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Kristjan Zobel
Researcher at University of Tartu
Publications - 58
Citations - 2918
Kristjan Zobel is an academic researcher from University of Tartu. The author has contributed to research in topics: Species richness & Competition (biology). The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 56 publications receiving 2635 citations. Previous affiliations of Kristjan Zobel include Sewanee: The University of the South & International Institute of Minnesota.
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Ecological assembly rules in plant communities--approaches, patterns and prospects.
Lars Götzenberger,Francesco de Bello,Kari Anne Bråthen,John Davison,Anne Dubuis,Antoine Guisan,Jan Lepš,Jan Lepš,Regina Lindborg,Regina Lindborg,Mari Moora,Meelis Pärtel,Loïc Pellissier,Julien Pottier,Pascal Vittoz,Kristjan Zobel,Martin Zobel +16 more
TL;DR: This work redefined the traditional concept of assembly rules in a more general framework where the co‐occurrence of species is a product of chance, historical patterns of speciation and migration, dispersal, abiotic environmental factors, and biotic interactions, with none of these processes being mutually exclusive.
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The species pool and its relation to species richness : evidence from Estonian plant communities
TL;DR: To test the strengths of the relationships Monte Carlo modelling was used and it was shown that the relation between variables was stronger than proposed by the null models, and the size of the actual species pool is largely determined by the regional species pool.
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Functional species pool framework to test for biotic effects on community assembly
Francesco de Bello,Jodi N. Price,Tamara Münkemüller,Jaan Liira,Martin Zobel,Wilfried Thuiller,Pille Gerhold,Lars Götzenberger,Sébastien Lavergne,Jan Lepš,Kristjan Zobel,Meelis Pärtel +11 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that only by estimating the species pool of a site is it possible to differentiate the patterns of trait dissimilarity produced by operating biotic processes, and a functional species pool framework is proposed, which enables a reinterpretation of community assembly processes.
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A scale-independent approach to the richness vs biomass relationship in ground-layer plant communities
Kristjan Zobel,Jaan Liira +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied the relationship between species richness and habitat productivity in 27 Estonian grassland and forest ground-layer plant communities by using scale-independent sampling, and found that small-scale absolute richness is mostly determined by the size of the local species pool.
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Positive effect of shade on plant growth: amelioration of stress or active regulation of growth rate?
TL;DR: A widespread ability of plant species to decouple growth from resource availability is demonstrated and challenges the understanding of the processes determining plant productivity.