Sami Merilaita
PhD, Docent
Department of Biology sami.merilaita@utu.fi +358 29 450 6106 +358 50 513 4636 Vesilinnantie 5 Turku Office: 232 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6437-9863 |
Areas of expertise
behavioural ecology; evolutionary ecology; protective coloration; colour polymorphism
behavioural ecology; evolutionary ecology; protective coloration; colour polymorphism
Publications 
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- The influence of illumination and cast shadows on prey detectability by predators (2025)
- Royal Society Open Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Genetic structure, UV-vision, wing coloration and size coincide with colour polymorphism in Fabriciana adippe butterflies (2024)
- Molecular Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Habitat heterogeneity limits prey colour polymorphism maintained via negative frequency-dependent selection (2024)
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Functionally novel invasive predator eradicates herbivores of a littoral community (2023)
- Aquatic Invasions
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - On the spectrum of animal coloration: a comment on Postema et al. Comment (2023)
- Behavioral Ecology
(B1 Non-refereed article in a scientific journal) - Dark-eyed females: sexually dimorphic prespawning coloration results from sex-specific physiological response to hormone exposure in the sand goby Pomatoschistus minutus (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) (2022)
- Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effect of sand texture on nest quality and mating success in a fish with parental care (2019)
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Size and contrast increase the divertive effect of eyespots (2019)
- Behavioral Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Grab my tail: Evolution of dazzle stripes and colourful tails in lizards (2018)
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Scary clowns: adaptive function of anemonefish coloration (2018)
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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