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Markus J. Rantala
Markus J. Rantala PhD, Adjunct Professor
Current address:
Department of Biology
FIN-20014 Turku
Finland
e-mail: markus.rantala(A)utu.fi (A)=@
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The editor-in-chief
of Ecological Parasitology
and Immunology
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Publications (in English)
in press
125) Krama T, Suraka, V, Hukkanen M, Rytkönen S, Orell M, Cirule D, Rantala MJ & Krams I. Physiological
condition and blood parasites of breeding Great Tits: a comparison of core and
northernmost population. Journal of Ornitology, in press.
124) Krams I, Kivleniece I, Kuusik A, Krama T, Mänd R, Rantala MJ, Znotina
S, Freeberg TM & Mänd
M. Predation promotes survival of
beetles with lower resting metabolic rates.
Entomologia
Experimentalis et Applicata, in press.
123) Krama T, Suraka
V, Hukkanen M, Rytkönen S, Orell M, Cīrule D, Rantala MJ & Krams I. Physiological condition and blood
parasites of breeding Great Tits: a comparison of core and northernmost
population. Journal of Ornitology, in press.
122) Krams I,
Kivleniece I, Kuusik
A, Krama T, Freeberg TM, Mänd R, Vrublevska J, Rantala MJ, Mänd
M. Predation selects for low resting
metabolic rate and consistent individual differences in anti-predator behavior
in a beetle. Acta Ethologica,
in press.
121) Krams IA, Suraka
V, Rantala MJ, Sepp
TP, Mierauskas PJ, Vrublevska
J & T. Krama T. Acute infection of avian malaria
impairs concentration of hemoglobin and survival in juvenile altricial birds. Journal
of Zoology, in press.
120) Moore FR, Coetzee V, Contreras
Garduño J, Debruine LM, Kleisner K, Krams I, Marcinkowska
U, Nord A, Perrett DI, Rantala MJ, Schaum N, Suzuki TN. Cross-cultural variation in women’s
preferences for cues to sex- and stress-hormones in the male face. Biology Letters, in press.
119) Marcinkowska UM, Moore FR & Rantala MJ. An experimental test of the
Westermarck effect: sex differences in inbreeding avoidance. Behavioural Ecology, in press.
118) Prokkola J, Roff D, KärkkäinenT, Krams I & Rantala
MJ. Genetic and phenotypic relationships between immune
defense, melanism and life history traits at
different temperatures and sexes in Tenebrio molitor. Heredity, in press.
117) Krams I, Cirule
D, Nord A, Rantala MJ & Krama T. Nocturnal loss of body reserves reveals high
survival risk for subordinate great tits wintering at extreme low ambient
temperatures. Oecologia,
in press.
116) Krams I, Daukste J, Kivleniece, I., Kaasik A,
Krama T., Freeberg T & Rantala MJ. Trade-off between cellular
immunity and life span in mealworm beetles Tenebrio
molitor. Current Zoology, in press.
115) Prokop P, Rantala MJ, Usak
M & Senay I. Is female
preference for male body hair influenced by pathogen threat? Archives
of Sexual Behaviour, in press. PDF
2013
114) Rantala MJ, Coetzee V, Moore FR, Skrinda I, Kecko
S, Krama T, Kivleniece I & Krams I. 2013. Facial
attractiveness is related to women’s cortisol and body fat, but not with immune
responsiveness. Biology Letters 9, 20130255. PDF
113) Huoviala P & Rantala MJ. 2013. A putative
human pheromone, androstadienone, increases cooperation between men. PLoS One 8: e62499. PDF
112) Krams I, Vrublevska J,
Cirule D, Kivleniece I, Krama T, Rantala
MJ, Kaasik A, Horak P & Sepp T.
2013 Stress, behaviour and immunity in wild-caught wintering great tits (Parus major). Ethology 5, 397-406. PDF
111)
Shiyong Y, Huihui W,
Jianchun X, & Rantala MJ. 2013. Depressed Performance and Detoxification Enzyme Activities of Helicoverpa armigera Fed
by Conventional Cotton Foliage Subjected to Methyl Jasmonate
Exposure. Entomologica Experimentalis et Applicata 2, 186-195. PDF
110) Pölkki
M, Kortet R, Hedrick A & Rantala MJ. 2013.
