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1992

1 Merilä, J., Forsman, A. & L.-E. Lindell. High frequency of ventral scale anomalies in Vipera berus populations. Copeia 1992:1127-1130. pdf

1993

2 Björklund, M. & J. Merilä. Morphological differentiation in Carduelis finches: adaptive versus constraint models. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 6:359-374. pdf

3 Lindell, L. E., A. Forsman & J. Merilä. Variation in number of ventral scales in snakes: effects on body size, growth rate and survival in the adder Vipera berus. Journal of Zoology, London 230:101-115. pdf

4 Merilä, J & L. Gustafsson. Inheritance of size and shape in natural population of Collared flycathers, Ficedula albicollis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 6:375-398. pdf

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1994

5 Forsman, A., J. Merilä & L.E. Lindell. Do ventral scale anomalies cause differential survival in adders, Vipera berus? Journal of Herpetology 28:435-440. pdf

6 Gustafsson, L. & J. Merilä. Foster parent experiment reveals no genotype-environment correlation in external morphology of the Collared flycatcher, Ficedula albicollis. Heredity 73:124-129.

7 Merilä, J., M. Björklund & L. Gustafsson. Evolution of morphological differences with moderate genetic correlations among traits as exemplified by flycatchers (Aves: Muscicapidae). Biological Journal of Linnean Society 52:19-30. pdf

8 Merilä, J. & J. Sorjonen. Seasonal and diurnal patterns of singing and song flight activity in the Bluethroat, Luscinia s. svecica. Auk 111: 556-562. pdf

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1995

9 Merilä, J. Two mixed clutches of Blue Tits Parus caeruleus and Collared Flycatchers Ficedula albicollis. Ornis Svecica 4:188-189.

10 Merilä, J. & K. Allander. Do great tits prefer to roost in parasite free nest boxes? - An experiment. Ethology 99: 53-60.

11 Merilä, J. & M. Björklund. Fluctuating asymmetry and measurement error. Systematic Biology 44:97-101.

12 Merilä, J., M. Björklund & G.F. Bennett. Geographic and individual variation in haematozoan infections in the Greenfinch, Carduelis chloris. Canadian Journal of Zoology 73:1798-1804.

13 Merilä, J. & E. Svensson. Fat reserves and health state in migrating goldcrests Regulus regulus. Functional Ecology 9:842-848. pdf

14 Merilä, J. & D. A. Wiggins. Interspecific competition for nest holes causes adult mortality in the collared flycatcher. Condor 97: 445-450.

15 Merilä, J. & D.A. Wiggins. Offspring number and quality in the blue tit (Parus caeruleus) - A quantitative genetic approach. Journal of Zoology, London 237:615-623.

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1996

16 Merilä, J. Genetic variation in offspring body condition - an experiment. Functional Ecology 10:465-474.

17 Merilä, J., M. Björklund & A.J. Baker. Genetic population structure and northward decline of genetic variability in the Greenfinch, Carduelis chloris. Evolution 50: 2548-2557.

18 Merilä, J., M. Björklund & A.J. Baker. The successful founder: Genetics of introduced Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) populations in New Zealand. Heredity 77:410-422. pdf

19 Merilä, J. & L. Gustafsson. Temporal stability and microgeographic homogeneity of heritability estimates in the Collared flycatcher, Ficedula albicollis. Journal of Heredity 87:199-204.

20 Svensson, E. & J. Merilä. Molt and migratory condition in Blue tits: a serological study. Condor 98:825-831.

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1997

21 Björklund, M. & J. Merilä. Why some measurements of fluctuating asymmetry are sensitive to measurement error. Annales Zoologici Fennici 34:133-137. pdf

22 Merilä, J. Expression of genetic variation in body size of the collared flycatcher under different environmental conditions. Evolution 51:526-536.

23 Merilä, J. Fat reserves and moult-migration overlap in Goldcrests Regulus regulus - A trade-off? Annales Zoologici Fennici, 34:229-234. pdf

24 Merilä, J. Quantitative trait and allozyme divergence in the Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris). Biological Journal of Linnean Society 61:243-266. pdf

25 Merilä, J., M. Bjrklund & A.J. Baker. Historical demography and present day population structure of the Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) - an analysis of mtDNA control-region sequences. Evolution 51:946-956.

26 Merilä, J., B.C. Sheldon & H. Ellegren. Antagonistic natural selection revealed by molecular sex identification of nestling collared flycatchers. Molecular Ecology 6:1167-1175.

27 Merilä, J. & E. Svensson. Are fat reserves in migratory birds affected by early life nutrition? Journal of Avian Biology 28:279-286. pdf

28 Merilä, J. & D.A. Wiggins. Mass loss in breeding blue tits: energetic stress or adaptation? Journal of Animal Ecology 66:452-460. pdf

29 Sheldon, B.C., J. Merilä, A. Qvarnström, L. Gustafsson & H. Ellegren. Paternal genetic contribution to offspring condition predicted by relative size of male secondary sexual character. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 264:297-302.

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1998

30 Hemborg, C. & J. Merilä. A sexual conflict in collared flycatchers Ficedula albicollis: early male moult reduces female fitness. Proceedings of Royal Society of London, Series B. 265: 2003-2007. pdf

31 Käär, P., J. Jokela, J. Merilä, T. Helle & I. Kojola. Sexual conflict and re-marriage in a historical human population - causes and fitness consequences. Evolution and Human Behaviour 19: 139-151. pdf

32 Lummaa, V., J. Merilä & A. Kause. Adaptive sex ratio variation in pre-industrial human populations? Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B 265: 563-568. pdf

33 Merilä, J. Post-juvenile body moult in the Blue Tit Parus caeruleus - influences of age and nestling history. Bird Study 45: 353-360.

34 Merilä, J. & J.D. Fry. Genetic variation and causes of genotype-environment interaction in blue tit body size. Genetics 148: 1233-1244. pdf

35 Merilä, J., B.C. Sheldon & H. Ellegren. Quantitative genetics of sexual size dimorphism in the collared flycatcher. Evolution 52:870-876.

36 Sheldon B.C., J. Merilä, G. Lindgren & H. Ellegren. Gender and environmental sensitivity in nestling collared flycatchers. Ecology 79:1939-1948. pdf

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1999

37 Cichon, M., J. Merilä, L. Hillström & D.A. Wiggins. Analysis of mass loss in breeding birds: getting the null-hypothesis right. Oikos 87:191-194.

38 Hemborg, C. & J. Merilä. Reproductive investment and moult-breeding overlap in the collared flycatcher Ficedula albicollis: an experimental approach. Annales Zoologici Fennici 36: 1-9. pdf

39 Hoffmann, A.A. & J. Merilä. Heritable variation and evolution under favourable and unfavourable conditions. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 14: 96-101. pdf

40 Merilä, J. & M. Andersson. Reproductive effort and success are related to haematozoan infections in blue tits. Ecoscience 6:41-428. pdf

41 Merilä, J. & M. Bjrklund. Population divergence and morphometric integration in the Greenfinch - evolution against the trajectory of least resistance? Journal of Evolutionary Biology 12:103-112. pdf

42 Merilä, J., R. Pryzyblo & B.C. Sheldon. Genetic variation and natural selection on blue tit body condition in different environments. Genetical Research 73:165-176. pdf

43 Merilä, J. & B.C. Sheldon. Genetic architecture of fitness and non-fitness traits - empirical patterns and development of ideas. Heredity 83:103-109. pdf

44 Merilä, J. & B.C. Sheldon. Testis size variation in the Greenfinch Carduelis chloris: relevance to some recent models of sexual selection. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 45:115-123. pdf

