach to women's reproductive decision-making in current China (2019)
- Evolution and Human BehaviorAmerican Journal of Human Biology
Liu J., Lummaa V.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
(2018)
- Novel Techniques in Nutrition and Food Science
Yadana Aung Myo Han, Ellen S Dierenfeld, Khyne U Mar, Mirkka Lahdenperä, Virpi Lummaa, Aung Aung
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
(2018)
Mirkka Lahdenperä, Khyne U. Mar, Alexandre Courtiol, Virpi Lummaa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Early-life environment and differences in costs of reproduction in a preindustrial human population (2018)
- PLoS ONE
Ilona Nenko, Adam D. Hayward, Mirre J. P. Simons, Virpi Lummaa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Effects of female reproductive competition on birth rate and reproductive scheduling in a historical human population (2018)
Jenni E Pettay, Mirkka Lahdenperä, Anna Rotkirch, Virpi Lummaa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
(2018)
Simon N. Chapman, Jenni E. Pettay, Mirkka Lahdenperä, Virpi Lummaa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Limited support for the X-linked grandmother hypothesis in pre-industrial Finland (2018)
Chapman Simon N., Pettay Jenni E., Lummaa Virpi, Lahdenperä Mirkka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Sex differences in adult mortality rate mediated by early-life environmental conditions (2018)
- Ecology Letters
Robert M. Griffin, Adam D. Hayward, Elisabeth Bolund, Alexei A. Maklakov, Virpi Lummaa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The transition to modernity and chronic disease: mismatch and natural selection (2018)
- Nature Reviews Genetics
Stephen Corbett, Alexandre Courtiol, Virpi Lummaa, Jacob Moorad, Stephen Stearns
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
Changes in Length of Grandparenthood in Finland 1790-1959Parasite-associated mortality in a long-lived mammal: Variation with host age, sex, and reproduction (2017)
- Finnish Yearbook of Population Research
Simon N. Chapman, Mirkka Lahdenperä, Jenni E. Pettay, Virpi Lummaa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Is bigger better? The relationship between size and reproduction in female Asian elephants (2017)
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology
J.A.H. Crawley, H.S. Mumby, S.N. Chapman, M. Lahdenperä, K.U. Mar, W. HTut, A. Thura Soe, H.H. Aung, V. Lummaa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Newly Digitized Database Reveals the Lives and Families of Forced Migrants from Finnish Karelia (2017)
- Finnish Yearbook of Population Research
John Loehr, Robert Lynch, Johanna Mappes, Tuomas Salmi, Jenni Pettay, Virpi Lummaa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
(2017)
- Ecology and Evolution
Carly L. Lynsdale, Hannah S. Mumby, Adam D. Hayward, Khyne U. Mar, Virpi Lummaa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Parent-offspring conflict over family size in current China (2017)
Jianghua Liu, Chongli Duan, Virpi Lummaa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)