Tero Klemola
Ph.D.
tero.klemola@utu.fi +358 29 450 4216 +358 50 412 6599 Vesilinnantie 5 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8510-329X |
Areas of expertise
population cycles; insect outbreaks; tritrophic interactions; herbivory; plant-herbivore interactions; predator-prey interactions; parasitoids; ticks
population cycles; insect outbreaks; tritrophic interactions; herbivory; plant-herbivore interactions; predator-prey interactions; parasitoids; ticks
Biography
at Department of Biology, University of Turku
M.Sc. (animal ecology and systematics) 1995
Ph.D. (ecology) 1999
University lecturer 2012-
Research
My research has focused on cyclic population fluctuations of herbivores. During past two decades, I have used both experimental, observational and theoretical approaches for searching explanations to populations cycles of voles and birch-feeding moths in Fennoscandia. Currently, I also work on the project studying biology of the hard ticks (Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus) and tick-borne pathogens in Finland.
Teaching
| BIOL1601 Biologian perusteiden harjoitukset BIOL4051 Biologinen aineisto: johdatus tilastomenetelmiin BIOL4210 Biologinen aineisto: lineaariset mallit BIOL5201 Presenting and Publishing Scientific Data in Biology EKOL2108 Populaatioekologia EKOL4101 Ecological Interactions |
Publications 
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- Tick-borne bacterial pathogens in southwestern Finland (2016)
- Parasites and Vectors
Sääksjärvi I.E., Ruohomäki K., Vesterinen E.J.
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Tick distribution and tick-borne pathogens in Finland - The tick project of the University of Turku (2016) Sormunen Jani, Laaksonen Maija, Penttinen Ritva, Klemola Tero, Vesterinen Eero, Hytönen Jukka, Sajanti Eeva, Hänninen Jari, Vuorinen Ilppo, Ruohomäki Kai, Sääksjärvi, Ilari
(Other publication) - An experimental test of whether pied flycatchers choose the best territory for rearing the young (2015)
- Current Zoology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Comparison of simultaneous measurement of mouse locomotor activity by radiotelemetry and photobeam methods (2015)
- Journal of Pharmacological and Toxicological Methods
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Do insectivorous birds use volatile organic compounds from plants as olfactory foraging cues? Three experimental tests (2015)
- Ethology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Species and abundance of ectoparasitic flies (Diptera) in pied flycatcher nests in Fennoscandia (2015)
- Parasites and Vectors
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Suomen 1 500 punkkilajista vain puutiainen ja taigapunkki levittävät borrelioosia ja puutiaisaivokuumetta (2015)
- Potilaan lääkärilehti
(E1 Popularised article) - A role for volatiles in intra- and inter-plant interactions in birch (2014)
- Journal of Chemical Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Consequences of asymmetric competition between resident and invasive defoliators: A novel empirically based modelling approach (2014)
- Theoretical Population Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Contrasting responses of silver birch VOC emissions to short- and long-term herbivory (2014)
- Tree Physiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Delayed density-dependent parasitism of eggs and pupae as a contributor to the cyclic population dynamics of the autumnal moth (2014)
- Oecologia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Does application of methyl jasmonate to birch mimic herbivory and attract insectivorous birds in nature? (2014)
- Arthropod-Plant Interactions
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effects of three years' increase in density of the geometrid Epirrita autumnata on the change in metabolome of mountain birch trees (Betula pubescens ssp. czerepanovii) (2014)
- Chemoecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Varying impacts of cervid, hare and vole browsing on growth and survival of boreal tree seedlings (2014)
- Oecologia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Effects of warming climate on early-season carbon allocation and height growth of defoliated mountain birches (2013)
- Plant Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Increasing vole numbers cause more lethal damage to saplings in tree monocultures than in mixed stands (2013)
- Basic and Applied Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Microgastrinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) parasitizing Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) larvae in Fennoscandia with description of Cotesia autumnatae Shaw, sp n. (2013)
- Entomologica Fennica
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Variation in prevalence and intensity of two avian ectoparasites in a polluted area (2013)
- Parasitology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Vole damage to woody plants reflects cumulative rather than peak herbivory pressure (2013)
- Annales Zoologici Fennici
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Do warmer growing seasons ameliorate the recovery of mountain birches after winter moth outbreak? (2012)
- Trees - Structure and Function
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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