Head of Department Jon Brommer - UTU Research Portal

Jon Brommer
Head of Department

- Professor,
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Department of Biology)

Department of Biology

jon.brommer@utu.fi

+358 29 450 2622

+358 50 534 3360

Vesilinnantie 5

Turku

: 234

: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2435-2612

Environmental Sciences & Ecology; Evolutionary Biology; Zoology; Biodiversity & Conservation; Social Ecological System

2019 onwards. Full professor (Dept of Biology) - University of Turku, FI
2012-2019 Tenure-track professor (Dept of Biology) - University of Turku, FI
2001-2012 I secured funding from the Research Council of Finland for various researcher positions allowing me to strengthen my expertise as a researcher. I have been acting as a lecturer for some times in between these research-oriented positions
2001. PhD (Ecology and Evolution) - University of Helsinki, FI
1997. MSc (Ecology and Evolution) - University of Amsterdam, NL

In the Brommer Lab we study a variety of ecological and environmental issues; in some projects focus is on specific taxa, in others a macroecological approach is used, often including a societal aspect.

Data gathering includes traditional field methods, but also acoustic monitoring and wildlife cameras. Macroecological project often rely on publicly available data. We carry out electronic surveys when study social aspects.

I teach general aspect of professional life (Professional Development), an introductory course for working in R (Getting to work in R) and central concepts in evolutionary biology (Advanced Evolutionary Biology).

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Body Size and Immune Defense of Nestling Blue Tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) in Response to Manipulation of Ectoparasites and Food Supply (2011)
- Auk
Brommer JE, Pitala N, Siitari H, Kluen E, Gustafsson L
Climate change drives microevolution in a wild bird (2011)
- Nature Communications
Karell P, Ahola K, Karstinen T, Valkama J, Brommer JE
Experimental manipulation shows that the white wing patch in collared flycatchers is a male sexual ornamentIncreased genetic differentiation in house sparrows after a strong population decline: From panmixia towards structure in a common bird (2011)
- Ecology and EvolutionBiological Conservation
de Heij ME, Gustafsson L, Brommer JE
(2011)
Kekkonen J, Hanski IK, Jensen H, Väisänen RA, Brommer JE
Low genetic differentiation in a sedentary bird: house sparrow population genetics in a contiguous landscape (2011)
- Heredity
Kekkonen J, Seppä P, Hanski IK, Jensen H, Väisänen RA, Brommer JE
Whither P-st? The approximation of Q(st) by P-st in evolutionary and conservation biology (2011)
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Brommer JE
Costs and Benefits of Experimentally Induced Changes in the Allocation of Growth versus Immune Function under Differential Exposure to Ectoparasites (2010)
- PLoS ONE
Pitala N, Siitari H, Gustafsson L, Brommer JE
Hatching asynchrony is an individual property of female Ural owls which improves nestling survival (2010)
- Behavioral Ecology
Kontiainen P, Pietiainen H, Karell P, Pihlaja T, Brommer JE
Latitudinal variation in breeding time reaction norms in a passerine bird (2010)
- Journal of Animal Ecology
Gienapp P, Väisänen RA, Brommer JE
Olfaction and vision in host plant location by Parnassius apollo larvae: consequences for survival and dynamics (2010)
- Animal Behaviour
Fred MS, Brommer JE
Passerine Extrapair Mating Dynamics: A Bayesian Modeling Approach Comparing Four Species (2010)
- American Naturalist
Brommer JE, Alho JS, Biard C, Chapman JR, Charmantier A, Dreiss A, Hartley IR, Hjernquist MB, Kempenaers B, Komdeur J, Laaksonen T, Lehtonen PK, Lubjuhn T, Patrick SC, Rosivall B, Tinbergen JM, van der Velde M, van Oers K, Wilk T, Winkel W
The rate of ageing in a long-lived bird is not heritable (2010)
- Heredity
Brommer JE, Rattiste K, Wilson A
The return of the vole cycle in southern Finland refutes the generality of the loss of cycles through 'climatic forcing' (2010)
- Global Change Biology
Brommer JE, Pietiainen H, Ahola K, Karell P, Karstinen T, Kolunen H
Ural owl predation on field voles and bank voles by size, sex and reproductive stateAggressive Ural owl mothers recruit more offspring2010
- Annales Zoologici Fennici
Karell P, Lehtosalo N, Pietiainen H, Brommer JE
(2009)
- Behavioral Ecology
Kontiainen P, Pietiainen H, Huttunen K, Karell P, Kolunen H, Brommer JE
Ectoparasites help to maintain variation in cell-mediated immunity in the blue tit-hen flea systemPopulation dynamics in a cyclic environment: consequences of cyclic food abundance on tawny owl reproduction and survival (2009)
- Evolutionary Ecology ResearchJournal of Animal Ecology
Pitala N, Siitari H, Gustafsson L, Brommer JE
Parental allocation of additional food to own health and offspring growth in a variable environment (2009)
- Canadian Journal of ZoologyProceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Karell P, Pietiäinen H, Siitari H, Pihlaja T, Kontiainen P, Brommer JE
(2009)
Karell P, Ahola K, Karstinen T, Zolei A, Brommer JE
Resources influence dispersal and population structure in an endangered butterfly (2009)
- Insect Conservation and Diversity
Fred MS, Brommer JE
Exploring plasticity in the wild: laying date-temperature reaction norms in the common gull Larus canus (2008)
Brommer JE, Rattiste K, Wilson AJ