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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
41
Citations
4684
World Ranking
5950
National Ranking
94

Earth Science

D-Index
33
Citations
3643
World Ranking
8442
National Ranking
16

Best Publications

  • Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire: an expert assessment

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Edward A. G. Schuur;F. Stuart Chapin

  • Large N2O emissions from cryoturbated peat soil in tundra

    Maija E. Repo;Sanna Susiluoto;Saara E. Lind;Simo Jokinen

  • Smartphone GPS tracking—Inexpensive and efficient data collection on recreational movement

    Silviya Korpilo;Tarmo Virtanen;Susanna Lehvävirta;Susanna Lehvävirta

  • High‐resolution mapping of ecosystem carbon storage and potential effects of permafrost thaw in periglacial terrain, European Russian Arctic

    Gustaf Hugelius;Tarmo Virtanen;Dmitry Kaverin;Alexander Pastukhov

  • The importance of northern peatland expansion to the late-Holocene rise of atmospheric methane

    Atte Korhola;Meri Ruppel;Heikki Seppä;Minna Väliranta

  • Carbon balance in East European tundra

    Juha E. P. Heikkinen;Tarmo Virtanen;Tarmo Virtanen;Jari T. Huttunen;Vladimir Elsakov

  • Modelling topoclimatic patterns of egg mortality of Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) with a Geographical Information System: predictions for current climate and warmer climate scenarios

    Tarmo Virtanen;Tarmo Virtanen;Seppo Neuvonen;Ari Nikula

  • Performance of moth larvae on birch in relation to altitude, climate, host quality and parasitoids

    Tarmo Virtanen;Seppo Neuvonen

  • Soil Organic Carbon Pools in a Periglacial Landscape; a Case Study from the Central Canadian Arctic

    Gustaf Hugelius;Peter Kuhry;Charles Tarnocai;Tarmo Virtanen

  • Data and resolution requirements in mapping vegetation in spatially heterogeneous landscapes

    Aleksi Räsänen;Aleksi Räsänen;Tarmo Virtanen

  • Abiotic factors, climatic variability and forest insect pests

    Seppo Neuvonen;Tarmo Antero Virtanen

  • The fragmented nature of tundra landscape

    Tarmo Virtanen;Malin Ek

  • Postglacial spatiotemporal peatland initiation and lateral expansion dynamics in North America and northern Europe

    Meri Ruppel;Meri Ruppel;Minna Väliranta;Tarmo Virtanen;Atte Korhola

  • The Boreal–Arctic Wetland and Lake Dataset (BAWLD)

    David Olefeldt;Mikael Hovemyr;McKenzie A. Kuhn;David Bastviken

  • Carbon dioxide balance of subarctic tundra from plot to regional scales

    M. E. Marushchak;I. Kiepe;C. Biasi;V. Elsakov

  • Multiple indicators of human impacts on the environment in the Pechora Basin, north-eastern European Russia

    Tony R. Walker;Peter D. Crittenden;Vladimir A. Dauvalter;Vivienne Jones

  • Contrasting spatial and temporal trends of protected area effectiveness in mitigating deforestation in Madagascar

    Johanna Eklund;F. Guillaume Blanchet;Johannes Nyman;Ricardo Rocha;Ricardo Rocha;Ricardo Rocha

  • Loss of habitats, naturalness and species diversity in Eurasian forest landscapes

    T. Wallenius;T. Wallenius;L. Niskanen;T. Virtanen;J. Hottola

  • Old mountain birches at high altitudes are prone to outbreaks of Epirrita autumnata (Lepidoptera: Geometridae)

    Kai Ruohomäki;Tarmo Virtanen;Pekka Kaitaniemi;Toomas Tammaru

  • Climate change and the risks of Neodiprion sertifer outbreaks on Scots pine

    Tarmo Virtanen;Seppo Neuvonen;Ari Nikula;Martti Varama

  • PeRL: a circum-Arctic Permafrost Region Pond and Lake database

    Sina Muster;Kurt Roth;Moritz Langer;Stephan Lange

  • Biomass offsets little or none of permafrost carbon release from soils, streams, and wildfire

    Benjamin W. Abbott;Jeremy B. Jones;Edward A. G. Schuur;F. Stuart Chapin

Frequent Co-Authors

Sari Juutinen
Sari Juutinen University of Helsinki
Pertti J. Martikainen
Pertti J. Martikainen University of Eastern Finland
Gustaf Hugelius
Gustaf Hugelius Stockholm University
Mika Aurela
Mika Aurela Finnish Meteorological Institute
Annalea Lohila
Annalea Lohila Finnish Meteorological Institute
Christina Biasi
Christina Biasi University of Innsbruck
Peter Kuhry
Peter Kuhry Stockholm University
Minna Väliranta
Minna Väliranta University of Helsinki
Atte Korhola
Atte Korhola University of Helsinki
Juha-Pekka Tuovinen
Juha-Pekka Tuovinen Finnish Meteorological Institute

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