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Mikko Kuussaari is affiliated with the Finnish Environment Institute in Finland. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to ecological and environmental topics.

The scientist's main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these broader domains, their subfields of study encompass:

  • Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Ecological Modeling
  • Insect Science
  • Genetics

Mikko Kuussaari's work covers several principal research topics, such as:

  • Plant and animal studies
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Species Distribution and Climate Change
  • Insect and Pesticide Research
  • Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior
  • Animal Behavior and Reproduction
  • Urban Green Space and Health

The scientist's recent publications demonstrate a focus on climate change impacts and species dynamics. Selected papers include:

  • "Climate change reshuffles northern species within their niches," 2022, Nature Climate Change
  • "Habitat amount and distribution modify community dynamics under climate change," 2021, Ecology Letters
  • "Combining range and phenology shifts offers a winning strategy for boreal Lepidoptera," 2021, Ecology Letters
  • "Urbanization extends flight phenology and leads to local adaptation of seasonal plasticity in Lepidoptera," 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Recent range shifts of moths, butterflies, and birds are driven by the breadth of their climatic niche," 2023, Evolution Letters

Frequent co-authors in Mikko Kuussaari's collaborations include:

  • Janne Heliölä
  • Juha Pöyry
  • Reto Schmucki
  • Marjo Saastamoinen
  • Constantí Stefanescu

The scientist's research is published across several venues, with multiple publications in:

  • Agriculture Ecosystems & Environment
  • Nature Climate Change
  • Ecology Letters
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Communications Biology

Best Publications

  • Inbreeding and extinction in a butterfly metapopulation

    Ilik Saccheri;Mikko Kuussaari;Maaria Kankare;Pia Vikman

  • Extinction debt: a challenge for biodiversity conservation.

    Mikko Kuussaari;Riccardo Bommarco;Risto K. Heikkinen;Aveliina Helm

  • Habitat fragmentation causes immediate and time‐delayed biodiversity loss at different trophic levels

    Jochen Krauss;Riccardo Bommarco;Moisès Guardiola;Risto K. Heikkinen

  • Differences in the climatic debts of birds and butterflies at a continental scale

    Vincent Devictor;Chris van Swaay;Tom Brereton;Lluı´s Brotons

  • Metapopulation structure and migration in the butterfly Melitaea cinxia

    Ilkka Hanski;Mikko Kuussaari;Marko Nieminen

  • Metapopulation persistence of an endangered butterfly in a fragmented landscape

    Ilkka P. Hanski;Timo Pakkala;Mikko Kuussaari;Guangchun Lei

  • Environmental factors driving the effectiveness of European agri‐environmental measures in mitigating pollinator loss – a meta‐analysis

    Jeroen Scheper;Andrea Holzschuh;Mikko Kuussaari;Simon G. Potts

  • Life-history traits predict species responses to habitat area and isolation: a cross-continental synthesis

    Erik Öckinger;Oliver Schweiger;Thomas O. Crist;Diane M. Debinski

  • Allee effect and population dynamics in the Glanville fritillary butterfly

    Mikko Kuussaari;Ilik Saccheri;Mark Camara;Ilkka Hanski

  • Species traits explain recent range shifts of Finnish butterflies

    Juha Pöyry;Miska Luoto;Risto K. Heikkinen;Mikko Kuussaari

  • An experimental study of migration in the Glanville fritillary butterfly Melitaea cinxia

    Mikko Kuussaari;Marko Nieminen;Ilkka Hanski

  • Homogenization of lepidopteran communities in intensively cultivated agricultural landscapes

    Johan Ekroos;Janne Heliölä;Mikko Kuussaari

  • The Quantitative Incidence Function Model and Persistence of an Endangered Butterfly Metapopulation

    Ilkka Hanski;Atte Moilanen;Timo Pakkala;Mikko Kuussaari

  • New insights into butterfly–environment relationships using partitioning methods

    Risto K Heikkinen;Miska Luoto;Mikko Kuussaari;Juha Pöyry

  • Climate change reshuffles northern species within their niches

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  • Multiple equilibria in metapopulation dynamics

    Ilkka Hanski;Juha Pöyry;Timo Pakkala;Mikko Kuussaari

  • Multi‐generational long‐distance migration of insects: studying the painted lady butterfly in the Western Palaearctic

    Constantí Stefanescu;Ferran Páramo;Susanne Åkesson;Marta Alarcón

  • How Essential Biodiversity Variables and remote sensing can help national biodiversity monitoring

    Petteri Vihervaara;Ari-Pekka Auvinen;Laura Mononen;Markus Törmä

  • Different responses of plants and herbivore insects to a gradient of vegetation height: an indicator of the vertebrate grazing intensity and successional age

    Juha Pöyry;Miska Luoto;Juho Paukkunen;Juha Pykälä

  • LOCAL SPECIALIZATION AND LANDSCAPE-LEVEL INFLUENCE ON HOST USE IN AN HERBIVOROUS INSECT

    Mikko Kuussaari;Michael Singer;Ilkka Hanski

  • Patterns of beta diversity in Europe: the role of climate, land cover and distance across scales

    Petr Keil;Petr Keil;Oliver Schweiger;Ingolf Kühn;William E. Kunin

Frequent Co-Authors

Risto K. Heikkinen
Risto K. Heikkinen Finnish Environment Institute
Miska Luoto
Miska Luoto University of Helsinki
Josef Settele
Josef Settele Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
David B. Roy
David B. Roy UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology
Constantí Stefanescu
Constantí Stefanescu Autonomous University of Barcelona
Erik Öckinger
Erik Öckinger Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Ilkka Hanski
Ilkka Hanski University of Helsinki
Oliver Schweiger
Oliver Schweiger Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Johan Ekroos
Johan Ekroos Lund University
Riccardo Bommarco
Riccardo Bommarco Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

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