Dominance is not always an honest signal of male
quality: an indication of behavioral terminal investment in a cricket? Biology Letter 9, 20121002. PDF
109) Moore FR, Coetzee V,
Contreras-Garduño J, Debruine
LM, Kleisner K, Krams I, Marcinkowska U, Nord A, Perrett
DI, Rantala MJ, Schaum
N & Suzuki TN 2013. Cross cultural analysis of women's preferences for cues
to sex- and stress- hormones in the male face. Biology Letters 9, 20130050. PDF
108) Rantala MJ, Coetzee V,
Moore FR, Skrinda I, Kecko S, Krama T, Kivleniece I & Krams I 2013. Adiposity found to
be a more valid cue to immunocompetence than
masculinity in human mate choice.
Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 280, 20122495 PDF
2012
107) Krams I, Daukste
J, Kivleniece I, Krama T & Rantala MJ 2012. Previous encapsulation
response enhances within individual protection against fungal parasite in the
mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor. Insect Science 0, 1-7. DOI 10.1111/j.1744-7917.2012.01574.x PDF
106) Marcinkowska UM & Rantala MJ 2012. Sexual imprinting on facial traits of opposite-sex parents in humans.
Evolutionary Psychology 10, 621-630. PDF
105) Valtonen TM & Rantala MJ 2012. Poor early nutrition reveals the trade-off
between immune defense and mating success. Ecological
Parasitology and Immunology 1: Article ID: 235523. doi:10.4303/epi/235523 PDF
104) Krama T, Vrublevska J, Freeberg
TM, Kullberg C, Rantala MJ
& Krams I. 2012. You mob my owl, I'll mob yours: birds play tit-for-tat
game. Scientific Reports 2: Article
number: 800. DOI: 10.1038/srep00800 PDF
103) Krams I, Suraka
V, Cīrule D, Hukkanen
M, Tummeleht L, Mierauskas
P, Rytkönen S, Rantala
MJ, Vrublevska J, Orell
M & Krama T 2012. A comparison
of microscopy and PCR diagnostics for low intensity infections of haemosporidian parasites in the Siberian tit Poecile cinctus.
Annales Zoologici Fennici 49,
331-340. PDF
102) Martemyanov,
V.V., Dubovskiy, I.M., Rantala, M.J.,
Salminen, J-P., Belousova,
I.A., Pavlushin, S.V., Bakhvalov,
S.A., Glupov V.V. 2012. Rapid induced
resistance of silver birch affects both innate immunity and performance of
gypsy moths: the role of plant chemical defenses. Arthropod-Plant Interactions 6, 507–518. DOI
10.1007/s11829-012-9202-7 PDF
101) Krams I, Suraka V, Rattiste K, Mikus Āboliņš-Ābols M, Krama
T, Rantala MJ, Mierauskas
P, Cīrule D & Saks L. 2012. Comparative analysis reveals a possible
immunity-related absence of blood
parasites in common gulls (Larus canus) and black-headed gulls (Chroicocephalus
ridibundus). Journal
of Ornithology 153, 1245–1252. DOI 10.1007/s10336-012-0859-6 PDF
100) van Ooik T, Rantala MJ, Salminen
J-P, Yang S, Neuvonen S & Ruuhola T.
2012. The effects of simulated acid rain and heavy metal pollution on the
mountain birch – autumnal moth interaction. Chemoecology 22, 251–262. DOI 10.1007/s00049-012-0114-x PDF
99) Haviola S, Neuvonen
S, Rantala MJ, Saikkonen K, Salminen J-P, Saloniemi I, Yang S, Ruuhola T. 2012. Genetic and environmental factors behind foliar
chemistry of the mature mountain birch. Journal of Chemical Ecology 38, 902-913. DOI: 10.1007/s10886-012-0148-0
PDF
98) Lilley TM, Ruokolainen L, Pikkarainen A, Laine V, Kilpimaa J, Rantala
MJ & Nikinmaa M. 2012. Impact of tributyltin on immune response and life history traits of Chironomus riparius:
single and multi-generation effects, and recovery from pollution. Environmental Science & Technology
46, 7382-7389. DOI: 10.1021/es300536
PDF
97) Pölkki, M., Kangassalo, K. & Rantala MJ. 2012. Transgenerational
Effects of Heavy Metal Pollution on Immune Defense of the Blow Fly Protophormia terraenovae. PLoS One 7, e38832. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038832
PDF
96) Daukste
J, Kivleniece I, Krama T., Rantala MJ. & Krams I 2012.
