Tero
Klemola
University Lecturer, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Docent, Faculty of Science
Ph.D.
Areas of expertise
population cycles
insect outbreaks
tritrophic interactions
herbivory
plant-herbivore interactions
predator-prey interactions
parasitoids
ticks
Biography
at Department of Biology, University of Turku
M.Sc. (animal ecology and systematics) 1995
Ph.D. (ecology) 1999
University lecturer 2012-
Teaching
BIOL1601 Biologian perusteiden harjoitukset
BIOL4051 Biologinen aineisto: johdatus tilastomenetelmiin
BIOL4210 Biologinen aineisto: lineaariset mallit
BIOL5201 Presenting and Publishing Scientific Data in Biology
EKOL2108 Populaatioekologia
EKOL4101 Ecological Interactions
Research
My research has focused on cyclic population fluctuations of herbivores. During past two decades, I have used both experimental, observational and theoretical approaches for searching explanations to populations cycles of voles and birch-feeding moths in Fennoscandia. Currently, I also work on the project studying biology of the hard ticks (Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus) and tick-borne pathogens in Finland.
Publications
Blood meal analysis reveals sources of tick-borne pathogens and differences in host utilization of juvenile Ixodes ricinus across urban and sylvatic habitats (2024)
Zoonoses and Public Health
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Genomic signatures of hybridization between Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus in natural populations (2024)
Ecology and Evolution
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Voles, shrews and red squirrels as sources of tick blood meals and tick-borne pathogens on an island in southwestern Finland (2023)
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
For the people by the people: Citizen science web interface for real-time monitoring of tick risk areas in Finland (2023)
Ecological Solutions and Evidence
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Crowdsourced tick observation data from across 60 years reveals major increases and northwards shifts in tick contact areas in Finland (2023)
Scientific Reports
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
A curated DNA barcode reference library for parasitoids of northern European cyclically outbreaking geometrid moths (2022)
Ecology and Evolution
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Does environmental adaptation or dispersal history explain the geographical distribution of Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus ticks in Finland? (2022)
Ecology and Evolution
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing migrating and local breeding birds in Finland (2021)
Experimental and Applied Acarology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Northern Fennoscandia via the British Isles: evidence for a novel postglacial recolonization route by winter moth (Operophtera brumata) (2021)
Frontiers of Biogeography
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Monitoring of ticks and tick-borne pathogens through a nationwide research station network in Finland (2020)
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))