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C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Composite 2007 PUBLICATIONS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TURKU THE UNIVERSITY OF OF PUBLICATIONS Turun yliopiston julkaisut Turun Toimitus: Mikko Pennanen Ladonta: Laitosten ja oppiaineiden kanslioiden henkilökunta sekä Virpi Lehtola UNIPRINT Taiton suunnittelu: Riitta Tiihonen – Turku 2008 Taitto: Virpi Lehtola Kansi: Satu Lusa ISSN 1238–7959 LUKIJALLE Tähän Turun yliopiston julkaisuluetteloon on koottu tiedot yliopiston tieteellisestä jul- kaisutoiminnasta vuonna 2007. Kaikkiaan luettelossa on 4804 julkaisua. Lähes puolet julkaisuista eli 47,9 % (2303) ilmestyi ulkomailla. Yli kolmannes, 34,9 % (1678 julkai- sua), koko määrästä on ulkomaisissa julkaisusarjoissa ilmestyneitä tieteellisiä, arviointi- prosessin läpikäyneitä julkaisuja. Tilastot julkaisutoiminnasta laitoksittain ovat s. 293– 310. Turun yliopiston henkilökuntaa pyydettiin ilmoittamaan julkaisutietonsa ryhmitelty- nä siten, että tietoja voidaan käyttää mm. opetusministeriön KOTA-tietokantaan tulevas- sa julkaisutoimintaa koskevassa yhteenvedossa. Julkaisut on ryhmitelty seuraavasti: a/A Väitöskirjat b/B Tieteelliset erillisteokset, monografiat c/C Tieteelliset alkuperäisjulkaisut, läpikäyneet arviointiprosessin d/D Tieteelliset alkuperäisjulkaisut kokoomateoksissa ja kongressijulkaisuissa e/E Muut tieteelliset alkuperäisjulkaisut f/F Tieteelliset katsaukset, review-artikkelit g/G Toimitetut julkaisut ja teokset h/H Oppikirjat i/I Artikkelit muissa kuin referee-lehdissä, yleistajuiset teokset, -artikkelit, opetus- monisteet j/J Muut (esim. video- tai ääninauhat, filmit, radio-ohjelmat, tv-ohjelmat) k/K Patentit l/L Julkiseen levitykseen tarkoitetut tietokoneohjelmat Julkaisut on lueteltu laitoksittain tai oppiaineittain artikkelin ensimmäisen kirjoittajan nimen mukaisessa aakkosjärjestyksessä. Julkaisuryhmän em. kirjaintunnus on hakasuluis- sa julkaisutietojen lopussa. Ulkomailla ilmestyneen julkaisun ryhmä on suuraakkosin. Jul- kaisutiedot perustuvat kirjoittajien omiin ilmoituksiin. Julkaisuluettelossa ei ole otettu huomioon kongressiabstrakteja, nk. postereita eikä ra- joitetusti saatavissa olevia esim. ministeriöille tehtyjä raportteja ja selvityksiä. Myöskään sanoma- ja aikakauslehtiartikkeleita ei ole mainittu luettelossa, mutta niiden lukumäärä on ilmoitettu yksiköittäin julkaisuluettelon lopussa. Henkilökuntaa pyydettiin ryhmittelyn lisäksi merkitsemään tähdellä ne yhteisjulkai- sujen kirjoittajat, jotka eivät kuuluneet kyseisenä ajankohtana Turun yliopiston henki- lökuntaan (= * nimen edessä). Henkilökunnan julkaisujen lisäksi mukana ovat ne jatko- opiskelijoiden julkaisut, joissa kirjoittajan osoitteeksi on ilmoitettu jokin Turun yliopis- ton laitos. Turun yliopiston henkilökuntaan kuuluviksi on katsottu ne henkilöt, jotka kuuluvat johonkin seuraavista ryhmistä: Turun yliopiston budjettivaroin palkatut viran tai toimen haltijat ja hoitajat; Turun yliopiston dosentit, lukuun ottamatta niitä dosentte- ja, joilla on virka tai toimi jossakin muussa yliopistossa tai korkeakoulussa kyseessä olevana ajankohtana; Suomen Akatemian tutkijanvirkojen ja -toimien hoitajat, joiden tutkimus- paikaksi on osoitettu jokin Turun yliopiston laitos; Suomen Akatemian tai muulla yliopis- ton ulkopuolisella rahoituksella vähintään puoleksi vuodeksi päätoimiseen tutkimustyö- hön tai laitoksen tutkimustyössä avustamaan palkatut akateemisen loppututkinnon suo- rittaneet henkilöt. TO THE READER This bibliography lists all scientific publications by the staff of the University of Turku. It cointains 4804 publications in all, of which 47,9 % (2303) are published in international journals or other publications e.g. conference proceedings. Approximately 34,9 % (1678) of all listed articles were published in international referee publications. The statistics of publications are on pp. 293–310. Persons who have been employed permanently by the University or who have been employed on research projects etc. for six months or more were, asked to put their publi- cations in the following categories: a/A Doctoral theses b/B Scientific books, monographs c/C Scientific articles in referee journals d/D Scientific articles in compilations and congress publications (excluding abstracts and posters) e/E Other scientific articles f/F Review articles g/G Books edited h/H Textbooks i/I General articles j/J Other publications