Senescence of the strength of immune system, immune priming to a novel antigen and sexual signalling in a beetle. Journal
of Evolutionary Biology 25, 1298-1304. DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02516.x PDF
95) Roff DA, Prokkola,
J., Krams, I & Rantala MJ. 2012.
There’s more than one way to skin a G matrix. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 25, 1113-1126. DOI: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2012.02500.x
PDF
94) Valtonen TM, Kangassalo K, Pölkki M & Rantala MJ. 2012. Transgenerational effects of parental
larval diet on offspring development time, adult body size and pathogen
resistance in Drosophila melanogaster.
PLoS One 7,
e31611. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031611.
PDF
93)
Pölkki, M., Kangassalo, K., Krams, I., Rantala
MJ. 2012. Inbreeding affects
sexual signalling in males but not females of Tenebrio molitor. Biology
Letters 8, 423-425. 10.1098/rsbl.2011.1135 PDF
92) Prokop P, Rantala MJ, & Fancovicova, J. 2012. Is
plasticity in mating preferences adapted to perceived exposure to pathogens? Acta Ethologica 15, 135-140. DOI: 10.1007/s10211-011-0118-5 PDF
91) Krama
I, Bērziņš A, Krams I, Rantala MJ & Wheatcroft D. 2012. Linking antipredator
behaviour and habitat quality: group effect in nest defence of a passerine bird. Acta Ethologica 15, 127-134. DOI: 10.1007/s10211-011-0117-6. PDF
90) Martemyanov VV, Dubovskiy
IM, Rantala MJ, Salminen J-P, Belousova IA, Pavlushin SV, Bakhvalov SA &
Glupov VV. 2012. The
Effects of Defoliation-Induced Delayed Changes in Silver Birch Foliar Chemistry
on Gypsy Moth Fitness, Immune Response, and Resistance to Baculovirus
Infection. Journal of Chemical Ecology
38, 295–305. DOI 10.1007/s10886-012-0090-1 PDF
89) Krams I, Vrublevska J, Cirule D, Kivleniece I, Krama, T., Rantala
MJ, Sild E & Hõrak
P. 2012. Heterophil/lymphocyte ratios
predict the magnitude of humoral immune response to a
novel antigen in great tits (Parus major). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B, 161,
422-424. doi:10.1016/j.cbpa.2011.12.018
PDF
88) Krams I, Dauste J, Kivleniece I, Brumelis G, Cibulkskis R, Abolis-Abols M, Rantala MJ, Mieraskaus
P, Krama T. 2012. Drought-induced positive feedback
insect: easier invasion of Scots pine leading to greater investement
in immunity of emerging individuals. Forest
Ecology and Management 270, 147-152. doi:10.1016/j.foreco.2012.01.012 PDF
87) Rantala
MJ, Moore FR, Skrinda I, Krama
T, Kivleniece I, Kecko S,
& Krams I. 2012. Evidence
for the stress-linked immunocompetence handicap
hypothesis in humans. Nature Communication 3, 694 doi:
10.1038/ncomms1696. PDF
86) Cīrule D, Krama T, Vrublevska J, Rantala
MJ & Krams I. 2012. A rapid effect of handling on counts of white
blood cells in a wintering passerine bird: a more practical measure of stress? Journal of Ornitology 153,
161-166. DOI
10.1007/s10336-011-0719-9 PDF
85)
Cordoba-Aguilar, A., Ruiz-Silva. D., Gonzalez-Tokman,
D., Contreras-Garduno, J., Peretti,
A., Moreno-Garcia, M.A., Rantala, M.J.,
Koskimäki, J., Kortet, R. & Suhonen,
J. 2012. No firm evidence of immunological costs of insect oviposition
and copulation: a test with dragonflies (Zygoptera). Odonatologica 41,
7-15. PDF
2011
84) Kangassalo K, Pölkki M.