45 Merilä, J., B.C. Sheldon & K. Lindström. Plumage brightness in relation to haematozoan infections in the Greenfinch - bright males are a good bet? Ecoscience 6:12-18. pdf

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2000

46 Berlin, S., J. Merilä & H. Ellegren. Isolation and characterisation of polymorphic microsatellite loci in the common frog Rana temporaria. Molecular Ecology 9: 1938-1939. pdf

47 Merilä, J. & C. Hemborg. Fitness and feather wear in the collared flycatcher, Ficedula albicollis. Journal of Avian Biology 31:504-510. pdf

48 Merilä, J., A. Laurila, A.T. Laugen, K. Räsänen & M. Pahkala. Plasticity in age and size at metamorphosis in Rana temporaria - comparison of high and low latitude populations. Ecography 23: 457-465. pdf

49 Merilä, J., A. Laurila, M. Pahkala, A. Timenes Laugen & K. Räsänen. Adaptive phenotypic plasticity in the timing of metamorphosis in the common frog Rana temporaria. Ecoscience 7: 18-24. pdf

50 Merilä, J., M. Pahkala & U. Johanson. A frog perspective on increased ultraviolet-B radiation, climate change and latitudinal adaptation. Annales Zoologici Fennici 37: 129-134. pdf

51 Merilä, J., M. Pahkala & A. Laurila. Effects of ambient ultraviolet-B radiation on early development of the common frog (Rana temporaria) embryos in the subarctic. Annales Zoologici Fennici 37:51-58. pdf

52 Merilä, J. & B.C. Sheldon. Lifetime reproductive success and heritability in nature. American Naturalist 155:301-310. pdf

53 Pahkala, M., A. Laurila & J. Merilä. Ambient ultraviolet-B radiation reduces hatchling size in the common frog Rana temporaria. Ecography 23:531-538. pdf

54 Przybylo, R. & J. Merilä. Intersexual niche differentiation in the blue tit (Parus caeruleus) - an experimental approach. Biological Journal of Linnean Society 69:233-244. pdf

55 Pryzyblo, R., B.C. Sheldon & J. Merilä. Climatic effects on breeding and morphology: evidence for phenotypic plasticity. Journal of Animal Ecology 69:395-404. pdf

56 Przybylo, R., B.C. Sheldon & J. Merilä. Patterns of natural selection on body size of male and female collared flycatchers - a long term study. Biological Journal of Linnean Society 69:213-232. pdf

57 Ranta, E., V. Lummaa, V. Kaitala & J. Merilä. Spatial dynamics of adaptive sex ratios. Ecology Letters 3:30-35. pdf

58 Sorjonen, J. & J. Merilä. Function of bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) song and song-flights. Ornis Fennica 77:43-47. pdf

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2001

59 Johansson, M., K. Räsänen & J. Merilä. Comparison of nitrate tolerance between different populations of the common frog, Rana temporaria. Aquatic Toxicology 54: 1-14. doi: 10.1016/S0166-445X(00)00182-X

60 Kruuk, L., J. Merilä & B.C. Sheldon. Phenotypic Selection on a Heritable Size Trait Revisited. American Naturalist 158: 557-571. link pdf

61 Laurila, A., P.A. Crochet & J. Merilä. Predator induced changes in hatchling common frogs Rana temporaria. Canadian Journal of Zoology 79: 926-930. doi: 10.1139/cjz-79-5-926

62 Laurila, A., S. Pakkasmaa & J. Merilä. Influence of seasonal time constraints on growth and development of common frog tadpoles - a photoperiod experiment. Oikos 95: 451-460. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.950310.x

63 Merilä, J. & P. Crnokrak. Comparison of genetic differentiation at marker loci and quantitative genetic traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 14: 892-903. doi: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2001.00348.x

64 Merilä, J., L.E. Kruuk & B.C. Sheldon. Cryptic evolution in a wild bird population. Nature 412: 76-79. doi: 10.1038/35083580

65 Merilä, J., L.E. Kruuk & B.C. Sheldon. Explaining stasis: Microevolutionary studies of natural populations. In: Contemporary microevolution: rate, pattern and process. Hendry, A. & M. Kinnison (eds). Genetica 112/113: 199-222. doi: 10.1023/A:1013391806317

66 Merilä, J., L.E. Kruuk & B.C. Sheldon. Natural selection on genetical component of variation in body condition index in a wild bird population. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 14: 918-929. doi: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2001.00353.x

67 Miaud, C. & J. Merilä. Local adaptation or environmental induction? Population differentiation in alpine amphibians. Biota 54: 31-51. link

68 Pahkala, M., A. Laurila, L.-O. Björn & J. Merilä. Effects of ultraviolet-B radiation and pH on early development of the moor frog (Rana arvalis). Journal of Applied Ecology 38: 628-636. link pdf

69 Pahkala, M., A. Laurila & J. Merilä. Carry-over effects of embryonic ultraviolet-B radiation exposure on larval fitness in the Common frog, Rana temporaria. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B 268: 1699 - 1706.doi: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1725. link

70 Przybylo, R., D.A. Wiggins & J. Merilä. Breeding success in blue tits: good territories, good parents or good timing? Journal of Avian Biology 32: 214-218. doi: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2001.320302.x

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2002

71 Brommer, J.E., J. Merilä & H. Kokko. Reproductive timing and individual fitness. Ecology Letters 5(6):802-810. doi: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00369.x

72 Crnokrak P. & J. Merilä. Genetic population divergence: markers and traits. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 17:501. doi: 10.1016/S0169-5347(02)02602-2

73 Kruuk, L.E.B., B.C. Sheldon & J. Merilä. Infrequent but severe inbreeding depression in the collared flycatcher. Proceedings of Royal Society of London 1500:1581-1589. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2002.204

74 Laugen, T.A., A. Laurila & J. Merilä. Maternal and genetic contributions to geographical variation in Rana temporaria larval life histories. Biological Journal of Linnean Society 76:61-70. pdf

75 Laurila, A., S. Karttunen & J. Merilä. Adaptive phenotypic plasticity and genetics of larval life histories in two Rana temporaria populations. Evolution 56:617-627. doi: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2002.tb01371.x

76 Laurila, A., Pakkasmaa, S., Crochet, P.-A. & J. Merilä. Predator-induced plasticity of early life history and morphology in anuran amphibians: variation between species and populations. Oecologia 132:524-530. doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-0984-7

77 Merilä J. & M. Sterner. Medicinal leeches (Hirudo medicinalis)  
attacking and killing adult amphibians. Annales Zoologici Fennici 39:  
343-349.pdf

78 Pahkala, M., A. Laurila & J. Merilä. Effects of ultraviolet radiation  
on common frog Rana temporaria embryos along a latitudinal gradient.  
Oecologia 133: 458-465 doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1058-6

79 Pahkala, M., K. Räsänen, A. Laurila, U. Johanson, L.-O. Björn & J. Merilä. Lethal and sublethal effects of UV-B/pH synergism on common frog embryos. Conservation Biology 16:1063-1073. doi: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2002.00527.x

80 Primmer, C. & J. Merilä. A low rate of cross-species microsatellite amplification success in Ranid frogs. Conservation Genetics 3(4):445-449. doi: 10.1023/A:1020519218836

81 Räsänen, K., A. Laurila & J. Merilä: Carry-over effects of low pH on development and growth of Rana temporaria larvae. Freshwater Biology 47:19-30. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00777.x

82 ter Schure, A.F.H., P. Larsson, J. Merilä & I. Jönsson. Latitudinal  
fractionation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and  
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in frogs (Rana temporaria).  
Environmental Science & Technology 36:5057-5061. doi: 10.1021/es0258632

