Mirkka Lahdenperä
Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
mirkka.lahdenpera@utu.fi +358 29 450 2079 +358 50 541 7246 Vesilinnantie 5 Turku ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0062-6284 |
Areas of expertise
evolutionary health, health behaviour, death causes, social living environment, physical living environment, milk composition, evolutionary ecology, life history, co-operation, conflict, kin effects, evolution of longevity, post-reproductive lifespan
evolutionary health, health behaviour, death causes, social living environment, physical living environment, milk composition, evolutionary ecology, life history, co-operation, conflict, kin effects, evolution of longevity, post-reproductive lifespan
Biography
Research
My research focus on evolutionary perspectives of human health, life-history and social networks. I'm also interested in similar questions in other long-lived animals.
Publications 
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- Sex-specific links between the social landscape and faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in semi-captive Asian elephants (2022)
- General and Comparative Endocrinology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Anthropogenic interferences lead to gut microbiome dysbiosis in Asian elephants and may alter adaptation processes to surrounding environments (2021)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Handler familiarity helps to improve working performance during novel situations in semi-captive Asian elephants (2021)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Influence of handler relationships and experience on health parameters, glucocorticoid responses and behaviour of semi-captive Asian elephants (2021)
- Conservation Physiology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Offspring fertility and grandchild survival enhanced by maternal grandmothers in a pre-industrial human society (2021)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - The elephant in the family: Costs and benefits of elder siblings on younger offspring life-history trajectory in a matrilineal mammal (2021)
- Journal of Animal Ecology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Will granny save me? Birth status, survival, and the role of grandmothers in historical Finland (2021)
- Evolution and Human Behavior
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Evaluating the Reliability of Non-Specialist Observers in the Behavioural Assessment of Semi-Captive Asian Elephant Welfare (2020)
- Animals
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Family dynamics and age-related patterns in marriage probability (2020)
- Evolution and Human Behavior
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Milk Composition of Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in a Natural Environment in Myanmar during Late Lactation (2020)
- Animals
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Taming age mortality in semi-captive Asian elephants (2020)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Asian elephants exhibit post-reproductive lifespans (2019)
- BMC Evolutionary Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Capture from the wild has long-term costs on reproductive success in Asian elephants (2019)
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Demographic and evolutionary trends in ovarian function and aging (2019)
- Human Reproduction Update
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Evolutionary significance of maternal kinship in a long-lived mammal (2019)
- Philosophical Transactions B: Biological Sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Investigating changes within the handling system of the largest semi-captive population of Asian elephants (2019)
- PLoS ONE
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Limits to Fitness Benefits of Prolonged Post-reproductive Lifespan in Women (2019)
- Current Biology
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Males have more aggressive and less sociable personalities than females in semi-captive Asian elephants (2019)
- Scientific Reports
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - A Simple, Practical Method for Measurement of Fat in Milk, Applied to Mid- to Late-Lactating Working Elephants in Myanmar (2018)
- Novel Techniques in Nutrition and Food Science
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Differences in age-specific mortality between wild-caught and captive-born Asian elephants (2018)
- Nature Communications
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
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