Mikhail
Kozlov
Docent, Faculty of Science
Senior Research Fellow, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
PhD
Areas of expertise
ecology
entomology
environmental pollution
global change research
insect-plant interactions
fluctuating asymmetry
Biography
I graduated from St. Petersburg University in 1984 and obtained a Ph.D. in entomology in 1986. From 1984–1991, I was employed by the All-Union Institute of Plant Protection in St. Petersburg, Russia. Since 1991, I have worked at the University of Turku, Finland.
Research
Insects are my favourite study objects. I started as an entomologist working on the morphology and systematics of archaic moths, but then extended my interest to insect ecology. My environmental research addresses the impacts of industrial pollution on terrestrial biota; my current focus is on global change impacts on trophic interactions in terrestrial ecosystems.
Publications
How reproducible are the measurements of leaf fluctuating asymmetry? (2015)
PeerJ
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Factors shaping latitudinal patterns in communities of arboreal spiders in northern Europe (2015)
Ecography
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Sap-feeding insects on forest trees along latitudinal gradients in northern Europe: a climate-driven patterns (2015)
Global Change Biology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Inter- and Intrapopulation Variability in the Composition of Larval Defensive Secretions of Willow-Feeding Populations of the Leaf Beetle Chrysomela lapponica (2015)
Journal of Chemical Ecology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Insect herbivory on two willow species in northern Europe is independent of pollution load (2015)
Boreal Environment Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Decomposition of birch leaves in heavily polluted industrial barrens: relative importance of leaf quality and site of exposure (2015)
Environmental Science and Pollution Research
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Background losses of woody plant foliage to insects show variable relationships with plant functional traits across the globe (2015)
Journal of Ecology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Changes in ladybird (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) communities along a steep pollution gradient in subarctic forests of European Russia (2015)
European Journal of Entomology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Changes in the background losses of woody plant foliage to insects during the past 60 years: are the predictions fulfilled? (2015)
Biology Letters
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Confirmation bias leads to overestimation of losses of woody plant foliage to insect herbivores in tropical regions (2014)
PeerJ
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))