Aino Kalske
PhD, Docent in evolutionary ecology
amkals@utu.fi +358 29 450 3065 +358 44 283 8665 Office: 314 ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3850-8996 |
plant evolutionary ecology, herbivory, plant-microbe interactions, chemical ecology, plant defence, invasive species, plant-plant communication
2023- University Lecturer in Plant Ecology (Department of Biology) - University of Turku, FI
2023 Title of Docent in evolutionary ecology (Department of Biology) - University of Turku, FI
2019-2023 Postdoctoral researcher in Turku Collegium of Science, Medicine and Technology and Research Council of Finland Project (Department of Biology) - University of Turku, FI
2016-2018 Postdoctoral researcher funded by Kone foundation (Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) - Cornell University, NY, USA
2015 PhD in Ecology - University of Turku, FI
2011 MSc in Ecology - University of Turku, FI
Courses taught in academic year 2025-2026 (language of instruction)
MSc/Advanced level
EKOL 2323 Plant Ecology (EN)
EKOL3030 Literature in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 1 (FI, EN)
BSc/Intermediate level
BIOL2121 Evolutionary Biology (FI)
EKOL3200 B.Sc. Seminar in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (FI)
EKOL2308 Field Course in Aquatic Ecology (FI)
BSc/Basic level
BIOL4220 Biological Data Analysis: Multivariate Models (FI)
BIOL3012 Working as a Biologist and Personal Study Plan (FI)
BIOL1005 Basics of Ecology (FI)
YMPS1009 Environmental Ecology (FI)
- Spatiotemporal variation in local adaptation of a specialist insect herbivore to its long‐lived host plant (2016)
- Evolution
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Plant-Herbivore Interaction in a Fragmented Landscape: Local Adaptation and Inbreeding (2015) Kalske Aino
(G5 Article dissertation ) - Preference for outbred host plants and positive effects of inbreeding on egg survival in a specialist herbivore. (2014)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Simultaneous inbreeding modifies inbreeding depression in a plant-herbivore interaction (2014)
- Ecology Letters
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Plant-herbivore coevolution in a changing world (2012)
- Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Variation and constraints of local adaptation of a long-lived plant, its pollinators and specialist herbivores (2012)
- Journal of Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
