Toomas Tammaru
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Toomas Tammaru's Degrees
- PhD Entomology University of Tartu
- Masters Biology University of Tartu
- Bachelors Biology University of Tartu
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Toomas Tammaru is an Estonian lepidopterist and professor of entomology at the University of Tartu. Together with Andro Truuverk and Erki Õunap, he transferred the butterfly Epirrita pulchraria to the genus Malacodea.
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- Poleward shifts in geographical ranges of butterfly species associated with regional warming (1999) (2177)
- Sexual size dimorphism within species increases with body size in insects (2005) (288)
- Intraspecific Variability in Number of Larval Instars in Insects (2007) (210)
- Causes of cyclicity of Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera, Geometridae): grandiose theory and tedious practice (2000) (186)
- Realized fecundity in Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): relation to body size and consequences to population dynamics (1996) (172)
- Capital breeders and income breeders among Lepidoptera - consequences to population dynamics. (1996) (164)
- No evidence for costs of being large in females of Orgyia spp. (Lepidoptera, Lymantriidae): larger is always better (2002) (148)
- Determination of adult size in a folivorous moth: constraints at instar level? (1998) (127)
- Achieving high sexual size dimorphism in insects: females add instars (2007) (114)
- Oviposition Choices of Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) in Relation to Its Eruptive Population Dynamics (1995) (100)
- Reproductive decisions are sensitive to cues of life expectancy: the case of a moth (2004) (96)
- Quantifying predation on folivorous insect larvae: the perspective of life‐history evolution (2011) (88)
- Size dependent predation risk in cryptic and conspicuous insects (2007) (86)
- Cascading effects of variation in plant vigour on the relative performance of insect herbivores and their parasitoids (2002) (84)
- Growth allometry of immature insects: larvae do not grow exponentially (2007) (82)
- Size-dependent predation risk in tree-feeding insects with different colouration strategies: a field experiment. (2009) (82)
- Allee effects can both conserve and create spatial heterogeneity in population densities. (1999) (72)
- Components of male fitness in relation to body size in Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera, Geometridae) (1996) (68)
- Old mountain birches at high altitudes are prone to outbreaks of Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) (1997) (65)
- Compensatory responses in lepidopteran larvae: a test of growth rate maximisation (2004) (65)
- Allozyme variability in central, peripheral and isolated populations of the scarce heath (Coenonympha hero: Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae); implications for conservation (2004) (64)
- Proximate sources of sexual size dimorphism in insects: locating constraints on larval growth schedules (2009) (57)
- Age and size at maturity: A quantitative review of diet‐induced reaction norms in insects (2014) (57)
- Crowding‐induced plasticity in Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae): weak evidence of specific modifications in reaction norms (2000) (56)
- The evolution of female flightlessness among Ennominae of the Holarctic forest zone (Lepidoptera, Geometridae). (2010) (55)
- Phylogenetic relationships of the tribe Operophterini (Lepidoptera, Geometridae): a case study of the evolution of female flightlessness (2007) (55)
- Counterintuitive size patterns in bivoltine moths: late-season larvae grow larger despite lower food quality (2009) (51)
- Density and performance of Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera : Geometridae) along three air pollution gradients in northern Europe (1996) (51)
- Does the ‘investment principle’ model explain moulting strategies in lepidopteran larvae? (2004) (51)
- Strong genetic impoverishment from the centre of distribution in southern Europe to peripheral Baltic and isolated Scandinavian populations of the pearly heath butterfly (2008) (49)
- Seasonal mortality trends in tree‐feeding insects: a field experiment (2009) (48)
- Induced resistance of host tree foliage during and after a natural insect outbreak (1999) (47)
- Size-dependent colouration in larvae of Orgyia antiqua (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae): A trade-off between warning effect and detectability? (2007) (40)
- Latitudinal clines in alternative life histories in a geometrid moth (2013) (39)
- Dependence of Phenotypic Variance in Body Size on Environmental Quality (2008) (39)
- Population Cycles of the Autumnal Moth in Fennoscandia (2002) (39)
- DEGREE OF SPECIALIZATION IS RELATED TO BODY SIZE IN HERBIVOROUS INSECTS: A PHYLOGENETIC CONFIRMATION (2013) (38)
- WITHIN-SEASON VARIABILITY OF PUPAL PERIOD IN THE AUTUMNAL MOTH: A BET-HEDGING STRATEGY? (1999) (37)
- Autumnal moth – why autumnal? (2001) (37)
- A comprehensive molecular phylogeny of Geometridae (Lepidoptera) with a focus on enigmatic small subfamilies (2019) (37)
- Responses of Ovipositing Moths (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) to Host Plant Deprivation: Life-History Aspects and Implications for Population Dynamics (2000) (37)
- Are peripheral populations special? Congruent patterns in two butterfly species (2009) (36)
- Integrating national Red Lists for prioritising conservation actions for European butterflies (2019) (35)
