Eero Vesterinen
 University lecturer
 ejvest@utu.fi +358 40 740 2793 Vesilinnantie 5 Turku : 020  | 
Molecular ecology;NGS;DNA;bats;ticks;pathogens;foodwebs;species interactions;bioinformatics
Tick-borne Diseases Turku (www.tbd-turku.fi)
- Northern outpost for Mediterranean scaldfish: encounters from Norwegian coastal and oceanic waters, NE Atlantic Ocean  (2025)  
- Marine Biodiversity
 
 - Repeated cross-sectional surveys show a decreasing trend in Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato seroprevalence over a 50-year period, Finland, 1966 to 2017  (2025)  
- Eurosurveillance
 
 - There Goes the Neighbourhood—A Multi-City Study Reveals Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens Commonly Occupy Urban Green Spaces  (2025)  
- Zoonoses and Public Health
 
 - Tick‐Borne Viruses in Finland: Public Health Risks, Interventions and Research Insights  (2025)  
- Veterinary Medicine and Science
 
 - Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens Encountered by Dogs and Cats: A North European Perspective  (2025)  
- Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
 
 - Arctic plant-fungus interaction networks show major rewiring with environmental variation  (2024)  
- Communications earth & environment
 
 - A vagrant walrus (Odobenus rosmarus) in Finland  (2024)  
- Memoranda Societatis Pro Fauna Et Flora Fennica
 
 - Blood meal analysis reveals sources of tick-borne pathogens and differences in host utilization of juvenile Ixodes ricinus across urban and sylvatic habitats  (2024)  
- Zoonoses and Public Health
 
 - Diversified cropping strengthens herbivore regulation by providing seasonal resource continuity to predators  (2024)  
- Journal of Applied Ecology
 
 - Genomic signatures of hybridization between Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus in natural populations  (2024)  
- Ecology and Evolution
 
 - Pollution-related changes in nest microbiota: Implications for growth and
fledging in three passerine birds (2024)- Environmental Pollution
 
 - Public knowledge and awareness of tick-borne pathogens and diseases: A cross-sectional study in Ghana  (2024)  
- Current research in parasitology and vector-borne diseases
 
 - Root, Nodule and Soil Bacterial Communities Associated With the Invasive Nitrogen-Fixing Lupinus polyphyllus  (2024)  
- Ecology and Evolution
 
 - Consistent imprints of elevation, soil temperature and moisture on plant and arthropod communities across two subarctic landscapes  (2023)  
- Insect Conservation and Diversity
 
 - Crowdsourced tick observation data from across 60 years reveals major increases and northwards shifts in tick contact areas in Finland  (2023)  
- Scientific Reports
 
 - Ecological signals of arctic plant-microbe associations are consistent across eDNA and vegetation surveys  (2023)  
- Metabarcoding and Metagenomics
 
 - Environmental features around roost sites drive species-specific roost preferences for boreal bats  (2023)  
- Global Ecology and Conservation
 
 - Environmental responses of fruiting fungal communities are phylogenetically structured  (2023)  
- Ecography
 
 - For the people by the people: Citizen science web interface for real-time monitoring of tick risk areas in Finland  (2023)  
- Ecological Solutions and Evidence
 
 - Honeybees' foraging choices for nectar and pollen revealed by DNA metabarcoding  (2023)  
- Scientific Reports
 
 



