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• Alatalo, R.V., Siitari, H. & Rintamäki, P.T. (2004) Teeren soidin ja metsästyksen säätely. Suomen Riista (Black grouse lek and control of hunting, Finnish Wildlife, in Finnish with English summary) 50, 120-127.
• Eeva, T., Ruuskanen, S., Salminen, J-P., Belskii, E., Järvinen, A., Kerimov, A., Korpimäki, E., Krams, I., Moreno, J., Morosinotto, C., Mänd, R., Orell, M., Qvarnström, A., Siitari, H., Slater, F.M., Tilgar, V., Visser, M.E., Winkel, W, Zang, H. & Laaksonen, T. 2010: Geographical trends in the yolk carotenoid composition of the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca). Oecologia, 165: 277-287.
• Härmä, O., Kareksela, S., Siitari, H. & Suhonen, J. (2011) Pygmy owl (Glaucidium passerinum) and the usage of ultraviolet cues of prey. Journal Avian Biology, 42: 89-91.
• Honkavaara, J., Koivula, M., Korpimäki, E., Siitari, H. & Viitala, J. (2002) Ecological importance of ultraviolet vision and foraging in terrestrial vertebrates Oikos, 98, 505-511.
• Honkavaara, J., Siitari, H. & Viitala, J. (2004) Fruit colour preferences of redwings (Turdus iliacis): experiments with hand-raised juveniles and wild-caught adults. Ethology 110, 1-13.
• Honkavaara, J., Siitari, H., Saloranta, V. & Viitala, J. (2007) Avian seed ingestion changes germination patterns of bilberry, Vaccinium myrtillus. Annales Botanici Fennici, 44, 8-17.
• Johnsen, A., Fidler, A.E., Kuhn, S., Carter, K.L., Hoffmann, A., Barr, I.R., Biard, C., Charmantier, A., Eens, M., Korsten, P., Lambrechts, M.M., Siitari, H., Tomiuk, J. & Kempenaers, B. (2007) Avian Clock gene polymorphism: evidence for a latitudinal cline in allele frequencies. Molecular Ecology, 16, 4867–4880 .
• Karell, P., Pietiäinen, H., Brommer, J. & Siitari, H. (2007) A possible link between parasite defence and residual reproduction. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20, 2248-2252.
• Karell, P., Ahola, K., Karstinen, T., Kolunen, H., Siitari, H. & Brommer, J. (2011) Blood parasites mediate morph-specific maintenance costs in a colour polymorphic wild bird. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 24, 1783-1792.
• Karell, P., Kontiainen, P., Pietiäinen, H., Siitari, H. & Brommer, J. (2008) Maternal effects on offspring immunoglobulins and egg size in relation to natural and experimentally improved food supply. Functional Ecology, 22, 682-690.
• Karell, P., Pietiäinen, H., Siitari, H., Pihlaja, T., Kontiainen, P. & Brommer, J.E. (2009) Parental allocation of additional food to own health and offspring growth in a variable environment. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 87, 8-19.
• Kilpimaa, J., Alatalo, R.V. & Siitari, H. (2004) Trade-offs between sexual advertisement and immune function in the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca). Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 271, 245-250.
• Kilpimaa, J., Alatalo, R.V. & Siitari, H. (2007) Pre-hatching maternal effects in the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca). Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 20, 717-724..
• Lebigre, C., Alatalo, R.V., & Siitari, H. (2010) Female-biased dispersal alone can reduce the occurrence of inbreeding in black grouse (Tetrao tetrix). Molecular Ecology, 19, 1929-1939.
• Lebigre, C., Alatalo, R.V., Forss, H. & Siitari, H. (2008) Low levels of relatedness on black grouse leks despite male philopatry. Molecular Ecology, 17, 4512-4521.
• Lebigre, C., Alatalo, R.V., Siitari, H. & Parri, S. (2007) Restrictive mating by females on black grouse leks. Molecular Ecology, 16, 4380 - 4389.
• Lebigre, C., Alatalo, R.V., Siitari, H. & Staszewski, V. (2011) Leucocyte counts variation and male fitness in the lekking black grouse (Tetrao tetrix). Journal of Ornithology, in press.