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2003

83 Herczeg, G., Kovács, T., Hettyey, A. & J. Merilä. To thermoconform or thermoregulate? An assessment of thermoregulation opportunities for the lizard Zootoca vivipara in the subarctic. Polar Biology 26: 486-490. doi: 10.1007/s00300-003-0507-y

84 Karvonen, E., J. Merilä, P.T. Rintamäki & S. Van Dongen, S. Geography  
of fluctuating asymmetry in the Greenfinch Carduelis chloris. Oikos 100:507-516. doi: 10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.11851.x

85 Kruuk L.E.B., J. Merilä & B.C. Sheldon. When environmental variation short-circuits natural selection. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18:207-209. doi: 10.1016/S0169-5347(03)00073-9

86 Laugen, A.T., A, Laurila & J. Merilä. Latitudinal and temperature-dependent variation in embryonic development and growth in Rana temporaria. Oecologia 135: 548-554. doi: 10.1007/s00442-003-1229-0

87 Laugen, A.T., A. Laurila, K. Räsänen & J. Merilä. Latitudinal countergradient variation in the common frog (Rana temporaria) developmental states – evidence for local adaptation. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16:996-1005. doi: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00560.x

88 Merilä, J., B.C. Sheldon & S. Griffith. Heterotic effects on fitness in a wild bird population. Annales Zoologici Fennici 40: 269–280. link pdf

89 Pahkala, M., J. Merilä, I. Ots & A. Laurila. Effects of ultraviolet-B radiation on metamorphic traits in the common frog Rana temporaria. Journal of Zoology 259: 57-62. doi: 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00813-5

90 Pahkala, M., A. Laurila & J. Merilä. Effects of ultraviolet-B radiation on behaviour and growth of three species of amphibian larvae. Chemosphere 5: 197-204. doi: 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00813-5

91 Pakkasmaa S., J. Merilä & R. O’Hara. Genetic and maternal effect influences on viability of common frog tadpoles under different environmental conditions. Heredity 91:117-124. doi: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800289

92 Palo, J.U. & J. Merilä. A simple RFLP method for identification of ranid frogs. Conservation Genetics 4:801-803. doi: 10.1023/B:COGE.0000006117.43571.6e

93 Palo, J., R. O’Hara, A.T. Laugen, A. Laurila, C.P. Primmer & J. Merilä. Latitudinal divergence of common frog (Rana temporaria)) life history traits by natural selection: evidence from a comparison of molecular and quantitative genetic data. Molecular Ecology 12:1963-1978. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.01865.x

94 Primmer, C.R, P.-A. Landry, E. Ranta, J. Merilä, J. Piironen, K. Tiira, N. Peuhkuri, S. Pakkasmaa & P. Eskelinen. Prediction of offspring fitness based on parental genetic diversity in endangered salmonid populations. Journal of Fish Biology 63:909-927. doi: 10.1046/j.1095-8649.2003.00200.x

95 Räsänen K, A. Laurila & J. Merilä. Geographic variation in acid stress tolerance of the moor frog, Rana arvalis. I. Local adaptation. Evolution 57: 352-362. doi: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00269.x

96 Räsänen K, A. Laurila & J. Merilä. Geographic variation in acid stress tolerance of the moor frog, Rana arvalis. II. Adaptive maternal effects. Evolution 57: 363-371. doi: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00270.x

97 Räsänen, K., M. Pahkala, A. Laurila & J. Merilä. Does jelly envelope protect the common frog Rana temporaria embryos from UVB radiation? Herpetologica 59:293-300. link pdf

98 Sheldon, B.C., L.E.B. Kruuk & J. Merilä. Natural selection and inheritance of breeding time and clutch size in the collared flycatcher. Evolution 57: 406-420. doi: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2003.tb00274.x

99 Sheldon, B.C., H. Arponen, A. Laurila, P.A. Crochét & J. Merilä. Sire coloration influences offspring survival under predation risk in the moor frog. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 16: 1288-1295. doi: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2003.00606.x

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2004

100 B erggren, Å. & J. Merilä. WWW design code - a new tool for colour estimation in animal studies. Frontiers in Zoology 2004,1:2; doi: 10.1186/1742-9994-1-2

101 Brommer, J.E., L. Gustafsson, H. Pietiäinen & J. Merilä. Single generation estimate of individual fitness as a proxies for long-term genetic contribution. American Naturalist 163: 505-517. doi: 10.1086/382547

102 Cano, J.M., A. Laurila, J. Palo & J. Merilä. Population differentiation in G matrix structure in response to natural selection in Rana temporaria. Evolution 58:2013-2020. doi: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2004.tb00486.x

103 Herczeg, G., T. Kovács, T. Tóth, J. Török, Z. Korsós & J. Merilä. Tail loss and thermoregulation in the common lizard Zootoca vivipara. Naturwissenschaft, 91:485-488. doi: 10.1007/s00114-004-0555-3

104 Laurila, A., M. Järvi-Laturi, S. Pakkasmaa & J. Merilä. Temporal variation in predation risk: time lags, graded responses and fitness costs in tadpole antipredator defences. Oikos 107:90-99. doi: 10.1111/j.0030-1299.2004.13126.x

105 Lesbarreres, D., T. Lode & J. Merilä. What kind of amphibian tunnel could reduce road kills? Oryx 38: 220-223. doi: 10.1017/S0030605304000389

106 Merilä, J., A. Laurila, A.T. Laugen & K. Räsänen. Heads or tails? Variation in tadpole body proportions in response to temperature and food stress. Evolutionary Ecology Research 6:727-738. pdf

107 Merilä J., A. Laurila & B. Lindgren. Variation in the degree of adaptive phenotypic plasticity among common frog Rana temporaria populations. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 17:1132-1140. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2004.00744.x

108 Merilä, J., F. Söderman, K. Räsänen, A. Laurila, & R. O’Hara. Local adaptation and genetics of acid-stress tolerance in the moor frog. Conservation Genetics 5:513-522. doi: 0.1023/B:COGE.0000041026.71104.0a

109 Møller, A.P. & J. Merilä 2004. Analysis and interpretation of long-term studies investigating responses to climate change. Advances in Ecological Research 35: 111-130. doi: 10.1016/S0065-2504(04)35006-3

110 Palo, J.U., D. Lesbarrères, D.S. Schmeller, C.R. Primmer & J Merilä. Microsatellite marker data suggest sex-biased dispersal in the common frog Rana temporaria. Molecular Ecology 13:2865-2869. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02286.x

111 Palo, J.U., D.S. Schmeller, A. Laurila, C.R. Primmer, S.L. Kuzmin & J. Merilä. High degree of population subdivision in a wide-spread amphibian. Molecular Ecology 13:2631-2644. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02269.x

112 Sæther, B.E., S. Engen, A. P. Møller , H. Weimerskirch, M. E. Visser, W. Fiedler , E. Matthysen, M. M. Lambrechts, R. Freckleton, A. Badyaev, P.H. Becker, J. E. Brommer, D. Bukacinski, M. Bukacinska, H. Christensen, J. Dickinson, C. du Feu, F. R. Gehlbach, D. Heg, H. Hötker, J. Merilä, J. Tottrup Nielsen, W. Rendell, D. Thomson, J. Török & P. Van Hecke. Life history variation predicts the effects of demographic stochasticity effects on avian population dynamics. American Naturalist 164: 793-802. pdf

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2005

113 Brommer, J.E., J. Merilä, B.C. Sheldon & L. Gustafsson. Natural selection and genetic variation for reproductive reaction norms in a wild bird population. Evolution 59: 1362-1371. doi: 10.1111/j.0014-3820.2005.tb01785.x

