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Overview

Lauri Kaila is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. Their work spans several interconnected disciplines, with a notable focus on Genetics, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecological Modeling, and Insect Science.

The primary topics of their research include Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy, Species Distribution and Climate Change, Plant and Animal Studies, Hymenoptera Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Genetic Diversity and Population Structure, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, and Wildlife Ecology and Conservation.

They have published research in a variety of scientific journals, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Nota Lepidopterologica
  • ZooKeys
  • Biological Conservation
  • Molecular Ecology Resources
  • Systematic Entomology

Their recent papers include:

  • "Solutions for humanity on how to conserve insects" (2020), published in Biological Conservation
  • "A molecular-based identification resource for the arthropods of Finland" (2021), published in Molecular Ecology Resources
  • "Trait-based prediction of extinction risk across terrestrial taxa" (2022), published in Biological Conservation
  • "Museomics identifies genetic erosion in two butterfly species across the 20th century in Finland" (2020), published in Molecular Ecology Resources
  • "Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Iran" (2023), published in Integrative Systematics Stuttgart Contributions to Natural History

Lauri Kaila has collaborated frequently with a number of researchers, including Jadranka Rota, Ole Karsholt, Peter Huemer, Aino Juslén, and Andrea Chiocchio. These collaborations have contributed to several projects and publications across the fields of taxonomy and molecular biology.

Best Publications

  • Poleward shifts in geographical ranges of butterfly species associated with regional warming

    Camille Parmesan;Nils Ryrholm;Constantí Stefanescu;Jane K. Hill

  • Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758. In : Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

    Erik J. Van Nieukerken;Lauri Kaila;Ian J. Kitching;Niels P. Kristensen

  • Animal biodiversity: An outline of higher-level classification and survey of taxonomic richness

    Zhi-Qiang Zhang;John Na Hooper;Rob Wm Van Soest;Andrzej Pisera

  • Species richness of Coleoptera in mature managed and old-growth boreal forests in southern Finland

    Petri Martikainen;Juha Siitonen;Pekka Punttila;Lauri Kaila

  • Comprehensive gene and taxon coverage elucidates radiation patterns in moths and butterflies

    Marko Mutanen;Niklas Wahlberg;Lauri Kaila

  • A new molecular phylogeny offers hope for a stable family level classification of the Noctuoidea (Lepidoptera)

    Reza Zahiri;Ian J. Kitching;J. Donald Lafontaine;Marko Mutanen

  • Dead trees left in clear-cuts benefit saproxylic Coleoptera adapted to natural disturbances in boreal forest

    Lauri Kaila;Petri Martikainen;Pekka Punttila

  • Solutions for humanity on how to conserve insects

    Michael J Samways;Philip S. Barton;Klaus Birkhofer;Filipe Chichorro

  • Cretaceous origin and repeated tertiary diversification of the redefined butterflies

    Maria Heikkilä;Lauri Kaila;Marko Mutanen;Carlos Peña

  • Bark beetles (Coleoptera, Scolytidae) and associated beetle species in mature managed and old-growth boreal forests in southern Finland

    Petri Martikainen;Juha Siitonen;Lauri Kaila;Pekka Punttila

  • Threatened Beetles in White-Backed Woodpecker Habitats

    Petri Martikainen;Lauri Kaila;Yrjö Haila

  • Saproxylic beetles (Coleoptera) on dead birch trunks decayed by different polypore species

    L. Kaila;P. Partikainen;P. Punttila;E. Yakovlev

  • Morphology reinforces proposed molecular phylogenetic affinities: a revised classification for Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera).

    Maria Heikkilä;Marko Mutanen;Mari Kekkonen;Lauri Kaila

  • Phylogeny of the superfamily Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera : Ditrysia): an exemplar approach

    Lauri Kaila

  • Comprehensive molecular sampling yields a robust phylogeny for geometrid moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae).

    Pasi Sihvonen;Marko Mutanen;Lauri Kaila;Gunnar Brehm

  • Delineating species with DNA barcodes: a case of taxon dependent method performance in moths.

    Mari Kekkonen;Marko Mutanen;Lauri Kaila;Marko Nieminen

  • Elusive ditrysian phylogeny: an account of combining systematized morphology with molecular data (Lepidoptera)

    Maria Heikkilä;Marko Mutanen;Niklas Wahlberg;Niklas Wahlberg;Pasi Sihvonen

  • A new method for collecting quantitative samples of insects associated with decaying wood or wood fungi

    Lauri Kaila

  • Phylogeny of the mega-diverse Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera): adaptations and determinants of success.

    Lauri Kaila;Marko Mutanen;Tommi Nyman

  • Phylogeny and classification of the Elachistidae s.s. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea)

    LaurI. Kaila

  • Trait-based prediction of extinction risk across terrestrial taxa

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Frequent Co-Authors

Marko Mutanen
Marko Mutanen University of Oulu
Niklas Wahlberg
Niklas Wahlberg Lund University
Pekka Punttila
Pekka Punttila Finnish Environment Institute
Paul D. N. Hebert
Paul D. N. Hebert University of Guelph
Ian J. Kitching
Ian J. Kitching Natural History Museum
Mikhail V. Kozlov
Mikhail V. Kozlov University of Turku
Gerardo Lamas
Gerardo Lamas National University of San Marcos
Akito Y. Kawahara
Akito Y. Kawahara Florida Museum of Natural History
Tomas Roslin
Tomas Roslin Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Axel Kallies
Axel Kallies University of Melbourne

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