Publications

By topic: Predator-prey interactions, sexual selection, invasion biology, sexual vs. asexual reproduction, parental care and life histories book chapters and theses

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Predator-prey interactions, crypsis, aposematism and mimicry

• Ihalainen E, Rowland HM, Speed MP, Ruxton GD & Mappes J 2012: Prey community structure affects how predators select for Müllerian mimicry. Proceedings of Royal Society of London B (in press). online first
• Speed M, Ruxton G, Mappes J & Sherratt T 2012: Why are defensive toxins so variable? An evolutionary perspective. Biological Reviews (in press).
• Laurenz M, Reudler Talsma J, Friman V, Mappes J & Lindstedt C 2012: Diet quality can play a critical role in the defence efficiency against parasitoids and pathogens in the Glanville fritillary (Melitaea cinxia).Journal of Chemical Ecology 38: 116-125. PDF
• Valkonen JK & Mappes J: Comments on Guimarães & Sawaya 2012: Pretending to be venomous: is a snake's head shape a trustworthy signal to a predator? Journal of Tropical Ecology 28:123.124. PDF
• Nokelainen O, Hegna R, Lindstedt C, Reudler JH & Mappes J 2012: Trade-off between warning signal efficacy and mating success in the wood tiger moth. Proceedings of Royal Society of London B 279: 257-265. PDF
• Valkonen JK, Nokelainen O & Mappes J 2011: Antipredatory function of head shape of vipers and their mimics. PLoSONE 6(7): e22272
• Valkonen J, Niskanen M, Björklund M & Mappes J 2011: Disruption or aposematism? Significance of dorsal zigzag pattern of European vipers. Evolutionary Ecology 25:1047-1063. PDF
• Lindstedt C, Eager H, Ihalainen E, Kahilainen A, Stevens M & Mappes J 2011: Direction and strength of selection by predators for the color of the aposematic wood tiger moth. Behavioral Ecology 2:580-587. PDF
• Lindstedt C, Huttunen H, Kakko M & Mappes J 2011: Disentangling the evolution of weak warning signals: high detection risk and low production costs of chemical defences in gregarious pine sawfly larvae. Evolutionary Ecology 25:1029-1046. PDF
• Galarza JA, Viinikainen SM, Ashrafi R & Mappes J: First microsatellite panel for the Wood Tiger Moth (Parasemia plantaginis). Conservation Genetics Resources 3:197-199. PDF
• Marples N & Mappes J 2011: Can the dietary conservatism of predators compensate for positive frequency dependent selection against rare, conspicuous prey? Evolutionary Ecology 25:737-749. PDF
• Rowland, H, Mappes J, Ruxton G & Speed M 2010: Mimicry between unequally defended prey can be parasitic: Evidence for Quasi-Batesian mimicry. Ecology Letters 13:1494-1502. PDF
• Hansen B, Holen ØH & Mappes J 2010: Predators use environmental cues to discriminate between prey. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 12:1991-1997. PDF
• Rowland H, Mappes J, Ruxton G & Speed M 2010: When more is less: responses of predators to varied numbers of chemically defended prey. Biology Letters 6:732-735. PDF
• Sandre S-L, Stevens M & Mappes J 2010: The effect of predator appetite, prey warning coloration and luminance on predator foraging decisions. Behavior 147:1121-1143(23).
• Rowland H, Hoogesteger T, Ruxton G, Speed M & Mappes J 2010: A tale of two signals: Mimicry between aposematic species enhances predator avoidance learning. Behavioral Ecology 21: 851-860. PDF
