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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- Attraction of willow warblers to sawfly-damaged mountain birches: novel function of inducible plant defences? (2004)
- Ecology Letters
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Predator-induced changes in population structure and individual quality of Microtus voles: a large-scale field experiment (2004)
- Oikos
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Winter food supply limits growth of northern vole populations in the absence of predation (2003)
- Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Dynamic effects of predators on cyclic voles: field experimentation and model extrapolation (2002)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Strong seasonality may attenuate trophic cascades: vertebrate predator exclusion in boreal grassland (2002)
- Oikos
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Do delayed effects of overgrazing explain population cycles in voles? (2000)
- Oikos
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Mobility and habitat utilization of small mustelids in relation to cyclically fluctuating prey abundances (1999)
- Annales Zoologici Fennici
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Does avian predation risk depress reproduction of voles? (1998)
- Oecologia
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Size of internal organs and forage quality of herbivores: are there differences between cycle phases in Microtus voles? (1997)
- Oikos
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Small mustelid predation slows population growth of Microtus voles: A predator reduction experiment (1997)
- Journal of Animal Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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