k/K Patents l/L Public domain The publications are listed in alphabetic order according to the name of the first (se- nior) author (publication category given in parentheses, and in block letters if published abroad). An asterisk (*) in front of a co-author’s name indicates that the person concerned is working in another Finnish or foreign university or research institute and was not em- ployed by the University of Turku during the period concerned. The publications are listed by each faculty and department or institute in the following order: Faculty of Humanities, p. 10 School of History, p. 10 School of Cultural Production and Landscape Studies, p. 16 School of Cultural Research, p. 19 School of Art Studies, p. 31 School of Finnish and General Linguistics, p. 42 School of Classical and Romance Languages, p. 46 School of Swedish, German and Russian, p. 51 School of English, p. 53 Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, p. 56 Department of Mathematics, p. 56 Department of Information Technology, p. 61 Department of Physics, p. 71 Department of Chemistry, p. 79 Department of Biochemistry and Food Chemistry, p. 83 Department of Biology, p. 88 Department of Geology, p. 108 Department of Geography, p. 112 Faculty of Medicine, p. 116 Institute of Biomedicine, p. 116 Institute of Microbiology and Pathology, p. 129 Institute of Clinical Medicine, p. 138 Research Centre of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascular Medicine, p. 196 Department of Nursing, p. 198 Institute of Dentistry, p. 203 Faculty of Law, p. 210 Faculty of Social Sciences, p. 221 Department of Philosophy, p. 221 Research Unit for the Sociology of Education, p. 223 Department of Contemporary History, p. 224 Department of Psychology, p. 229 Department of Social Policy, p. 232 Department of Sociology, p. 235 Department of Economics, p. 238 Department of Statistics, p. 239 Department of Political Science, p. 240 Institutions and Social Mechanisms Master’s Degree Programme, p. 243 Faculty of Education, p. 244 Department of Educational Sciences, p. 244 Department of Teacher Education in Turku, p. 250 Department of Teacher Education in Rauma, p. 256 Teacher Training School in Turku, p. 260 Special units, p. 262 Functional Foods Forum, p. 262 Turku Centre for Environmental Research, p. 266 Centre for Maritime Studies, p. 267 Centre for Extension Studies, p. 269 Tuorla Observatory, p. 270 Turku Centre for Biotechnology, p. 279 Turku PET Centre, p. 282 Language Centre, p. 287 Library, p. 287 Annales Universitatis Turkuensis, p. 288 Varia: Publications of the administrative office, Handbooks and guides for students, Catalogues, p. 292 Publication statistics, p. 293 TURUN YLIOPISTON JULKAISUT 2007 SISÄLTÖ LUKIJALLE ........................................................................................ 3 TO THE READER............................................................................... 4 HUMANISTINEN TIEDEKUNTA ...................................................... 10 Historian laitos ............................................................................ 10 Kulttuurihistoria .............................................................. 10 Suomen historia ............................................................... 13 Yleinen historia ................................................................ 15 Kulttuurituotannon ja maisemantutkimuksen laitos .................... 16 Digitaalinen kulttuuri ...................................................... 16 Kulttuuriperinnön tutkimus ............................................. 18 Maisemantutkimus ........................................................... 19 Kulttuurien tutkimuksen laitos .................................................... 19 Arkeologia ........................................................................ 19 Folkloristiikka .................................................................. 25 Kalevala-instituutti ........................................................... 27 Kansatiede ........................................................................ 28 Museologia ....................................................................... 29 Uskontotiede .................................................................... 29 Taiteiden tutkimuksen laitos........................................................ 31 Kotimainen kirjallisuus .................................................... 