Mikhail
Kozlov
Senior Research Fellow, Ecology and Evolution Biology
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering
PhD
Areas of expertise
ecology
entomology
environmental pollution
global change research
insect-plant interactions
fluctuating asymmetry
Biography
I graduated from St. Petersburg University in 1984 and obtained a Ph.D. in entomology in 1986. From 1984–1991, I was employed by the All-Union Institute of Plant Protection in St. Petersburg, Russia. Since 1991, I have worked at the University of Turku, Finland.
Research
Insects are my favourite study objects. I started as an entomologist working on the morphology and systematics of archaic moths, but then extended my interest to insect ecology. My environmental research addresses the impacts of industrial pollution on terrestrial biota; my current focus is on global change impacts on trophic interactions in terrestrial ecosystems.
Publications
Climate warming leads to decline in frequencies of melanic individuals in subarctic leaf beetle populations (2019)
Science of the Total Environment
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
Women's preferences for men's facial masculinity are strongest under favorable ecological conditions (2019)
Scientific Reports
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
Can the use of landmarks improve the suitability of fluctuating asymmetry in plant leaves as an indicator of stress? (2019)
Ecological Indicators
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
Variation in fine root biomass along a 1000 km long latitudinal climatic gradient in mixed boreal forests of North-East Europe (2019)
Forest Ecology and Management
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
Biases in studies of spatial patterns in insect herbivory (2019)
Ecological Monographs
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
Pheromones and Barcoding Delimit Boundaries between Cryptic Species in the Primitive Moth Genus Eriocrania (Lepidoptera: Eriocraniidae) (2019)
Journal of Chemical Ecology
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
Where have all the pigeons gone. Wildlife in wartime cities (2019)
(A3 Kirjan tai muun kokoomateoksen osa)Temperature and herbivory, but not pollution, affect fluctuating asymmetry of mountain birch leaves: Results of 25-year monitoring around the copper nickel smelter in Monchegorsk, northwestern Russia (2018)
Science of the Total Environment
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
Do defoliating insects distinguish between symmetric and asymmetric leaves within a plant? (2018)
Ecological Entomology
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)
Defence strategies of Chrysomela lapponica (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) larvae: relative efficacy of secreted and stored defences against insect and avian predators (2018)
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society
(A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä)