Chrono-Biographical Sketches
Kalela, Olavi (Finland
1908-1974)
animal ecology
 Photo courtesy University of Helsinki |
Kalela ranked among the top European animal ecologists of his generation. His studies on microtine populations began shortly after the end of World War II, and included both field-based observation of behavior, and lab-based experimentation and mathematical modeling. He was in particular a leader in the study of animal population fluctuations and cycles (and their subsequent biogeographical implications), especially in relating their ecosystem-level causes (such as changes in food resources or climate) to population-level effects (e.g., reproductive trends). |
Life Chronology
--born in Helsinki, Finland, on
25 March 1908.
--1933- : works at various positions in the Museum of Zoology, University
of Helsinki
--1938: completes his doctoral dissertation
--1946: begins his studies on voles at Kilpisjärvi, Finland
--1949: publishes "Changes in Geographic Ranges in the Avifauna of Northern
and Central Europe in Relation to Recent Changes in Climate" in Bird-Banding
--1957: made professor of zoology at the University of Helsinki; publishes
"Regulation of Reproduction Rate in Subarctic Populations of the Vole Clethrionomys
rufocanus (Sund.)" in Annales Academiae Scientiarum Fennicae Ser.
A-IV, Biologica
--1962: publishes "On the Fluctuations in the Numbers of Arctic and Boreal
Small Rodents as a Problem of Production Biology" in Annales Academiae
Scientiarum Fennicae Ser. A-IV, Biologica
--1963: helps found the biological station at Kilpisjärvi
--dies on 22 May 1974.
For Additional Information, See:
--Annales Zoologici Fennici, Vol. 22 (1985): 208-210.
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