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Aleksi Lehikoinen

Aleksi Lehikoinen

D-Index & Metrics

Environmental Sciences

D-Index
49
Citations
10122
World Ranking
5195
National Ranking
84

Aleksi Lehikoinen publication distribution in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Environmental Sciences in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Aleksi Lehikoinen sits on this spectrum.

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41 publications 690+

This scientist: 211 publications — 68th percentile

68% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 690 publications or more.

Aleksi Lehikoinen D-index placement in Environmental Sciences in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Environmental Sciences scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Aleksi Lehikoinen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 126+

This scientist: 49 D-Index — 47th percentile

47% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 126 D-Index or more.

Overview

Aleksi Lehikoinen is affiliated with the University of Helsinki in Finland. Their research spans a substantial body of work within Environmental Science, with a special focus on Ecology and its related subfields. The main subfields of study include Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Global and Planetary Change, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's primary topics of inquiry encompass Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Avian Ecology and Behavior, Plant and Animal Studies, Fire Effects on Ecosystems, and Genetic Diversity and Population Structure.

Aleksi Lehikoinen has contributed to numerous publications, including these notable papers:

  • Farmland practices are driving bird population decline across Europe (2023) - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A state-of-the-art review on birds as indicators of biodiversity: Advances, challenges, and future directions (2020) - Ecological Indicators
  • Climate change reshuffles northern species within their niches (2022) - Nature Climate Change
  • Distance decay 2.0 - A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities (2022) - Global Ecology and Biogeography
  • Long-term and large-scale multispecies dataset tracking population changes of common European breeding birds (2021) - Scientific Data

Lehikoinen's frequent co-authors include:

  • Andrea Santangeli
  • Åke Lindström
  • Norbert Teufelbauer
  • John Atle Kålås
  • Sergi Herrando

The scientist has published regularly in several key venues, such as:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Biological Conservation
  • Suomen Luontopaneelin julkaisuja
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Ecological Indicators

Best Publications

  • Rapid advance of spring arrival dates in long-distance migratory birds.

    Niclas Jonzén;Andreas Lindén;Torbjørn Ergon;Endre Knudsen

  • Climate warming, ecological mismatch at arrival and population decline in migratory birds

    Nicola Saino;Roberto Ambrosini;Diego Rubolini;Jost von Hardenberg

  • A comprehensive evaluation of predictive performance of 33 species distribution models at species and community levels

    Anna Norberg;Nerea Abrego;Nerea Abrego;F. Guillaume Blanchet;Frederick R. Adler

  • Joint species distribution modelling with the r-package Hmsc.

    Gleb Tikhonov;Gleb Tikhonov;Øystein H. Opedal;Øystein H. Opedal;Nerea Abrego;Aleksi Lehikoinen

  • Farmland practices are driving bird population decline across Europe

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  • Consistent response of bird populations to climate change on two continents

    Philip A. Stephens;Lucy R. Mason;Rhys E. Green;Rhys E. Green;Richard D. Gregory

  • Rapid climate driven shifts in wintering distributions of three common waterbird species

    Aleksi Lehikoinen;Kim Jaatinen;Anssi V. Vähätalo;Preben Clausen

  • A state-of-the-art review on birds as indicators of biodiversity: Advances, challenges, and future directions

    Sara Fraixedas;Andreas Lindén;Markus Piha;Mar Cabeza

  • Climate change reshuffles northern species within their niches

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  • Spring arrival of birds depends on the North Atlantic Oscillation

    Anssi V. Vähätalo;Kalle Rainio;Aleksi Lehikoinen;Esa Lehikoinen

  • Patterns of climate-induced density shifts of species: poleward shifts faster in northern boreal birds than in southern birds.

    Raimo Virkkala;Aleksi Lehikoinen

  • A review and meta‐analysis of the effects of climate change on Holarctic mountain and upland bird populations

    Davide Scridel;Mattia Brambilla;Kathy Martin;Aleksi Lehikoinen

  • Common montane birds are declining in northern Europe

    Aleksi Lehikoinen;Martin Green;Magne Husby;John Atle Kålås

  • North by north-west: climate change and directions of density shifts in birds

    Aleksi Lehikoinen;Raimo Virkkala

  • Winter climate affects subsequent breeding success of common eiders

    A. Lehikoinen;M. Kilpi;M. Öst

  • Distance decay 2.0 – A global synthesis of taxonomic and functional turnover in ecological communities

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  • Declining population trends of European mountain birds

    Aleksi Lehikoinen;Lluís Brotons;John Calladine;Tommaso Campedelli

  • The breeding ranges of Central European and Arctic bird species move poleward.

    Jon E. Brommer;Jon E. Brommer;Aleksi Lehikoinen;Jari Valkama

  • Tracking Progress Toward EU Biodiversity Strategy Targets: EU Policy Effects in Preserving its Common Farmland Birds

    Anna Gamero;Lluís Brotons;Ariel Brunner;Ruud P B Foppen

  • Effects of climate change on European ducks : what do we know and what do we need to know?

    Matthieu Guillemain;Hannu Pöysä;Anthony D. Fox;Céline Arzel

  • The impact of climate and cyclic food abundance on the timing of breeding and brood size in four boreal owl species

    Aleksi Lehikoinen;Esa Ranta;Hannu Pietiäinen;Patrik Byholm

  • Climate-driven changes in winter abundance of a migratory waterbird in relation to EU protected areas

    Diego Pavon-Jordan;Anthony D. Fox;Preben Clausen;Mindaugas Dagys

  • Large-scale change in the sex ratio of a declining eider Somateria mollissima population

    Aleksi Lehikoinen;Thomas Kjær Christensen;Markus Öst;Mikael Kilpi

Frequent Co-Authors

Åke Lindström
Åke Lindström Lund University
Hannu Pöysä
Hannu Pöysä Natural Resources Institute Finland
Richard D. Gregory
Richard D. Gregory University College London
Frédéric Jiguet
Frédéric Jiguet French National Museum of Natural History
Lluís Brotons
Lluís Brotons Spanish National Research Council
Stuart H. M. Butchart
Stuart H. M. Butchart BirdLife international, UK
Alison Johnston
Alison Johnston Cornell University
Otso Ovaskainen
Otso Ovaskainen University of Jyväskylä
Esa Lehikoinen
Esa Lehikoinen University of Turku
Jukka Rintala
Jukka Rintala Tampere University

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