Emma Vitikainen

Publications

Research Output per year

2005 2020

• 34 Article
• 2 Chapter
• 1 Editorial

Research Output per year

Research Output per year

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• Banded mongooses: Demography, life history, and social behaviour

  Cant, M. A., Nichols, H. J., Thompson, F. J. & Vitikainen, E. I. K., 2016, Cooperative Breeding in Vertebrates: Studies of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior. König, W. D. & Dickinson, J. L. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, p. 318-337 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific

• Banded mongooses avoid inbreeding when mating with members of the same natal group

  Sanderson, J. L., Wang, J., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Cant, M. A. & Nichols, H. J., Jul 2015, In : Molecular Ecology. 24, 14, p. 3738-3751 14 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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• Biased escorts: offspring sex, not relatedness explains alloparental care patterns in a cooperative breeder

  Vitikainen, E. I. K., Marshall, H. H., Thompson, F. J., Sanderson, J. L., Bell, M. B. V., Gilchrist, J. S., Hodge, S. J., Nichols, H. J. & Cant, M. A., 17 May 2017, In : Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Biological Sciences. 284, 1854, 9 p., 20162384.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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• Causes and consequences of intergroup conflict in cooperative banded mongooses

  Thompson, F. J., Marshall, H. H., Vitikainen, E. I. K. & Cant, M. A., Apr 2017, In : Animal Behaviour. 126, p. 31-40 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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• Chemical basis of nest-mate discrimination in the ant Formica exsecta

  Martin, S. J., Vitikainen, E., Helanterä, H. & Drijfhout, F. P., 2008, In : Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Biological Sciences. 275, 1640, p. 1271-1278 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Conspecific ant aggression is correlated with chemical distance, but not with genetic or spatial distance

  Martin, S. J., Vitikainen, E., Drijfhout, F. P. & Jackson, D., 2012, In : Behavior Genetics. 42, 2, p. 323-331 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Data collection and storage in long-term ecological and evolutionary studies: The Mongoose 2000 system

  Marshall, H. H., Griffiths, D. J., Mwanguhya, F., Businge, R., Griffiths, A. G. F., Kyabulima, S., Mwesige, K., Sanderson, J. L., Thompson, F. J., Vitikainen, E. I. K. & Cant, M. A., 9 Jan 2018, In : PLoS One. 13, 1, 15 p., 0190740.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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• Decoupling of Genetic and Cultural Inheritance in a Wild Mammal

  Sheppard, C. E., Marshall, H. H., Inger, R., Thompson, F. J., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Barker, S., Nichols, H. J., Wells, D. A., McDonald, R. A. & Cant, M. A., 4 Jun 2018, In : Current Biology. 28, 11, p. 1846-+ 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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• Demography and Social Evolution of Banded Mongooses

  Cant, M. A., Vitikainen, E. & Nichols, H. J., 2013, ADVANCES IN THE STUDY OF BEHAVIOR, VOL 45. Brockmann, HJ., Roper, TJ., Naguib, M., Mitani, JC., Simmons, LW. & Barrett, L. (eds.). ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE, Vol. 45. p. 407-445 39 p. (Advances in the Study of Behavior; vol. 45).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Scientific › peer-review

• Developing differences: early-life effects and evolutionary medicine

  Kuijper, B., Hanson, M. A., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Marshall, H. H., Ozanne, S. E. & Cant, M. A., 25 Feb 2019, In : Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Biological Sciences. 374, 1770, 7 p., 20190039.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › Scientific

• Do Cuticular Hydrocarbons Provide Sufficient Information for Optimal Sex Allocation in the Ant Formica exsecta?

  van Zweden, J. S., Vitikainen, E., d'Ettorre, P. & Sundstrom, L., 2011, In : Journal of Chemical Ecology. 37, 12, p. 1365-1373 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Eider females form non-kin brood-rearing coalitions

  Öst, M., Vitikainen, E., Waldeck, P., Sundström, L., Lindström, K., Hollmen, T., Franson, J. C., Kilpi, M. & Franson, C., 2005, In : Molecular Ecology. 14, p. 3903-3908 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Elevated glucocorticoid concentrations during gestation predict reduced reproductive success in subordinate female banded mongooses

