Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Mirkka Lahdenperä - UTU Tutkimustietojärjestelmä

Mirkka Lahdenperä
Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

- Associate Professor,
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Department of 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

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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Effects of female reproductive competition on birth rate and reproductive scheduling in a historical human population (2018)
- Behavioral Ecology
Jenni E Pettay, Mirkka Lahdenperä, Anna Rotkirch, Virpi Lummaa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Evaluating the personality structure of semi-captive Asian elephants living in their natural habitat (2018)
- Royal Society Open Science
Seltmann M, Helle S, Adams MJ, Mar KU, Lahdenpera M
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Grandmotherhood across the demographic transition (2018)
- PLoS ONE
Simon N. Chapman, Jenni E. Pettay, Mirkka Lahdenperä, Virpi Lummaa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Grandmother HypothesisEarly reproductive investment, senescence and lifetime reproductive success in female Asian elephants (2018) Encyclopedia of Evolutionary Psychological Science Mirkka Lahdenperä, Antti O. Tanskanen, Mirkka Danielsbacka
(A3 Refereed book chapter or chapter in a compilation book)
Limited support for the X-linked grandmother hypothesis in pre-industrial Finland (2018)
- Biology Letters
Chapman Simon N., Pettay Jenni E., Lummaa Virpi, Lahdenperä Mirkka
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Changes in Length of Grandparenthood in Finland 1790-1959 (2017)
- Finnish Yearbook of Population ResearchEvolution and Human Behavior
Simon N. Chapman, Mirkka Lahdenperä, Jenni E. Pettay, Virpi Lummaa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Is bigger better? The relationship between size and reproduction in female Asian elephantsReproductive cessation and post-reproductive lifespan in Asian elephants and pre-industrial humans (2017)
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology
J.A.H. Crawley, H.S. Mumby, S.N. Chapman, M. Lahdenperä, K.U. Mar, W. HTut, A. Thura Soe, H.H. Aung, V. Lummaa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Costly reproductive competition between co-resident females in humans (2016)
- Behavioral EcologyFrontiers in Zoology
Jenni E. Pettay, Mirkka Lahdenperä, Anna Rotkirch, Virpi Lummaa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Nearby grandmother enhances calf survival and reproduction in Asian elephants (2016)
- Scientific Reports
Mirkka Lahdenperä, Khyne U. Mar, Virpi Lummaa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Short-term and delayed effects of mother death on calf mortality in Asian elephantsMiksi biologeja kiinnostaa historiallinen kirkonkirja-aineisto? (2016)
- Behavioral Ecology
Mirkka Lahdenperä, Khyne U. Mar, Virpi Lummaa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
(2014)
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology
A. D. Hayward, K. U. Mar, M. Lahdenperä, V. Lummaa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Personality and long-term reproductive success measured by the number of grandchildrenCauses and Correlates of Calf Mortality in Captive Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) (2014)
Venla Berg, Virpi Lummaa, Mirkka Lahdenperä, Anna Rotkirch, Markus Jokela
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
(2014)
Mirkka Lahdenperä, Khyne U Mar, Virpi Lummaa
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Severe intergenerational reproductive conflict and the evolution of menopause2013
- Historiallinen AikakauskirjaEcology Letters
Mirkka Lahdenperä
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal )
(2012)
- PLoS ONE
Mar Khyne U, Lahdenperä Mirkka, Lummaa Virpi
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
SELECTION ON MENOPAUSE IN TWO PREMODERN HUMAN POPULATIONS: NO EVIDENCE FOR THE MOTHER HYPOTHESIS (2012)
Lahdenperä Mirkka, Gillespie Duncan O S, Lummaa Virpi, Russell Andrew F
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Selection on male longevity in a monogamous human population: late-life survival brings no additional grandchildren (2011)
- Journal of Evolutionary Biology
Lahdenperä M, Russell A F, Lummaa V
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
(2011)
- Evolution
Lahdenperä M, Russell A F, Tremblay M, Lummaa V
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)
Pair-bonding modifies the age-specific intensity of natural selection on human female fecundity (2010)
- American Naturalist
Gillespie D, Lahdenperä M, Russell A F, Lummaa V
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal)