Markus Rantala
mjranta@utu.fi +358 29 450 4228 +358 50 465 3245 Vesilinnantie 5 Turku |
Publications
- Female choice reveals terminal investment in male mealworm beetles, Tenebrio molitor, after a repeated activation of the immune system (2011)
- Journal of Insect Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Overwinter survival depends on immune defence and body length in male Aquarius najas water stridersThe effects of dietary nickel on the detoxification enzymes, innate immunity and resistance to the fungus Beauveria bassiana in the larvae of the greater wax moth Galleria mellonella (2011)
- Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Predation selects for increased immune function in male damselflies, Calopteryx splendens (2011)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesChemosphere
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Prenatal Influences on Sexual Orientation: Digit Ratio (2D:4D) and Number of Older Siblings (2011)
- Evolutionary Psychology: an International Journal of Evolutionary Approaches to Psychology and Behavior
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - 2011
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The role of sexual imprinting and the Westermarck effect in mate choice in humans (2011)
- Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Activation of the immune system promotes insect dispersal in the wild (2010)
- OecologiaParasitology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Copulation enhances resistance against an entomopathogenic fungus in the mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor (2010)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - DNA-barcoding clarifies species definitions of Finnish Apatania (Trichoptera: Apataniidae) (2010)
- Entomologica Fennica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effect of forest management on haematological parameters, blood parasites, and reproductive success of the Siberian tit Poecile cinctus in northern Finland (2010)
- Annales Zoologici Fennici
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effects of elevated ultraviolet-B radiation on a plant-herbivore interaction (2010)
- Oecologia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effects of forest management on haematological parameters, blood parasites, and reproductive success of the Siberian tit (Poecile cinctus) in northern Finland (2010)
- Annales Zoologici Fennici
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Fattening strategies of wintering great tits support the optimal body mass hypothesis under conditions of extremely low ambient temperature (2010)
- Functional EcologyBiological Journal of the Linnean Society
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2010)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2010)
- Chemoecology
- Local adaptation of an insect herbivore to a heavy metal contaminated environment (2010)
- Annales Zoologici Fennici
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Mobbing as a trade-off between safety and reproduction in a songbirdSexual attractiveness of immune-challenged male mealworm beetles suggests terminal investment in reproduction2010
- Behavioral EcologyAnimal Behaviour
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Preference for human male body hair changes across the menstrual cycle and menopauseStarvation Reveals Maintenance Cost of Humoral Immunity2010
- Behavioral EcologyEvolutionary Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2010)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - (2010)
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)



