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Esa Lehikoinen

Esa Lehikoinen

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
39
Citations
7908
World Ranking
6304
National Ranking
101

Overview

Esa Lehikoinen is affiliated with the University of Turku in Finland and conducts research primarily in the field of Environmental Science. Their work focuses notably on various aspects of avian ecology and behavior, as well as the interactions between species distribution and climate change.

Their research spans several subfields, including Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Parasitology. Within these domains, the main topics addressed in their publications include:

  • Avian ecology and behavior
  • Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Bird parasitology and diseases

Lehikoinen's recent papers highlight significant research contributions. These papers include:

  • Identifying the paths of climate effects on population dynamics: dynamic and multilevel structural equation model around the annual cycle, 2021, Oecologia
  • Interaction of climate change with effects of conspecific and heterospecific density on reproduction, 2020, Oikos

These studies address complex ecological interactions and the influence of climate variables on population and reproductive dynamics.

Collaboration plays a role in their research as well. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Toni Laaksonen
  • Tapio Eeva
  • Vesa Selonen
  • Samuli Helle
  • Markus Ahola

Their scholarly work is published mainly in journals such as Oecologia and Oikos, each featuring at least one of their recent significant contributions.

Best Publications

  • Populations of migratory bird species that did not show a phenological response to climate change are declining

    Anders Pape Møller;Diego Rubolini;Esa Lehikoinen

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

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

  • Arrival and Departure Dates

    Esa Lehikoinen;Tim H. Sparks;Mecislovas Zalakevicius

  • Challenging claims in the study of migratory birds and climate change

    Endre Knudsen;Andreas Linden;Christiaan Both;Niclas Jonzen

  • Variation in climate warming along the migration route uncouples arrival and breeding dates

    Markus Ahola;Toni Laaksonen;Katja Sippola;Tapio Eeva

  • Intraspecific consistency and geographic variability in temporal trends of spring migration phenology among European bird species

    Diego Rubolini;Anders P. Møller;Kalle Rainio;Esa Lehikoinen

  • Examining the total arrival distribution of migratory birds

    T. H. Sparks;F. Bairlein;J. G. Bojarinova;O. Huppop

  • Growth and mortality of nestling great tits (Parus major) and pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) in a heavy metal pollution gradient

    Tapio Eeva;Esa Lehikoinen

  • Avian migrants adjust migration in response to environmental conditions en route

    Anders P Tøttrup;Kasper Thorup;Kalle Rainio;Reuven Yosef

  • Spring arrival of birds depends on the North Atlantic Oscillation

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

  • Egg shell quality, clutch size and hatching success of the great tit (Parus major) and the pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) in an air pollution gradient

    Tapio Eeva;Esa Lehikoinen

  • Seasonality of the daily weight cycle in wintering passerines and its consequences

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  • Air pollution fades the plumage of the Great Tit

    T. Eeva;E. Lehikoinen;M. RÖnkÄ

  • Biomarkers and fluctuating asymmetry as indicators of pollution-induced stress in two hole-nesting passerines

    T. Eeva;S. Tanhuanpää;C. Råbergh;S. Airaksinen

  • Local temperature fine-tunes the timing of spring migration in birds.

    Anders P Tøttrup;Kalle Rainio;Timothy Coppack;Esa Lehikoinen

  • Climate change can alter competitive relationships between resident and migratory birds.

    Markus P. Ahola;Toni Laaksonen;Tapio Eeva;Esa Lehikoinen

  • POLLUTION‐RELATED VARIATION IN FOOD SUPPLY AND BREEDING SUCCESS IN TWO HOLE‐NESTING PASSERINES

    Tapio Eeva;Esa Lehikoinen;Tuija Pohjalainen

  • Changes in migration

    E. Lehikoinen;T. Sparks

  • Climate change effects on migration phenology may mismatch brood parasitic cuckoos and their hosts

    Nicola Saino;Diego Rubolini;Esa Lehikoinen;Leonid V. Sokolov

  • Climatic responses in spring migration of boreal and arctic birds in relation to wintering area and taxonomy

    Kalle Rainio;Toni Laaksonen;Markus Ahola;Anssi V. Vähätalo

  • Breeding performance of blue tits (Cyanistes caeruleus) and great tits (Parus major) in a heavy metal polluted area.

    T. Eeva;M. Ahola;E. Lehikoinen

  • Effects of ectoparasites on breeding success of great tits (Parus major) and pied flycatchers (Ficedula hypoleuca) in an air pollution gradient

    Tapio Eeva;Esa Lehikoinen;Jorma Nurmi

  • Climate-related change in terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. in: BACC Author Group, Assessment of Climate Change for the Baltic Sea Basin

    B. Smith;A. Aasa;R. Ahas;T. Blenckner

Frequent Co-Authors

Tapio Eeva
Tapio Eeva University of Turku
Toni Laaksonen
Toni Laaksonen University of Turku
Mikko Mönkkönen
Mikko Mönkkönen University of Jyväskylä
Piotr Tryjanowski
Piotr Tryjanowski University of Life Sciences in Poznań
Aleksi Lehikoinen
Aleksi Lehikoinen University of Helsinki
Mikko Nikinmaa
Mikko Nikinmaa University of Turku
Anders Pape Møller
Anders Pape Møller University of Paris-Saclay
Erkki Korpimäki
Erkki Korpimäki University of Turku
Seppo Rytkönen
Seppo Rytkönen University of Oulu
Santiago Merino
Santiago Merino Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

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