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Tero Klemola is affiliated with the University of Turku in Finland, specializing in research related to vector-borne infectious diseases, parasitology, and ecology. Their work encompasses a broad array of topics including viral infections and vectors, mosquito-borne diseases, and public health aspects of tick-borne illnesses.

The scientist has contributed significantly to fields such as Medicine, Immunology and Microbiology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their subfields of expertise include Parasitology, Infectious Diseases, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

Tero Klemola's recent research papers address various aspects of tick ecology and vector-borne disease transmission. Notable publications include:

  • Monitoring of ticks and tick-borne pathogens through a nationwide research station network in Finland (2020) in Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Enhanced threat of tick-borne infections within cities? Assessing public health risks due to ticks in urban green spaces in Helsinki, Finland (2020) in Zoonoses and Public Health
  • One out of ten: low sampling efficiency of cloth dragging challenges abundance estimates of questing ticks (2020) in Experimental and Applied Acarology
  • Does environmental adaptation or dispersal history explain the geographical distribution of Ixodes ricinus and Ixodes persulcatus ticks in Finland? (2022) in Ecology and Evolution
  • Ticks (Acari: Ixodidae) parasitizing migrating and local breeding birds in Finland (2021) in Experimental and Applied Acarology

The venues where this researcher frequently publishes include:

  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases
  • Zoonoses and Public Health
  • Experimental and Applied Acarology
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Tero Klemola often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Jani J. Sormunen
  • Eero J. Vesterinen
  • Theophilus Yaw Alale
  • Niko Kulha
  • Satu Mäkelä

Main topics covered in their research are:

  • Vector-borne infectious diseases
  • Viral Infections and Vectors
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Vector-Borne Animal Diseases
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Bartonella species infections research
  • Dermatological diseases and infestations

Best Publications

  • Predator-induced synchrony in population oscillations of coexisting small mammal species.

    Erkki Korpimäki;Kai Norrdahl;Otso Huitu;Tero Klemola

  • Dynamic effects of predators on cyclic voles: field experimentation and model extrapolation

    Erkki Korpimäki;Kai Norrdahl;Tero Klemola;Tero Klemola;Terje Pettersen

  • Birds help plants: a meta-analysis of top-down trophic cascades caused by avian predators

    Elina Mäntylä;Tero Klemola;Toni Laaksonen;Toni Laaksonen

  • Birch (Betula spp.) leaves adsorb and re-release volatiles specific to neighbouring plants - a mechanism for associational herbivore resistance?

    Sari J. Himanen;James D. Blande;Tero Klemola;Juha Pulkkinen

  • Specialist and generalist natural enemies as an explanation for geographical gradients in population cycles of northern herbivores

    Tero Klemola;Miia Tanhuanpää;Erkki Korpimäki;Kai Ruohomäki

  • From Plants to Birds: Higher Avian Predation Rates in Trees Responding to Insect Herbivory

    Elina Mäntylä;Giorgio A. Alessio;James D. Blande;Juha Heijari

  • WINTER FOOD SUPPLY LIMITS GROWTH OF NORTHERN VOLE POPULATIONS IN THE ABSENCE OF PREDATION

    Otso Huitu;Minna Koivula;Erkki Korpimäki;Tero Klemola

  • Experimental tests of predation and food hypotheses for population cycles of voles.

    Tero Klemola;Minna Koivula;Erkki Korpimäki;Kai Norrdahl

  • Natural host-plant quality affects immune defence of an insect herbivore

    Netta Klemola;Tero Klemola;Markus J. Rantala;Teija Ruuhola

  • Crowdsourcing-based nationwide tick collection reveals the distribution of Ixodes ricinus and I. persulcatus and associated pathogens in Finland

    Maija Laaksonen;Eeva Sajanti;Jani J Sormunen;Ritva Penttinen

  • Vole cycles and predation in temperate and boreal zones of Europe

    Erkki Korpimäki;Lauri Oksanen;Tarja Oksanen;Tero Klemola

  • Small Mustelid Predation Slows Population Growth of Microtus Voles: A Predator Reduction Experiment

    Tero Klemola;Minna Koivula;Erkki Korpimaki;Kai Norrdahl

  • Different impact of pupal predation on populations of Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera; Geometridae) within and outside the outbreak range

    Miia Tanhuanpää;Kai Ruohomäki;Pekka Kaitaniemi;Tero Klemola

  • Strong seasonality may attenuate trophic cascades: vertebrate predator exclusion in boreal grassland

    Kai Norrdahl;Tero Klemola;Erkki Korpimäki;Minna Koivula

  • Monitoring of ticks and tick-borne pathogens through a nationwide research station network in Finland.

    Jani J. Sormunen;Tommi Andersson;Jouni Aspi;Jaana Bäck

  • Attraction of willow warblers to sawfly‐damaged mountain birches: novel function of inducible plant defences?

    Elina Mäntylä;Tero Klemola;Erkki Haukioja

  • Trophic interactions in population cycles of voles and lemmings: A model-based synthesis

    Tero Klemola;Terje Pettersen;Nils Chr. Stenseth

  • Tick-borne pathogens in Finland: comparison of Ixodes ricinus and I. persulcatus in sympatric and parapatric areas.

    Maija Laaksonen;Tero Klemola;Eeva Feuth;Jani J. Sormunen

  • Do delayed effects of overgrazing explain population cycles in voles

    Tero Klemola;Kai Norrdahl;Erkki Korpimäki

  • Experimental test of parasitism hypothesis for population cycles of a forest lepidopteran.

    Netta Klemola;Tommi Andersson;Kai Ruohomäki;Tero Klemola

  • Geographically partitioned spatial synchrony among cyclic moth populations

    Tero Klemola;Otso Huitu;Kai Ruohomäki

  • Fecundity of the autumnal moth depends on pooled geometrid abundance without a time lag: implications for cyclic population dynamics.

    Tero Klemola;Tommi Andersson;Kai Ruohomäki

Frequent Co-Authors

Kai Ruohomäki
Kai Ruohomäki University of Turku
Erkki Korpimäki
Erkki Korpimäki University of Turku
Kai Norrdahl
Kai Norrdahl University of Turku
Toni Laaksonen
Toni Laaksonen University of Turku
James D. Blande
James D. Blande University of Eastern Finland
Jarmo K. Holopainen
Jarmo K. Holopainen University of Eastern Finland
Kari Saikkonen
Kari Saikkonen University of Turku
Lauri Oksanen
Lauri Oksanen University of Turku
Tao Li
Tao Li Florida International University
Esa Tyystjärvi
Esa Tyystjärvi University of Turku

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