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Mirkka
Lahdenperä
Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Contact

Kiinamyllynkatu 10
20520
Turku

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

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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Milk metabolite composition of a semi-captive population of Asian elephants (2024)

Royal Society Open Science
Galante, Laura; dos Santos, Diogo Joao Franco; Mikkonen, Elisabeth; Horak, Jeannie; Stijepic, Zorica; Demmelmair, Hans; Vielhauer, Andrea; Koletzko, Berthold; Zaw, Htet Thi; Htut, Win; Lummaa, Virpi; Lahdenperä, Mirkka
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )

Asian elephant calf physiology and mahout perspectives during taming in Myanmar (2024)

Royal Society Open Science
Crawley Jennie A. H., Nandar Hnin, Zaw Htet T., Lahdenperä Mirkka, Franco dos Santos Diogo J., Seltmann Martin W., Brown Janine L., Goodsell Robert M., Oo Zaw M., Htut Win, Nyein U. K., Aung Htoo H., Lummaa Virpi
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))