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/

Publications

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Overwinter survival depends on immune defence and body length in male Aquarius najas water striders (2011)
- Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
Krams I, Daukste J, Kivleniece I, Krama T, Rantala MJ
(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 Sciences
Rantala MJ, Honkavaara J, Dunn DW, Suhonen J
(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
Kangassalo K, Polkki M, Rantala MJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The 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)
- Chemosphere
Dubovskiy IM, Grizanova EV, Ershova NS, Rantala MJ, Glupov VV
(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
Rantala MJ, Marcinkowska UM
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Activation of the immune system promotes insect dispersal in the wild (2010)
- Oecologia
Suhonen J, Honkavaara J, Rantala MJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Copulation enhances resistance against an entomopathogenic fungus in the mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor (2010)
- Parasitology
Valtonen T, Viitaniemi H, Rantala M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
DNA-barcoding clarifies species definitions of Finnish Apatania (Trichoptera: Apataniidae) (2010)
- Entomologica Fennica
Salokannnel J, Rantala MJ, Wahlberg N
(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
Krams I, Cirule D, Krama T, Hukkanen M, Rytkönen S, Orell M, Iezhova T, Rantala M J, Tummeleht L
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Effects of elevated ultraviolet-B radiation on a plant-herbivore interaction (2010)
- Oecologia
Anttila U, Julkunen-Tiitto R, Rousi M, Yang SY, Rantala MJ, Ruuhola T
(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
Krams I, Cirule D, Krama T, Hukkanen M, Rytkonen S, Orell M, Iezhova T, Rantala MJ, Tummeleht L
(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 Ecology
Krams I, Cirule D, Suraka V, Krama T, Rantala MJ, Ramey G
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Immune defence, a possible nonvisual selective factor behind the industrial melanism of moths (Lepidoptera) (2010)
- Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
Mikkola K, Rantala MJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Increase in the substrate availability decreases phenoloxidase activity in the autumnal moth, Epirrita autumnata (2010)
- Chemoecology
Ruuhola T, Yang SY, Rantala MJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Local adaptation of an insect herbivore to a heavy metal contaminated environment (2010)
- Annales Zoologici Fennici
van Ooik T, Rantala MJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Mobbing as a trade-off between safety and reproduction in a songbird (2010)
- Behavioral Ecology
Berzins A, Krama T, Krams I, Freeberg TM, Kivleniece I, Kullberg C, Rantala MJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Preference for human male body hair changes across the menstrual cycle and menopause (2010)
- Behavioral Ecology
Rantala MJ, Polkki M, Rantala LM
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Sexual attractiveness of immune-challenged male mealworm beetles suggests terminal investment in reproduction (2010)
- Animal Behaviour
Kivleniece I, Krams I, Daukste J, Krama T, Rantala MJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Starvation Reveals Maintenance Cost of Humoral Immunity (2010)
- Evolutionary Biology
Valtonen TM, Kleino A, Ramet M, Rantala MJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
The increased risk of predation enhances cooperation (2010)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Krams I, Berzins A, Krama T, Wheatcroft D, Igaune K, Rantala MJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)