114 Hettyey, A., A. Laurila, G. Herczeg, K. I. Jönsson, T. Kovács & J. Merilä. Does testis weight decline towards the Subarctic? A case study on the common frog, Rana temporaria. Naturwissenschaften 92:188-192. doi: 10.1007/s00114-005-0607-3

115 Johansson, M., C.R. Primmer, J. Sahlsten & J. Merilä. The influence of landscape structure on occurrence, abundance and genetic diversity of the common frog, Rana temporaria. Global Change Biology 11:1664-1679. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.1005.x

116 Laugen, A.T., I. Jönsson, A. Laurila, F. Söderman & J. Merilä. Do common frogs (Rana temporaria) follow Bermann’s rule? Evolutionary Ecology Research 7:717-731. link

117 Laugen, A. T., L.E.B. Kruuk, A. Laurila, K. Räsänen, J. Stone & J. Merilä. Quantitative genetics of larval life-history traits in Rana temporaria in different environmental conditions. Genetical Research 86:161-170. doi: 10.1017/S0016672305007810

118 Lesbarreres, D., C. Primmer, A. Laurila & J. Merilä. Environmental and population dependency of genetic variability-fitness correlations in Rana temporaria. Molecular Ecology 14:311-323. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02394.x

119 Navarro C., Cavers S., Pappinen A., Tigerstedt P., Lowe A. & J. Merilä. Contrasting quantitative traits and neutral genetic markers for genetic resource assessment of Mesoamerican Cedrela odorata. Silvae Genetica 54: 281-292. link pdf

120 O’Hara, R. & J. Merilä. Bias and precision in QST estimates: Problems and some solutions. Genetics 171: 1331-1339. doi: 10.1534/genetics.105.044545

121 Primmer C.R., J.N. Painter, M.T. Koskinen, J.U. Palo, J. Merilä, & J. Piironen. Factors affecting avian cross-species microsatellite amplification. Journal of Avian Biology 36:348-360. doi: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2005.03465.x

122 Räsänen, K., A. Laurila & J. Merilä. Maternal investment in egg size: environment- and population-specific effects on offspring performance. Oecologia 142:546-553. doi:10.1007/s00442-004-1762-5

123 Saether, B.-E., S. Engen, R. Lande, A.P. Møller, M.E. Visser, E. Matthysen, W. Fiedler, R. Freckleton, M.M. Lambrechts, P.H. Becker, J. Brommer, J. Dickinson, F. Gehlbach, J. Merilä, W. Rendell, D. Thompson & J. Török. Time to extinction in bird populations. Ecology 86: 693-700. doi: 10.1890/04-0878

124 Sæther B.-E., R. Lande, S. Engen, H. Weimerskirch, M.  Lillegård, R. Altwegg, P.H. Becker, T. Bregnballe, J.E. Brommer, R.H. McCleery, J. Merilä, E. Nyholm, W. Rendell, R.R. Robertson, P. Tryjanowski & M.E. Visser. Generation time and temporal scaling of bird population dynamics. Nature 436: 99-102. doi:10.1038/nature03666

125 Teplitsky, C., H. Piha, A. Laurila & J. Merilä. Common pesticide increases costs of antipredator defenses in Rana temporaria tadpoles. Environmental Science & Technology 39:6079-6085. doi: 10.1021/es050127u

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2006

126 Cano J. M., C. Matsuba, H. Mäkinen  & J. Merilä. The utility of QTL-linked markers to detect selective sweeps in natural populations - a case study of the Eda gene and a linked marker in threespine stickleback. Molecular Ecology 15: 4613-4621. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03099.x

127 Herczeg, G. , A. Gonda, J. Saarikivi & J. Merilä. Experimental support for the cost-benefit model of lizard thermoregulation. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 60: 405-414. doi: 10.1007/s00265-006-0180-6

128 Johansson, M., H. Piha, H. Kylin & J. Merilä. Toxicity of six pesticides to common frog Rana temporaria tadpoles. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry 25: 3164-3170. doi: 10.1897/05-685R1.1

129 Johansson, M., C.R. Primmer & J. Merilä. History vs. current demography: Explaining the genetic population structure of the common frog (Rana temporaria). Molecular Ecology 15: 975-983. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02866.x (pdf)

130 Laurila, A., S. Pakkasmaa & J. Merilä. Population divergence in growth rate and antipredator defences in Rana arvalis. Oecologia. 147: 585-595. doi: 10.1007/s00442-005-0301-3

131 Leinonen, T., J.M. Cano Arias, H. Mäkinen & J. Merilä. Contrasting patterns of body shape and neutral genetic divergence in marine and lake populations of threespined sticklebacks. J. Evol. Biol. 19: 1803-1812. doi:10.1111/j.1420-9101.2006.01182.x

132 Lesbarrères, D., C.R. Primmer, T. Lodé & J. Merilä. The effects of 20 years of highway presence on the genetic structure of Rana dalmatina populations. Ecoscience 13: 531-538. pdf

133 Matsuba, C. & J. Merilä. Genome size variation in the common frog Rana temporaria. Hereditas 143: 157-160. doi: 10.1111/j.2006.0018-0661.01919.x

134 Mäkinen, H., J.M. Cano Arias & J. Merilä. Genetic relationships among marine and freshwater populations of the European three-spined sticklebacks (Gasterosteus aculeatus) revealed by microsatellites. Molecular Ecology 15: 1519-1534. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.02871.x

135 Piha, H., M. Pekkonen & J. Merilä. Morphological abnormalities in amphibians in agricultural habitats: a case study of the common frog Rana temporaria. Copeia 2006: 810-817. link pdf

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2007

136 Gienapp P., Leimu R. & Merilä J. Responses to climate change in avian migration time - microevolution vs phenotypic plasticity. Climate Research 35: 25-35. doi: 10.3354/cr00712

137 Herczeg, G., J. Saarikivi, A. Gonda, J. Perälä, A. Tuomola & J. Merilä. Ontogenetic differences in the preferred body temperature of European adder Vipera berus. Herpetological Journal 17:58-61.

138 Herczeg, G., J. Saarikivi, A. Gonda, J. Perälä, A. Tuomola  & J. Merilä. Suboptimal thermoregulation in male adders (Vipera berus) after hibernation imposed by spermiogenesis. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 92: 19-27. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2007.00827.x

139 Johansson, M., Primmer, C.R. & J. Merilä. Does habitat fragmentation reduce fitness and adaptability? A case study of the common frog (Rana temporaria). Molecular Ecology 16: 2693-2700. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03357.x Faculty of 1000

140 Knopp, T., P.-A. Crochet, J.M. Cano Arias & J. Merilä. Contrasting levels of variation in neutral and quantitative genetic loci on Island populations of moor frogs (Rana arvalis). Conservation Genetics 8: 45-56. doi: 10.1007/s10592-006-9147-4

141 Kuparinen, A. & J. Merilä. Detecting and managing fisheries-induced evolution. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22:652-659. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2007.08.011

142 Lesbarrères, D., D.S. Schmeller, C.R. Primmer & J. Merilä. Genetic variability predicts common frog (Rana temporaria) size at metamorphosis in the wild. Heredity 99: 41-46. doi: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800961

143 Matsuba, C., J.U. Palo, S.L. Kuzmin & J. Merilä. Evidence for multiple retroposition events and gene evolution in the ADP/ATP Translocase gene family in ranid frogs. Journal of Heredity 98: 300-310. doi: 10.1093/jhered/esm038

144 Mäkinen, H.S., K. Välimäki & J. Merilä. Cross-species amplification of microsatellite loci for nine-spined stickleback Pungitius pungitius. Annales Zoologici Fennici 44: 218–224. link pdf