& Rantala MJ. 2011. Prenatal Influences on Sexual Orientation: Digit Ratio (2D:4D) and
Number of Older Siblings. Evolutionary Psychology 9: 496-508. PDF
83) Dubovskiy
IM, Grizanova EV, Ershova
N, Rantala MJ & Glupov VV. 2011. Effect of dietary nickel on activity of
the detoxification enzymes, innate immunity and resistance
of Galleria
mellonella
larvae to fungi Beauveria bassiana. Chemosphere 85: 92-96. PDF
82) Valtonen
TM, Roff DA & Rantala MJ 2011. Analysis of the effects of inbreeding on lifespan
and starvation resistance in Drosophila
melanogaster. Genetica 139:
525-533. PDF
81) Ruuhola T, Leppänen T, Julkunen-Tiitto R, Rantala
MJ & Lehto T. 2011. Boron fertilization enhances the induced defense of silver
birch. Journal of Chemical Ecology
37, 460-471. PDF
80) Krams I, Daukste
J, Kivleniece I, Krama, T. & Rantala MJ. 2011. Overwinter survival depends on immune defence and body length in male Aquarius najas water striders. Entomologica Experimentalis et Applicata
140: 45–51. PDF
79) Rantala MJ, Viitaniemi,
H & Roff DA. 2011. Effects of inbreeding on
potential and realized immune responses in Tenebrio molitor. Parasitology 138, 906–912. PDF
78) Rantala MJ
& Marcinkowska
U. 2011. The role of sexual imprinting and the Westermarck effect in mate
choice in humans. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 65: 859-873. PDF
77) Krams I, Daukšte J, Kivleniece I, Krama T, Rantala MJ, Ramey G, Sausa L. 2011. Female choice reveals terminal investment in
male mealworm beetles, Tenebrio molitor, after a repeated activation of the immune
system. Journal of Insect Science 11:52 available online:
insectscience.org/11.52 PDF
76) Vainikka A., Niemelä, P., Rantala, M.J., Hirvonen,
H. & Kortet, R. 2011. Boldness as a consistent personality trait in the
noble crayfish, Astacus astacus. Acta Ethologica 14: 17-25. PDF
75)
Rantala MJ, Honkavaara J, Dunn D
& Suhonen J. 2011. Predation selects for increased immune function in
male damselflies, Calopteryx splendens. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B
278: 1231-1238. PDF
74) Valtonen TM, Roff
DA & Rantala MJ 2011. Analysis
of the effects of early nutritional environment on inbreeding depression in Drosophila melanogaster. Journal of
Evolutionary Biology 24: 196-205. PDF
2010
73) Kivleniece, I., Krams, I., Krama, T., Daukste, J. & Rantala M.J. 2010. Terminal
investment in sexual signaling in male meal worm beetles. Animal Behaviour 80: 1015-1021. PDF
72) Krams I., Cirule D., Krama T., Hukkanen M., Rytkönen S., Orell M., Iezhova T., Rantala M.J. & Tummeleht
L. 2010. Effect of forest management on haematological
parameters, blood parasites, and reproductive success of the Siberian tit Poecile cinctus in
northern Finland. Annales Zoologici Fennici 47:
335-346. PDF
71) Anttila U., Julkunen-Tiitto R., Rousi M., Yang S., Rantala
M.J. & Ruuhola T. 2010. Effects of elevated UV-B radiation on a
plant-herbivore interaction. Oecologia, 164:163–175. PDF
70) Bērziņš A., Krams I.; Krama T.; Freeberg T., Kivleniece I., Kulberg C. & Rantala, M.J. 2010. Mobbing as a
tradeoff between safety and reproduction in a songbird. Behavioral Ecology 21: 1054-1060. PDF
69) van Ooik T. & Rantala M.J. 2010. Local adaptation of an insect herbivore to a
heavy metal contamined environment. Annales Zoologici Fennici 47: 215-222. PDF
68) Salokannel J., Rantala M.J. & Wahlberg N. 2010. DNA-barcoding clarifies
species definitions of Finnish Apatania (Trichoptera; Apataniidae). Entomologica Fennica 21: 1-11. PDF