• Lindstedt C, Morehouse N, Pakkanen H, Casas J, Christides J-P, Kemppainen K, Lindström L & Mappes J 2010: Characterizing the pigment composition of a variable warning signal of Parasemia plantaginis larvae (Arctiidae). Functional Ecology 24:759-766. PDF
• Lindstedt, C, Reudler Talsma, JH, Ihalainen, E, Lindström, L & Mappes, J 2010: Diet quality affects warning coloration indirectly: excretion costs in a generalist herbivore. Evolution 64:68-78.PDF
• Friman, V-P, Lindstedt, C, Hiltunen, T, Laakso, J & Mappes, J 2009. Predation on multiple trophic levels shapes the evolution of pathogen virulence. PLOS One 4: e6761 PDF
• Lindstedt C, Lindström L & Mappes J 2009: Thermoregulation constrains effective warning signal expression. Evolution 63-2:469-478.PDF
• Lindstedt C, Lindström L & Mappes J 2008: Hairiness and warning colours as components of antipredator defence: additive or interactive benefits? Animal Behaviour 75: 1703-1713.PDF
• Ihalainen E, Lindström L, Mappes J & Puolakainen S 2008: Butterfly effects in mimicry? Combining signal and taste can twist the relationship of Müllerian co-mimics. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 62:1267-1276.PDF
• Ihalainen E, Lindström L, Mappes J & Puolakkainen, S 2008: Can experienced birds select for Müllerian mimicry? Behavioral Ecology 9:362-368.PDF
• Rowland HM, Ihalainen E, Lindström L, Mappes J & Speed MP 2007: Co-mimics have a mutualistic relationship despite unequal defence levels. Nature 448:64-66.PDF
• Ojala K, Lindström L & Mappes J 2007: Life-history constraints and warning signal expression in an Arctiid moth. Functional Ecology 21: 1162-1167.PDF
• Sandre S-L, Tammaru T, Esperk T, Julkunen-Tiitto R, & Mappes J 2007: Carotenoid-based colour polymorphism in a moth species: a search for fitness correlates. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 124: 269-277.PDF
• Mänd T, Tammaru T & Mappes J 2007: Size dependent predation risk in cryptic and aposematic insects. Evolutionary Ecology 21:485-498. PDF
• Ihalainen E, Lindström L & Mappes J 2007: Investigatin Müllerian mimicry: Predator learning and variation in prey defences. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 20 (2), 780-791. PDF
• Lindstedt C, Mappes J, Päivinen J & Varama M 2006: Effects of group size and pine defence chemicals on Diprionid sawfly survival against ant predation. Oecologia 150: 519-526. PDF
• Ham A, Ihalainen E, Lindström L & Mappes J 2006: Does colour matter? Importance of colour in avoidance learning and memorability. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 60: 482-491. PDF
• Lindström L, Lyytinen A, Ojala K & Mappes J 2006: Relative importance of taste and visual appearance for predator education in Müllerian mimicry. Animal Behaviour 72: 323-333. PDF
• Niskanen M & Mappes J 2005: Significance of the dorsal zigzag pattern of Vipera latastei gaditana against avian predators. Journal of Animal Ecology 74: 1091-1101.PDF
• Mappes J, Marples N & Endler JA 2005: The complex business of survival by aposematism . Trends in Ecology and Evolution 20: 598-603. PDF
• Ojala K, Julkunen-Tiitto R, Lindström L & Mappes J 2005: Diet affects the encapsulation ability of an Arctiid moth Parasemia planataginis. Evolutionary Ecology Research 7: 1153-1170. PDF
