Kari Kaunisto
kkauni@utu.fi |
Biography
Kari M. Kaunisto currently works at the Biodiversity Unit, University of Turku. Kari does research in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, and Immunology.
Publications 
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- Copulatory Mechanics Reveals a Self‐Bracing Mechanism via a Femoral Apophysis in Funnel Weavers (Araneae, Agelenidae) (2025)
- Ecology and Evolution
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Capitojoppa, a new genus of Ichneumoninae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) from Peruvian Amazonia (2023)
- ZooKeys
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Molecular Characterisation of Faecal Bacterial Assemblages Among Four Species of Syntopic Odonates (2023)
- Microbial Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Territorial males have larger wing spots than non-territorial males in the damselfly Calopteryx splendens (Zygoptera: Calopterygidae) (2023)
- International Journal of Odonatology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Cryptic biodiversity of tropical hesperiid caterpillar-attacking parasitoid wasps: three new species of Creagrura Townes (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cremastinae) from Costa Rica and Peru (2022)
- Biodiversity data journal
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Luonnontieteelliset tutkimuskokoelmat - mihin niitä tarvitaan? (2022)
- Turun yliopiston blogi
(Other publication) - Mitä Costa Rica voisi opettaa meille luonnon monimuotoisuudesta (2022)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Odonata trophic ecology: from hunting behavior to cross-ecosystem impact (2022) Dragonflies and Damselflies: Model Organisms for Ecological and Evolutionary Research Sentis Arnaud, Kaunisto Kari, Chari Lenin, Morrill André, Popova Olga, Pomeranz Justin, Boukal David, Tüzün Nedim, Stoks Robby
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book) - A review of the spider-attacking Polysphincta dizardi species-group (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Pimplinae), with descriptions of seven new species from South America (2021)
- ZooKeys
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Author Correction: A global class reunion with multiple groups feasting on the declining insect smorgasbord (Scientific Reports, (2020), 10, 1, (16595), 10.1038/s41598-020-73609-9) (2021)
- Scientific Reports
(Other publication) - Metabarcoding prey DNA from fecal samples of adult dragonflies shows no predicted sex differences, and substantial inter-individual variation, in diets (2021)
- PeerJ
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A global class reunion with multiple groups feasting on the declining insect smorgasbord (2020)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Hyönteiskatoa tapahtuu ympäri maailman – tilanteesta varoitettiin jo 30 vuotta sitten (2020)
- Turun Sanomat
(E1 Popularised article) - Those tiny little things that run the world (2020) Kaunisto Kari Mikael
(E1 Popularised article) - Threats from the air: Damselfly predation on diverse prey taxa (2020)
- Journal of Animal Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Extensive sampling and thorough taxonomic assessment of Afrotropical Rhyssinae (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae) reveals two new species and demonstrates the limitations of previous sampling efforts (2019)
- ZooKeys
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - First evidence of Ixodiphagus hookeri (Hymenoptera: Encyrtidae) parasitization in Finnish castor bean ticks (Ixodes ricinus) (2019)
- Experimental and Applied Acarology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Negative covariance between water mite and gregarine parasitism for adult dragonflies, Leucorrhinia intacta (Hagen): an age-related pattern? (2018)
- Parasitology Research
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Odonates, gregarines and water mites: why are the same host species infected by both parasites? (2018)
- Ecological Entomology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Parasitism affects variation in a male damselfly sexual ornament (2018)
- Ethology Ecology and Evolution
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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