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List of works by Minna Koivula

Attraction of kestrels to vole scent marks visible in ultraviolet light

scientific article published in Nature

COST OF REPRODUCTION IN THE WILD: MANIPULATION OF REPRODUCTIVE EFFORT IN THE BANK VOLE

scientific article

Can number and size of offspring increase simultaneously?--a central life-history trade-off reconsidered

scientific article

Different methods to calculate genomic predictions--comparisons of BLUP at the single nucleotide polymorphism level (SNP-BLUP), BLUP at the individual level (G-BLUP), and the one-step approach (H-BLUP).

scientific article published in July 2012

Direct and maternal genetic effects on first litter size, maturation age, and animal size in Finnish minks

scientific article published on 19 June 2009

Distribution of bacteria and seasonal and regional effects in a new database for mastitis pathogens in Finland

scientific article

Do Tengmalm's owls see vole scent marks visible in ultraviolet light?

scientific article published on 01 October 1997

Do scent marks increase predation risk of microtine rodents?

scientific article

Effect of cow reference group on validation reliability of genomic evaluation

scientific article

Frequency and density-dependent selection on life-history strategies--a field experiment

scientific article

Genetic (co)variances and breeding value estimation of Gompertz growth curve parameters in Finnish Yorkshire boars, gilts and barrows

scientific article published in June 2008

Genetic and phenotypic parameters of age at first mating, litter size and animal size in Finnish mink

scientific article published in February 2010

Genetic and phenotypic relationships among milk yield and somatic cell count before and after clinical mastitis.

scientific article published in February 2005

Genetic parameters for test-day somatic cell count at different lactation stages of Finnish dairy cattle

scientific article

Identification of runs of homozygosity affecting female fertility and milk production traits in Finnish Ayrshire cattle

scientific article published on 02 March 2020

Interactive effects of past and present environments on overwintering success-a reciprocal transplant experiment

scientific article

Intra- and intersexual trade-offs between testosterone and immune system: Implications for sexual and sexually antagonistic selection

scientific article published on October 2010

Kestrels prefer scent marks according to species and reproductive status of voles

scientific article

New breeding value evaluation of fertility traits in Finnish mink

scientific article

New fertility traits in breeding value evaluation of Finnish blue fox

scientific article

Practical implementation of genetic groups in single-step genomic evaluations with Woodbury matrix identity–based genomic relationship inverse

scientific article

Rate of population change in voles from different phases of the population cycle

scientific article published in 2002

Reducing bias in the dairy cattle single-step genomic evaluation by ignoring bulls without progeny.

scientific article published on 27 February 2018

Rough-Legged Buzzards Use Vole Scent Marks to Assess Hunting Areas

article by Minna Koivula & Jussi Viitala published September 1999 in Journal of Avian Biology

Sex and age-specific differences in ultraviolet reflectance of scent marks of bank voles (Clethrionomys glareolus)

scientific article published on 01 December 1999

Sex-biased maternal investment in voles: importance of environmental conditions

scientific article published in July 2004

Single-step genomic evaluation using multitrait random regression model and test-day data

scientific article

Size of Internal Organs and Forage Quality of Herbivores: Are There Differences between Cycle Phases in Microtus Voles?

scientific article published in 1997

Small Mustelid Predation Slows Population Growth of Microtus Voles: A Predator Reduction Experiment

article published in 1997

Strong seasonality may attenuate trophic cascades: vertebrate predator exclusion in boreal grassland

article published in 2002

Symposium review: Single-step genomic evaluations in dairy cattle

scientific article published on 21 April 2020

The cost of reproduction induced by body size at birth and breeding density

scientific article published on 9 October 2007

Ultraviolet vision and foraging in terrestrial vertebrates

scientific article

WINTER FOOD SUPPLY LIMITS GROWTH OF NORTHERN VOLE POPULATIONS IN THE ABSENCE OF PREDATION

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