Mikhail
Kozlov
Docent, Faculty of Science
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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
Ambient temperatures differently influence colour morphs of the leaf beetle Chrysomela lapponica: Roles of thermal melanism and developmental plasticity (2018)
Journal of Thermal Biology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Do defoliating insects distinguish between symmetric and asymmetric leaves within a plant? (2018)
Ecological Entomology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Fluctuating asymmetry of birch leaves did not increase with pollution and drought stress in a controlled experiment (2018)
Ecological Indicators
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Combined effects of environmental disturbance and climate warming on insect herbivory in mountain birch in subarctic forests: Results of 26-year monitoring (2017)
Science of the Total Environment
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Background insect herbivory: impacts, patterns and methodology (2017)
(Vertaisarvioitu artikkeli kokoomateoksessa (A3))Impacts of root herbivory on seedlings of three species of boreal forest trees (2017)
Applied Soil Ecology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Variation in defensive chemistry within a polyphagous Baikal population of Chrysomela lapponica (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae): potential benefits in a multi-enemy world (2017)
Population Ecology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Cryptic diversity in the long-horn moth Nemophora degeerella (Lepidoptera: Adelidae) revealed by morphology, DNA barcodes and genome-wide ddRAD-seq data (2017)
Systematic Entomology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Reproducibility of fluctuating asymmetry measurements in plants: Sources of variation and implications for study design (2017)
Ecological Indicators
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Background invertebrate herbivory on dwarf birch (Betula glandulosa-nana complex) increases with temperature and precipitation across the tundra biome (2017)
Polar Biology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))