This page is not maintained any more! Please see here. Toomas Tammaru, Ph.D. professor of "special" zoology University of Tartu, Estonia Research interests:       - life history evolution (mainly insects: body size, oviposition, bet-hedging etc.);            - population ecology of herbivorous insects;                 - taxonomy and distribution of Macrolepidoptera (= butterflies and moths). Other interests:       - collecting Lepidoptera (Estonia in particular, and Holarctic in general);            - naturalistic activities of other types (e.g. bird ringing);                  - languages, linguistics (I do not say I know something);                       - chemistry, mathematics (earlier in life but something may be left). Contact    CV    Publications     Estonian Insect News   Teaching (local interest)