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(external) Human Life History Group(external) |
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
- How big is it really? Assessing the efficacy of indirect estimates of body size in Asian elephants (2016)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - How Big Is It Really? Assessing the Efficacy of Indirect Estimates of Body Size in Asian Elephants (2016)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Life-History Evolution, Human (2016) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology Elisabeth Bolund, Adam Hayward, Virpi Lummaa
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - Nearby grandmother enhances calf survival and reproduction in Asian elephants (2016)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Reduced costs of reproduction in females mediate a shift from a male-biased to a female-biased lifespan in humans (2016)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Sibship effects on dispersal behaviour in a pre-industrial human population (2016)
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Testing storage methods of faecal samples for subsequent measurement of helminth egg numbers in the domestic horse (2016)
- Veterinary Parasitology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Testing storage methods of faecal samples for subsequent measurement of helminth egg numbers in the domestic horse (2016)
- Veterinary Parasitology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The importance of the timescale of the fitness metric for estimates of selection on phenotypic traits during a period of demographic change (2016)
- Ecology Letters
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A standardised faecal collection protocol for intestinal helminth egg counts in Asian elephants, Elephas maximus (2015)
- International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Distinguishing between determinate and indeterminate growth in a long-lived mammal (2015)
- BMC Evolutionary Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Does early-life environment cause differences in costs of reproduction in a preindustrial human population? (2015)
- American Journal of Physical Anthropology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Early-life reproduction is associated with increased mortality risk but enhanced lifetime fitness in pre-industrial humans. (2015)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Elephants born in the high stress season have faster reproductive ageing (2015) Mumby HS, Mar KU, Hayward AD, Htut W, Htut-Aung Y, Lummaa V
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Fitness Consequences of Advanced Ancestral Age over Three Generations in Humans (2015)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Stress and body condition are associated with climate and demography in Asian elephants (2015)
- Conservation Physiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Alloparenting in humans: fitness consequences of aunts and uncles on survival in historical Finland (2014)
- Behavioral Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - An evolutionary approach to change of status-fertility relationship in human fertility transition (2014)
- Behavioral Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Associations between family size and offspring education depend on aspects of parental personality (2014)
- Personality and Individual Differences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Ecological variation in wealth-fertility relationships in Mongolia: the 'central theoretical problem of sociobiology' not a problem after all? (2014)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)