145 Persson, M., K. Räsänen, A. Laurila & J. Merilä. Maternally determined adaptation to acidity in Rana arvalis: are laboratory and field estimates of embryonic stress tolerance congruent? Canadian Journal of Zoology 85: 832-838. doi: 10.1139/Z07-064

146 Piha, H., M. Luoto, J. Merilä. Amphibian occurrence is influenced by current and historic landscape characteristics. Ecological Applications 17: 2298-2309. doi: 10.1890/06-1509.1

147 Piha, H., M. Luoto, M. Piha, J. Merilä. Anuran abundance and persistence in agricultural landscapes during a climatic extreme. Global Change Biology 13: 300-311. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2486.2006.01276.x

148 Schmeller, D.S. & J. Merilä. Demographic and genetic estimates of effective population size in an amphibian Rana temporaria. Conservation Biology 21: 142-151. doi: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2006.00554.x

149 Söderman F., van Dongen S., Pakkasmaa S., Merilä J. Environmental stress increases skeletal fluctuating asymmetry in the moor frog Rana arvalis. Oecologia 151: 593-604. doi: 10.1007/s00442-006-0611-0

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2008

150 Alho J.S., G. Herczeg, G. & J. Merilä. Female biased sex-ratios in subarctic common frogs. Journal of Zoology 275: 57-63. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00409.x

151 Cano J.M., Mäkinen H.S., Merilä J. Genetic evidence for male-biased dispersal in the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). Molecular Ecology 17: 3234-3242. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03837.x

152 Cano J.M., H. Mäkinen, T. Leinonen, J. Freyhof & J. Merilä. Extreme neutral genetic and morphological divergence supports Adriatic threespined stickleback (Gastorosteus aculeatus) populations as evolutionary significant units. Biological Conservation 141: 1055-1066. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2008.01.015. Blog

153 Cano J.M., Shikano T., Kuparinen A., Merilä J. Genetic differentiation, effective population size and gene flow in marine fishes: implications for stock management. Journal of Integrative Field Biology 5: 1-10. pdf

154 Gienapp P., C. Teplitsky, J.S. Alho, J.A. Mills & J. Merilä. Climate change and evolution: disentangling environmental and genetic responses. Molecular Ecology 17: 167-178. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03413.x

155 Herczeg G., A. Herrero, J. Saarikivi, A. Gonda, M. Jäntti & J. Merilä. Experimental support for the cost–benefit model of lizard thermoregulation: the effects of predation risk and food supply. Oecologia 155: 1-10. doi: 10.1007/s00442-007-0886-9

156 Jaari S., Välimäki K., Merilä J. Isolation and characterization of 100 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus). Molecular Ecology Resources 8: 1469-1474. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02223.x Blog

157 Jones O.R., J.-M. Gaillard, S. Tuljapurkar, J.S. Alho, K.B. Armitage, P.H. Becker, P. Bize, J. Brommer, A. Charmantier, M. Charpentier, T. Clutton-Brock, F.S. Dobson, M. Festa-Bianchet, L. Gustafsson, H. Jensen, C.G. Jones, B-G. Lillandt, R. McCleery, J. Merilä, P. Neuhaus, M.A. C. Nicoll, K. Norris, M. K. Oli, J. Pemberton, H. Pietiäinen, T.H. Ringsby, A. Roulin, B.-E. Saether, J.M. Setchell, B.C. Sheldon, P.M. Thompson, H. Weimerskirch, E.J. Wickings & T. Coulson. Senescence rates are determined by ranking on the fast-slow life-history continuum. Ecology Letters 11: 664-673. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2008.01187.x

158 Knopp T., M. Heimovirta, H. Kokko & J. Merilä. Do moor frogs (Rana arvalis) lek with kin? Molecular Ecology 17: 2522–2530. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03748.x

159 Kuparinen A. & J. Merilä. The role of fisheries-induced evolution. Science 320: 47-48. link

160 Kuparinen A., R. O'Hara & J. Merilä. Role of growth history in determining age and size at maturation in exploited fish populations. Fish and Fisheries 9: 201-207. doi:10.1111/j.1467-2979.2008.00284.x

161 Kuparinen, A., R. O'Hara & J. Merilä. Probabilistic reaction norms for continuous ontogenetic transition processes. PLoS One 3: 1-7.. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0003677 Blog

162 Leinonen T., R. O'Hara, J.M. Cano & J. Merilä. Comparative studies of quantitative trait and neutral marker divergence: A meta-analysis. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 21: 1-17. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2007.01445.x

163 Lesbarreres, D., T. Lodé & J. Merilä. Male breeding success is predicted by call frequency in a territorial species, the agile frog (Rana dalmatina). Canadian Journal of Zoology 86: 1273-1279. doi:10.1139/Z08-121

164 Matsuba C., I. Maura & J. Merilä. Disentangling genetic vs. environmental causes of sex determination in the common frog, Rana temporaria. BMC Genetics 3:8. link

165 Mills J.A., J.W. Yarral, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, M.J. Uddstrom, J.A. Renwick & J. Merilä. The impact of climate fluctuation on food availability and reproductive performance on the planktivorus red-billed gull Larus novaehollandiae scopulinus. Journal of Animal Ecology, in press.

166 Mäkinen H.S. & J. Merilä. Mitochondrial DNA phylogeography of the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) in Europe - Evidence for multiple glacial refugia. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 46: 167-182. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2007.06.011 Blog

167 Mäkinen H., J.M. Cano & J. Merilä. Identifying footprints of directional and balancing selection in marine and freshwater three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus) populations. Molecular Ecology 17: 3565-3582. doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03714.x News & Views

168 Mäkinen H., T. Shikano, J.M. Cano & J. Merilä. Hitchhiking mapping reveals a large genomic region affected by natural selection in three-spined stickelback chromosome VIII. Genetics 178: 453-465. doi: 10.1534/genetics.107.078782

169 Ortega-Garcia S., Ponce-Diaz G., O’Hara R., Merilä J. The relative importance of lunar phase and weather conditions on Striped Marlin (Tetrapturus audax) catches in sport fishing. Fisheries Research 93: 190-194. doi: 10.1016/j.fishres.2008.04.005 Blog

170 Ovaskainen O., J.M. Cano Arias & J. Merilä. A Bayesian framework for comparative quantitative genetics. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 275: 669-678. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2007.0949

171 Räsänen K., F. Söderman, A. Laurila & J. Merilä. Geographic variation in maternal investment: Acidification affects egg size and fecundity in Rana arvalis.
Ecology 89(9): 2553-2562. pdf

172 Schmeller D., J.U. Palo & J. Merilä. A contact zone between two distinct Rana temporaria lineages in Northern Germany. Alytes 25 (3/4): 93-98. pdf

173 Teplitsky, C., J.A. Mills, J.W. Yarall, J. Alho & J. Merilä. Bergmann's Rule and climate change: Disentangling environmental and genetic responses in a wild bird population. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences U.S.A, 105: 13492-13496. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0800999105 Blog

174 Välimäki K., Jaari S., Piha M., Pakkala T., Merilä J. Isolation and characterization of 17 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus). Molecular Ecology Resources 8: 1152-1154. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02209.x Blog

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2009

175 Alho J.S., B.-G Lillandt, S. Jaari & J. Merilä. Multilocus heterozygosity and inbreeding in the Siberian jay. Conservation Genetics 10: 605-609. doi:10.1007/s10592-008-9588-z Blog

176 Gonda A., G. Herczeg & J. Merilä. Adaptive brain size differentiation in ninespine sticklebacks. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 1721-1726. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2009.01782.x Blog

