Pia Mutikäinen

3.4k total citations · 1 hit paper
62 papers, 2.8k citations indexed

About

Pia Mutikäinen is a scholar working on Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Plant Science and Nature and Landscape Conservation. According to data from OpenAlex, Pia Mutikäinen has authored 62 papers receiving a total of 2.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 40 papers in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, 30 papers in Plant Science and 28 papers in Nature and Landscape Conservation. Recurrent topics in Pia Mutikäinen's work include Plant and animal studies (39 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (24 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (18 papers). Pia Mutikäinen is often cited by papers focused on Plant and animal studies (39 papers), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies (24 papers) and Plant Parasitism and Resistance (18 papers). Pia Mutikäinen collaborates with scholars based in Finland, Switzerland and United Kingdom. Pia Mutikäinen's co-authors include Roosa Leimu, Markus Fischer, Julia Koricheva, Lynda F. Delph, Mari Walls, Jukka Jokela, Jari Ovaska, Elina Vapaavuori, Markku Keinänen and Veikko Salonen and has published in prestigious journals such as PLoS ONE, Ecology and Evolution.

In The Last Decade

Pia Mutikäinen

62 papers receiving 2.7k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. How general are positive relationships between plant population size, fitness and genetic variation?
    2006 729 citations Roosa Leimu, Pia Mutikäinen et al. profile →

Peers

Pia Mutikäinen
Kristina A. Schierenbeck United States
Jarosław Burczyk Poland
Rodney Mauricio United States
Gregory D. Martinsen United States
Juan Núñez‐Farfán Mexico
François Bretagnolle France
Richard A. Lankau United States
Thomas Steinger Switzerland
Nora Underwood United States
Karina Boege Mexico
Kristina A. Schierenbeck United States
Pia Mutikäinen
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Fields of papers citing papers by Pia Mutikäinen

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pia Mutikäinen

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

All Works

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Laukkanen, Liisa, Aino Kalske, Anne Muola, Roosa Leimu, & Pia Mutikäinen. (2018). Genetic drift precluded adaptation of an insect seed predator to a novel host plant in a long-term selection experiment. PLoS ONE. 13(6). e0198869–e0198869. 2 indexed citations
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Laukkanen, Liisa, Pia Mutikäinen, Anne Muola, & Roosa Leimu. (2014). Plant-Species Diversity Correlates with Genetic Variation of an Oligophagous Seed Predator. PLoS ONE. 9(4). e94105–e94105. 5 indexed citations
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Mutikäinen, Pia, et al.. (2012). Differential costs of reproduction in females and hermaphrodites in a gynodioecious plant. Annals of Botany. 109(6). 1159–1164. 15 indexed citations
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Laukkanen, Liisa, et al.. (2012). Genetic factors affecting food‐plant specialization of an oligophagous seed predator. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 26(1). 141–149. 10 indexed citations
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Muola, Anne, et al.. (2011). The role of inbreeding and outbreeding in herbivore resistance and tolerance in Vincetoxicum hirundinaria. Annals of Botany. 108(3). 547–555. 16 indexed citations
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Muola, Anne, et al.. (2010). Genetic variation in herbivore resistance and tolerance: the role of plant life‐history stage and type of damage. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 23(10). 2185–2196. 50 indexed citations
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Alonso, Conchita, Pia Mutikäinen, & Carlos M. Herrera. (2007). Ecological Context of Breeding System Variation: Sex, Size and Pollination in a (Predominantly) Gynodioecious Shrub. Annals of Botany. 100(7). 1547–1556. 36 indexed citations
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Mutikäinen, Pia, et al.. (2005). Pollen and resource limitation in a gynodioecious species. American Journal of Botany. 92(3). 487–494. 56 indexed citations
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Mutikäinen, Pia, et al.. (2004). Direct and ecological costs of resistance and tolerance in the stinging nettle. Oecologia. 139(1). 76–82. 21 indexed citations
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Delph, Lynda F. & Pia Mutikäinen. (2003). TESTING WHY THE SEX OF THE MATERNAL PARENT AFFECTS SEEDLING SURVIVAL IN A GYNODIOECIOUS SPECIES. Evolution. 57(2). 231–239. 23 indexed citations
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Mutikäinen, Pia, et al.. (2003). Female frequency and relative fitness of females and hermaphrodites in gynodioecious Geranium sylvaticum (Geraniaceae). American Journal of Botany. 90(2). 226–234. 85 indexed citations
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Mutikäinen, Pia, Mari Walls, Jari Ovaska, et al.. (2002). Costs of herbivore resistance in clonal saplings of Betula pendula. Oecologia. 133(3). 364–371. 24 indexed citations
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Salonen, Veikko, et al.. (2002). RESISTANCE AND TOLERANCE IN A HOST PLANT-HOLOPARASITIC PLANT INTERACTION: GENETIC VARIATION AND COSTS. Evolution. 56(5). 899–908. 78 indexed citations
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Jokela, Jukka, et al.. (2001). Mode of reproduction, ploidy and fluctuating asymmetry: comparison of co-existing sexual and asexual freshwater snails. Evolutionary ecology research. 3(8). 969–984. 3 indexed citations
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Mutikäinen, Pia, et al.. (2001). Genetics of sex determination in the gynodioecious species Lobelia siphilitica: evidence from two populations. Heredity. 86(3). 265–276. 60 indexed citations
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Mutikäinen, Pia, Mari Walls, & Jari Ovaska. (1996). Herbivore-induced resistance in Betula pendula: the role of plant vascular architecture. Oecologia. 108(4). 723–727. 12 indexed citations
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Mutikäinen, Pia & Mari Walls. (1995). Growth, reproduction and defence in nettles: responses to herbivory modified by competition and fertilization. Oecologia. 104(4). 487–495. 54 indexed citations
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Mutikäinen, Pia, et al.. (1994). Sexual Differences in Responses to Simulated Herbivory in Urtica dioica. Oikos. 69(3). 397–397. 20 indexed citations

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