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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2018 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Overview

Johanna Mappes is affiliated with the University of Jyväskylä in Finland and conducts research primarily within the Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans several interconnected subfields, including Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, Genetics, Ecology, and Plant Science.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics, notably in plant and animal studies, animal behavior and reproduction, insect and pesticide research, insect and arachnid ecology and behavior, animal ecology and behavior studies, insect pheromone research and control, and entomological studies and ecology.

Johanna Mappes has coauthored numerous scientific articles with frequent collaborators such as Ossi Nokelainen, Emily Burdfield-Steel, Janne K. Valkonen, Bibiana Rojas, and Juan A. Galarza. Together, they have contributed to advancing knowledge in their fields of interest.

The scientist's publications appear predominantly in well-known venues including bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Behavioral Ecology, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, and the Journal of Evolutionary Biology. These platforms reflect the diverse outlets chosen for disseminating research findings.

Significant publications by Johanna Mappes include:

  • Social learning within and across predator species reduces attacks on novel aposematic prey, 2020, Journal of Animal Ecology
  • Geographic mosaic of selection by avian predators on hindwing warning colour in a polymorphic aposematic moth, 2020, Ecology Letters
  • Evolutionary importance of intraspecific variation in sex pheromones, 2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Hard to catch: experimental evidence supports evasive mimicry, 2021, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • Why aren't warning signals everywhere? On the prevalence of aposematism and mimicry in communities, 2021, Biological Reviews/Biological Reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society

In 2018, Johanna Mappes was recognized as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. This award aligns with their ongoing contributions to the academic community in their specialized scientific fields.

Best Publications

  • The biology of color

    Innes C. Cuthill;William L. Allen;Kevin Arbuckle;Barbara Caspers

  • The complex business of survival by aposematism

    Johanna Mappes;Nicola Marples;John A. Endler;John A. Endler

  • Predator Mixes and the Conspicuousness of Aposematic Signals

    John A. Endler;Johanna Mappes

  • The voyage of an invasive species across continents: genetic diversity of North American and European Colorado potato beetle populations.

    Alessandro Grapputo;Sanna Boman;Leena Lindström;Anne Lyytinen

  • Tracking the evolution of warning signals

    Rauno V. Alatalo;Johanna Mappes

  • Does predation maintain eyespot plasticity in Bicyclus anynana

    Anne Lyytinen;Paul M. Brakefield;Leena Lindström;Johanna Mappes

  • Can aposematic signals evolve by gradual change

    Leena Lindström;Rauno V. Alatalo;Johanna Mappes;Marianna Riipi

  • Multiple benefits of gregariousness cover detectability costs in aposematic aggregations.

    Marianna Riipi;Marianna Riipi;Rauno V. Alatalo;Leena Lindström;Johanna Mappes

  • Energetic costs of size and sexual signalling in a wolf spider

    Janne S. Kotiaho;Rauno V. Alatalo;Johanna Mappes;Mogens G. Nielsen

  • SEXUAL SELECTION WHEN FERTILIZATION IS NOT GUARANTEED

    Hanna Kokko;Hanna Kokko;Johanna Mappes

  • Imperfect Batesian mimicry—the effects of the frequency and the distastefulness of the model

    Leena Lindström;Rauno V Alatalo;Johanna Mappes

  • Viability costs of condition-dependent sexual male display in a drumming wolf spider

    Johanna Mappes;Rauno V. Alatalo;Janne Kotiaho;Silja Parri

  • Selection for cryptic coloration in a visually heterogeneous habitat

    Sami Merilaita;Anne Lyytinen;Johanna Mappes

  • Reactions of hand-reared and wild-caught predators toward warningly colored, gregarious, and conspicuous prey

    Leena Lindström;Rauno V. Alatalo;Johanna Mappes

  • Strong antiapostatic selection against novel rare aposematic prey

    Leena Lindström;Rauno V. Alatalo;Anne Lyytinen;Johanna Mappes

  • Co-mimics have a mutualistic relationship despite unequal defences

    Hannah M. Rowland;Eira Ihalainen;Leena Lindström;Johanna Mappes

  • Trade-off between warning signal efficacy and mating success in the wood tiger moth

    Ossi Nokelainen;Robert H. Hegna;Joanneke H. Reudler;Carita Lindstedt;Carita Lindstedt

  • Significance of the dorsal zigzag pattern of Vipera latastei gaditana against avian predators

    Martti Niskanen;Johanna Mappes

  • Diet affects the immune defence and life-history traits of an Arctiid moth Parasemia plantaginis

    Katja Ojala;Riitaa Julkunen-Tiitto;Leena Lindström;Johanna Mappes

  • Does colour matter? The importance of colour in avoidance learning, memorability and generalisation

    A. D. Ham;E. Ihalainen;L. Lindström;J. Mappes

Frequent Co-Authors

Rauno V. Alatalo
Rauno V. Alatalo University of Jyväskylä
Leena Lindström
Leena Lindström University of Jyväskylä
Janne S. Kotiaho
Janne S. Kotiaho University of Jyväskylä
Michael P. Speed
Michael P. Speed University of Liverpool
Hanna Kokko
Hanna Kokko Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
John A. Endler
John A. Endler Deakin University
Graeme D. Ruxton
Graeme D. Ruxton University of St Andrews
Arja Kaitala
Arja Kaitala University of Oulu
Chris D. Jiggins
Chris D. Jiggins University of Cambridge
Tapio Mappes
Tapio Mappes University of Jyväskylä

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