177 Gonda A, G. Herczeg & J. Merilä. Habitat-dependent and -independent plastic responses to social environment in the ninespine stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) brain. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 276: 2085-2092. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2009.0026 Blog

178 Herczeg G., A. Gonda & J. Merilä. Evolution of gigantism in ninespine sticklebacks. Evolution 63-12: 3190–3200. doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00781.x. Blog

179 Herczeg, G., A. Gonda & J. Merilä. The social cost of shoaling covaries with predation risk in ninespine stickleback, Pungitius pungitius, populations. Animal Behaviour 77: 575–580. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2008.10.023  Blog

180 Herczeg, G., A. Gonda & J. Merilä. Predation mediated population divergence in complex behaviour of ninespine stickleback (Pungitius pungitius). Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22: 544–552. doi: 10.1111/j.1420-9101.2008.01674.x. Blog

181 Hettyey, A., G. Herczeg, A. Laurila, P.-A. Crochet & J. Merilä. Body temperature, size, nuptial coloration and mating success in male moor frogs (Rana arvalis). Amphibia-Reptilia 30 (2009): 37-43. pdf  Blog

182 Jaari S., M.H. Li & J. Merilä. A first-generation microsatellite-based genetic linkage map of the Siberian jay (Perisoreus infaustus): insights into avian genome evolution.
BMC Genomics 10:1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2164-10-1 Highly Accessed

183 Jaari S., Jaatinen K., Merilä J. Isolation and characterization of 22 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Barrow’s goldeneye (Bucephala islandica).
Molecular Ecology Resources 9(3): 806 - 808. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02225.x 

184 Jaatinen K, S Jaari, R. O'Hara, M Öst & J. Merilä. Relatedness and spatial proximity as determinants of host-parasite interactions in the brood parasitic Barrow’s goldeneye (Bucephala islandica). Molecular Ecology 18: 2713-2721. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04223.x

185 Jönsson I., Herczeg G., O'Hara R., Söderman F., ter Schure A., Larsson P. & J. Merilä. Sexual patterns of prebreeding energy reserves in the common frog Rana temporaria along a latitudinal gradient. Ecography 32: 831-839. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0587.2009.05352.x

186 Knopp T & J. Merilä. Microsatellite variation and population structure of the moor frog (Rana arvalis) in Scandinavia. Molecular Ecology 18: 2669-3005.doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04252.x

187 Knopp T & J Merilä. Multiple paternity in the moor frog, Rana arvalis. Amphibia-Reptlia 30: 515-521. doi: 10.1163/156853809789647112

188 Knopp, T. & J. Merilä. The postglacial recolonization of northern Europe by Rana arvalis as revealed by microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA analyses. Heredity 102: 174-181. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2008.91 Blog News and Commentary

189 Kuparinen A., C. Garcia de Leaniz, S. Consuegra & J. Merilä. Growth history perspective on the decreasing age and size at maturation in Atlantic salmon. Marine Ecology Progress Series 376: 245–252. doi: 10.3354/meps07789

190 Kuparinen, A., S. Kuikka & J. Merilä. Estimating fisheries-induced selection: traditional gear selectivity research meets fisheries-induced evolution.
Evolutionary Applications 2:  234 - 243. 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2009.00070.x  Blog

191 Kuparinen A. & J. Merilä. Variation in the timing of river entry of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) in the Baltic. Current Zoology 55: 342-349.

192 Kuparinen, A., R. O’Hara & J. Merilä. Lunar periodicity and the timing of river entry in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.). Journal of Fish Biology 74: 2401-2408.

193 Li M.H., K. Välimäki, M. Piha, T.Pakkala  & J. Merilä. Extrapair paternity and maternity in the three-toed woodpecker, Picoides tridactylus: insights from microsatellite-based parentage analysis. PLoS ONE 4: 1-6. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007895

194 Leder E.H., J. Merila & C.R. Primmer. A flexible whole-genome microarray for transcriptomics in three-spine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus). BMC Genomics 10: 426. Blog

195 Ma X., X. Lu & J. Merilä. Altitudinal decline of body size in a Tibetan frog.
Journal of Zoology 279: 364–371. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00627.x

196 Matsuba C. & J. Merilä. Isolation and characterization of 145 polymorphic microsatellite loci for the common frog (Rana temporaria). Molecular Ecology Resources 9: 555–562. doi: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02368.x

197 Merilä, J. Genetic constraints on adaptive evolution? Science 325: 1212-1213. doi: 10.1126/science.1179326

198 Merilä, J. It´s the genotype, stupid! Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics 126:1–2. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0388.2008.00795.x

199 Sørensen J.G., M. Pekkonen, B. Lindgren, V. Loeschcke, A. Laurila, J. Merilä. Complex patterns of geographic variation in heat tolerance and Hsp70 expression levels in the common frog Rana temporaria. Journal of Thermal Biology 34: 49-54. doi: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2008.10.004.

200 Teplitsky, C., J.A. Mills, J.W. Yarall & J. Merilä. Heritability of fitness components in a wild bird population. Evolution 63-3: 716–726. doi: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2008.00581.x. Blog

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In press

201 Alho J.S., K. Välimäki & J. Merilä.
Rhh: An R extension for estimating multilocus heterozygosity and heterozygosity-heterozygosity correlation.
Molecular Ecology Resources, in press.

202 Alho J., M. Chikako & J. Merilä. Sex reversal and primary sex ratios in the common frog (Rana temporaria). Molecular Ecology, in press.

203 Herczeg G., C. Matsuba & J. Merilä. Sequence variation in the melanocortin-1 receptor gene (MC1R) does not explain variation in the degree of melanism in a widespread anuran. Annales Zoologici Fennici, in press.

204 Herczeg, G., A. Gonda & J. Merilä. Rench’s Rule in ninespine sticklebacks. Journal of Animal Ecology, in press. Blog

205 Kuparinen A., J. Tufto, S. Consuegra, K. Hindar, J. Merilä & C. Garcia de Leaniz. Effective size of an Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) metapopulation in Northern Spain. Conservation Genetics, in press. Blog

206 Leder E.H., J.M. Cano, T. Leinonen, R. O’Hara, C.R. Primmer & J. Merilä. Concentration of female-biased expression pattern on the X chromosome as an intermediate step in the evolution of sex chromosomes. Molecular Biology and Evolution, in press.

207 Li M.H. and J. Merilä. Extensive linkage disequilibrium in a wild bird population. Heredity, in press. Blog

208 Shikano T., Y. Shimada, G. Herczeg & J. Merilä. History vs. habitat type: explaining the genetic structure of European nine-spined stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) populations. Molecular Ecology, in press.

209 Teplitsky, C., J.A. Mills, J.W. Yarall & J. Merilä. Indirect genetic effects in a sex limited trait: the case of breeding time in red-billed gulls. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, in press.

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2. Artikkelit referoiduissa painoksissa

2.1 Kirja-artikkelit

Merilä, J. & B.C. Sheldon 2001. Avian quantitative genetics. Pp. 179-255. In: Current Ornithology vol 16. (Van Nolan & Ketterson, eds). Kluwer Academic Publishers. pdf (20MB)

Merilä, J., L.E. Kruuk & B.C. Sheldon 2002. Explaining stasis: Microevolutionary studies in natural populations. Pp. 199-222. In: Microevolution: rate, pattern and process. (Hendry, A. & M. Kinnison, eds). Contemporary Evolution and Genetics Series, Vol 8, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dortrecht.

Merilä, J. & M. Björklund 2004. Phenotypic integration as a constraint and adaptation. Pp. 107-129. In: The Evolutionary Biology of Complex Phenotypes (M. Pigliucci & K. Preston eds.). Oxford University Press, Oxford. pdf (6MB)

Møller, A.P. & J. Merilä 2004. Long-term population studies and responses to climatic change. Pp. 111-130. In: Birds and Climate Change (A.P. Møller, W. Fiedler & P. Berthold, eds). Advances in Ecological Research. Academic Press, London.