  Sanderson, J. L., Nichols, H. J., Marshall, H. H., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Thompson, F. J., Walker, S. L., Cant, M. A. & Young, A. J., 1 Oct 2015, In : Biology Letters. 11, 10, 5 p., 20150620.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Evidence of oxidative shielding of offspring in a wild mammal

  Vitikainen, E. I. K., Cant, M., Sanderson, J., Mitchell, C., Nichols, H., Marshall, H., Thompson, F., Gilchrist, J., Hodge, S., Johnstone, R. & Blount, J., Jun 2016, In : Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution. 4, p. 58 2016.00058.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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• Explaining negative kin discrimination in a cooperative mammal society

  Thompson, F. J., Cant, M. A., Marshall, H. H., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Sanderson, J. L., Nichols, H. J., Gilchrist, J. S., Bell, M. B. V., Young, A. J., Hodge, S. J. & Johnstone, R. A., 16 May 2017, In : Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 114, 20, p. 5207-5212 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Female reproductive competition explains variation in prenatal investment in wild banded mongooses

  Inzani, E. L., Marshall, H. H., Sanderson, J. L., Nichols, H. J., Thompson, F. J., Kalema-Zikusoka, G., Hodge, S. J., Cant, M. A. & Vitikainen, E. I. K., 28 Jan 2016, In : Scientific Reports. 6, 6 p., 20013.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Fitness and the level of homozygosity in a social insect

  Haag-Liautard, C., Vitikainen, E., Keller, L. & Sundström, L., 2009, In : Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 22, 1, p. 134-142 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Group size and visitor numbers predict faecal glucocorticoid concentrations in zoo meerkats

  Scott, K., Heistermann, M., Cant, M. A. & Vitikainen, E. I. K., Apr 2017, In : Royal Society Open Science. 4, 4, 11 p., 161017.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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• Heterozygosity but not inbreeding coefficient predicts parasite burdens in the banded mongoose

  Mitchell, J., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Wells, D. A., Cant, M. A. & Nichols, H. J., May 2017, In : Journal of Zoology. 302, 1, p. 32-39 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Inbreeding and caste-specific variation in immune defence in the ant Formica exsecta

  Vitikainen, E. & Sundström, L., 2011, In : Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 65, 5, p. 899-907 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Inbreeding and reproductive investment in the ant Formica exsecta

  Vitikainen, E., Haag-Liautard, C. & Sundström, L., 2011, In : Evolution. 65, 7, p. 2026-2037 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Individual and demographic consequences of mass eviction in cooperative banded mongooses

  Thompson, F. J., Marshall, H. H., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Young, A. J. & Cant, M. A., Dec 2017, In : Animal Behaviour. 134, p. 103-112 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Intragroup competition predicts individual foraging specialisation in a group-living mammal

  Sheppard, K. E., Inger, R., McDonald, R. A., Barker, S., Jackson, A. L., Thompson, F. J., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Cant, M. A. & Marshall, H. H., May 2018, In : Ecology Letters. 21, 5, p. 665-673 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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• Lack of aggression and apparent altruism towards intruders in a primitive termite

  Cooney, F., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Marshall, H. H., van Rooyen, W., Smith, R. L., Cant, M. A. & Goodey, N., Nov 2016, In : Royal Society Open Science. 3, 11, 7 p., 160682.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Lifetime fitness consequences of early-life ecological hardship in a wild mammal population

  Marshall, H. H., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Mwanguhya, F., Businge, R., Kyabulima, S., Hares, M. C., Inzani, E., Kalema-Zikusoka, G., Mwesige, K., Nichols, H. J., Sanderson, J. L., Thompson, F. J. & Cant, M. A., Mar 2017, In : Ecology and Evolution. 7, 6, p. 1712-1724 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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• Live long and prosper: durable benefits of early-life care in banded mongooses