- An ordination of life histories using morphological proxies: capital vs. income breeding in insects. (2016) (33)
- Carotenoid‐based colour polyphenism in a moth species: search for fitness correlates (2007) (32)
- Determination of female-biased sexual size dimorphism in moths with a variable instar number: The role of additional instars (2006) (32)
- Contact with caterpillar hairs triggers predator-specific defensive responses (2011) (27)
- A comparative perspective on longevity: the effect of body size dominates over ecology in moths (2016) (26)
- Countergradient vs. cogradient variation in growth and diapause in a lichen‐feeding moth, Eilema depressum (Lepidoptera: Arctiidae) (2010) (24)
- Cleorodes Warren, 1894 does not belong in the tribe Boarmiini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) (2007) (23)
- Quantifying income breeding: using geometrid moths as an example (2011) (23)
- Disentangling determinants of egg size in the Geometridae (Lepidoptera) using an advanced phylogenetic comparative method (2012) (23)
- Sexual differences in weight loss upon eclosion are related to life history strategy in Lepidoptera. (2011) (23)
- Size compensation in moth larvae: attention to larval instars (2010) (22)
- The causes of the low breeding success of European mink (Mustela lutreola) in captivity. (2013) (22)
- Patterns of host use in solitary parasitoids (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae): field evidence from a homogeneous habitat (1999) (21)
- Phylogenetic relationships of selected European Ennominae (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) (2011) (21)
- Distinguishing between anticipatory and responsive plasticity in a seasonally polyphenic butterfly (2013) (20)
- Three in One—Multiple Faunal Elements within an Endangered European Butterfly Species (2015) (19)
- Testing for local monophagy in the regionally oligophagous Euphydryas aurinia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) (2015) (18)
- Phylogeography of the threatened butterfly, the woodland brown Lopinga achine (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae): implications for conservation (2012) (18)
- Larval melanism in a geometrid moth: promoted neither by a thermal nor seasonal adaptation but desiccating environments. (2015) (18)
- Lycaena dispar on its northern distribution limit: an expansive generalist (2015) (17)
- How to become larger: ontogenetic basis of among‐population size differences in a moth (2018) (17)
- Polyphagy on unpredictable resources does not exclude host specialization: insects feeding on mushrooms. (2016) (15)
- Evaluating the role and measures of juvenile growth rate: latitudinal variation in insect life histories (2017) (15)
- Signature of post-glacial expansion and genetic structure at the northern range limit of the speckled wood butterfly (2014) (14)
- A sex pheromone component novel to the Geometridae identified from Epirrita autumnata (1995) (14)
- A View of Diel Variation of Maize Odorscape (2014) (14)
- Biomarkers of effects of hypoxia and oil-shale contaminated sediments in laboratory-exposed gibel carp (Carassius auratus gibelio). (2013) (13)
- Why do males emerge before females? Sexual size dimorphism drives sexual bimaturism in insects (2021) (13)
- The effect of egg load on readiness to accept a low‐quality host plant is weak and age dependent in a geometrid moth (2006) (13)
- Short-term indirect interactions between two moth (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) species mediated by shared parasitoids: The benefit of being scarce (2003) (13)
- Large larvae of a flush-feeding moth (Epirrita autumnata, Lepidoptera: Geometridae) are not at a higher risk of parasitism: implications for the moth's life-history (2001) (12)
- Oviposition in an eruptive moth species, Yponomeuta evonymellus, is insensitive to the population density experienced during the larval period (2005) (11)
- Reproductive behaviour indicates specificity in resource use: phylogenetic examples from temperate and tropical insects (2018) (11)
- Searching for constraints by cross-species comparison: reaction norms for age and size at maturity in insects (2015) (11)
- Host plant relationships of an endangered butterfly, Lopinga achine (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in northern Europe (2013) (11)
- Pathogen resistance in the moth Orgyia antiqua: direct influence of host plant dominates over the effects of individual condition (2010) (11)
- Phenotypic plasticity in a generalist insect herbivore with the combined use of direct and indirect cues (2013) (10)
- Host associations of Coenonympha hero (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in northern Europe: microhabitat rather than plant species (2016) (10)
- Day‐flying moths are smaller: evidence for ecological costs of being large (2018) (9)
- Why is body size more variable in stressful conditions: an analysis of a potential proximate mechanism (2012) (9)
- No Indication of High Host-Plant Specificity in Afrotropical Geometrid Moths (2019) (9)
- A comparative morphometric study of sensory capacity in geometrid moths (2019) (9)
- Northern natterjack toads (Bufo calamita) select breeding habitats that promote rapid development (2012) (9)
- Molecular phylogeny, classification, biogeography and diversification patterns of a diverse group of moths (Geometridae: Boarmiini). (2021) (9)
- When being alive implies being safe: variation in mortality rates can cause oviposition selectivity to increase with age (2005) (8)
- Maintenance of Larval Color Polymorphism in Orgyia antiqua (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae): Evaluating the Role of Thermal Adaptation (2007) (8)
