Tero
Klemola
Docent, Faculty of Science
University Lecturer, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Ph.D.
Areas of expertise
population cycles
insect outbreaks
tritrophic interactions
herbivory
plant-herbivore interactions
predator-prey interactions
parasitoids
ticks
Biography
at Department of Biology, University of Turku
M.Sc. (animal ecology and systematics) 1995
Ph.D. (ecology) 1999
University lecturer 2012-
Teaching
BIOL1601 Biologian perusteiden harjoitukset
BIOL4051 Biologinen aineisto: johdatus tilastomenetelmiin
BIOL4210 Biologinen aineisto: lineaariset mallit
BIOL5201 Presenting and Publishing Scientific Data in Biology
EKOL2108 Populaatioekologia
EKOL4101 Ecological Interactions
Research
My research has focused on cyclic population fluctuations of herbivores. During past two decades, I have used both experimental, observational and theoretical approaches for searching explanations to populations cycles of voles and birch-feeding moths in Fennoscandia. Currently, I also work on the project studying biology of the hard ticks (Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus) and tick-borne pathogens in Finland.
Publications
Tick‐Borne Viruses in Finland: Public Health Risks, Interventions and Research Insights (2025)
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä)Living with ticks: Results of an online survey of the knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) regarding ticks and tick-borne pathogens in academic environments across Europe (2025)
Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Insights From Observations and Large‐Scale Field Experiments on Vole Population Cycles in Northern Europe: A 40‐Year Study of Predator–Prey Interactions (2025)
Ecology and Evolution
(A2 Vertaisarvioitu katsausartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä)
There Goes the Neighbourhood—A Multi-City Study Reveals Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens Commonly Occupy Urban Green Spaces (2025)
Zoonoses and Public Health
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Repeated cross-sectional surveys show a decreasing trend in Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato seroprevalence over a 50-year period, Finland, 1966 to 2017 (2025)
Eurosurveillance
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Ticks and Tick-Borne Pathogens Encountered by Dogs and Cats: A North European Perspective (2025)
Transboundary and Emerging Diseases
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Effects of silicon application on Betula pendula seedlings (2025)
Canadian Journal of Forest Research
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Blood meal analysis reveals sources of tick-borne pathogens and differences in host utilization of juvenile Ixodes ricinus across urban and sylvatic habitats (2024)
Zoonoses and Public Health
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Genomic signatures of hybridization between Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus in natural populations (2024)
Ecology and Evolution
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )
Crowdsourced tick observation data from across 60 years reveals major increases and northwards shifts in tick contact areas in Finland (2023)
Scientific Reports
(A1 Vertaisarvioitu alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä lehdessä )