67) Rantala M.J., Honkavaara, J. & Suhonen, J. 2010. Immune system
activation interacts with territory-holding potential and increases predation
of the damselfly Calopteryx splendens by
birds. Oecologia
163: 825-832. PDF
66) Krams, I., Krama, T., Bērziņš,
A. & Rantala, M.J. 2010. The
risk of predation favours cooperation among breeding
prey. Communicative & Integrative
Biology 3: 1-2. PDF
65) Valtonen T.M., Viitaniemi
H. & Rantala M.J. 2010.
Copulation enhances resistance against an entomopathogenic
fungi in the mealworm beetle Tenebrio molitor. Parasitology 137: 985-989. PDF
64) Valtonen T.M., Kleino A., Rämet M. & Rantala M.J. 2010. Starvation reveals
maintenance cost of humoral immunity. Evolutionary Biology 37: 49–57. PDF
63) Mikkola K. & Rantala M.J. 2010. Immune defence, a possible nonvisual selective factor behind the
industrial melanism of moths (Lepidoptera). Biological Journal of Linnean
Society 99: 831–838. PDF
62) Rantala M.J., Pölkki M.
& Rantala L.M. 2010. Preference for human male body hair changes across the
menstrual cycle and menopause. Behavioral
Ecology 21: 419–423. PDF
61) Ruuhola T., Yang S., & Rantala
M.J. 2010. Increase in substrate availability down-regulates PO activity in
Epirrita autumnata. Chemoecology, 20:11–18. PDF
60) Krams I., Bērziņš A., Krama T., Wheatcroft D., Igaune K. & Rantala
M.J. 2010. The increased risk of predation enhances cooperation. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B
277: 513-518. PDF
59) Suhonen J.,Honkavaara J. & Rantala M.J. 2010. Activation of the
immune system promotes insect dispersal in the wild. Oecologia 162: 541–547. PDF
58) Krams I., Cîrule D., Suraka
V., Krama T., Rantala
M.J. & Ramey G. 2010. Fattening strategies of wintering great tits
support the optimal body mass hypothesis under conditions of extremely low
ambient temperature. Functional Ecology
24: 172-177. PDF
2009
57) Honkavaara, J., Rantala, M.J. & Suhonen, J. 2009. Mating status,
immune defence and multi-parasite burden in a damselfly, Coenagrion armatum. Entomologia Experimentalis
et Applicata
132: 165-171. PDF
56) Toivanen, T., Rantala, M.J. & Suhonen, J. 2009. Influence of alternative mating tactics on predation risk in the
damselfly Calopteryx virgo. Canadian Journal of Zoology 87: 684-688.
55) Ruuhola, T., Rantala,
L.M, Neuvonen, S., Yang S. & Rantala, M.J. 2009. Effects of long-term simulated acid rain on the
mountain birch - autumnal moth interaction. Basic and Applied Ecology 10: 589-596. PDF
54) Pölkki, M. & Rantala M.J.
2009. Smoking reduces the sexual attractiveness of women by affecting
sex-hormone-regulated body form. The
American Journal of Public Health 99: 1350-1350. PDF
53) Suutari,E., Salmela, J., Paasivirta, L., Rantala M.J., Tynkkynen, K., Luojumäki, M. & Suhonen, J. 2009. Macroarthropod species richness
and conservation priorities in Stratiotes aloides (L.) lakes. Journal
of Insect Conservation 13: 413-419. PDF
52) Martemyanov, V. V., Bakhvalov,
S. A., Rantala, M. J., Dubovskiy, I. M., Shultz, E.E., Strelnikov, A. G. & Glupov.
V. V. 2009. The response of gypsy moth Lymantria dispar L. infected with nucleopolyhedrovirus
on induced resistance of birch Betula pendula Roth. Russian
journal of ecology 40: 434–439. PDF
51) Koskimäki J., Rantala M.J., Suhonen J. 2009. Wandering
males are smaller than territorial males in the damselfly Calopteryx virgo (L.) (Zygoptera:
Calopterygidae). Odonatologica, 38: 159-165. PDF
2008
50) Dubovskiy I.M., Martemyanov
V.V., Vorontsova Y.L., Rantala M.J., Gryzanova E.V., Glupov V.V. 2008.
Effect of bacterial infection on antioxidant activity and lipid peroxidation in
the midgut of Galleria mellonella
L. larvae (Lepidoptera, Pyralidae). Comparative
Biochemistry and Physiology C., 148: 1-5. PDF
49) van Ooik, T., Pausio, S., Rantala M.J.. 2008. Direct
effects of heavy metal pollution on the immune function of a geometrid moth.