31 Mediatutkimus ................................................................. 36 Musiikkitiede ................................................................... 38 Naistutkimus .................................................................... 39 Taidehistoria .................................................................... 39 Yleinen kirjallisuustiede .................................................... 41 Suomalaisen ja yleisen kielitieteen laitos ....................................... 42 Fonetiikka ........................................................................ 42 Logopedia ........................................................................ 42 Suomalais-ugrilainen kielentutkimus ................................ 43 Suomen kieli .................................................................... 43 Yleinen kielitiede
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    Page 1 of 32 Journal of Evolutionary Biology Disentangling determinants of egg size in the Geometridae (Lepidoptera) using an advanced phylogenetic comparative method Robert B. Davis* 1, Juhan Javoiš 1, Jason Pienaar 2, Erki Õunap 1,3,4 & Toomas Tammaru 1 5 1Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46, EE-51014 Tartu, Estonia 2Department of Genetics, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa, 0002 3 Museum of Zoology, University of Tartu, Vanemuise 46, EE-51014 Tartu, Estonia 4 Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Riia 10 181, EE-51014 Tartu, Estonia *Corresponding author: Email: [email protected], telephone: +372 7375838 RUNNING TITLE: Egg size in geometrid moths 15 20 1 Journal of Evolutionary Biology Page 2 of 32 Abstract We present a phylogenetic comparative study assessing the evolutionary determinants of egg size in the moth family Geometridae. These moths were found to show a strong negative allometric 25 relationship between egg size and maternal body size. Using recently developed comparative methods based on an Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process, we show that maternal body size explains over half the variation in egg size. However other determinants are less clear: ecological factors, previously hypothesised to affect egg size, were not found to have a considerable influence in the Geometridae. The limited role of such third factors suggests a direct causal link between egg size 30 and body size rather than an indirect correlation mediated by some ecological factors. Notably, no large geometrid species lay small eggs. This pattern suggest that maternal body size poses a physical constraint on egg size but, within these limits, there appears to be a rather invariable selection for larger eggs.
  • Moths of the Buffalo Lake Moraine Conservation Area, 2001- 2011

    Moths of the Buffalo Lake Moraine Conservation Area, 2001- 2011

    MOTHS OF THE BUFFALO LAKE MORAINE CONSERVATION AREA, 2001- 2011 Charles Durham Bird Box 22, Erskine, AB, T0C 1G0, [email protected] 8 March 2012 No new collections were made in the area in 2011. The present report is essentially an update that includes a number of redeterminations and additions to the information in last year’s report. It also follows the up-to-date order and taxonomy of Pohl et al. (2010), rather than that of Hodges et al. (1983). Felix Sperling and Gary Anweiler, Alberta Lepidopterist’s Guild members, in the Buffalo Lake Conservation Area, August 18, 2002 THE AREA The Buffalo Lake Moraine Conservation Area is made up of contiguous quarters of land, located 18 km north of Stettler, in south-central Alberta. Known originally as the Caine property, the quarters were variously purchased by The Alberta Conservation Association, The Alberta Fish and Game Association, Ducks Unlimited Canada and The Nature Conservancy of Canada in June 1999. Additional quarters have been purchased since then. Ecologically, the area is made up of rolling, morainal aspen parkland. There is evidence that some areas were cultivated well over 50 years ago, but since that time, the land has been used for grazing cattle. A grazing inventory study was carried out by Mancroft-EBA Consultants 2 Ltd. (1998). A detailed vegetation and range resource inventory was carried out in 2005 (Rangeland Conservation Service Limited, 2006). No grazing was allowed in 1999. In 2000 the area was divided into 3 grazing paddocks. Since 2000 limited grazing has been allowed with one of the quarters/paddocks being idled each year.