• Lyytinen A Lindström L & Mappes J 2004: Ultraviolet reflection and predation risk in diurnal and nocturnal Lepidoptera. Behavioral Ecology 15: 982-987. PDF
• Lindström L, Alatalo RV, Lyytinen A & Mappes J 2004: The effect of alternative prey on the dynamics of Batesian and Müllerian mimicries. Evolution 58: 1294-1302. PDF
• Endler JA & Mappes J 2004: Predator mixes and the conspicuousness of aposematic signals. American Naturalist 163: 532-547. PDF
• Lyytinen A, Brakefield P, Lindström L & Mappes J 2004. Does predation maintain eyespot plasticity in Bicyclus anyana? Proceedings of Royal Society of London B 271: 279-283. PDF
• Kokko H, Mappes J & Lindström L 2003: Alternative prey can change model-mimic dynamics between parasitism and mutualism Ecology Letters 6: 1068-1076. PDF
• Kauppinen J & Mappes J 2003: Why are wasps so intimidating; field experiments on hunting dragonflies (Odonata: Aeshna grandis). Animal Behaviour 66: 505-511. PDF
• Lyytinen A, Brakefield P & Mappes J 2003: Significance of butterfly eyespots as an anti-predator device in ground-based and aerial attacks. Oikos 100.373-377. PDF
• Riipi M, Alatalo RV, Lindström L & Mappes J 2001: Multiple benefits cover detectability costs in aposematic aggregations. Nature 413: 512-514. PDF
• Lindström L, Alatalo RV, Lyytinen A & Mappes J 2001: Strong antiapostatic selection against novel rare aposematic prey. PNAS 98: 9181-9184. PDF
• Merilaita S, Lyytinen A & Mappes J 2001: Selection for cryptic coloration in a visually heterogenous habitat. Proceedings of Royal Society of London B 268: 1-5. PDF
• Lyytinen A, Alatalo RV, Lindström L & Mappes J 2001: Are European white butterlies aposematic? Evolutionary Ecology 13: 709-719. PDF
• Lindström L, Alatalo RV, Lyytinen A & Mappes J 2001: Predator experience on cryptic prey affects the survival of conspicuous aposematic prey. Proceedings of Royal Society of London B. 268: 1925-1929. PDF
• Lyytinen A, Alatalo RV, Lindström L & Mappes J 2001: Can ultraviolet cues function as aposematic signals? Behavioral Ecology 12 (1): 65-70. PDF
• Alatalo RV & Mappes J 2000: Initial evolution of warning coloration - comments on the novel world method. Animal Behaviour 60: F1-F2. PDF
• Mappes J., Tuomi J & Alatalo RV 1999: Do palatable prey benefit from aposematic neighbour? Ecoscience 6(2):159- 162. PDF
• Lindström L, Alatalo RV & Mappes J 1999: Inherited avoidance towards colour, gregariousness and conspicuousness - experiments with naive and experienced predators. Behavioral Ecology 10:317-322. PDF
• Lindström L, Alatalo RV, Mappes J, Riipi, M & Vertainen, L 1999: Can aposematic signals evolve by gradual changes? Nature 397: 249-251. PDF
• Mappes J & Alatalo RV 1997: Batesian mimicry and signal accuracy. Evolution 51: 2048-2051. PDF
• Mappes J & Alatalo RV 1997: Effect of novelty and gregariousness in survival of aposematic prey. - Behavioral Ecology 8: 174-177. PDF
• Lindström L, Alatalo RV & Mappes J 1997: Imperfect Batesian mimicry - the effects of the frequency and the distastefulness of the model. Proceedings of Royal Society of London B. 264: 149-153. PDF
• Alatalo RV & Mappes J 1996: Tracking the evolution of warning signals - Nature 383:708-710. PDF
• Mappes J & Kaitala A 1995: Host-plant selection and predation risk for offspring of the parent bug - Ecology 76: 2668-2670. PDF

