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Anna-Liisa Laine

Anna-Liisa Laine

University of Helsinki
Finland

D-Index & Metrics

Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
47
Citations
6675
World Ranking
4505
National Ranking
69

Anna-Liisa Laine publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anna-Liisa Laine sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 146 publications — 50th percentile

50% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Anna-Liisa Laine D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Anna-Liisa Laine sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 47 D-Index — 49th percentile

49% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Overview

Anna-Liisa Laine is a researcher affiliated with the University of Zurich in Switzerland, focusing predominantly on agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science. Their body of work encompasses main fields such as plant science, genetics, ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, ecological modeling, and nature and landscape conservation.

The scientist's research topics include plant and animal studies, species distribution and climate change, ecology and vegetation dynamics studies, evolution and genetic dynamics, plant virus research studies, plant parasitism and resistance, and zoonotic diseases and public health.

Anna-Liisa Laine has contributed to several frequent publication venues. These include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Ecology Letters
  • Nature Communications
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Current Biology

Frequent collaborators in their work include:

  • Hanna Susi
  • Marjo Saastamoinen
  • Jarno Vanhatalo
  • Fletcher W. Halliday
  • Suvi Sallinen

Notable recent publications by Anna-Liisa Laine include:

  • "Plant biodiversity promotes sustainable agriculture directly and via belowground effects" (2022, Trends in Plant Science)
  • "Climate change reshuffles northern species within their niches" (2022, Nature Climate Change)
  • "Global gene flow releases invasive plants from environmental constraints on genetic diversity" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • "Biodiversity loss underlies the dilution effect of biodiversity" (2020, Ecology Letters)
  • "Plant diversity drives positive microbial associations in the rhizosphere enhancing carbon use efficiency in agricultural soils" (2024, Nature Communications)

Best Publications

  • Co-infection alters population dynamics of infectious disease

    Hanna Susi;Benoit Barrès;Pedro F. Vale;Anna-Liisa Laine

  • Evolutionary and epidemiological implications of multiple infection in plants

    Charlotte Tollenaere;Hanna Susi;Anna-Liisa Laine

  • Rapid genetic change underpins antagonistic coevolution in a natural host‐pathogen metapopulation

    Peter H. Thrall;Anna-Liisa Laine;Anna-Liisa Laine;Michael Ravensdale;Michael Ravensdale;Adnane Nemri

  • Climate change reshuffles northern species within their niches

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  • Antibiotic resistance in the wild: an eco-evolutionary perspective.

    Teppo Hiltunen;Marko Virta;Anna-Liisa Laine

  • Understanding the ecology and evolution of host–parasite interactions across scales

    Rachel M. Penczykowski;Anna‐Liisa Laine;Britt Koskella;Britt Koskella

  • Ecological and evolutionary effects of fragmentation on infectious disease dynamics

    Jussi Jousimo;Ayco Jerome Michel Tack;Otso Ovaskainen;Tommi Mononen

  • Plant biodiversity promotes sustainable agriculture directly and via belowground effects

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  • Spatial variation in disease resistance: from molecules to metapopulations.

    Anna-Liisa Laine;Anna-Liisa Laine;Jeremy J. Burdon;Peter N. Dodds;Peter H. Thrall

  • Temperature-mediated patterns of local adaptation in a natural plant-pathogen metapopulation.

    Anna-Liisa Laine

  • Spatial scale of local adaptation in a plant-pathogen metapopulation

    A.-L. Laine

  • Global gene flow releases invasive plants from environmental constraints on genetic diversity

    Annabel L. Smith;Annabel L. Smith;Trevor R. Hodkinson;Jesus Villellas;Jane A. Catford

  • Resistance variation within and among host populations in a plant–pathogen metapopulation: implications for regional pathogen dynamics

    Anna-Liisa Laine

  • Role of coevolution in generating biological diversity: spatially divergent selection trajectories

    Anna-Liisa Laine

  • Large-scale spatial dynamics of a specialist plant pathogen in a fragmented landscape

    Anna‐Liisa Laine;Ilkka Hanski

  • Biodiversity loss underlies the dilution effect of biodiversity

    Fletcher W. Halliday;Jason R. Rohr;Anna‐Liisa Laine;Anna‐Liisa Laine

  • Variation in infectivity and aggressiveness in space and time in wild host–pathogen systems: causes and consequences

    Ayco Jm Tack;Peter H Thrall;Luke G Barrett;Jeremy J Burdon

  • Evolution of host resistance: looking for coevolutionary hotspots at small spatial scales

    Anna-Liisa Laine

  • Spatiotemporal Structure of Host‐Pathogen Interactions in a Metapopulation

    S. Soubeyrand;Anna-Liisa Laine;I. Hanski;A. Penttinen

  • Pathogen fitness components and genotypes differ in their sensitivity to nutrient and temperature variation in a wild plant-pathogen association.

    A.-L. Laine

  • The role of hyperparasitism in microbial pathogen ecology and evolution

    Steven R Parratt;Anna-Liisa Laine

  • A Multiscale Approach to Plant Disease Using the Metacommunity Concept.

    Elizabeth T. Borer;Anna Liisa Laine;Eric W. Seabloom

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeremy J. Burdon
Jeremy J. Burdon CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Ayco J. M. Tack
Ayco J. M. Tack Stockholm University
Otso Ovaskainen
Otso Ovaskainen University of Jyväskylä
Peter H. Thrall
Peter H. Thrall Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Roberto Salguero-Gómez
Roberto Salguero-Gómez University of Oxford
Yvonne M. Buckley
Yvonne M. Buckley Trinity College Dublin
Jane A. Catford
Jane A. Catford King's College London
Johan Ehrlén
Johan Ehrlén Stockholm University
Sergi Munné-Bosch
Sergi Munné-Bosch University of Barcelona
Arvind Varsani
Arvind Varsani Arizona State University

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