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 )
Pitääkö nokkosperhosesta olla huolissaan? (2025)
Baptria
(D1 Artikkeli ammattilehdessä)
Genomic signatures of hybridization between Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus in natural populations (2024)
Ecology and Evolution
(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 )