Anu Eskelinen

5.0k total citations · 1 hit paper
42 papers, 1.5k citations indexed

About

Anu Eskelinen is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and Ecology. According to data from OpenAlex, Anu Eskelinen has authored 42 papers receiving a total of 1.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 26 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 19 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics and 19 papers in Ecology. Recurrent topics in Anu Eskelinen's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (26 papers), Plant and animal studies (13 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (10 papers). Anu Eskelinen is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (26 papers), Plant and animal studies (13 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (10 papers). Anu Eskelinen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, United States and Germany. Anu Eskelinen's co-authors include Susan Harrison, Sari Stark, Minna K. Männistö, Risto Virtanen, Elina Kaarlejärvi, Johan Olofsson, W. Stanley Harpole, Yann Hautier, Jari Oksanen and Kelly Gravuer and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Anu Eskelinen

37 papers receiving 1.4k citations

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Light competition drives herbivore and nutrient effects on plant diversity

2022 152 citations Anu Eskelinen, W. Stanley Harpole et al. Nature profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Anu Eskelinen Finland	21	680	636	417	402	369	42	1.5k
Emily C. Farrer United States	22	798 1.2×	772 1.2×	559 1.3×	283 0.7×	379 1.0×	49	1.7k
Ondřej Mudrák Czechia	25	934 1.4×	559 0.9×	663 1.6×	273 0.7×	547 1.5×	72	1.7k
Zhongling Yang China	23	445 0.7×	413 0.6×	295 0.7×	392 1.0×	217 0.6×	50	1.2k
Maja K. Sundqvist Sweden	21	778 1.1×	826 1.3×	626 1.5×	682 1.7×	489 1.3×	35	2.2k
J. Hans C. Cornelissen Netherlands	20	866 1.3×	582 0.9×	529 1.3×	358 0.9×	499 1.4×	39	1.8k
Oriol Grau Spain	19	500 0.7×	295 0.5×	428 1.0×	342 0.9×	340 0.9×	39	1.2k
Luciana F. Alves Brazil	23	1.0k 1.5×	553 0.9×	265 0.6×	244 0.6×	284 0.8×	45	1.9k
Markus Bernhardt‐Römermann Germany	26	1.0k 1.5×	556 0.9×	639 1.5×	168 0.4×	683 1.9×	64	1.9k
Patrick Saccone France	15	637 0.9×	326 0.5×	290 0.7×	166 0.4×	410 1.1×	25	1.1k
Jurgen van Hal Netherlands	18	531 0.8×	822 1.3×	381 0.9×	462 1.1×	414 1.1×	35	1.9k

Countries citing papers authored by Anu Eskelinen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Anu Eskelinen

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Ma, Miaojun, Anu Eskelinen, Yun‐Peng Zhao, et al.. (2025). Multiple mechanisms associated with loss of seed bank diversity under nitrogen enrichment. Journal of Ecology. 113(3). 649–661. 5 indexed citations

Venterink, Harry Olde, et al.. (2025). Long‐term nutrient addition and grazing exclusion determine flower abundance, diversity and community composition in high‐latitude grasslands. Oikos. 2025(11).

Virtanen, Risto, Elizabeth T. Borer, Michael J. Crawley, et al.. (2025). Neglecting non‐vascular plants leads to underestimation of grassland plant diversity loss under experimental nutrient addition. Journal of Ecology. 113(7). 1672–1685.

Virtanen, Risto, W. Stanley Harpole, Susanne Dunker, & Anu Eskelinen. (2024). Multiple global change factors cause declines of a temperate bryophyte. Plant Ecology & Diversity. 17(1-2). 35–46. 2 indexed citations

Auge, Harald, et al.. (2023). Litter accumulation, not light limitation, drives early plant recruitment. Journal of Ecology. 111(6). 1174–1187. 14 indexed citations

Eskelinen, Anu, Héctor A. Bahamonde, Jonathan D. Bakker, et al.. (2023). Herbivory and nutrients shape grassland soil seed banks. Nature Communications. 14(1). 3949–3949. 11 indexed citations

Auge, Harald, et al.. (2022). Grazing and light modify Silene latifolia responses to nutrients and future climate. PLoS ONE. 17(11). e0276789–e0276789. 1 indexed citations

Eskelinen, Anu, et al.. (2022). Light competition drives herbivore and nutrient effects on plant diversity. Nature. 611(7935). 301–305. 152 indexed citations breakdown →

Virtanen, Risto, et al.. (2022). Is the bryophyte soil diaspore bank buffered against nutrient enrichment and grazing exclusion?. Plant and Soil. 477(1-2). 487–499. 2 indexed citations

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Werner, Chhaya M., Maria Tuomi, & Anu Eskelinen. (2021). Trait-based responses to cessation of nutrient enrichment in a tundra plant community. Oecologia. 197(3). 675–684. 3 indexed citations

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Gravuer, Kelly, Anu Eskelinen, Joy B. Winbourne, & Susan Harrison. (2020). Vulnerability and resistance in the spatial heterogeneity of soil microbial communities under resource additions. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(13). 7263–7270. 28 indexed citations

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Eskelinen, Anu, Kelly Gravuer, W. Stanley Harpole, et al.. (2020). Resource‐enhancing global changes drive a whole‐ecosystem shift to faster cycling but decrease diversity. Ecology. 101(12). e03178–e03178. 17 indexed citations

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Kaarlejärvi, Elina, Anu Eskelinen, & Johan Olofsson. (2017). Herbivores rescue diversity in warming tundra by modulating trait-dependent species losses and gains. Nature Communications. 8(1). 419–419. 69 indexed citations

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Gravuer, Kelly & Anu Eskelinen. (2017). Nutrient and Rainfall Additions Shift Phylogenetically Estimated Traits of Soil Microbial Communities. Frontiers in Microbiology. 8. 1271–1271. 24 indexed citations

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Copeland, Stella M., Susan Harrison, Andrew M. Latimer, et al.. (2016). Ecological effects of extreme drought on Californian herbaceous plant communities. Ecological Monographs. 86(3). 295–311. 66 indexed citations

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Eskelinen, Anu & Susan Harrison. (2015). Biotic context and soil properties modulate native plant responses to enhanced rainfall. Annals of Botany. 116(6). 963–973. 12 indexed citations

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Harrison, Susan, Ellen I. Damschen, B. M. Fernandez-Going, Anu Eskelinen, & Stella M. Copeland. (2014). Plant communities on infertile soils are less sensitive to climate change. Annals of Botany. 116(6). 1017–1022. 46 indexed citations

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Stark, Sari, Minna K. Männistö, & Anu Eskelinen. (2014). When do grazers accelerate or decelerate soil carbon and nitrogen cycling in tundra? A test of theory on grazing effects in fertile and infertile habitats. Oikos. 124(5). 593–602. 36 indexed citations

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Eskelinen, Anu, Susan Harrison, & Maria Tuomi. (2012). Plant traits mediate consumer and nutrient control on plant community productivity and diversity. Ecology. 93(12). 2705–2718. 45 indexed citations

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Ruotsalainen, Anna Liisa & Anu Eskelinen. (2011). Root fungal symbionts interact with mammalian herbivory, soil nutrient availability and specific habitat conditions. Oecologia. 166(3). 807–817. 37 indexed citations

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