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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- Neighborhood disadvantage, greenness and population density as predictors of breastfeeding practices: a population cohort study from Finland (2022)
- Journal of Nutrition
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Parental feeding practices and child eating behavior in different socioeconomic neighborhoods and their association with childhood weight. The STEPS study (2022)
- Health and Place
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Parental Self-Efficacy and Child Diet Quality between Ages 2 and 5: The STEPS Study (2022)
- Nutrients
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Psychological Distress During the Retirement Transition and the Role of Psychosocial Working Conditions and Social Living Environment (2022)
- Journals of Gerontology series B, psychological sciences and social sciences
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - 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)
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