Alo Vanatoa

1.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
14 papers, 1.4k citations indexed

About

Alo Vanatoa is a scholar working on Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Insect Science and Genetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Alo Vanatoa has authored 14 papers receiving a total of 1.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 9 papers in Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, 9 papers in Insect Science and 7 papers in Genetics. Recurrent topics in Alo Vanatoa's work include Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (9 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (6 papers) and Insect behavior and control techniques (3 papers). Alo Vanatoa is often cited by papers focused on Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research (9 papers), Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior (6 papers) and Insect behavior and control techniques (3 papers). Alo Vanatoa collaborates with scholars based in Estonia, Finland and United Kingdom. Alo Vanatoa's co-authors include John Davison, Mari Moora, Martin Zobel, Maarja Öpik, Jesse M. Kalwij, Ülle Reier, I. Ots, Dalial Freitak, Peeter Hõrak and Urmas Tartes and has published in prestigious journals such as New Phytologist, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences and Journal of Biogeography.

In The Last Decade

Alo Vanatoa

14 papers receiving 1.4k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The online database MaarjAM reveals global and ecosystemic distribution patterns in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomeromycota)

2010 851 citations Maarja Öpik, Alo Vanatoa et al. New Phytologist profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Alo Vanatoa Estonia	11	985	695	349	286	215	14	1.4k
Marko Rohlfs Germany	26	572 0.6×	903 1.3×	448 1.3×	38 0.1×	152 0.7×	55	1.7k
C. J. Lomer Benin	18	1.0k 1.0×	1.6k 2.2×	239 0.7×	53 0.2×	77 0.4×	35	1.9k
Pritam Singh India	17	710 0.7×	1.2k 1.7×	432 1.2×	59 0.2×	75 0.3×	73	1.7k
Yan‐Qiong Peng China	17	736 0.7×	193 0.3×	814 2.3×	351 1.2×	223 1.0×	98	1.2k
José Maurício S. Bento Brazil	29	1.3k 1.3×	1.8k 2.6×	872 2.5×	37 0.1×	79 0.4×	150	2.5k
Rainer Meyhöfer Germany	24	812 0.8×	1.2k 1.7×	738 2.1×	56 0.2×	116 0.5×	76	1.6k
C. W. McCoy United States	25	1.2k 1.2×	1.5k 2.2×	281 0.8×	28 0.1×	100 0.5×	99	1.8k
Jana Jersáková Czechia	24	1.5k 1.6×	221 0.3×	1.9k 5.4×	751 2.6×	162 0.8×	58	2.3k
Stefanie Kautz United States	20	674 0.7×	520 0.7×	592 1.7×	85 0.3×	91 0.4×	33	1.2k
Terezinha Maria Castro Della Lúcia Brazil	23	448 0.5×	1.1k 1.5×	762 2.2×	51 0.2×	22 0.1×	119	1.5k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Alo Vanatoa

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Moora, Mari, John Davison, Maarja Öpik, et al.. (2011). Alien plants associate with widespread generalist arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal taxa: evidence from a continental-scale study using massively parallel 454 sequencing. Journal of Biogeography. 38(7). 1305–1317. 130 indexed citations

Öpik, Maarja, Alo Vanatoa, Mari Moora, et al.. (2010). The online database MaarjAM reveals global and ecosystemic distribution patterns in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomeromycota). New Phytologist. 188(1). 223–241. 851 indexed citations breakdown →

Tammaru, Toomas, et al.. (2007). Maintenance of Larval Color Polymorphism in <I>Orgyia antiqua</I> (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae): Evaluating the Role of Thermal Adaptation. Environmental Entomology. 36(6). 1303–1309. 11 indexed citations

Ots, I., Dalial Freitak, & Alo Vanatoa. (2005). Expression of immunity and general condition in the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae), in relation to origin and gender. Entomological Science. 8(2). 173–178. 4 indexed citations

Vanatoa, Alo, A. Kuusik, Urmas Tartes, L. Metspalu, & K. Hiiesaar. (2005). Respiration rhythms and heartbeats of diapausing Colorado potato beetles, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, at low temperatures. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 118(1). 21–31. 10 indexed citations

Freitak, Dalial, Alo Vanatoa, I. Ots, & Markus J. Rantala. (2005). Formation of melanin‐based wing patterns is influenced by condition and immune challenge in Pieris brassicae. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 116(3). 237–243. 26 indexed citations

Merivee, Enno, Alo Vanatoa, Anne Luik, et al.. (2003). Electrophysiological identification of cold receptors on the antennae of the ground beetle Pterostichus aethiops. Physiological Entomology. 28(2). 88–96. 38 indexed citations

Freitak, Dalial, I. Ots, Alo Vanatoa, & Peeter Hõrak. (2003). Immune response is energetically costly in white cabbage butterfly pupae. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 270(suppl_2). S220–2. 150 indexed citations

Tartes, Urmas, Alo Vanatoa, & A. Kuusik. (2002). The insect abdomen—a heartbeat manager in insects?. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A Molecular & Integrative Physiology. 133(3). 611–623. 41 indexed citations

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Kuusik, A., Urmas Tartes, Alo Vanatoa, K. Hiiesaar, & L. Metspalu. (2001). Body movements and their role as triggers of heartbeats in pupae of the Colorado potato beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata. Physiological Entomology. 26(2). 158–164. 18 indexed citations

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Tammaru, Toomas, Miia Tanhuanpää, Kai Ruohomäki, & Alo Vanatoa. (2001). Autumnal moth – why autumnal?. Ecological Entomology. 26(6). 646–654. 35 indexed citations

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Tartes, Urmas, A. Kuusik, K. Hiiesaar, L. Metspalu, & Alo Vanatoa. (2000). Abdominal movements, heartbeats and gas exchange in pupae of the Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata. Physiological Entomology. 25(2). 151–158. 17 indexed citations

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Tartes, Urmas, A. Kuusik, & Alo Vanatoa. (1999). Heartbeat and body movement: roles in gas exchange in Galleria mellonella L. (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) pupae. International Journal of Insect Morphology and Embryology. 28(1-2). 145–149. 10 indexed citations

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Tartes, Urmas, A. Kuusik, & Alo Vanatoa. (1999). Diversity in gas exchange and muscular activity patterns in insects studied by a respirometer‐actograph. Physiological Entomology. 24(2). 150–157. 32 indexed citations

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