BIOLOGIST

Ilkka Hanski

1953 - 2016

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Ilkka Aulis Hanski (14 February 1953 – 10 May 2016) was a Finnish ecologist at the University of Helsinki, Finland. The Metapopulation Research Center led by Hanski, until his death, has been nominated as a Center of Excellence by the Academy of Finland. The group studies species living in fragmented landscapes and attempts to advance metapopulation ecology research. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ilkka Hanski has received more than 56,288 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ilkka Hanski is the 1,026th most popular biologist, the 453rd most popular biography from Finland and the 5th most popular Finnish Biologist.

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  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

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    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.69

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Ilkka Hanski ranks 1,026 out of 1,097. Before him are Roger Revelle, Norman I. Platnick, Charles Sprague Sargent, Severn Cullis-Suzuki, Albert Charles Smith, and Walter Buller. After him are Karl Shuker, David Prain, Elmer McCollum, Henry Weed Fowler, Anthony R. Hunter, and Outram Bangs.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Ilkka Hanski ranks 568. Before him are Mayumi Aoki, Pavel Pinigin, Tito Santana, Ulrike Bruns, Dwight Stones, and Vincent Curatola. After him are Pedro Ignacio Wolcan Olano, Stanislava Staša Zajović, Greg Evigan, Lynn Whitfield, Carmen Posadas, and The Honky Tonk Man. Among people deceased in 2016, Ilkka Hanski ranks 542. Before him are Vanity, Toimi Pitkänen, Daniel Willems, Everton Kempes dos Santos Gonçalves, Kitty Kallen, and Joe Medicine Crow. After him are Nahed Hattar, P. A. Sangma, Yūko Mizutani, George Voinovich, Noel Neill, and Christopher Zeeman.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Ilkka Hanski ranks 453 out of 751. Before him are Käärijä (1993), Roope Latvala (1970), Toimi Pitkänen (1928), Eeva Ruoppa (1932), Susanna Mälkki (1969), and Jouko Ahola (1970). After him are Hannu Siitonen (1949), Krista Kosonen (1983), Juha Tiainen (1955), Arto Härkönen (1959), Eicca Toppinen (1975), and Pertti Purhonen (1942).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In Finland

Among biologists born in Finland, Ilkka Hanski ranks 5. Before him are Peter Forsskål (1732), Alexander von Nordmann (1803), Christian von Steven (1781), and Petter Adolf Karsten (1834).

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