Chemosphere 71: 1840-1844. PDF
48) Yang, S., Ruuhola, T., Haviola S., & Rantala,
M.J. 2008. Effects of host plant shift on immune and other key life history traits
of an eruptive Geometrid, Epirrita autumnata (Borkhausen). Ecological
Entomology, 33: 510-516. PDF
47) Suhonen J., Rantala M.J. & Honkavaara, J. 2008. Territoriality in odonates.
In: Dragonflies: Model Organisms for
Ecological and Evolutionary Research (Ed. Corboda-Aquilar,
A.). Oxford University Press, Chapter 16, pp. 203-217. PDF
46) Sorvari J., Hakkarainen
H. & Rantala M.J. 2008. Immune
defense of ants is associated with changes in habitat characteristics. Environmental
Entomology 37: 51-56. PDF
45) Tynkkynen K, Grapputo
A., Kotiaho J.S., Rantala M.J., Väänänen S. & Suhonen J.
2008. Hybridization
in Calopteryx damselflies: the role of males. Animal
Behaviour 75: 1431:1439. PDF
2007
44)Vainikka, A., Rantala
M.J., Seppälä, O. & Suhonen J. 2007. Do male mealworm beetles, Tenebrio molitor,
sustain the honesty of pheromone signals under immune challenge? Acta Ethologica, 10:
63-72. PDF
43) Rantala M.J. 2007. The evolution of nakedness in Homo
sapiens. Journal of Zoology 273: 1-7. PDF
42) Ruuhola, T., Salminen, J.-P., Haviola, S., Yang, S. & Rantala M.J. 2007.
Immunological
memory of mountain birches: the effects of phenolics
on the performance of the autumnal moth depend on the herbivory
history of trees. Journal of Chemical Ecology, 33: 1160-1176. PDF
41) Haviola, S., Kapari,
L., Ossipov, V., Rantala, M.J., Ruuhola, T.
& Haukioja E. 2007. Foliar Phenolics
are Differently Associated with Epirrita autumnata Growth and Immunocompetence.
Journal of Chemical Ecology 33: 1013-1023. PDF
40) Rantala M.J. & Roff D.A. 2007.
Inbreeding and extreme outbreeding causes sex differences in immune defence and life history traits in Epirrita
autumnata. Heredity 98, 329–336. PDF
39) Yang, S., Ruuhola, T. & Rantala M.J. 2007. Impacts
of starvation on immune defense and other life history traits of an outbreaking geometrid, Epirrita
autumnata: a possible ultimate trigger of the
crash phase of population cycle. Annales Zoologici Fennici 44: 89–96. PDF
38) Klemola, N., Klemola,
T., Rantala, M.J. & Ruuhola, T. 2007. Natural host plant quality affects
immune defence of the insect herbivore. Entomologia Experimentalis
et Applicata 123: 167-176. PDF
37) Yang, S., Ruuhola, T., Haviola, S. & Rantala
M.J. 2007. Temperature as a modifier of plant-herbivore interaction. Journal
of Chemical Ecology 33: 463–475. PDF
36) Rantala, M.J., Roff D.A. &
Rantala, L.M. 2007. Forceps size and immune function in the european
earwig Forficula auricularia.
Biological Journal of Linnean Society 90: 509-516.
PDF
35) Kortet, R., Rantala, M.J. & Hedrick, A.V. 2007. Boldness
in anti-predator behavior and immune defense in field crickets. Evolutionary
Ecology Research 9: 1-13. PDF
34) Sorvari, J. Rantala, L.M., Rantala,
M.J., Hakkarainen, H. & Eeva, T.
2007. Heavy metal pollution disturbs immune response in wild
ant populations. Environmental Pollution 145: 324-328. PDF
33) van Ooik, T., Rantala, M.J. & Saloniemi I. 2007. Diet-mediated
effects of heavy metal pollution on growth and immune response in the geometrid
moth, Epirrita autumnata.
