Markus Rantala - UTU Research Portal

Markus Rantala

- University Lecturer,
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Department of Biology)
- Docent,
Psychology (Department of Psychology and Speech-Language Pathology)

mjranta@utu.fi

+358 29 450 4228

+358 50 465 3245

Vesilinnantie 5

Turku

http://users.utu.fi/mjranta/

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Body height affects the strength of immune response in young men, but not young women (2014)
- Scientific Reports
Krams IA, Skrinda I, Kecko S, Moore FR, Krama T, Kaasik A, Meija L, Lietuvietis V, Rantala MJ
Body height, immunity, facial and vocal attractiveness in young men (2014)
- The Science of Nature - Naturwissenschaften
Ilona Skrinda,Tatjana Krama,Sanita Kecko,Fhionna R. Moore,Ants Kaasik, Laila Meija,Vilnis Lietuvietis,Markus J. Rantala,Indrikis Krams
Cross-cultural variation in men's preference for sexual dimorphism in women's faces (2014)
- Biology Letters
Marcinkowska UM, Kozlov MV, Cai HJ, Contreras-Garduno J, Dixson BJ, Oana GA, Kaminski G, Li NP, Lyons MT, Onyishi IE, Prasai K, Pazhoohi F, Prokop P, Cardozo SLR, Sydney N, Yong JC, Rantala MJ
Effects of Interaction between Temperature Conditions and Copper Exposure on Immune Defense and Other Life-History Traits of the Blow Fly Protophormia terraenovae (2014)
- Environmental Science and Technology
Pölkki M, Kangassalo K, Rantala MJ
Endogenous seasonal variation in the encapsulation response of the noble crayfish (Astacus astacus) (2014)
- Annales Zoologici Fennici
Gruber C, Vainikka A, Hirvonen H, Rantala MJ, Kortet R
High Repeatability of Anti-Predator Responses and Resting Metabolic Rate in a Beetle (2014)
- Journal of Insect Behavior
Indrikis Krams,Inese Kivleniece,Tatjana Krama,Todd M. Freeberg,Raivo Mänd,Ljubova Sivacova,Markus J. Rantala,Marika Mänd
Hissing calls improve survival in incubating female great tits (Parus major) (2014)
- Acta ethologica
Krams I, Vrublevska J, Koosa K, Krama T, Mierauskas P, Rantala MJ, Tilgar V
Male mealworm beetles increase resting metabolic rate under terminal investment (2014)
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Krams IA, Krama T, Moore FR, Kivleniece I, Kuusik A, Freeberg TM, Mand R, Rantala MJ, Daukste J, Mand M
Sex-Specific Associations Between Nest Defence, Exploration and Breathing Rate in Breeding Pied Flycatchers (2014)
- Ethology
Krams IA, Vrublevska J, Sepp T, Abolins-Abols M, Rantala MJ, Mierauskas P, Krama T
The Deleterious Effects of High Inbreeding on Male Drosophila melanogaster Attractiveness are Observed Under Competitive but not Under Non-competitive Conditions (2014)
- Behavior Genetics
Valtonen TM, Roff DA, Rantala MJ
Variation in Resistance to the Invasive Crayfish Plague and Immune Defence in the Native Noble Crayfish (2014)
- Annales Zoologici Fennici
Christina Gruber, Raine Kortet, Anssi Vainikka, Pekka Hyvärinen, Markus J. Rantala, Ari Pikkarainen, Japo Jussila, Jenny Makkonen, Harri Kokko, Heikki Hirvonen
Acute infection of avian malaria impairs concentration of haemoglobin and survival in juvenile altricial birds (2013)
- Journal of Zoology
Krams IA, Suraka V, Rantala MJ, Sepp T, Mierauskas P, Vrublevska J, Krama T
Adiposity, compared with masculinity, serves as a more valid cue to immunocompetence in human mate choice (2013)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Markus J Rantala, Vinet Coetzee, Fhionna R Moore, Ilona Skrinda, Sanita Kecko, Tatjana Krama, Inese Kivleniece, Indrikis Krams
An experimental test of the Westermarck effect: sex differences in inbreeding avoidance (2013)
- Behavioral Ecology
Marcinkowska UM, Moore FR, Rantala MJ
A Putative Human Pheromone, Androstadienone, Increases Cooperation between Men (2013)
- PLoS ONE
Huoviala P, Rantala MJ
Cross-cultural variation in women's preferences for cues to sex- and stress-hormones in the male face (2013)
- Biology Letters
Moore FR, Coetzee V, Contreras-Garduno J, Debruine LM, Kleisner K, Krams I, Marcinkowska U, Nord A, Perrett DI, Rantala MJ, Schaum N, Suzuki TN
Depressed performance and detoxification enzyme activities of Helicoverpa armigera fed with conventional cotton foliage subjected to methyl jasmonate exposure (2013)
- Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
Shiyong Yang, Huihui Wu1, Jianchun Xie, Markus J Rantala
Dominance is not always an honest signal of male quality, but females may be able to detect the dishonesty (2013)
- Biology Letters
Pölkki M, Kortet R, Hedrick A, Rantala MJ
Facial attractiveness is related to women's cortisol and body fat, but not with immune responsiveness (2013)
- Biology Letters
Rantala MJ, Coetzee V, Moore FR, Skrinda I, Kecko S, Krama T, Kivleniece I, Krams I
Genetic and phenotypic relationships between immune defense, melanism and life-history traits at different temperatures and sexes in Tenebrio molitor (2013)
- Heredity
Prokkola J, Roff D, Karkkainen T, Krams I, Rantala MJ