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Sexual selection

• Lindström L, Ahtiainen J, Alatalo RV, Kotiaho JS, Lyytinen A & Mappes J 2005: Negatively condition dependent predation cost of a positively condition dependent sexual signalling. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 19: 649-656. PDF
• Kokko H & Mappes J 2005: Sexual selection when fertilization is not guaranteed. Evolution 59: 1876-1885. PDF
• Ahtiainen J, Alatalo RV, Mappes J & Vertainen L 2004: Sexual selection reveals reduced viability in small populations of the drumming wolf spider Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata. Proceedings of Royal Society of London B 271: 1839-1845. PDF
• Kotiaho JS, Alatalo RV, Mappes J & Parri S 2004: Adaptive significance of synchronous chorusing in a wolf spider Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata. Proceedings of Royal Society of London B 271: 1847-1850. PDF
• Ahtiainen J, Alatalo RV, Mappes J & Parri S 2003: Fluctuating asymmetry and sexual performance in the drumming spider Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata. Annales Zoology Fennici 40: 281-292. PDF
• Parri S, Alatalo RV, Kotiaho J & Mappes J, Rivero A 2002: Sexual selection in the wolf spider Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata: female preference for drum duration and pulse rate. Behavioral Ecology 13: 615-621. PDF
• Rivero A, Alatalo RV, Kotiaho J, Mappes J & Parri S 2000: Acoustic signalling in a wolf spider: can signal characteristic predict male quality? Animal Behaviour 60:187-194. PDF
• Kotiaho JS, Alatalo RV, Mappes J & Parri S 2000: Microhabitat selection and audible sexual signalling in the wolf spider Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata (Araneae; Lycosidae). Acta Ethologica 2, 123-128.
• Kotiaho JS, Alatalo RV, Mappes J & Parri S 1999: Honesty of agonistic signalling and effects of size and motivation asymmetry in contests. Acta Ethologica 2, 13-21.
• Kotiaho J, Alatalo RV, Mappes J & Parri S, Rivero A 1999: Sexual signalling and viability in a wolf spider: measurements under laboratory and field conditions. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 46:123-128. PDF
• Alatalo RV, Kotiaho J, Mappes J & Parri S 1998: Mate choice for offspring performance - small benefits but minor costs. Proceedings of Royal Society of London B. 265: 2297-2301. PDF
• Kotiaho J, Alatalo RV, Mappes J, Mogens N, Parri S, & Rivero A 1998: Energetic cost of size and sexual signalling in a wolf spider. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 265: 2203-2209 PDF
• Parri S, Alatalo RV & Mappes J 1998: Does female leaf beetle Galerucella nymphaeae L. choose her mates and does it matter? - Oecologia 114: 127-132. PDF
• Kotiaho J, Alatalo RV, Mappes J & Parri S, Rivero A. 1998: Male mating success and risk of predation in a wolf spider: a balance between sexual and natural selection? Journal of Animal Ecology 67: 287-291. PDF
• Kotiaho J, Alatalo RV, Mappes J & Parri S 1997: Fighting success in relation to body mass and drumming activity in the male wolf spider Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata. - Canadian Journal of Zoology 75: 1532-1535.
• Parri S, Alatalo RV, Kotiaho J & Mappes J 1997: Female preference for male drumming rate in the wolf spider Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata. - Animal Behaviour 53: 305-312. PDF
• Alatalo RV, Mappes J & Elgar M 1997: Heritabilities and paradigm shifts -Nature 385: 402-403. PDF
• Kotiaho J, Alatalo RV, Mappes J & Parri S 1996: Sexual selection in a wolf spider: male drumming activity, body size and viability. - Evolution 50:1977-1981. PDF

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Invasion biology

• Lyytinen A, Boman S, Grapputo A, Lindström L, & Mappes J 2009: Cold tolerance during larval development: effects on the thermal distribution limits of Leptinotarsa decemlineata. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata 133: 92-99(8).
• Boman S, Grapputo A, Lindström L, Lyytinen A & Mappes J 2008: Quantitative genetic approach for assessing invasiveness: geographic and genetic variation in life-history traits. Biological Invasions 10:1135-1145. PDF
• Lyytinen A, Fasulati S, Julkunen-Tiitto R, Lindström L, Mappes J & Tiilikkala K 2007: Variability in host plant chemistry: behavioural responses and life-history parameters of the colorado potato beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata). Chemoecology 17: 51-56
• Grapputo A, Boman S, Lindström L, Lyytinen A & Mappes J 2005: The voyage of an invasive species across continents: genetic diversity of North American and European Colorado potato beetle populations. Molecular Ecology 14(14):4207-19. PDF

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Sexual vs. asexual reproduction

