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Overview

Hannu Ylönen is affiliated with the University of Jyväskylä in Finland. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with a specialization in ecology and related subfields. The scope of their work spans several interconnected areas including animal ecology and behavior studies, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, parasitology, genetics, as well as public health aspects related to environmental and occupational health.

The scientist's recent publications cover diverse topics within their fields of expertise. Key papers include:

  • Population cycles and outbreaks of small rodents: ten essential questions we still need to solve (2020, Oecologia)
  • Monitoring of ticks and tick-borne pathogens through a nationwide research station network in Finland (2020, Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases)
  • In utero behavioral imprinting to predation risk in pups of the bank vole (2020, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology)
  • Bank vole alarm pheromone chemistry and effects in the field (2021, Oecologia)
  • Pre- and Postnatal Predator Cues Shape Offspring Anti-predatory Behavior Similarly in the Bank Vole (2021, Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution)

Ylönen's publications appear in several scientific venues, notably:

  • Oecologia (4 publications)
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases (1 publication)
  • Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology (1 publication)
  • Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution (1 publication)

Their collaborative network includes frequent co-authors with multiple joint publications. These collaborators are:

  • Marko Haapakoski (5 co-authored papers)
  • Thorbjörn Sievert (5 co-authored papers)
  • Janne Sundell (3 co-authored papers)
  • Harry P. Andreassen (2 co-authored papers)
  • Fraucke Ecke (2 co-authored papers)

The main topics explored in Ylönen's work include:

  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
  • Yersinia bacterium, plague, ectoparasites research
  • Zoonotic diseases and public health
  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Bartonella species infections research

The subfields contributing to the breadth of their research are:

  • Ecology
  • Social Psychology
  • Parasitology
  • Genetics
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Overall, Hannu Ylönen's body of work reflects a concentrated effort at the intersection of animal behavior, ecological dynamics, and the study of infectious diseases affecting both wildlife and public health.

Best Publications

  • Counter-Strategies to Infanticide in Mammals: Costs and Consequences

    Jep Agrell;Jerry O. Wolff;Hannu Ylönen

  • Weasels Mustela Nivalis Suppress Reproduction in Cyclic Bank Voles Clethrionomys Glareolus

    Hannu Ylönen

  • Territorial behaviour and reproductive success of bank vole Clethrionomys glareolus females.

    Esa Koskela;Tapio Mappes;Hannu Ylonen

  • Breeding suppression in the bank vole as antipredatory adaptation in a predictable environment

    Hannu Ylönen;Heidi Ronkainen

  • Population cycles and outbreaks of small rodents: ten essential questions we still need to solve

    Harry P. Andreassen;Janne Sundell;Fraucke Ecke;Stefan Halle

  • Female bank voles ( Clethrionomys glareolus ) prefer dominant males; but what if there is no choice?

    T. J. Horne;Hannu Ylönen

  • Vole cycles and antipredatory behaviour.

    Hannu Ylönen

  • Reproductive Costs and Litter Size in the Bank Vole

    Tapio Mappes;Esa Koskela;Hannu Ylonen

  • Behaviour of cyclic bank voles under risk of mustelid predation: do females avoid copulations?

    H. Ronkainen;H. Ylönen

  • Predation risk and habitat selection of Australian house mice , Mus domesticus, during an incipient plague: desperate behaviour due to food depletion

    Hannu Ylonen;Jens Jacob;Micah J. Davies;Grant R. Singleton

  • Interspecific competition in small rodents: from populations to individuals

    Jana A. Eccard;Hannu Ylönen

  • Higher Reproductive Success among Kin Groups of Bank Voles (Clethrionomys Glareolus)

    Tapio Mappes;Hannu Ylonen;Jussi Viitala

  • Suppressed breeding in the field vole (Microtus agrestis): an adaptation to cyclically fluctuating predation risk

    Esa Koskela;Hannu YlÖnen

  • Changing female spacing behaviour and demography in an enclosed breeding population of Clethrionomys glareolus

    Hannu Ylönen;Taina Kojola;Jussi Viitala

  • Breeding Suppression in Voles under Predation Risk of Small Mustelids: Laboratory or Methodological Artifact?

    Tapio Mappes;Esa Koskela;Hannu Ylönen

  • Is the antipredatory response in behaviour reflected in stress measured in faecal corticosteroids in a small rodent

    Hannu Ylönen;Jana A. Eccard;Ilmari Jokinen;Janne Sundell

  • Different demography of friends and strangers: an experiment on the impact of kinship and familiarity in Clethrionomys glareolus

    H. Ylönen;T. Mappes;J. Viitala

  • HERITABILITIES OF DOMINANCE-RELATED TRAITS IN MALE BANK VOLES (CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS)

    Taina J. Horne;Hannu Ylönen

  • Predation rate, prey preference and predator switching: experiments on voles and weasels

    Janne Sundell;Jana A. Eccard;Raisa Tiilikainen;Hannu Ylönen

  • Variation in predation risk and vole feeding behaviour: a field test of the risk allocation hypothesis.

    Janne Sundell;Dorota Dudek;Ines Klemme;Elina Koivisto

  • Indirect cues of nest predation risk and avian reproductive decisions.

    Mikko Mönkkönen;Jukka T Forsman;Tiina Kananoja;Hannu Ylönen

Frequent Co-Authors

Raine Kortet
Raine Kortet University of Eastern Finland
Jana A. Eccard
Jana A. Eccard University of Potsdam
Arja Kaitala
Arja Kaitala University of Oulu
Grant R. Singleton
Grant R. Singleton University of Greenwich
Tapio Mappes
Tapio Mappes University of Jyväskylä
Esa Koskela
Esa Koskela University of Jyväskylä
Rupert Palme
Rupert Palme University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
Pekka Niemelä
Pekka Niemelä University of Turku
Herwig Leirs
Herwig Leirs University of Antwerp
Anssi Vainikka
Anssi Vainikka University of Eastern Finland

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