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;
- Different responses to cold weather in two pied flycatcher populations (2002)
- Ecography
- Early development and determinants of reproductive success in humans (2002)
- American Journal of Human Biology
- Early development, survival and reproduction in humans (2002)
- Trends in Ecology and Evolution
- Gender difference in benefits of twinning in pre-industrial humans: boys did not pay (2001)
- Journal of Animal Ecology
- Induced abortion ratio in modern Sweden falls with age, but rises again before menopause (2001)
- Evolution and Human Behavior
- Reproductive investment in pre-industrial humans: the consequences of offspring number, gender and survival (2001)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
- Spatial dynamics of adaptive sex ratios (2000)
- Ecology Letters
- Does polyovulation counterbalance a high abortion rate in in humans? (1999)
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology
- Adaptive sex ratio variation in pre-industrial human (Homo sapiens) populations? (1998)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
- Natural selection on human twinning (1998) Lummaa V, Haukioja E, Lemmetyinen R, Pikkola M
- Seasonality of births in Homo sapiens in pre-industrial Finland: Maximisation of offspring survivorship? (1998)
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology
- Why cry? Adaptive significance of intensive crying in human infants (1998)
- Evolution and Human Behavior
- Why cry? Adaptive significance of intensive crying in human infants (1998)
- Evolution and Human Behavior