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3218
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52

Risto K. Heikkinen 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 Risto K. Heikkinen sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 122 publications — 34th percentile

34% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Risto K. Heikkinen 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 Risto K. Heikkinen sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 53 D-Index — 62nd percentile

62% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Overview

Risto K. Heikkinen is affiliated with the Finnish Environment Institute in Finland. Their research primarily involves Environmental Science, with a focus on Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Ecological Modeling, Atmospheric Science, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The main topics of their work include Species Distribution and Climate Change, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology, Wildlife Ecology and Conservation, Forest Management and Policy, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, and Climate Change and Permafrost.

Heikkinen has contributed to several frequently published venues, including Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), AMBIO, Global Ecology and Conservation, Forest Ecology and Management, and The Science of The Total Environment.

Frequent coauthors of Heikkinen are:

  • Raimo Virkkala
  • Juha Aalto
  • Niko Leikola
  • Kaisu Aapala
  • Miska Luoto

Some notable recent papers featuring Heikkinen as an author are:

  • Fine-grained climate velocities reveal vulnerability of protected areas to climate change, 2020, Scientific Reports

Other relevant recent papers in related research fields include:

  • Fine-scale tundra vegetation patterns are strongly related to winter thermal conditions, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Decreasing snow cover alters functional composition and diversity of Arctic tundra, 2020, 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
  • A keystone species, European aspen (Populus tremula L.), in boreal forests: Ecological role, knowledge needs and mapping using remote sensing, 2020, Forest Ecology and Management

Best Publications

  • The role of biotic interactions in shaping distributions and realised assemblages of species: implications for species distribution modelling

    Mary Susanne Wisz;Julien Pottier;W. Daniel Kissling;Loïc Pellissier

  • Extinction debt: a challenge for biodiversity conservation.

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

  • Evaluation of consensus methods in predictive species distribution modelling

    Mathieu Marmion;Miia Parviainen;Miska Luoto;Risto K. Heikkinen

  • Methods and uncertainties in bioclimatic envelope modelling under climate change

    Risto K. Heikkinen;Miska Luoto;Miguel B. Araújo;Raimo Virkkala

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

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

  • Outstanding Challenges in the Transferability of Ecological Models.

    Katherine L. Yates;Katherine L. Yates;Phil J. Bouchet;M Julian Caley;Kerrie Mengersen

  • Biotic interactions improve prediction of boreal bird distributions at macro‐scales

    Risto K. Heikkinen;Miska Luoto;Raimo Virkkala;Richard G. Pearson

  • Effects of habitat cover, landscape structure and spatial variables on the abundance of birds in an agricultural–forest mosaic

    Risto K. Heikkinen;Miska Luoto;Raimo Virkkala;Kalle Rainio

  • Species traits explain recent range shifts of Finnish butterflies

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

  • Does the interpolation accuracy of species distribution models come at the expense of transferability

    Risto K. Heikkinen;Mathieu Marmion;Miska Luoto

  • The role of land cover in bioclimatic models depends on spatial resolution

    Miska Luoto;Raimo Virkkala;Risto K. Heikkinen

  • Uncertainty of bioclimate envelope models based on the geographical distribution of species

    M. Luoto;J. Pöyry;R. K. Heikkinen;K. Saarinen

  • Plant species richness and persistence of rare plants in abandoned semi-natural grasslands in northern Europe

    Juha Pykälä;Miska Luoto;Risto K. Heikkinen;Tytti Kontula

  • New insights into butterfly–environment relationships using partitioning methods

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

  • Increasing range mismatching of interacting species under global change is related to their ecological characteristics

    Oliver Schweiger;Risto K. Heikkinen;Alexander Harpke;Thomas Hickler

  • The performance of state-of-the-art modelling techniques depends on geographical distribution of species.

    Mathieu Marmion;Miska Luoto;Risto K. Heikkinen;Wilfried Thuiller

  • RangeShifter: a platform for modelling spatial eco-evolutionary dynamics and species' responses to environmental changes

    Greta Bocedi;Stephen C.F. Palmer;Guy Pe'er;Risto K. Heikkinen

  • Disregarding topographical heterogeneity biases species turnover assessments based on bioclimatic models

    M. Luoto;R. K. Heikkinen

  • Projected large-scale range reductions of northern-boreal land bird species due to climate change

    Raimo Virkkala;Risto K. Heikkinen;Niko Leikola;Miska Luoto

  • The value of biodiversity in reserve selection : Representation, species weighting, and benefit functions

    Anni Arponen;Risto K. Heikkinen;Chris D. Thomas;Atte Moilanen

Frequent Co-Authors

Miska Luoto
Miska Luoto University of Helsinki
Mikko Kuussaari
Mikko Kuussaari Finnish Environment Institute
Stefan Fronzek
Stefan Fronzek Finnish Environment Institute
Wilfried Thuiller
Wilfried Thuiller Grenoble Alpes University
Juha Aalto
Juha Aalto University of Helsinki
Josef Settele
Josef Settele Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Ingolf Kühn
Ingolf Kühn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Justin M. J. Travis
Justin M. J. Travis University of Aberdeen
Oliver Schweiger
Oliver Schweiger Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Peter Christiaan le Roux
Peter Christiaan le Roux University of Pretoria

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