Miska Luoto

25.9k total citations · 8 hit papers
232 papers, 15.3k citations indexed

About

Miska Luoto is a scholar working on Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecological Modeling and Atmospheric Science. According to data from OpenAlex, Miska Luoto has authored 232 papers receiving a total of 15.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 97 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation, 95 papers in Ecological Modeling and 92 papers in Atmospheric Science. Recurrent topics in Miska Luoto's work include Species Distribution and Climate Change (95 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (91 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (69 papers). Miska Luoto is often cited by papers focused on Species Distribution and Climate Change (95 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (91 papers) and Climate change and permafrost (69 papers). Miska Luoto collaborates with scholars based in Finland, France and United States. Miska Luoto's co-authors include Risto K. Heikkinen, Miguel B. Araújo, Jan Hjort, Raimo Virkkala, Wilfried Thuiller, Mathieu Marmion, Juha Aalto, Miia Parviainen, Juha Pöyry and Mikko Kuussaari and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Miska Luoto

226 papers receiving 14.7k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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.

Evaluation of consensus methods in predictive species distribution modelling

2008 1.1k citations Miska Luoto, Risto K. Heikkinen et al. profile →
The importance of biotic interactions for modelling species distributions under climate change

2007 932 citations Miguel B. Araújo, Miska Luoto Global Ecology and Biogeography profile →
Methods and uncertainties in bioclimatic envelope modelling under climate change

2006 781 citations Risto K. Heikkinen, Miska Luoto et al. profile →
Global buffering of temperatures under forest canopies

2019 485 citations Pieter De Frenne, Kristoffer Hylander et al. Nature Ecology & Evolution profile →
Degrading permafrost puts Arctic infrastructure at risk by mid-century

2018 394 citations Jan Hjort, Olli Karjalainen et al. profile →
Impacts of permafrost degradation on infrastructure

2022 328 citations Jan Hjort, Miska Luoto et al. profile →
New high-resolution estimates of the permafrost thermal state and hydrothermal conditions over the Northern Hemisphere

2022 135 citations Juha Aalto, Olli Karjalainen et al. profile →
From white to green: Snow cover loss and increased vegetation productivity in the European Alps

2022 123 citations Miska Luoto et al. profile →

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Citations

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Miska Luoto

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

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20 of 20 papers shown

#	Work	Indexed citations
1	The activity and functions of soil microbial communities in the Finnish sub-Arctic vary across vegetation types 2022 ·FEMS Microbiology Ecology ·(unknown), Igor Stelmach Pessi, Anna‐Maria Virkkala, Pekka Niittynen, Julia Kemppinen, Eeva Eronen‐Rasimus, Miska Luoto, Jenni Hultman	18
2	In-depth characterization of denitrifier communities across different soil ecosystems in the tundra 2022 ·Environmental Microbiome ·Igor Stelmach Pessi, (unknown), Anna‐Maria Virkkala, Eeva Eronen‐Rasimus, Tom O. Delmont, Maija E. Marushchak, Miska Luoto, Jenni Hultman	36
3	Competition mediates understorey species range shifts under climate change 2022 ·Journal of Ecology ·Pieter Sanczuk, Emiel De Lombaerde, Stef Haesen, Koenraad Van Meerbeek, Miska Luoto, Sebastiaan Van der Veken, (unknown), Martin Hermy, Kris Verheyen, Pieter Vangansbeke, Pieter De Frenne	14
4	Spatial confounding in Bayesian species distribution modeling 2022 ·Ecography ·(unknown), Elina Numminen, Pekka Niittynen, Miska Luoto, Jarno Vanhatalo	13
5	Geomorphological processes shape plant community traits in the Arctic 2022 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Julia Kemppinen, Pekka Niittynen, Konsta Happonen, Peter C. le Roux, Juha Aalto, Jan Hjort, Tuija Maliniemi, Olli Karjalainen, (unknown), Miska Luoto	9
6	Exposing wind stress as a driver of fine‐scale variation in plant communities 2021 ·Journal of Ecology ·(unknown), David William Hedding, Miska Luoto, Peter C. le Roux	17
7	Warm range margin of boreal bryophytes and lichens not directly limited by temperatures 2021 ·Journal of Ecology ·Caroline Greiser, Johan Ehrlén, Miska Luoto, Éric Meineri, Sonia Merinero, (unknown), Kristoffer Hylander	20
8	Snow information is required in subcontinental scale predictions of mountain plant distributions 2021 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Tuuli Rissanen, Pekka Niittynen, Janne Soininen, Miska Luoto	10
9	Consistent trait–environment relationships within and across tundra plant communities 2021 ·Nature Ecology & Evolution ·Julia Kemppinen, Pekka Niittynen, Peter C. le Roux, (unknown), Konsta Happonen, Juha Aalto, (unknown), Brian J. Enquist, Vigdis Vandvik, Aud H. Halbritter, Brian Maitner, Miska Luoto	32
10	Environmental Controls of InSAR‐Based Periglacial Ground Dynamics in a Sub‐Arctic Landscape 2021 ·Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface ·Line Rouyet, Olli Karjalainen, Pekka Niittynen, Juha Aalto, Miska Luoto, Tom Rune Lauknes, Yngvar Larsen, Jan Hjort	17
11	Cryogenic land surface processes shape vegetation biomass patterns in northern European tundra 2021 ·Communications Earth & Environment ·Juha Aalto, Pekka Niittynen, Henri Riihimäki, Miska Luoto	10
12	Water as a resource, stress and disturbance shaping tundra vegetation 2019 ·Oikos ·Julia Kemppinen, Pekka Niittynen, Juha Aalto, Peter C. le Roux, Miska Luoto	31
13	Drivers of high-latitude plant diversity hotspots and their congruence 2017 ·Biological Conservation ·(unknown), Risto K. Heikkinen, Henry Väre, Miska Luoto	18
14	Arctic‐alpine vegetation biomass is driven by fine‐scale abiotic heterogeneity 2014 ·Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography ·Susanne Suvanto, Peter C. le Roux, Miska Luoto	17
15	Distance decay of similarity in freshwater communities: do macro‐ and microorganisms follow the same rules? 2011 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Anna Astorga, Jari Oksanen, Miska Luoto, Janne Soininen, Risto Virtanen, Timo Muotka	278
16	Recent vegetation changes at the high‐latitude tree line ecotone are controlled by geomorphological disturbance, productivity and diversity 2010 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Risto Virtanen, Miska Luoto, Teppo Rämä, Kari Mikkola, Jan Hjort, John‐Arvid Grytnes, H. J. B. Birks	137
17	The importance of biotic interactions for modelling species distributions under climate change breakdown → 2007 ·Global Ecology and Biogeography ·Miguel B. Araújo, Miska Luoto	932
18	Modelling patterned ground distribution in finnish lapland: an integration of topographical, ground and remote sensing information 2006 ·Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography ·Jan Hjort, Miska Luoto	37
19	Recent developments in spatial methods and data in biogeographical distribution modelling – advantages and pitfalls 2003 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Miska Luoto, Risto K. Heikkinen	1
20	Landsat TM images in mapping of semi-natural grasslands and analysing of habitat pattern in an agricultural landscape in south-west Finland 2003 ·SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Tuuli Toivonen, Miska Luoto	9

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