Environmental Pollution 145: 348-354. PDF
2006
32) Ahtiainen, J.J., Alatalo,
R.V., Kortet R. & Rantala M.J. 2006. Immune function, dominance and
mating success in drumming male wolf spiders Hygrolycosa
rubrofasciata. Behavioral
Ecology and Sociobiology 60: 826-832. PDF
31) Väänänen, S., Kortet, R. & Rantala,
M.J. 2006. Dominance and immune function in the F1 generation of wild
caught field crickets. Behaviour 143:
701-712. PDF
30) Rantala, M.J.,
Eriksson, C.J.P., Vainikka, A. &
Kortet R. 2006. Male steroid hormones and female preference for male body odor. Evolution and Human Behavior
27: 259-269. PDF
29) Vainikka, A, , Seppälä, O, Löytynoja K, & Rantala, M.J. 2006. Fitness
consequences of female preference for male pheromones in Tenebrio
molitor. Evolutionary Ecology Research 8: 943-957.
PDF
28) Martemyanov, V.V., Rantala, M., Belousova,
I.A., Pavlushin, S.V., Shatalova,
E.I. & Bakhvalov, S.A. 2006. Effect of delayed
induced resistance of birch on the performance of gypsy moth Lymantria dispar L.
(Lepidoptera: Lymantridae) and its susceptibility to
virus infection. Euroasian Entomological
Journal 5: 105-110. PDF
27) Rantala, M.J. & Roff,
D.A. 2006. Analysis of the importance of genotypic variation, metabolic rate,
morphology, sex and development time on immune function in the cricket, Gryllus firmus. Journal
of Evolutionary Biology 19: 834-843. PDF
26) Kapari, L, Haukioja,
E., Rantala, M.J. & Ruuhola, T. 2006. Immune defence of a
defoliating insect interacts with induced plant defence during a population
outbreak. Ecology 87:
291-296. PDF
2005
25) Vainikka,
A., Kortet, R., Paukku, S., Rantala, M.J. & Pirhonen, J. 2005.
What
does male tench Tinca
tinca (L.), advertise with his sexual ornaments? Acta Ethologica 8:
70-78. PDF
24) Freitak, D., Vanatao,
A. Ots, I. & Rantala, M.J. 2005. Formation of melanin-based
wing patterns is influenced by condition and immune challenge in Pieris brassicae. Entomologia Experimentalis
et Applicata
116: 237-243. PDF
23) Ahtiainen, J.J., Alatalo,
R.V., Kortet, R. & Rantala, M.J. 2005. A trade-off between immune
function and sexual signalling in a wild population of the drumming wolf spider
Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata.
Journal of Evolutionary Biology 18, 985-991. PDF
22) Rantala, M.J. & Roff D.A. 2005.
An
analysis of trade-off in immune function, body size and development time in the
Mediterranean field cricket, Gryllus bimaculatus. Functional Ecology 19, 323-330. PDF
21) Vainikka,
A., Jokinen, E. I., Kortet, R., Paukku, S., Pirhonen, J., Rantala, M.J.
& Taskinen, J. 2005. The effects of testosterone and β-glucan on the immune
functions in tench (Tinca
tinca L.). Journal of Fish Biology 66, 348–361. PDF
2004
20) Kortet, R. Vainikka, A. Rantala, M.J.
Myntti, J. & Taskinen,
J. 2004. In vitro fertilising ability and early offspring survival with respect
to male secondary sexual ornaments and parasite resistance in roach, Rutilus rutilus. Journal of
Evolutionary Biology 17: 1337-1344. PDF
19) Rantala, M.J., Ahtiainen, J.J.
& Suhonen, J. 2004. Fluctuating asymmetry and
immune function in a field cricket. Oikos 107:
479-484. PDF
18) Tynkkynen, K., Rantala, M.J., &
Suhonen, J. 2004. Interspecific aggression and
character displacement in the damselfly Calopteryx
splendens. Journal of Evolutionary
Biology 17: 759-768. PDF
17) Suutari, E., Rantala, M.J., Salmela, J. & Suhonen, J.
