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Ivika Ostonen 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 Ivika Ostonen sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 129 publications — 39th percentile

39% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Ivika Ostonen 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 Ivika Ostonen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 39 D-Index — 26th percentile

26% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Ivika Ostonen is affiliated with the University of Tartu in Estonia and has a research focus spanning Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work encompasses several subfields including Plant Science, Ecology, Soil Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research topics cover areas such as Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Plant Water Relations and Carbon Dynamics, Plant responses to elevated CO2, Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, Hydrology and Watershed Management Studies, and Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions.

Ivika Ostonen has contributed to multiple papers published in various scientific journals. Recent publications include:

  • Surplus Carbon Drives Allocation and Plant-Soil Interactions, 2020, Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Microbial carbon use efficiency and priming of soil organic matter mineralization by glucose additions in boreal forest soils with different C:N ratios, 2022, Soil Biology and Biochemistry
  • The Foliar Application of Rice Phyllosphere Bacteria induces Drought-Stress Tolerance in Oryza sativa (L.), 2021, Plants
  • The abundance of arbuscular mycorrhiza in soils is linked to the total length of roots colonized at ecosystem level, 2020, PLoS ONE
  • KEYLINK: towards a more integrative soil representation for inclusion in ecosystem scale models. I. review and model concept, 2020, PeerJ

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Ivika Ostonen include:

  • Bjarni D. Sigurðsson
  • Páll Sigurðsson
  • Ain Kull
  • Ivan A. Janssens
  • Andreas Richter

Ivika's research has been featured prominently in several publication venues. The most frequent among these are:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Trends in Ecology & Evolution
  • Plant and Soil
  • Biogeosciences

Best Publications

  • TRY plant trait database : Enhanced coverage and open access

    Jens Kattge;Gerhard Bönisch;Sandra Díaz;Sandra Lavorel

  • Specific root length as an indicator of environmental change

    I. Ostonen;U. Puttsepp;C. Biel;O. Alberton

  • PlutoF—a Web Based Workbench for Ecological and Taxonomic Research, with an Online Implementation for Fungal ITS Sequences

    Kessy Abarenkov;Kessy Abarenkov;Leho Tedersoo;Leho Tedersoo;R. Henrik Nilsson;R. Henrik Nilsson;Kai Vellak

  • Early stage litter decomposition across biomes

    Ika Djukic;Sebastian Kepfer-Rojas;Inger Kappel Schmidt;Klaus Steenberg Larsen

  • Surplus Carbon Drives Allocation and Plant–Soil Interactions

    Cindy E. Prescott;Sue J. Grayston;Heljä Sisko Helmisaari;Eva Kaštovská

  • Variation in fine root biomass of three European tree species: Beech (Fagus sylvatica L.), Norway spruce (Picea abies L. Karst.), and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.)

    L. Finér;H.-S. Helmisaari;K. Lõhmus;H. Majdi

  • Fine-root turnover rates of European forests revisited: an analysis of data from sequential coring and ingrowth cores

    Ivano Brunner;Mark R Bakker;Mark R Bakker;Robert G Björk;Yasuhiro Hirano

  • Fine root biomass, production and its proportion of NPP in a fertile middle-aged Norway spruce forest: Comparison of soil core and ingrowth core methods

    Ivika Ostonen;Krista Lõhmus;Katrin Pajuste

  • Fine root foraging strategies in Norway spruce forests across a European climate gradient

    Ivika Ostonen;Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari;Werner Borken;Leho Tedersoo;Leho Tedersoo

  • Fine root morphological adaptations in Scots pine, Norway spruce and silver birch along a latitudinal gradient in boreal forests

    Ivika Ostonen;Krista Lõhmus;Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari;Jaak Truu

  • Biochar enhances plant growth and nutrient removal in horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands.

    Kuno Kasak;Jaak Truu;Ivika Ostonen;Jürgen Sarjas

  • Revisiting ectomycorrhizal fungi of the genus Alnus: differential host specificity, diversity and determinants of the fungal community

    Leho Tedersoo;Leho Tedersoo;Triin Suvi;Teele Jairus;Teele Jairus;Ivika Ostonen

  • Adaptive root foraging strategies along a boreal-temperate forest gradient.

    Ivika Ostonen;Marika Truu;Heljä‐Sisko Helmisaari;Martin Lukac;Martin Lukac

  • The handbook for standardized field and laboratory measurements in terrestrial climate change experiments and observational studies (ClimEx)

    Aud Helen Halbritter Rechsteiner;Hans J. De Boeck;Amy Elizabeth Eycott;Amy Elizabeth Eycott;Sabine Reinsch

  • Functional Diversity of Culturable Bacterial Communities in the Rhizosphere in Relation to Fine-root and Soil Parameters in Alder Stands on Forest, Abandoned Agricultural, and Oil-shale Mining Areas

    K. Lõhmus;M. Truu;J. Truu;I. Ostonen

  • The role of soil conditions in fine root ecomorphology in Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) Karst.)

    Ivika Ostonen;Krista Lõhmus;Rein Lasn

  • Biomass production, foliar and root characteristics and nutrient accumulation in young silver birch (Betula pendula Roth.) stand growing on abandoned agricultural land

    Veiko Uri;Krista Lõhmus;Ivika Ostonen;Hardi Tullus

  • Carbon and nitrogen accumulation in belowground tree biomass in a chronosequence of silver birch stands

    Mats Varik;Jürgen Aosaar;Ivika Ostonen;Krista Lõhmus

  • Ectomycorrhizal root tips in relation to site and stand characteristics in Norway spruce and Scots pine stands in boreal forests

    Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari;Ivika Ostonen;Krista Lõhmus;John Derome

  • Microbial carbon use efficiency and priming of soil organic matter mineralization by glucose additions in boreal forest soils with different C:N ratios

    Kristiina Karhu;Saeed Alaei;Jian Li;Per Bengtson

  • Effects of long-term temperature and nutrient manipulation on Norway spruce fine roots and mycelia production

    Jaana Leppälammi-Kujansuu;Ivika Ostonen;Monika Strömgren;Lars Ola Nilsson

  • Geothermal ecosystems as natural climate change experiments: the ForHot research site in Iceland as a case study

    Bjarni D. Sigurdsson;Niki Leblans;Niki Leblans;Steven Dauwe;Steven Dauwe;Elín Guðmundsdóttir

  • Long-term effects on the nitrogen budget of a short-rotation grey alder (Alnus incana (L.) Moench) forest on abandoned agricultural land

    Veiko Uri;Krista Lõhmus;Ülo Mander;Ivika Ostonen

  • Ectomycorrhizal root tips in relation to site and stand characteristics in Norway spruce and Scots pine stands

    H.-S. Helmisaari;I. Ostonen;K. Lõhmus;J. Derome

Frequent Co-Authors

Krista Lõhmus
Krista Lõhmus University of Tartu
Veiko Uri
Veiko Uri Estonian University of Life Sciences
Ülo Mander
Ülo Mander University of Tartu
Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari
Heljä-Sisko Helmisaari University of Helsinki
Leho Tedersoo
Leho Tedersoo University of Tartu
Ivano Brunner
Ivano Brunner Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research
Ülo Niinemets
Ülo Niinemets Estonian University of Life Sciences
Meelis Pärtel
Meelis Pärtel University of Tartu
Aveliina Helm
Aveliina Helm University of Tartu
Douglas L. Godbold
Douglas L. Godbold Mendel University Brno

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