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Ecology and Evolution
Estonia
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
52
Citations
13488
World Ranking
3413
National Ranking
9

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Estonia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Estonia Leader Award

Overview

Jaan Liira is affiliated with the University of Tartu in Estonia and has an extensive body of research primarily in agricultural and biological sciences as well as environmental science. Their research contributions span ecology, plant science, and nature conservation, with a focus on vegetation dynamics, plant and animal studies, and forest ecology.

They have published multiple research papers in notable scientific journals. Some recent works include:

  • Structure and function of the soil microbiome underlying N2O emissions from global wetlands (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Implementation of Eco-schemes in Fifteen European Union Member States (2022, EuroChoices)
  • Plant diversity in hedgerows and road verges across Europe (2020, Journal of Applied Ecology)
  • Agriculture intensification reduces plant taxonomic and functional diversity across European arable systems (2020, Functional Ecology)
  • The European Forest Plant Species List (EuForPlant): Concept and applications (2022, Journal of Vegetation Science)

The frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Landscape Ecology
  • Journal of Vegetation Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • EuroChoices
  • Global Ecology and Biogeography

Jaan Liira collaborates regularly with other researchers, with frequent co-authors being:

  • Martin Diekmann
  • Jörg Brunet
  • Guillaume Decocq
  • Pieter De Frenne
  • Tobias Naaf

The main fields of study associated with their work are agricultural and biological sciences and environmental science. Subfields include ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, plant science, nature and landscape conservation, ecology, and insect science.

Their work addresses key topics such as:

  • Ecology and vegetation dynamics studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Botany and plant ecology studies
  • Forest ecology and biodiversity studies
  • Species distribution and climate change
  • Forest management and policy
  • Weed control and herbicide applications

Best Publications

  • Persistent negative effects of pesticides on biodiversity and biological control potential on European farmland

    Flavia Geiger;Jan Bengtsson;Frank Berendse;Wolfgang W. Weisser

  • Indicators for biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: a pan‐European study

    R. Billeter;J. Liira;D. Bailey;R.J.F. Bugter

  • How landscape structure, land-use intensity and habitat diversity affect components of total arthropod diversity in agricultural landscapes

    Frederik Hendrickx;Jean-Pierre Maelfait;Walter Van Wingerden;Oliver Schweiger

  • Composition of root-colonizing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in different ecosystems around the globe

    Maarja Öpik;Mari Moora;Jaan Liira;Martin Zobel

  • How Agricultural Intensification Affects Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services

    M. Emmerson;M.B. Morales;J.J. Oñate;P. Batáry

  • IS SMALL-SCALE SPECIES RICHNESS LIMITED BY SEED AVAILABILITY OR MICROSITE AVAILABILITY?

    M. Zobel;M. Otsus;J. Liira;M. Moora

  • Global sampling of plant roots expands the described molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

    Maarja Öpik;Martin Zobel;Juan J. Cantero;John Davison

  • Quantifying the impact of environmental factors on arthropod communities in agricultural landscapes across organizational levels and spatial scales

    O Schweiger;Jean-Pierre Maelfait;W Van Wingerden;Frederik Hendrickx

  • Mixed effects of organic farming and landscape complexity on farmland biodiversity and biological control potential across Europe

    Camilla Winqvist;Jan Bengtsson;Tsipe Aavik;Frank Berendse

  • Assessing the intensity of temperate European agriculture at the landscape scale

    Felix Herzog;B. Steiner;Debra Bailey;Jacques Baudry

  • Agricultural intensification and biodiversity partitioning in European landscapes comparing plants, carabids, and birds

    Andreas Flohre;Christina Fischer;Tsipe Aavik;Jan Bengtsson

  • Functional species pool framework to test for biotic effects on community assembly

    Francesco de Bello;Jodi N. Price;Tamara Münkemüller;Jaan Liira

  • Structure and function of the soil microbiome underlying N2O emissions from global wetlands

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  • Effects of landscape structure and land-use intensity on similarity of plant and animal communities

    Carsten F. Dormann;Oliver Schweiger;Isabel Augenstein;Debra Bailey

  • Divergent arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities colonize roots of Pulsatilla spp. in boreal Scots pine forest and grassland soils

    Maarja Öpik;Maarja Öpik;Mari Moora;Jaan Liira;Urmas Kõljalg

  • The relationship between agricultural intensification and biological control: experimental tests across Europe.

    Carsten Thies;Sebastian Haenke;Christoph Scherber;Janne Bengtsson

  • Plant functional group composition and large-scale species richness in European agricultural landscapes

    Jaan Liira;Torsten Schmidt;Tsipe Aavik;Paul Arens

  • The forest structure and ecosystem quality in conditions of anthropogenic disturbance along productivity gradient

    Jaan Liira;Toivo Sepp;Oliver Parrest

  • A scale-independent approach to the richness vs biomass relationship in ground-layer plant communities

    Kristjan Zobel;Jaan Liira

  • Ecosystem Services from Small Forest Patches in Agricultural Landscapes

    Guillaume Decocq;Emilie Andrieu;Jörg Brunet;Olivier Chabrerie

  • Functional richness of local hoverfly communities (Diptera, Syrphidae) in response to land use across temperate Europe

    Oliver Schweiger;Martin Musche;Debra Bailey;Regula Billeter

  • Response of ground-nesting farmland birds to agricultural intensification across Europe: Landscape and field level management factors

    Irene Guerrero;Manuel B. Morales;Juan J. Oñate;Flavia Geiger

Frequent Co-Authors

Jörg Brunet
Jörg Brunet Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Kris Verheyen
Kris Verheyen Ghent University
Martin Zobel
Martin Zobel University of Tartu
Sara A. O. Cousins
Sara A. O. Cousins Stockholm University
Martin Diekmann
Martin Diekmann University of Bremen
Guillaume Decocq
Guillaume Decocq University of Picardie Jules Verne
Monika Wulf
Monika Wulf University of Potsdam
Pieter De Frenne
Pieter De Frenne Ghent University
Martin Hermy
Martin Hermy KU Leuven
Jan Plue
Jan Plue Stockholm University

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