Maria Hällfors

1.2k total citations · 1 hit paper
23 papers, 527 citations indexed

About

Maria Hällfors is a scholar working on Ecological Modeling, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Maria Hällfors has authored 23 papers receiving a total of 527 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 15 papers in Ecological Modeling, 12 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 11 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Maria Hällfors's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (15 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers) and Plant and animal studies (9 papers). Maria Hällfors is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (15 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (10 papers) and Plant and animal studies (9 papers). Maria Hällfors collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Sweden and United States. Maria Hällfors's co-authors include Marko Hyvärinen, Jessica J. Hellmann, Leif Schulman, Marjo Saastamoinen, Sami Aikio, Jishan Liao, Ralph Grundel, Jason D. K. Dzurisin, Grace C. Wu and Aleksi Lehikoinen and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nature Communications and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Maria Hällfors

22 papers receiving 514 citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

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.

Applying multispecies justice in nature-based solutions and urban sustainability planning: Tensions and prospects

2025 11 citations Christopher M. Raymond, Pauliina Rautio et al. npj Urban Sustainability profile →

Peers

Maria Hällfors

ECOLO

NLC

EEBS

GPC

Narkis S. Morales Chile

Pilar Rodríguez Mexico

Bhoj Kumar Acharya India

Rich Grenyer United Kingdom

Frederico V. Faleiro Brazil

Giovanni Rapacciuolo United States

Maria Bobrowski Germany

Daniella Teixeira de Rezende Brazil

João Paulo Peixoto Pena Barbosa Singapore

Véronique Boucher‐Lalonde Canada

Narkis S. Morales Chile

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225 ×1.0

ECOLO

172 ×0.8

NLC

119 ×0.6

EEBS

130 ×1.3

GPC

Citations per year, relative to Maria Hällfors Maria Hällfors (= 1×) peers Narkis S. Morales

Countries citing papers authored by Maria Hällfors

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Fields of papers citing papers by Maria Hällfors

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Maria Hällfors

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Maria Hällfors. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Maria Hällfors based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Maria Hällfors. Maria Hällfors is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cimatti, Marta, et al.. (2025). The Accelerating Exposure of European Protected Areas to Climate Change. Global Change Biology. 31(6). e70261–e70261.

Fernández, Néstor, Piero Visconti, Maria Hällfors, et al.. (2025). Narratives for Positive Nature Futures in Europe. Environmental Management. 75(5). 1071–1083. 2 indexed citations

Raymond, Christopher M., Pauliina Rautio, Nora Fagerholm, et al.. (2025). Applying multispecies justice in nature-based solutions and urban sustainability planning: Tensions and prospects. npj Urban Sustainability. 5(1). 11 indexed citations breakdown →

Opedal, Øystein H., et al.. (2024). The potential for evolutionary rescue in an Arctic seashore plant threatened by climate change. Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences. 291(2032). 20241351–20241351. 2 indexed citations

Hyvärinen, Marko, et al.. (2024). Higher thermal plasticity in flowering phenology increases flowering output. Ecology and Evolution. 14(7). e11657–e11657. 2 indexed citations

Santangeli, Andrea, Benjamin Weigel, Laura H. Antão, et al.. (2023). Mixed effects of a national protected area network on terrestrial and freshwater biodiversity. Nature Communications. 14(1). 5426–5426. 23 indexed citations

Hällfors, Maria, Kaisu Aapala, Juha Aalto, et al.. (2023). Climate and land-use change drive population decline in a red-listed plant species. Global Ecology and Conservation. 45. e02526–e02526. 6 indexed citations

Urban, Mark C., Janne Swaegers, Robby Stoks, et al.. (2023). When and how can we predict adaptive responses to climate change?. Evolution Letters. 8(1). 172–187. 30 indexed citations

Hällfors, Maria, Risto K. Heikkinen, Mikko Kuussaari, et al.. (2023). Recent range shifts of moths, butterflies, and birds are driven by the breadth of their climatic niche. Evolution Letters. 8(1). 89–100. 37 indexed citations

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Hällfors, Maria, Juha Pöyry, Janne Heliölä, et al.. (2021). Combining range and phenology shifts offers a winning strategy for boreal Lepidoptera. Ecology Letters. 24(8). 1619–1632. 52 indexed citations

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Hällfors, Maria, Laura H. Antão, Malcolm S. Itter, et al.. (2020). Shifts in timing and duration of breeding for 73 boreal bird species over four decades. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117(31). 18557–18565. 59 indexed citations

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Hällfors, Maria, Susanna Lehvävirta, Lars Ola Nilsson, et al.. (2020). Translocation of an arctic seashore plant reveals signs of maladaptation to altered climatic conditions. PeerJ. 8. e10357–e10357. 8 indexed citations

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Nordén, Jenni, Nerea Abrego, Lynne Boddy, et al.. (2020). Ten principles for conservation translocations of threatened wood-inhabiting fungi. Fungal ecology. 44. 100919–100919. 14 indexed citations

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Hällfors, Maria, Sami Aikio, & Leif Schulman. (2016). Quantifying the need and potential of assisted migration. Biological Conservation. 205. 34–41. 38 indexed citations

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Hällfors, Maria, Jishan Liao, Jason D. K. Dzurisin, et al.. (2016). Addressing potential local adaptation in species distribution models: implications for conservation under climate change. Ecological Applications. 26(4). 1154–1169. 138 indexed citations

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Aikio, Sami, Pedro Cardoso, Marko Hyvärinen, et al.. (2015). Quantitative tools and simultaneous actions needed for species conservation under climate change–reply to Shoo et al. (2013). Climatic Change. 129(1-2). 1–7. 3 indexed citations

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Hällfors, Maria, Jishan Liao, Jason D. K. Dzurisin, et al.. (2015). Addressing potential local adaptation in species distribution models: implications for conservation under climate change. Ecological Applications. 3 indexed citations

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Hällfors, Maria, Marko Hyvärinen, Markku Oksanen, et al.. (2014). Coming to Terms with the Concept of Moving Species Threatened by Climate Change – A Systematic Review of the Terminology and Definitions. PLoS ONE. 9(7). e102979–e102979. 52 indexed citations

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Schulman, Leif & Maria Hällfors. (2011). Botanic garden profile: Kumpula Botanic Garden, Helsinki, Finland. 2011(9). 11–28. 1 indexed citations

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Hällfors, Maria, Leif Schulman, Leena Lindén, & Hannu Rita. (2010). Testing bioclimatic hypotheses with botanic garden collections - curatorial considerations. 1–8. 1 indexed citations

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