Publications

Below is a list of my peer-reviewed publications. You can also find them on my Google Scholar site.

Close and more distant relatives are associated with child mortality risk in historical Finland

Mirkka Lahdenperä, Milla Salonen, Takayuki Hiraoka, M. Seltmann, J. Saramäki, V. Lummaa

Evolutionary Human Sciences, 2025

Tusks, testosterone and personality in male Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Hoedric Huguet, M. Seltmann, Win Htut, Michael Briga, Carly L. Lynsdale, V. Lummaa

Royal Society Open Science, 2025

Arctic migrating barnacle geese utilize accommodation fields in a new agricultural staging area

M. Seltmann, Anna‐Kaisa Ylitalo, A. Piironen, Ron Store, Juha Heikkinen, Wieland Heim, Markus Piha, Tuomas Seimola, Toni Laaksonen, Jukka T. Forsman

Journal of Applied Ecology, 2024

Asian elephant calf physiology and mahout perspectives during taming in Myanmar

Jennie A. H. Crawley, Hnin Nandar, H. T. Zaw, Mirkka Lahdenperä, Diogo J. Franco dos Santos, M. Seltmann, Janine L. Brown, Robert M. Goodsell, Z. M. Oo, Win Htut, U. Nyein, H. H. Aung, V. Lummaa

Royal Society Open Science, 2024

Enhancing stress assessment in sledge reindeer (Rangifer tarandus): a pilot study on infrared thermal imaging and its opportunities for advancement as a welfare assessment tool

Océane Liehrmann, Anne Ollila, V. Lummaa, Léa Lansade, M. Seltmann

Animal Behavior and Cognition, 2024

First report of reindeer (Rangifer tarandus tarandus) response to human-given cues.

Océane Liehrmann, Anne Ollila, V. Lummaa, lea lansade, M. Seltmann

Journal of Comparative Psychology, 2023

Investigating associations between nematode infection and three measures of sociality in Asian elephants

Carly L. Lynsdale, M. Seltmann, Nay Oo Mon, H. H. Aung, U. Nyein, Win Htut, Mirkka Lahdenperä, V. Lummaa

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 2022

Sex-specific links between the social landscape and faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in semi-captive Asian elephants.

M. Seltmann, J. Jackson, Emily C. Lynch, Janine L. Brown, Win Htut, Mirkka Lahdenperä, V. Lummaa

General and Comparative Endocrinology, 2022

Handler familiarity helps to improve working performance during novel situations in semi-captive Asian elephants

Océane Liehrmann, Jennie A. H. Crawley, M. Seltmann, Shérine Feillet, U. Nyein, H. H. Aung, Win Htut, Mirkka Lahdenperä, lea lansade, V. Lummaa

Scientific Reports, 2021

“How not to judge a deer by its cover”: A personality assessment study on captive adult red deer males (Cervus elaphus)

Bruno Esattore, V. Šlipogor, Laura Saggiomo, M. Seltmann

Behavioural Processes, 2021

Influence of handler relationships and experience on health parameters, glucocorticoid responses and behaviour of semi-captive Asian elephants

Jennie A. H. Crawley, Océane Liehrmann, D. Santos, Janine L. Brown, U. Nyein, H. H. Aung, Win Htut, Z. Oo, M. Seltmann, J. L. Webb, Mirkka Lahdenperä, V. Lummaa

Conservation Physiology, 2021

Evaluating the Reliability of Non-Specialist Observers in the Behavioural Assessment of Semi-Captive Asian Elephant Welfare

J. L. Webb, Jennie A. H. Crawley, M. Seltmann, Océane Liehrmann, N. Hemmings, K. Nyein, H. H. Aung, V. Lummaa, Mirkka Lahdenperä

Animals, 2020

Faecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites and H/L Ratio Are Related Markers of Stress in Semi-Captive Asian Timber Elephants

M. Seltmann, Susanna Ukonaho, Sophie Reichert, Diogo Dos Santos, U. Nyein, Win Htut, V. Lummaa

Animals, 2020

Within-litter covariance of allele-specific MHC heterozygosity, coccidian endoparasite load and growth is modulated by sibling differences in starting mass

Heiko G. Rödel, Claus Oppelt, A. Starkloff, Nelly Prager, Emilie Long, Anna-Theresa Rüdiger, M. Seltmann, Raquel Monclús, R. Hudson, C. Poteaux

Oecologia, 2020

Future Directions for Personality Research: Contributing New Insights to the Understanding of Animal Behavior

V. Wilson, A. Guenther, Ø. Øverli, M. Seltmann, Drew Altschul