Lars
Pelikan
Doctoral Researcher, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Doctoral Researcher, Department of Biology
M.Sc. Ecology and Evolution
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Areas of expertise
Aquatic Ecology
Evolutionary Ecology
Invasion Ecology
Teaching
University of Turku (Finland)
Individual lectures in courses:
- Baltic Sea Ecosystems (M.Sc. course)
- Invasive Species in Scandinavia (M.Sc. course)
Goethe University Frankfurt (Germany)
Course instructor in practical courses:
- Animal Ecology (B.Sc. course)
- Diversity of Organisms (B.Sc. course)
- Structure and Function of Organisms (B.Sc. course)
- Aquatic Ecology (M.Sc. course)
- Ecotoxicology (M.Sc. course)
Research
In my research, I am investigating the eco-evolutionary dynamics of an ongoing invasion in the Baltic Sea, specifically the invasion of the invasive mud crab, Rhithropanopeus harrisii. This species is a functionally novel type of predator in the shallow, littoral ecosystems of the Archipelago Sea. I analyse the evolutionary and plastic responses of native species to this invasive species and its effect on invasion dynamics. Additionally, I study changes in natural selection for producer traits resulting from invasion-induced evolutionary cascades.
Publications
Cryptic species complex shows population-dependent, rather than lineage-dependent tolerance to a neonicotinoid (2024)
Environmental Pollution
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Competitive interaction in headwaters: slow upstream migration leads to trophic competition between native and non-native amphipods (2024)
NeoBiota
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Small-scale population structuring results in differential susceptibility to pesticide exposure (2022)
Environmental Sciences Europe
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))