Mirkka
Lahdenperä
Docent, Department of Biology
Senior Researcher, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Post-doctoral researcher
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Areas of expertise
health
social living environment
physical living environment
milk composition
evolutionary ecology
life history
co-operation
conflict
kin effects
evolution of longevity
post-reproductive lifespan
Research
My current research involves health related topics in humans and elephants. I'm also conducting research in evolutionary ecology in humans and elephants.
Publications
Selection on male longevity in a monogamous human population: late-life survival brings no additional grandchildren (2011)
Journal of Evolutionary Biology
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))
Pair-bonding modifies the age-specific intensity of natural selection on human female fecundity (2010)
American Naturalist
(Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tai data-artikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä (A1))