Research interests

• Population Ecology
• Population Dynamics
• Invasive species
• Species Interactions
• Mathematical population modeling

My research interests lie much on insect ecology, in particular on interactions between and within trophic levels. I have particular interest on invasive insects and their effects on the invaded community. I try to answer my research questions with both field experiments and mathematical modeling.

Publications

Ammunét T. (2011): Trophic interactions of invasive forest herbivores and consequences for the resident ecosystem. Annales Universitatis Turkuensis AII: 259. pp.112. (PhD Thesis)

Ammunét T., Klemola N., Heisswolf A. & Klemola T. (2009): Larval parasitism of the autumnal moth reduces feeding intensity on the mountain birch. Oecologia 159:539–547.

Ammunét T., Klemola N., Heisswolf A. & Klemola T. (2010): Expansion of the winter moth outbreak range: no restrictive effects of competition with the resident autumnal moth. Ecol. Entomol. 35:45–52.

Ammunét T., Klemola T. & Saikkonen K. (2011): Impacts of host plant genotype and local environmental variation on outbreak range expansion of invasive forest pests. Ecography 34:848–855.

Heisswolf A., Klemola N., Ammunét T. & Klemola T. (2009): Responses of generalist invertebrate predators to pupal densities of autumnal and winter moths under field conditions. Ecol. Entomol. 34:709–714.

Klemola N., Heisswolf A., Ammunét T., Ruohomäki K. & Klemola T. (2009): Reversed impacts by specialist parasitoids and generalist predators may explain a phase lag in moth cycles: a novel hypothesis and preliminary field tests. Ann. Zool. Fennici 46: 380–393.