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Tero
Klemola
University Lecturer, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Docent, Faculty of Science
Ph.D.

Contact

+358 29 450 4216
+358 50 412 6599
Vesilinnantie 5
20500
Turku

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

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Assessing the abundance, seasonal questing activity, and Borrelia and tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) prevalence of Ixodes ricinus ticks in a Lyme borreliosis endemic area in Southwest Finland (2016)

Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
Jani J. Sormunen, Tero Klemola, Eero J. Vesterinen, Ilppo Vuorinen, Jukka Hytönen, Jari Hänninen, Kai Ruohomäki, Ilari E. Sääskjärvi, Elina Tonteri, Ritva Penttinen
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))

Tick-borne bacterial pathogens in southwestern Finland (2016)

Parasites and Vectors
Sormunen J.J., Penttinen R., Klemola T., Hänninen J., Vuorinen I., Laaksonen M.,
Sääksjärvi I.E., Ruohomäki K., Vesterinen E.J.
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))