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2.2 Muut

Merilä, J. 1994. Genetics of phenotypic plasticity in two passerine birds. Journal of Ornithology Sönderheft 135: 42.

Merilä, J., M. Björklund & A. J. Baker 1994. Molecular genetic population structure of the greenfinch, Carduelis chloris in Europe. Journal of Ornithology 135: 335.

Merilä, J., A. Laurila & A. Järvinen 2000. The biology and ecology of the common frog Rana temporaria in the subarctic. Biota 1: 30. pdf

Merilä J & J.D. Kotze 2003. Extinction Thresholds: Insights from ecology, genetics, epidemiology and behaviour – Preface. Ann. Zool. Fenn. 40: 69-69.

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3. Tieteelliset monografiat

Merilä, J. 1996. Genetic and quantitative trait variation in natural bird populations. Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis 194: 1-28.

Merilä, J. & J.D. Koetze (eds) 2003. Extinction Thresholds. Annales Zoologici Fennici 69-245.

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4. Muut tieteelliset artikkelit

4.1 Raportit

Merilä, J. & A. Lavinto 1988. Lesser white fronted geese (Anser erythropus) in Finnish Lappland 1988 - A report. WWF, Finland. 21pp.

Merilä, J. & H. Holmström 1989. Lesser white fronted geese (Anser erythropus) in Finnish Lappland 1989 - A report. WWF, Finland. 13pp.

Merilä, J. & A. Lavinto 1989. Garden Dormouse (Elionomys quercicus) in Eastern Finland 1989. A report. WWF, Finland. 24pp

Averland, M., P. Elfström, P., T. Fransson & J. Merilä. 1995. Sundre-gruppen [In Swedish: ‘Sundre-groups’ yearly report]. pp. 182-184, In: Fågelåret 1994, Sveriges Ornitologiska Förening, Stockholm.

Merilä, J. 2000. Käsivarren sammakkoeläimet ja matelijat [In Finnish: The amphibians and reptiles of the North-Western Finland]. In: Käsivarren erämaa-alueen luonto ja sen käyttö, T. Loikkanen (ed). Nature Protection Publications of the Finnish Forest and Park Service. Series A. no 123, pp. 72-75.

Merilä, J., J. Nilsson & M. Sterner 2002. Groddjur på Gotland 2002 [In Swedish]. Länstyrelse i Gotlands län – livsmiljöenheten- Visby, Rapport #3, 59 pp.

Aho T, André C, Bekkevold D, Heino M, Knutsen H, Laikre L, Merilä J, Nielsen E, Florin A-B, Palsson S, Peuhkuri N, Ryman N, Skulasson S & Vasemagi A 2005. Genetic Diversity in Commercially Exploited Fish Species. Report from Expert Seminar at Hólar College, Iceland, October 6-8, 2004. 17pp. Nordic Council of Ministry Report Series, Report #: 66010.21.171/03.

Dannewitz J., A.-B. Florin, E. Petersson, E. Nielsen, E. Magnussen, G. Dahle, J. Merilä, M. Heino, S. Skúlason, T. Aho, T. Järvi & T. Johansen 2007. Genetic consequences of fisheries and fisheries management. Report from a multi-disciplinary workshop in Rönne, Bornholm, 25-26 October 2006. TemaNord, in press. pdf

Ruokonen M. & J. Merilä.Kiljuhanhen luonnonpopulaatioiden geneettiset perustiedot. pp 49-51. In: Kiljuhanhen suojeluohjelma. BirdLIfe Finland. 27.2.2009. 68pp.

Ruokonen M. & J. Merilä.Fennoskandian tarhakantojen geneettiset perustiedot. pp 52-54. In: Kiljuhanhen suojeluohjelma. BirdLIfe Finland. 27.2.2009. 68pp.

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4.2 Lehti- ja kirja-arvostelut

Merilä, J. 1999. Birds unlimited. Nature 401: 16. - A review of 'Birds of the Western Paleartic'.

Merilä, J. 2002. Koiran päässä. [In Finnish: In the head of a dog]. Luonnon Tutkija 106: 101.

Kruuk, L.E.B., J. Merilä & B.C. Sheldon, 2003. When environmental variation short-circuits natural selection. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 18: 207-209.

Merilä, J. 2006. Koiramainen sillisalaatti. Luonnon Tutkija 110: 146-147.

Merilä, J. 2008. Kysymysiä koirasta [In Finnish: Question marks about dogs]. Luonnon Tutkija 112: 22. pdf

Merilä, J. 2008. Seikkaillen kohti sukupuuttoa [In Finnish: Adventuring towards extinction]. Luonnon Tutkija 112: 23. pdf

Merilä, J. 2008. Modernisoitu Moby Dick? [In Finnish: A modernized Moby-Dick?]. Luonnon Tutkija 112: 73. pdf

Merilä J. 2008. Maailman merien mennyt loisto [In Finnish: The past glory of our oceans]. Luonnon Tutkija: 112: 96-97. pdf

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4.3 Populaarijulkaisut

206 Merilä, J. 1989. Harvinaista tammihiirtä etsitään Parikkalan seudulla [In Finnish: In search of endangered garden dormouse in Parikkala district]. Etelä-Saimaa, Jul 29, p. 5.

207 Svensson, E. & J. Merilä 1995. Fat reserves, moult and health status of blue tits and goldcrests. StainGylpen 1995(1): 2-5. In Swedish.

208 Merilä, J. & P.A. Crochét 2000. Gotlandic moor frogs – genetically different from mainland moor frogs? Körmacken 27:2-3. In Swedish.

209 Merilä, J. & Tolvanen, P. 2004. Kiljuhanhen istutuksista ja suojelusta [In Finnish: On stocking and conservation of the Lesser White-fronted Goose]. Lapin Kansa (30.7.2004), p. 4.

210 Merilä, J. 2005. Opelin pölykapselit ja geneettisesti muunnellut kiljuhanhet [In Finnish: Genetically modified Lesser White-Fronted Geese]. Luonnon Tutkija, 109:87.

211 Svenstrup, J. & Merilä, J. 2005. Merilohen talvikalastus Simrishamnissa. Vetouistelu 17(1): 14-19.

212 Merilä, J. 2005. Itämeren lohiennätykset ja Simrishamnin kultalohet 2001-2004 [In Finnish: Baltic salmon records and the golden salmons of Simrishamn 2001-2004]. Vetouistelu 17(2): 12-13.

213 Merilä, J. 2005. Itämeren kaupallisen lohenuistelun lyhyt historia [In Finnish: The short history of commercial trolling in the Baltic Sea]. Vetouistelu 17(4):18.

214 Merilä, J. & Vähätalo, A. 2005. Do not Fool-A-Fisherman: Vesistöjen optiikan perusteet kalamiehille - lyhyt oppimäärä [In Finnish: Basic optical properties oflight in water: a short curriculum for fishermen]. Vetouistelu 17(4): 12-13.

215 Merilä, J. 2005. Visioita uisteluturismista – tanskalaisittain ja vähän suomalaisittainkin [In Finnish: On trolling-tourism – A Danish-Finnish perspective]. Vetouistelu 17(4): 14-15.

216 Merilä, J. 2006. Jäätyvätkö sammakot? [In Finnish: Do frogs tolerate freezing?]. Tiede, in press.

217 Merilä, J. 2006. Tiede tärppiväliistä: Havaintoja petokalan ottiin vaikuttavista ympäristötekijöistä. Vetouistelu 18(1): 6-9.

