Merit Otsus

535 total citations
10 papers, 431 citations indexed

About

Merit Otsus is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Merit Otsus has authored 10 papers receiving a total of 431 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 8 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 7 papers in Ecology and 6 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Merit Otsus's work include Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (5 papers) and Plant and animal studies (4 papers). Merit Otsus is often cited by papers focused on Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies (5 papers) and Plant and animal studies (4 papers). Merit Otsus collaborates with scholars based in Estonia and Poland. Merit Otsus's co-authors include Martin Zobel, Jaan Liira, Tõnu Möls, Mari Moora, Tiiu Kull, Marek Sammul and Lauri Laanisto and has published in prestigious journals such as Ecology, Oecologia and Biodiversity and Conservation.

In The Last Decade

Merit Otsus

10 papers receiving 404 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Merit Otsus Estonia	9	351	212	201	201	55	10	431
Mathias Öster Sweden	7	289 0.8×	153 0.7×	148 0.7×	155 0.8×	70 1.3×	9	367
Eckart Winkler Germany	13	261 0.7×	140 0.7×	194 1.0×	118 0.6×	61 1.1×	19	411
Pamela Graff Argentina	9	313 0.9×	134 0.6×	210 1.0×	161 0.8×	72 1.3×	17	402
Kathryn A. Yurkonis United States	11	314 0.9×	140 0.7×	194 1.0×	191 1.0×	93 1.7×	27	437
Martine Couvreur Belgium	5	268 0.8×	140 0.7×	133 0.7×	202 1.0×	34 0.6×	8	378
Kalle Hellström Finland	11	289 0.8×	252 1.2×	204 1.0×	123 0.6×	41 0.7×	15	421
Katrien Piessens Belgium	6	259 0.7×	130 0.6×	153 0.8×	154 0.8×	83 1.5×	8	360
Richard Tofts United Kingdom	7	326 0.9×	170 0.8×	199 1.0×	169 0.8×	34 0.6×	8	453
Pedram P. Daneshgar United States	10	274 0.8×	118 0.6×	162 0.8×	153 0.8×	75 1.4×	13	354
Kurt J. Vaughn United States	7	272 0.8×	86 0.4×	138 0.7×	186 0.9×	69 1.3×	7	328

Countries citing papers authored by Merit Otsus

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Fields of papers citing papers by Merit Otsus

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Merit Otsus

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All Works

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10 of 10 papers shown

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Otsus, Merit, et al.. (2015). Change in Species Composition during 55 Years: A Re-Sampling Study of Species-Rich Meadows in Estonia. Annales Botanici Fennici. 52(5-6). 419–431. 3 indexed citations

2.

Otsus, Merit, et al.. (2014). Clonal ability, height and growth form explain species’ response to habitat deterioration in Fennoscandian wooded meadows. Plant Ecology. 215(9). 953–962. 9 indexed citations

3.

Kull, Tiiu, et al.. (2008). Change in agriculturally used land and related habitat loss: A case study in eastern Estonia over 50 years; pp. 119–132. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences Biology Ecology. 57(2). 119–132. 15 indexed citations

4.

Sammul, Marek, et al.. (2008). Habitat preferences and distribution characteristics are indicative of species long-term persistence in the Estonian flora. Biodiversity and Conservation. 17(14). 3531–3550. 19 indexed citations

5.

Zobel, Martin, et al.. (2005). Can long-distance dispersal shape the local and regional species pool?. Folia Geobotanica. 40(1). 35–44. 8 indexed citations

6.

Zobel, Martin & Merit Otsus. (2004). Moisture conditions and the presence of bryophytes determine fescue species abundance in a dry calcareous grassland. Oecologia. 138(2). 293–299. 36 indexed citations

7.

Otsus, Merit & Martin Zobel. (2002). Small‐scale turnover in a calcareous grassland, its pattern and components. Journal of Vegetation Science. 13(2). 199–206. 26 indexed citations

8.

Otsus, Merit & Martin Zobel. (2002). Small-scale turnover in a calcareous grassland, its pattern and components. Journal of Vegetation Science. 13(2). 199–199. 27 indexed citations

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Zobel, Martin, Merit Otsus, Jaan Liira, Mari Moora, & Tõnu Möls. (2000). IS SMALL-SCALE SPECIES RICHNESS LIMITED BY SEED AVAILABILITY OR MICROSITE AVAILABILITY?. Ecology. 81(12). 3274–3282. 276 indexed citations

10.

Zobel, Martin, et al.. (2000). Is Small-Scale Species Richness Limited by Seed Availability or Microsite Availability?. Ecology. 81(12). 3274–3274. 12 indexed citations

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