• Elzinga J, Chevasco V, Grapputo A & Mappes J. Influence of male mating history on female reproductive success among monandrous Naryciinae(Lepidoptera:Psychidae)EcologicalEntomology online first
• Grapputo A, Kumpulainen T, Mappes J & Parri S 2005: Genetic variability in populations of asexual and sexual bagworm moths (Lepidoptera: Psychidae). BMC Ecology 5:5.PDF
• Grapputo A, Kumpulainen T & Mappes J 2005: Phylogeny and the evolution of parthenogenesis in Finnish bagworm moth species (Lepidoptera: Psychidae: Naryciinae) based on mtDNA markers. Annales Zoologici Fennici 42: 141-160. PDF
• Kumpulainen T, Grapputo A & Mappes J 2004: Parasites and sexual reproduction in Psychidae moths. Evolution 58: 1511-1520. PDF

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Parental care and life histories

• Kilpimaa J, Van de Casteele T, Jokinen I, Mappes J & Alatalo RV 2005: Genetic and environmental variation in antibody and T-cell mediated responses in the great tit. Evolution 59(11): 2483-2489. PDF
• Vertainen L, Alatalo RV, Mappes J & Parri S 2000: Sexual differences in growth strategies of the wolf spider Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata. Evolutionary Ecology 14: 595-610. PDF
• Kotiaho J, Alatalo RV, Mappes J & Parri S 1999: Overwintering survival in relation to body mass in a field population of the wolf spider Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata Journal of Zoology 248: 270-272
• Oksanen TA, Alatalo RV, Horne T, Koskela E, Mappes J & Mappes T 1999: Maternal effort and male quality in the bank vole Cletrionomys clareolus. Proceedings of Royal Society of London B 266:1495-1499.
• Kaitala A & Mappes J 1997: Parental care and reproductive investment in shield bugs (Acanthosomatidae, Heteroptera). Oikos 80: 3-7.
• Mappes J, Mappes T & Lappalainen T 1997: Unequal maternal investment in offspring quality in relation to predation risk. - Evolutionary Ecology 11: 237-243. PDF
• Mappes J, Alatalo RV, Kotiaho J & Parri S 1996: Viability costs of condition-dependent sexual male display in a drumming wolf spider. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 263: 785-789.
• Mappes J, Kaitala A & Rinne V 1996: Temporal variation in reproductive allocation in a shield bug (Elasmostethus interstinctus L.). - Journal of Zoology 240: 29-35. PDF
• Mappes J, Kaitala A & Alatalo RV 1995: Joint brood guarding in parent bugs. - An experiment on defence against predation. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 36: 343-347.
• Mappes J & Kaitala A 1995: Host-plant selection and predation risk for offspring of the parent bug - Ecology 76: 2668-2670. PDF
• Mappes J 1994: Parasites effect female's ability to defend her offspring in Elasmucha grisea L. - Ethology 97: 76-80.
• Mappes T, Mappes J & Kotiaho J 1994: Parasites effect nest site choice and breeding success in pied flycatcher - Oecologia 98: 147-149.
• Mappes J & Kaitala A 1994: Experiments with Elasmucha grisea L: (Heteroptera: Acanthosomatidae): does a female parent bug lays as many eggs as she can defend? - Behavioral Ecology 3: 314-317.
• Mappes J & Mäkelä I 1993: Egg and larval load assessment and its influence in the oviposition behaviour of water-lily beetle, Galerucella nymphaeae. Oecologia 1: 38-41.

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Refereed book chapters

• Mappes J: Lajienväliset vuorovaikutukset. In. Vuorisalo T & Portin P (eds): Evoluutio NYT. Kirja-Aurora
• Mappes J & Stevens M 2010: Sensory ecology and information use. Pages 148-151 in Westnead, D. and Fox, S. eds. Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
• Ahtiainen J, Alatalo RV, Kotiaho J, Mappes J. Parri S & Vertainen, L 2002: Sexual selection in the drumming wolf spider Hygrolycosa rubrofasciata. Pages 129-137 in S. Toft and N. Scharff, eds. European Arachnology 2000, Aarhus University press, Århus.

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Theses

• Mappes J Maternal care and reproductive tactics in shield bugs. Biological research reports from the University of Jyväskylä 40. - Academic dissertation -