What is Ilkka Hanski?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Ilkka Hanski | image = Ilkka Hanski.jpg | image_size = | caption = Ilkka Hanski in January 2009. | birth_date = {{Birth date|1953|02|14|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Lempäälä]], [[Finland]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2016|05|10|1953|2|14|df=y}} | death_place = [[Helsinki]], Finland | nationality = {{flag|FIN|name=Finnish}} | fields = [[Ecology]] | workplaces = [[Helsinki University]] | alma_mater = Helsinki University | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = | awards = [[Balzan Prize]] {{small|(2000)}}<br>[[Sewall Wright Award]] {{small|(2001)}}<br>[[Crafoord Prize]] {{small|(2011)}}<br>[[BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award]] {{small|(2015)}} }} '''Ilkka Aulis Hanski''' (14 February 1953 – 10 May 2016) was a [[Finns|Finnish]] scientist. He worked in the field of [[ecology]] at the [[University of Helsinki]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.helsinki.fi/~ihanski/ |title=Ilkka Hanski's homepage |access-date=2011-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/artikkeli/akatemiaprofessori-ja-tieteen-akateemikko-ilkka-hanski-on-kuollut/5886132|title=Akatemiaprofessori ja tieteen akateemikko Ilkka Hanski on kuollut|work=mtv.fi|date=10 May 2016|access-date=10 May 2016|archive-date=18 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918194648/https://www.mtv.fi/uutiset/kotimaa/artikkeli/akatemiaprofessori-ja-tieteen-akateemikko-ilkka-hanski-on-kuollut/5886132|url-status=dead}}</ref> He is known for his research of [[metapopulation]] ecology.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Hanski | first1 = I. | author-link = Ilkka Hanski| journal = Nature | volume = 396 | issue = 6706 | title = Metapopulation dynamics| pages = 41–49 | doi = 10.1038/23876 | year = 1998 | bibcode = 1998Natur.396...41H | s2cid = 4405264 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Saccheri | first1 = I. | last2 = Kuussaari | first2 = M. | last3 = Kankare | fir