  Vitikainen, E. I. K., Thompson, F. J., Marshall, H. H. & Cant, M. A., 25 Feb 2019, In : Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society. Biological Sciences. 374, 1770, 9 p., 20180114.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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• Maternal stress or sleep during pregnancy are not reflected on telomere length of newborns

  Ämmälä, A-J., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Hovatta, I., Paavonen, J., Saarenpää-Heikkilä, O., Kylliäinen, A., Pölkki, P., Porkka-Heiskanen, T. & Paunio, T., 19 Aug 2020, In : Scientific Reports. 10, 1, 10 p., 13986.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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• Natal dispersal, mating patterns and inbreeding in the ant Formica exsecta

  Vitikainen, E. I. K., Haag-Liautard, C. & Sundström, L., Dec 2015, In : American Naturalist. 186, 6, p. 716-727 12 p.

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• Oxidative shielding and the cost of reproduction

  Blount, J. D., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Stott, I. & Cant, M. A., May 2016, In : Biological Reviews. 91, 2, p. 483-497 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Oxidative stress and life histories: unresolved issues and current needs

  Speakman, J. R., Blount, J. D., Bronikowski, A. M., Buffenstein, R., Isaksson, C., Kirkwood, T. B. L., Monaghan, P., Ozanne, S. E., Beaulieu, M., Briga, M., Carr, S. K., Christensen, L. L., Cocheme, H. M., Cram, D. L., Dantzer, B., Harper, J. M., Jurk, D., King, A., Noguera, J. C., Salin, K. & 8 others, Sild, E., Simons, M. J. P., Smith, S., Stier, A., Tobler, M., Vitikainen, E., Peaker, M. & Selman, C., Dec 2015, In : Ecology and Evolution. 5, 24, p. 5745-5757 13 p.

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• Reproductive competition triggers mass eviction in cooperative banded mongooses

  Thompson, F. J., Marshall, H. H., Sanderson, J. L., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Nichols, H. J., Gilchrist, J. S., Young, A. J., Hodge, S. J. & Cant, M. A., 16 Mar 2016, In : Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Biological Sciences. 283, 1826, 9 p., 20152607.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Smelling fit: scent marking exposes parasitic infection status in the banded mongoose

  Mitchell, J., Cant, M. A., Vitikainen, E. I. K. & Nichols, H. J., Jun 2017, In : Current zoology. 63, 3, p. 237-247 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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• Sources of Variation in Cuticular Hydrocarbons in the Ant Formica exsecta

  Martin, S. J., Vitikainen, E., Shemilt, S., Drijfhout, F. P. & Sundstrom, L., Dec 2013, In : Journal of Chemical Ecology. 39, 11-12, p. 1415-1423 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Spontaneous abortion as a response to reproductive conflict in the banded mongoose

  Inzani, E., Marshall, H. H., Thompson, F. J., Kalema-Zikusoka, G., Cant, M. A. & Vitikainen, E. I. K., 24 Dec 2019, In : Biology Letters. 15, 12, 5 p., 20190529.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Telomere dynamics in wild banded mongooses: Evaluating longitudinal and quasi-longitudinal markers of senescence

  Hares, M. C., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Marshall, H. H., Thompson, F. J., Blount, J. D. & Cant, M. A., 1 Jul 2018, In : Experimental Gerontology. 107, 1, p. 67-73 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

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• The origins of consistent individual differences in cooperation in wild banded mongooses, Mungos mungo

  Sanderson, J. L., Stott, I., Young, A. J., Vitikainen, E. I. K., Hodge, S. J. & Cant, M. A., Sep 2015, In : Animal Behaviour. 107, p. 193-200 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review

• Variable ecological conditions promote male helping by changing banded mongoose group composition

  Marshall, H. H., Sanderson, J. L., Mwanghuya, F., Businge, R., Kyabulima, S., Hares, M. C., Inzani, E., Kalema-Zikusoka, G., Mwesige, K., Thompson, F. J., Vitikainen, E. I. K. & Cant, M. A., 2016, In : Behavioral Ecology. 27, 4, p. 978-987 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review