Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Education/Academic qualification
Ecology and evolutionary biology, Title of Docent , University of Helsinki
Award Date: 24 Sep 2020
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Ph.D., University of Helsinki
Award Date: 21 Jan 2015
External positions
Peter Buck Postdoctoral Fellow, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C., U.S.A
1 Feb 2015 → 31 Jan 2017Fields of Science
- 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology
- Systematics
- Entomology
- Phylogenetics
- Taxonomy
- Lepidoptera
- Paleontology
International and National Collaboration
Publications and projects within past five years.
Publications
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A molecular phylogeny of Cochylina, with confirmation of its relationship to Euliina (Lepidoptera: Tortricidae)
Brown, J. W., Aarvik, L., Heikkilä, M., Brown, R. & Mutanen, M., Jan 2020, In : Systematic Entomology. 45, 1, p. 160-174 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Ustyurtiidae, a new family of Urodoidea with description of a new genus and two species from Kazakhstan, and discussion on possible affinity of Urodoidea to Schreckensteinioidea (Lepidoptera)
Kaila, L., Nupponen, K., Gorbunov, P. Y., Mutanen, M. & Heikkila, M., May 2020, In : Insect Systematics & Evolution. 51, 3, p. 444-471 28 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Ghosts from the past: a review of fossil Hepialoidea (Lepidoptera)
Simonsen, T. J., Wagner, D. L. & Heikkilä, M., 11 Nov 2019, In : PeerJ. 7, 7, 20 p., 7982.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › peer-review
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Priors and Posteriors in Bayesian Timing of Divergence Analyses: The Age of Butterflies Revisited
Chazot, N., Wahlberg, N., Lucci Freitas, A. V., Mitter, C., Labandeira, C., Sohn, J-C., Sahoo, R. K., Seraphim, N., de Jong, R. & Heikkilä, M., Sep 2019, In : Systematic Biology. 68, 5, p. 797-813 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
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Genetic analysis reveals Finnish Formica fennica populations do not form a separate genetic entity from F. exsecta
Hakala, S. M., Seppä, P., Heikkilä, M., Punttila, P., Sorvari, J. & Helanterä, H., 6 Dec 2018, In : PeerJ. 6, 23 p., 6013.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Scientific › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Perhosten systematiikka
Kaila, L., Kekkonen, M. & Heikkilä, M.
01/01/2006 → 31/12/2020
Project: Research project
Activities
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Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington (Journal)
Maria Heikkilä (Reviewer)
Mar 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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Zootaxa (Journal)
Maria Heikkilä (Reviewer)
Jan 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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Systematic Entomology (Journal)
Maria Heikkilä (Reviewer)
Mar 2020Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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Zootaxa (Journal)
Maria Heikkilä (Reviewer)
Dec 2020 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
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Insect Systematics and Diversity (Journal)
Maria Heikkilä (Reviewer)
Feb 2019Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review of manuscripts
Press / Media
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ISTV:n museokierrokset koronan takia suljetuissa museoissa: Luonnontieteellisen museon miljoonaluokan kokoelmien eksoottinen helmi löytyy kulissien takaa – tutustu näyttelyihin videokierroksella https://www.is.fi/kotimaa/art-2000007765256.html
27/01/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Haastattelu: How the Butterfly Discovered Daylight. The New York Times 22.10.2019
22/10/2019
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media
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Haastattelu: Triassic Butterfly Park? Fossil find questions the idea that flowers drove the evolution of butterflies and moths. Scientific American 10.1.2018
10/01/2018
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Press / Media