Merja Elo

526 total citations
28 papers, 271 citations indexed

About

Merja Elo is a scholar working on Ecology, Nature and Landscape Conservation and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. According to data from OpenAlex, Merja Elo has authored 28 papers receiving a total of 271 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Ecology, 8 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation and 8 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Recurrent topics in Merja Elo's work include Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (10 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (8 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers). Merja Elo is often cited by papers focused on Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology (10 papers), Species Distribution and Climate Change (8 papers) and Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (8 papers). Merja Elo collaborates with scholars based in Finland, France and Denmark. Merja Elo's co-authors include Janne S. Kotiaho, Mikko Mönkkönen, Atte Komonen, Janne Alahuhta, Aleksi Lehikoinen, Kristian Meissner, Tarmo Ketola, Antti Kanninen, Vincent Devictor and Mikael Puurtinen and has published in prestigious journals such as The Science of The Total Environment, Journal of Animal Ecology and Journal of Applied Ecology.

In The Last Decade

Merja Elo

24 papers receiving 260 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Merja Elo Finland 11 175 97 71 55 50 28 271
Camille Musseau Germany 11 178 1.0× 133 1.4× 46 0.6× 52 0.9× 78 1.6× 22 303
Hayat Mahdjoub Algeria 12 192 1.1× 119 1.2× 123 1.7× 81 1.5× 59 1.2× 33 330
Amy J.S. Davis United States 11 166 0.9× 154 1.6× 77 1.1× 44 0.8× 93 1.9× 20 340
Simon Jakobsson Sweden 12 130 0.7× 144 1.5× 52 0.7× 75 1.4× 137 2.7× 20 318
André Mader Japan 7 109 0.6× 63 0.6× 70 1.0× 47 0.9× 45 0.9× 12 236
Anny Anselin Belgium 8 154 0.9× 126 1.3× 107 1.5× 55 1.0× 71 1.4× 27 306
Thiago Pereira Mendes Brazil 10 232 1.3× 177 1.8× 116 1.6× 45 0.8× 31 0.6× 14 310
Nieves García Switzerland 3 170 1.0× 150 1.5× 62 0.9× 21 0.4× 33 0.7× 3 266
Diane L. Haughland Canada 8 230 1.3× 158 1.6× 94 1.3× 109 2.0× 105 2.1× 19 380
Tyler J. Brummer United States 9 179 1.0× 191 2.0× 69 1.0× 97 1.8× 88 1.8× 10 320

Countries citing papers authored by Merja Elo

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Fields of papers citing papers by Merja Elo

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Merja Elo

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Merja Elo. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Merja Elo 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 Merja Elo. Merja Elo is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Elo, Merja, Hannu Marttila, Juha Aalto, et al.. (2025). Negative effects of climate warming on red-listed boreal peatland plant species can be mitigated through restoration. Biological Conservation. 306. 111126–111126.
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Elo, Merja, Joséphine Pithon, María Triviño, et al.. (2025). Changes in abundance and distribution of European forest bird populations depend on biome, ecological specialisation and traits. Ecography. 2025(7). 4 indexed citations
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Bäck, Jaana, Merja Elo, Irina Herzon, et al.. (2025). Luontotavoitteiden mittareiden ja vertailutilan valinnan merkitys: Näkökulmia EU:n biodiversiteettistrategian sekä kansallisen luontostrategian ja toimintaohjelman konkretisoimiseksi. Jyväskylä University Digital Archive (University of Jyväskylä). 1–69. 1 indexed citations
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Komonen, Atte, Kaisa Junninen, Janne S. Kotiaho, & Merja Elo. (2024). Forest restoration benefits common and rare wood-decomposing fungi with a delay. Forest Ecology and Management. 572. 122342–122342.
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Elo, Merja, et al.. (2024). Monitoring changes in boreal peatland vegetation after restoration with optical satellite imagery. The Science of The Total Environment. 957. 177697–177697. 3 indexed citations
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Räsänen, Aleksi, et al.. (2024). Changes in satellite‐derived spectral variables and their linkages with vegetation changes after peatland restoration. Restoration Ecology. 33(1). 1 indexed citations
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Elo, Merja, Santtu Kareksela, Otso Ovaskainen, et al.. (2024). Restoration of forestry-drained boreal peatland ecosystems can effectively stop and reverse ecosystem degradation. Communications Earth & Environment. 5(1). 680–680. 4 indexed citations
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Elo, Merja, et al.. (2024). A first look into moss living tardigrades in boreal peatlands. Ecology and Evolution. 14(8). e70045–e70045. 1 indexed citations
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Elo, Merja, et al.. (2023). Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Planetary Well-Being. Econstor (Econstor). 15 indexed citations
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Elo, Merja, et al.. (2023). The effects of sample storage duration on tardigrade density and community composition in moss samples. Pedobiologia. 99-100. 150895–150895. 1 indexed citations
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Forsman, Jukka T., Maximilian G. R. Vollstädt, Vincent Devictor, et al.. (2022). Titmice are a better indicator of bird density in Northern European than in Western European forests. Ecology and Evolution. 12(2). e8479–e8479. 1 indexed citations
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Elo, Merja, Vincent Devictor, Jukka T. Forsman, et al.. (2022). Do large‐scale associations in birds imply biotic interactions or environmental filtering?. Journal of Biogeography. 50(1). 169–182. 7 indexed citations
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Peura, Maiju, Anna Oldén, Merja Elo, et al.. (2020). The effect of buffer strip width and selective logging on streamside polypore communities. Canadian Journal of Forest Research. 50(8). 717–725. 5 indexed citations
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Elo, Merja, Panu Halme, Tero Toivanen, & Janne S. Kotiaho. (2019). Species richness of polypores can be increased by supplementing dead wood resource into a boreal forest landscape. Journal of Applied Ecology. 56(5). 1267–1277. 8 indexed citations
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Elo, Merja, et al.. (2018). Environmental Characteristics and Anthropogenic Impact Jointly Modify Aquatic Macrophyte Species Diversity. Frontiers in Plant Science. 9. 1001–1001. 34 indexed citations
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Komonen, Atte & Merja Elo. (2017). Ecological response hides behind the species abundance distribution: Community response to low‐intensity disturbance in managed grasslands. Ecology and Evolution. 7(20). 8558–8566. 22 indexed citations
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Elo, Merja, et al.. (2015). The effect of peatland drainage and restoration on Odonata species richness and abundance. BMC Ecology. 15(1). 11–11. 29 indexed citations
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Elo, Merja, Jean‐Michel Roberge, Ari Rajasärkkä, & Mikko Mönkkönen. (2012). Energy density and its variation in space limit species richness of boreal forest birds. Journal of Biogeography. 39(8). 1462–1472. 13 indexed citations

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