Martin Zobel Explained

Martin Zobel (born 25 February 1957 in Tallinn) is an Estonian plant ecologist and professor at the University of Tartu.^[1] His name is particularly associated with the idea of an impact of regional species diversity on diversity at smaller spatial scales – known as the species pool effect. He has been professor since 1992. He has served as Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal Ecography.

Zobel has appeared several times on Clarivate's annual lists of influential scientists every year from 2017 to 2021.^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Selected scientific works

• Zobel, M. (1984) Экология и динамика прибрежных альварных растительных сообществ Эстонской ССР (Ecology and dynamics of coastal alvar plant communities in Estonia). Biol.Kand. thesis, University of Tartu.
• Zobel, M. (1997) The relative role of species pools in determining plant species richness: an alternative explanation of species coexistence. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 12: 266–269.
• Zobel, M., Otsus, M., Liira, J., Moora, M. & Möls, T. (2000) Is small-scale species richness limited by seed availability or microsite availability? Ecology 81: 3274–3282.

Personal life

His father was architecture historian Rein Zobel and his brother is biologist Kristjan Zobel. He is married to community ecology professor Mari Moora.

External links

• Home page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Martin Zobel PhD . https://web.archive.org/web/20160907181829/https://botany.ut.ee/martin.zobel/index.html . 2016-09-07 . botany.ut.ee.
2. Web site: 2017-11-20 . Seven Estonian researchers named among world's most influential . 2023-04-03 . ERR . en.
3. Web site: Hankewitz . Sten . 2018-11-22 . Thirteen University of Tartu researches among the most influential in the world . 2023-04-03 . Estonian World . en-GB.
4. Web site: 2019-12-17 . Nine Estonian researchers among the world's most influential scientists . 2023-04-03 . Estonian World . en-GB.
5. Web site: 2020-11-30 . Ten Estonian researchers among the world's most influential scientists . 2023-04-03 . Estonian World . en-GB.
6. Web site: Tambur . Silver . 2022-01-05 . Seven Estonian researchers among the world's most influential scientists . 2023-04-03 . Estonian World . en-GB.