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;
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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
- Child volunteers in a women's paramilitary organization in World War II have accelerated reproductive schedules (2020)
- Nature Communications
- Demographic and reproductive associations with nematode infection in a long-lived mammal (2020)
- Scientific Reports
- Evaluating the Reliability of Non-Specialist Observers in the Behavioural Assessment of Semi-Captive Asian Elephant Welfare (2020)
- Animals
- Faecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites and H/L Ratio are Related Markers of Stress in Semi-Captive Asian Timber Elephants (2020)
- Animals
- Family dynamics and age-related patterns in marriage probability (2020)
- Evolution and Human Behavior
- Milk Composition of Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in a Natural Environment in Myanmar during Late Lactation (2020)
- Animals
- Seasonal variation of health in Asian elephants (2020)
- Conservation Physiology
- Sex differences in the reference intervals of health parameters in semicaptive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) from Myanmar (2020)
- Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
- Taming age mortality in semi-captive Asian elephants (2020)
- Scientific Reports
- 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
- Asian elephants exhibit post-reproductive lifespans (2019)
- BMC Evolutionary Biology
- Capture from the wild has long-term costs on reproductive success in Asian elephants (2019)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
- Demographic and evolutionary trends in ovarian function and aging (2019)
- Human Reproduction Update
- Evolutionary significance of maternal kinship in a long-lived mammal (2019)
- Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences
- Integration involves a trade-off between fertility and status for World War II evacuees (2019)
- Nature Human Behaviour
- Investigating changes within the handling system of the largest semi-captive population of Asian elephants (2019)
- PLoS ONE
- Limits to Fitness Benefits of Prolonged Post-reproductive Lifespan in Women (2019)
- Current Biology
- 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
- Maternal age at birth shapes offspring life-history trajectory across generations in long-lived Asian elephants (2019)
- Journal of Animal Ecology
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