- Ontogeny of sexual size dimorphism revisited: Females grow for a longer time and also faster (2019) (8)
- Comparative analysis of larval growth in Lepidoptera reveals instar‐level constraints (2020) (8)
- Harvestmen (Arachnida: Opiliones) in Estonia: results of the Estonian Malaise Trap Project (2014) (7)
- Effect of host species on larval growth differs between instars: The case of a geometrid moth (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) (2013) (7)
- Degenerated, Undifferentiated, Rearranged, Lost: High Variability of Sex Chromosomes in Geometridae (Lepidoptera) Identified by Sex Chromatin (2021) (7)
- Exploitative competition and coexistence in a parasitoid assemblage (2012) (6)
- Larval crowding leads to unusual reaction norms for size and time at maturity in a geometrid moth (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) (2012) (6)
- Is parasitism of numerically dominant species in macrolepidopteran assemblages independent of their abundance (2004) (6)
- Sources of variance in immunological traits: evidence of congruent latitudinal trends across species (2017) (6)
- Should one invest more in larger broods? Not necessarily (1999) (6)
- Size‐related life‐history traits in geometrid moths: a comparison of a temperate and a tropical community (2019) (5)
- Longer life span is associated with elevated immune activity in a seasonally polyphenic butterfly (2019) (5)
- Quantifying the effects of species traits on predation risk in nature: a comparative study of butterfly wing damage. (2019) (5)
- Fungi Recorded on Folivorous Lepidoptera: High Diversity Despite Moderate Prevalence (2021) (4)
- Reproductive parameters of critically endangered European mink (Mustela lutreola) in captivity. (2017) (4)
- Social behaviour of endangered European mink (Mustela lutreola) litters in captivity (2016) (4)
- Distribution of Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) in Estonia: Results of a Systematic Mapping Project Reveal Long-Term Trends (2019) (3)
- Weak and inconsistent associations between melanic darkness and fitness‐related traits in an insect (2018) (3)
- Detecting a difference in reaction norms for size and time at maturation: pheromone strains of the European corn borer (Ostrinia nubilalis: Lepidoptera, Crambidae) (2013) (2)
- Perizomini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae) are polyphyletic (2020) (2)
- Conserving woodland butterflies in managed forests: Both local and landscape factors matter (2020) (2)
- In search of ecological determinants of fungal infections: A semi‐field experiment with folivorous moths (2022) (2)
- Epirrita pulchraria (Taylor, 1907) transferred to Malacodea, with notes on the phylogeny and ecology of the tribe Operophterini (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Larentiinae). (2017) (2)
- A comparative study on insect longevity: tropical moths do not differ from their temperate relatives (2021) (1)
- Description of Nola estonica sp. nov., with comparison to N. aerugula and N. atomosa stat. rev. (Lepidoptera, Nolidae, Nolinae). (2021) (1)
- Insect oviposition preference between Epichloë‐symbiotic and Epichloë‐free grasses does not necessarily reflect larval performance (2020) (1)
- Host plant and habitat preference of the endangered Euphydryas maturna (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae): evidence from northern Europe (2018) (1)
- Ontogenetic Basis of Among-Generation Differences in Size-Related Traits in a Polyphenic Butterfly (2021) (1)
- Testing for local monophagy in the regionally oligophagous Euphydryas aurinia (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) (2015) (0)
- The effect of postglacial history and isolation on northern range margin populations of the butterfly Coenonympha arcania (2007) (0)
- A supertree of Northern European macromoths (2022) (0)
- Why is body size more variable in stressful conditions: an analysis of a potential proximate mechanism (2012) (0)
- Molluscs as bioindicators of tourism pressure on ecosystems of Dilijan National Park, Armenia (2022) (0)
- Entomopathogenic Fungi Infecting Lepidopteran Larvae: A Case from Central Argentina (2022) (0)
- Host plant relationships of an endangered butterfly, Lopinga achine (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in northern Europe (2012) (0)
- A comparative study on insect longevity: tropical moths do not differ from their temperate relatives (2022) (0)
- Phylogeography of the threatened butterfly, the woodland brown Lopinga achine (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae): implications for conservation (2012) (0)
- Host associations of Coenonympha hero (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in northern Europe: microhabitat rather than plant species (2016) (0)
- Insects with multiannual life cycles a metapopulation in time? Mitmeaastase elutsukliga putukad - metapopulatsioon ajas? (1997) (0)
- Limited sex differences in plastic responses suggest evolutionary conservatism of thermal reaction norms: A meta‐analysis in insects (2022) (0)
- Integrating national Red Lists for prioritising conservation actions for European butterflies (2019) (0)
- Reviews: Catalogue of Ceutorhynchinae of the World, with a key to Genera, The Geometrid Moths of Europe, Die Larven der Europäeischen Noctuidae (2005) (0)
- Weather Sensitivity of Sugar Bait Trapping of Nocturnal Moths: A Case Study from Northern Europe (2022) (0)
- Distinguishing between anticipatory and responsive plasticity in a seasonally polyphenic butterfly (2012) (0)
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