2004. Effects
of intraguild predation and interference competition
on endangered dragonfly Aeshna viridis (Eversm.). Oecologia 140: 135-139. PDF
16) Ahtiainen, J.J., Alatalo,
R.V., Kortet, R. & Rantala, M.J. 2004. Sexual advertisement and
immune function in an arachnid species (Lycosidae). Behavioral Ecology 15: 602-606. PDF
15) Kuukasjärvi, S., Eriksson, C.J.P., Koskela, E., Nissinen, K., Mappes, T. & Rantala, M.J. 2004. Attractiveness
of women body odours along menstrual cycle: the role of oral contraceptives and
receiver sex. Behavioral Ecology 15: 579-584. PDF
14) Rantala, M.J.,
Ilmonen, J., Koskimäki, J., Suhonen, J. & Tynkkynen, K. 2004. The macrophyte, Stratiotes aloides, protects larvae of endangered dragonfly Aeshna viridis against fish
predation. Aquatic Ecology 38:77-82. PDF
13) Rantala, M.J. & Kortet, R. 2004. Male dominance and immunocompetence in a field cricket. Behavioral Ecology 15: 187-191. PDF
12) Koskimäki, J., Rantala,
M.J., Suhonen, J., Taskinen, J. & Tynkkynen, K. 2004. Immunocompetence and resource
holding potential in the damselfly Calopteryx
virgo L. Behavioral
Ecology 15: 169-173. PDF
11) Vainio, L., Hakkarainen,
H., Rantala, M.J. & Sorvari, J. 2004. Individual variation in immune
function in Formica exsecta: effect of nest,
body size and sex. Evolutionary Ecology 18, 75-84. PDF
10) Kortet, R., Vainikka, A., Rantala, M.J.
& Taskinen, J. 2004. Sperm quality, secondary
sexual characters and parasitism in roach (Rutilus
rutilus). Biological Journal of Linnean Society 81, 111-117. PDF
2003
9) Rantala, M.J., Kortet, R. & Vainikka,
A. 2003. The role of juvenile hormone in immune function and pheromone production
trade-offs: a test of the immunocompetence handicap
principle. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B 270,
2257-2261. PDF
8) Rantala, M.J., Kortet, R., Kotiaho,
J.S., Vainikka, A. & Suhonen,
J. 2003 Condition dependence of pheromones and immune function in the grain
beetle Tenebrio molitor.
Functional Ecology 17, 534-540. PDF
7) Rantala, M.J. & Kortet, R.
2003. Courtship
song and immune function in the field cricket Gryllus
bimaculatus? Biological Journal of Linnean Society.79,
503-510. PDF
6) Kortet, R., Vainikka, A., Rantala, M.J., Jokinen, I. &
Taskinen, J. 2003. Sexual ornamentation, androgens and papilostomasis
in roach (Rutilus rutilus).
Evolutionary Ecology Research 5, 411-419. PDF
1999-2002
5) Rantala, M.J. 2002. Immunocompetence
and Sexual Selection in Insects. Biological Research Reports from the
University of Jyväskylä 114. PhD Thesis.
4) Rantala, M.J.,
Jokinen, I., Kortet, R. Vainikka, A. & Suhonen,
J. 2002. Do pheromones reveal immunocompetence? Proceedings
of the Royal Society London B 269, 1681-1685. PDF
3) Rantala, M.J.,
Hovi, M., Korkeamäki, E. & Suhonen, J. 2001. No trade-off between the size
and timing of emergence in the damselfly, Calopteryx virgo L.Annales Zoologi Fennici 38, 117-122. PDF
2) Rantala, M.J.,
Koskimäki, J., Suhonen, J., Taskinen, J. & Tynkkynen, K. 2000. Immunocompetence, developmental
stability and wing spot size in Calopteryx splendens. Proceedings of the Royal Society London B
267, 2453-2457. PDF
1) Rantala, M.J. 1999. Human nakedness: adaptation
against ectoparasites? International Journal for
Parasitology 29, 1987-1989. PDF
News & views articles about my research
A Good Nose for Ovulation. Science (18
June 2004) 304
Issue 5677 (by M. Schilthuizen,
about ref: Kuukasjärvi et al. 2004): http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2004/618/2
Oedipus Wrecked: Study Supporting the Mother of All Psychological
Complexes Withdrawn. Scientific American
(February 24, 2009) by Borrell, B. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=oedipus-complex-study-withdrawn
Sick Damselflies Hit the Road. Science
(27 October 2009) by Youngsteadt, E. http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/1027/2
Mikä kaatoi Oidipus-kompleksin? Tiede 4 p.7 (2009). PDF
Välise ilusisemised saladused. Postimees (2013) PDF
Selected
publication in finnish
Rantala, M.J. & Tammisalo, O. 2004. Evoluutiopsykologia ja
ihmisen vaistot tieteenä. Tieteessä
Tapahtuu, 5 (21. vsk.), 47–49. PDF