Risto Virtanen

University of Oulu — Finland

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(87), Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology(45), Botany and Plant Ecology Studies(43), Species Distribution and Climate Change(33), Climate change and permafrost(33)

Publications233 total

Intense solar radiation constrains plant species richness in global grasslands
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2026Open Access
Insights on global rangeland ecosystem services shaped by grazing and fertilization
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment·2026· 1 cited
Nutrient addition and herbivore exclusion alter plant traits and biomass via distinct mechanisms: intraspecific variability vs species turnover
New Phytologist·2025Open Access
Nutrient enrichment negatively impacts flowers and pollinators, especially in warmer climates
2025Open Access
Long‐term homogenization of Fennoscandian heathland and tundra vegetation is connected to the expansion of an allelopathic dwarf shrub
Ecography·2025Open Access
Decades of Change in Vascular Plant Composition in High‐Latitude Ecosystems: Shifting Prevalence of Pollination Strategies
Ecology and Evolution·2025Open Access
Long‐term nutrient addition and grazing exclusion determine flower abundance, diversity and community composition in high‐latitude grasslands
Oikos·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Local nutrient addition drives plant diversity losses but not biotic homogenization in global grasslands
Nature Communications·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Dominant species predict plant richness and biomass in global grasslands
Nature Ecology & Evolution·2025· 8 cited
Author Correction: Nutrients cause grassland biomass to outpace herbivory
UNC Libraries·2025Open Access
Nutrients cause grassland biomass to outpace herbivory
UNC Libraries·2025Open Access
Frequent failure of nutrients to increase plant biomass supports the need for precision fertilization in agriculture
Scientific Reports·2025· 8 citedOpen Access
Neglecting non‐vascular plants leads to underestimation of grassland plant diversity loss under experimental nutrient addition
Journal of Ecology·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Interactions among nutrients govern the global grassland biomass–precipitation relationship
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences·2025· 6 citedOpen Access
Forb diversity globally is harmed by nutrient enrichment but can be rescued by large mammalian herbivory
Communications Biology·2025· 8 citedOpen Access
Dwarf shrub expansion and loss of lichens distinctly dominate multi-decadal changes in northern boreal understory plant communities
Nordia Geographical Publications·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
Interactive and unimodal relationships between plant biomass, abiotic factors, and plant diversity in global grasslands
Communications Biology·2025· 8 citedOpen Access
Emerging priorities in terrestrial herbivory research in the Arctic
Arctic Science·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Long-term homogenization of vascular plant and lichen communities across Fennoscandian heathlands and tundra is connected to the expansion of an allelopathic dwarf shrub
2024Open Access
Tundra plant communities along the mesotopographic gradient in NE Finland
Nordic Journal of Botany·2024· 3 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Anu Eskelinen(10), Anita C. Risch(10), Elizabeth T. Borer(9), Eric W. Seabloom(9), Timo Muotka(8), Carly Stevens(8), Maria C. Caldeira(8), Jani Heino(8), Jonathan Lenoir(7), Yann Hautier(7), Andrew S. MacDougall(7), Sally A. Power(7), Christiane Roscher(7), Janne Soininen(6), Philip A. Fay(6), Rebecca L. McCulley(6), Nico Eisenhauer(6), Joslin L. Moore(6), Lauri Oksanen(5), Sylvia Haider(5)