• Ludwig, G., Alatalo, R.V., Helle, P., Linden, H., Lindström, J. & Siitari, H. 2006: Short- and long-term population dynamical consequences of asymmetric climate change in black grouse. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 273, 2009-2016.
• Ludwig, G.X, Alatalo, R.V., Helle, P., Nissinen, K. & Siitari, H. (2008) Large-scale drainage and breeding success in boreal forest grouse. Journal of Applied Ecology, 45, 325-333.
• Ludwig, X.L., Alatalo, R.V., Helle, P. & Siitari, H. (2011) Individual and environmental determinants of daily black grouse nest survival rates at variable predator densities. Annales Zoologi Fennici, 47, 387-397.
• Ludwig, X.L., Alatalo, R.V., Helle, P. & Siitari, H. (2011) Individual and environmental determinants of early brood survival in black grouse. Wildlife Biology, 16, 367-378.
• Müller, W., Dijkstra, C., Groothuis, T.G.G., Siitari, H. & Alatalo, R.V. (2004) Maternal antibody transmission and breeding densities in the Black-headed Gull (Larus ridibundus). Functional Ecology 18, 719-724.
• Müller, W., Groothuis, T.G.G., Kasprzik, A., Dijkstra, C., Alatalo, R.V. & Siitari, H. (2005) Prenatal androgen exposure modulates cellular and humoral immune function of black-headed gull chicks. Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 272, 1971-1977.
• Pihlaja, M, Siitari, H. & Alatalo, R. V. (2006) Maternal antibodies in a wild altricial bird: effects on offspring immunity, growth and survival. Journal of Animal Ecology, 75, 1154-1164.
• Pitala, N., Siitari, H., Gustafsson, L. & Brommer, J.E. (2009) Ectoparasites help to maintain variation in cell-mediated immunity in the blue tit – hen flea system. Evolutionary Ecology Research, 11,79-94.
• Pitala, N., Siitari, H., Gustafsson, L. & Brommer, J.E. (2010) Costs and benefits of experimentally induced changes in the allocation of growth versus immune function under differential exposure to parasites. PloS ONE 5, e10814.
• Siitari H., Honkavaara J. & Viitala J. (1999) Ultraviolet reflection of berries attracts foraging birds: A laboratory study with redwings (Turdus iliacus) and bilberries (Vaccinium myrtillus). Proceedings of the Royal Society, London B 266:2125-2130.
• Siitari, H. & Huhta, E. (2002) Individual colour variation and male quality in pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca). –the role of ultraviolet reflection. Behavioral Ecology 13, 737-741.
• Siitari, H., Alatalo, R.V., Halme, P., Buchanan, K. L. & Kilpimaa, J. (2007) Color signals in the black grouse (Tetrao tetrix): signal properties and their condition dependency. American Naturalist, 169, S81-S92.
• Siitari, H., Honkavaara, J., Huhta, E. & Viitala, J. (2002) Ultraviolet reflection and female mate choice in the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca). Animal Behaviour 63, 97-102.
• Siitari, H., Hovi, M. & Viitala, J. (2002) Behavioural evidence on ultraviolet vision in a tetraonid species –foraging experiment with black grouse (Tetrao tetrix). Journal of Avian Biology 33, 199-202.
• Soulsbury, C.D., Alatalo, R.V., Lebigre, C. & Siitari, H. (2011) Age-dependent inbreeding risk in the lekking black grouse. Biology Letters 7, 853-855. .
• Staszewski, V. & Siitari, H. (2010) Antibody injection in the egg yolk: Maternal antibodies per se affect offspring humoral immune response. Functional Ecology, 24: 1333-1341 .
• Strand, T., Westerdahl, H., Höglund, J., Alatalo, R.V. & Siitari, H. (2007) The MHC class II of the black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) consists of low numbers of B and Y genes with variable diversity and expression. Immunogenetics 59, 725-734.
• Tschirren, B., Siitari, H., Saladin, V. & Richner, H. (2009) Transgenerational immunity in a bird-ectoparasite system: do maternally trasferred antibodies affect parasite fecundity or the offspring's susceptibility to fleas? Ibis 89, 160-170.