Tiit Teder

Tiit Teder is an Associate Professor at the University of Tartu's Department of Zoology within the Institute of Ecology and Earth Sciences, where he leads the Insect Ecology Group. Since August 2017, he has also served as a Senior Researcher at the Czech University of Life Sciences Prague's Department of Ecology. His academic career spans over two decades, with research output including 83 publications that have garnered over 42,000 reads and 6,154 citations.

Professor Teder's research focuses on two primary areas: life history evolution in insects, particularly sexual size dimorphism, and community assembly mechanisms in insect assemblages. His work employs meta-analytic techniques to reveal broad-scale evolutionary processes and examines how landscape structure affects species richness and composition of butterfly communities. He has made significant contributions to understanding how insects respond to climate change, particularly regarding phenological shifts and thermal reaction norms.

Analysis of his recent publications shows consistent focus on insect evolutionary ecology, with particular emphasis on sex differences in life history traits, community ecology of butterflies, and conservation applications of ecological research. His work bridges theoretical evolutionary ecology with practical conservation needs, increasingly addressing the impacts of climate change and land use on insect biodiversity.

Professor Teder's scientific contributions have established him as a respected researcher in insect ecology and evolutionary biology, with collaborations spanning multiple European institutions and contributing to major projects like the PREDICTS database for ecological diversity assessment.