218 Merilä, J. 2006. Surullinen tarina [In Finnish: A sad story]. Luonnon Tutkija 110: 100-101.

219 Merilä, J. 2006. Ennätyksellisen iso kymmenpiikki (Pungitius pungitius) Kuusamon rytilammesta [In Finnish: Record nine-spine stickleback (Pungitius pungitius) from Rytilampi in Kuusamo]. Luonnon Tutkija 110: 91-93. pdf

220 Merilä, J. 2007. Erhardt von Grupten Mundt ja luonnonsuojelugenetiikka. [In Finnish: Erhardt von Grupten Mundt and conservation genetics]. Luonnon Tutkija 111(1):3. pdf

221 Merilä J. 2007. Miksi norsut pelkäävät hiiriä? [In Finnish: Why elephants are afraid of mice?] Tiede 7/2007:72.

222 Merilä J. 2007. Merilohen lämpötilamieltymyksistä ja ruokailusyvyyksistä [In Finnish: Temperature and depth preferences of the Atlantic salmon]. Vetouistelu, 19(2):16-28.

223 Kuparinen, A. & J. Merilä. 2007. Vesivoiman rakentaminen uhka luonnonlohikannalle [In Finnish: Hydroelectric powerplants a threat to wild stocks of the Atlantic salmon]. Helsingin Sanomat, Monday 7.5.2007, p. C4. pdf

224 Kuparinen A. & J. Merilä. 2007. Laitoskasvatus haitallista kalanpoikasille. Helsingin Sanomat, 11.10.2007, p. C6. pdf

225 Kuparinen, A., J. Merilä, M. Marttinen, M. Koivurinta. 2007. Vesivoimasta kalakatastrofi [In Finnish: Hydroelectric power - a threat to fishstocks]. Suomen Kuvalehti 28/2007:57. pdf

226 Kuparinen A. & J. Merilä 2007. Kalanpoikasten laitoskasvatus osoitettu haitalliseksi [In Finnish: Problems in captive propagation of fish]. Helsingin Sanomat 12.10.2007, p. C6.

227 Merilä J., Kuparinen A. 2008. Laitostuvat lohikalat. Suomen Kalastuslehti 115(3): 14-16. pdf

228 Kuparinen A. & J. Merilä 2008. Ilmastonmuutoksen kalansaalis [In Finnish: The catch of the climate change]. Helsingin Sanomat 29.4.2008, D2.

229 Merilä J. 2008. Vesijäljet johdattavat petokalan saalinsa luo [In Finnish: Hydrodynamic trailing of prey by predatory fishes]. Vetouistelu 20(1):2-3.

230 Merilä, J. 2008. Ison lohen elämäntarina [In Finnish: The life history of a large salmon]. Vetouistelu, 20 (2):3.

231 Merilä, J. 2008. 38-kiloisen lohen arvoitus [In Finnish: The enigma of a 38 kg Atlantic salmon]. Vetouistelu, 20(2): 2.

232 Merilä J. 2008. Kuinka nopeasti sisiliskon katkennut häntä uusiutuu? Tiede 8: 64. pdf

233 Merilä, J. 2008. Fraktaaliuistelu: Ultimaattista uistelustrategiaa etsimässä [In Finnish: Fractal-fishing: In search of the ultimate trolling strategy]. Vetouistelu, in press.

234 Merilä, J. 2008. Tiede & Kalastus [In Finnish: Science and Fisheries]. Vetouistelu, in press.

235 Merilä, J. 2008. Tiede & Kalastus [In Finnish: Science and Fisheries]. Vetouistelu, in press.

236 Merilä J. 2008. Selviääkö mikään elollinen absoluuttisessa nollapisteessä? Tiede 2: 64. pdf

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4.4 Sekalaista

237 Merilä, J. 1991. Evolutionary constraints. Introductory Research Essay no. 50. Dept. Zoology, Section of Animal Ecology, Uppsala Univ., Reprocentralen, HSC. 47p.

238 Merilä, J. 1998. An introduction to SAS statistical package. Department of Zoology, Uppsala University. 23 pp.

239 Merilä, J. & P.T. Starks 2002. New directions. Annales Zoologici Fennici 39:1.

240 Willamo, R., J. Merilä, M. J. Nikkilä & C. Primmer 2002. Kirjosiepon ja harmaasiepon sekapesintä Kylmäkoskella [In Finnish: Mixed breeding of pied and spotted flycatchers at Kylmäkoski]. Luonnon Tutkija 106:63-64.

241 Merilä, J., L.E.B. Kruuk & B.C. Sheldon 2006. Evolution and expression genetic variation in nestling traits. Acta Zoologica Sinica 52(Supplement):666-669. link

242 Merilä, J. & P.T. Starks 2003. Towards a faster publication process. Annales Zoologici Fennici 40:1.

243 Merilä, J. & J. D. Koetze. 2003. Extinction thresholds: Insights from epidemiology, paleontology, ecology and genetics. Annales Zoologici Fennici 40:69.

244 Postma, E., L.E.B. Kruuk, J. Merilä, A.J. van Noordwijk & B.C. Sheldon 2003. Quantitative genetic analysis of natural populations: Old wine in new but defective bottle? Nature Reviews in Genetics 3:971-978.

245 Merilä, J. 2004. An introduction to SAS statistical package. Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki. 27 pp.

246 Merilä, J. 2004. Evolutionary Genetics of Adaptation in the Wild. Genetics Society News Letter 51:48.

247 Merilä, J., D. Fairbairn, S. West, M. Björklund, P.-O. Cheptou & M. Ritchie 2005. Journal evolving. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 18:1375.

248 Starks, P.T. & J. Merilä 2005. Running commentaries: Defining Eusociality. Ann. Zool. Fennici, 42:557.

249 Merilä, J. 2006. Conservation of adaptive genetic diversity – Insights from comparative studies of marker gene and quantitative trait differentiation. Pp. 36-38. In: Gregory, A. et al. (eds.) The conservation of genetic diversity: science and policy needs in a changing world. Joint Nature Conservation Committee Report No. 383. JNCC, Petersborough, UK. ISNN 0963 8901. pdf

250 Merilä, J. 2006. Nordic Strength in Ecology and Evolution. Pp. 105-107, In: Nordisk Styrka – perspektiv till samarbete inom forskningen (L. Hakamies-Blomqvist, E. Knutsen Rydberg & M. Muhonen Nielsen, eds.). NordForsk Rapporter: 1, NordForsk, Oslo. pdf

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Uutisartikkeleita tutkimuksistani

Hoffmann, A.A. and P. Parsons 1997. Consistent heritability changes under environmental stress. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 12: 460-461. (About ref: 26)

Burt, A. 2000. Natural selection in wild. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 15: 306-307. (About ref: 53).

Hosken, D.J. 2001. Hidden evolution - cryptic evolution in flycatchers. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 16:593-594 (About ref: 63)

Nicholls, H. 2001. When three steps forward is one step back. BioMedNet News, 5 July 2001. (About ref: 59)

Ananthaswamy, A. 2002. Climate change could finish off endangered species. New Scientist 174 (2345; 1 June): 19 (Relating to ref: 55)

Muhonen Nielsen, M. 2002. Climate change - genetic change? (In Swedish; Klimatändring - genetisk ändring?). pp. 6-7, In: Årsberättelse 2001, The Nordic Academy of Advanced Study (NorFA), Oslo. http://www.norfa.no/_img/Årsrapport_2001_endelig_versjon.pdf

Beaumont, Mark A. 2008. Selection and sticklebacks. Molecular Ecology 17(15): 3425-3427. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03863.x

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