Virpi Lummaa
Professor
Department of Biology virpi.lummaa@utu.fi +358 29 450 2097 +358 50 438 2044 Vesilinnantie 5 Turku : 242 : https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2128-7587 |
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;
- Life-History Evolution, Human (2016) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Biology Elisabeth Bolund, Adam Hayward, Virpi Lummaa
- Nearby grandmother enhances calf survival and reproduction in Asian elephants (2016)
- Scientific Reports
- Reduced costs of reproduction in females mediate a shift from a male-biased to a female-biased lifespan in humans (2016)
- Scientific Reports
- Sibship effects on dispersal behaviour in a pre-industrial human population (2016)
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology
- Testing storage methods of faecal samples for subsequent measurement of helminth egg numbers in the domestic horse (2016)
- Veterinary Parasitology
- Testing storage methods of faecal samples for subsequent measurement of helminth egg numbers in the domestic horse (2016)
- Veterinary Parasitology
- 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
- A standardised faecal collection protocol for intestinal helminth egg counts in Asian elephants, Elephas maximus (2015)
- International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife
- Distinguishing between determinate and indeterminate growth in a long-lived mammal (2015)
- BMC Evolutionary Biology
- Does early-life environment cause differences in costs of reproduction in a preindustrial human population? (2015)
- American Journal of Physical Anthropology



