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Elulookirjeldus (CV)
1.Eesnimi Ülo
2.Perekonnanimi Niinemets
3.Töökoht Taimefüsioloogia õppetool, Molekulaar- ja Rakubioloogia Instituut, Tartu Ülikool
4.Ametikoht Vanemteadur
5.Sünniaeg 19.03.1970 (päev.kuu.aasta)
6.Haridus - 1996. Doctor Philosophiae (ökofüsioloogia), Tartu Ülikool
- 1993. Teadusmagister (bioloogia-ökofüsioloogia), Tartu Ülikool
- 1992. Diplom, Tartu Ülikooli bioloogia-geograafia teaduskonna bioloogia eriala (Cum laude, kitsam eriala ökofüsioloogia
- 1988. Keskharidus. Tartu 5. Keskkool (lõpetatud hõbemedaliga)
7.Teenistuskäik 2005-praegu. TÜ MRI taimefüsioloogia vanemtadur
2000-2005. TÜ MRI taimefüsioloogia dotsent
2002-2003. TÜ MRI Taimefüsioloogia Õppetooli juhataja
1998-2000. Ökofüsioloogia osakonna juhataja, Tallinna Pedagoogikaülikooli Ökoloogia Instituut
1996-1998. Vanemteadur, Tallinna Pedagoogikaülikooli Ökoloogia Instituudi Tartu osakond
1991-1997. (vaheaegadega, kokku 3 aastat), külalisteadlane, Taimeökoloogia Õppetool, BITÖK, Universität Bayreuth, Saksa LV.
1996. Teadur, Ökoloogia Instituudi Tartu osakond
1992-1996. Nooremteadur, Ökoloogia Instituudi Tartu osakond
1990. Teaduslik kaastööline. Kivatši Riiklik Looduskaitseala (Karjala, Venemaa
1989. Laborant, Tartu Ülikooli Voore Ökoloogiajaam
1986-1988. Laborant, Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia Zooloogia ja Botaanika Instituudi Ökofüsioloogia töörühm
1985-1989. Eesti Õpilaste Teadusliku Ühingu liige
8.Teaduskraad Doctor Philosophiae
9.Teaduskraadi välja
andnud asutus, aasta		 Tartu Ülikool, 1996
10.Tunnustused 1986. ÕTÜ Botaanikasektsiooni laureaat
1988. ÕTÜ Zooloogiasekstsiooni laureaat
1993. Tartu Ülikooli Üliõpilasesinduse stipendium parimale MSc. tudengile
1996. Academia Europea Baltic Prize
2000. Eesti Riiklik Teaduspreemia (Bio- geoteaduste alal)
11.Teadusorganisatsiooniline
ja –administratiivne
tegevus		 CC ajakirja Tree Physiology toimetuskolleegiumi liige alates 1999. a. ja toimetaja alates 2003. a.

CC ajakirja European Journal of Forest Research toimetaja alates 2004·

CC ajakirja Eurasian Journal of Forest Research toimetaja alates 2003

Järgmiste Current Contents’is refereeritavate ajakirjade retsensent (1994-2005; retsenseerimiskoormus 20-35 artiklit aastas): Acta Oecologica, American Journal of Botany, American Naturalist, Annales des Sciences Forestieres, Annals of Botany, Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, Canadian Journal of Forest Research, Ecology, Ecological Monographs, Environmental and Experimental Botany, Functional Ecology, Functional Plant Biology, Global Change Biology, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Journal of Experimental Botany, The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, Journal of Tropical Ecology, Journal of Tropical Forest Science, The New Phytologist, New Forests, Oecologia, Oikos, Physiologia Plantarum, Plant, Cell and Environment, Plant Ecology, Tree Physiology, Trees: Structure and Function, Trends in Plant Science, Trends in Ecology and Evolution·

Grantitaotluste retsenseerija:
- Academy of Finland, Research Council for Environment and Natural Resources: 2000- (2005, Environment paneeli liige)
- Natural Environment Research Council (UK): 2000-
- Eesti Teadusfond 2004-

Välisretsensent: PhD Thesis of Toon Rijkers (01.12.2000, University of Wageningen, The Netherlands)

Korduvalt oponeerinud TÜ BÖI ja MRI erineva astme tudengitöid. 2000-2002 TÜ MRI bakalaureusetööde kaitsmise komisjoni liige (2000-2003) ja TÜ MRI nõukogu liikmena (2003) osalenud instituudi magistri- ja doktoritööde kaitsmisel.

Retsenseerinud korduvalt üliõpilaste teadustööde riiklikule konkursile esitatud töid.

TPÜ Ökoloogia Instituudis sageli retsenseerinud erinevate teemade ja grantide lõpparuandeid.
12.Juhendamisel kaitstud
väitekirjad

Angelika Portsmuth, MSc, 2001, juh. Ülo Niinemets. Puittaimede biomassi jaotumine toitainete ja valguse gradientides. TPÜ Ökoloogia Instituut
13.Teadustöö põhisuunad Taimede struktuuri ja füsioloogia vahelistest fundamentaalsed seosted

Taimede kasvu ja fotosünteesi valgusele ja temperatuurile kohanemise füsioloogia

Lenduvate orgaaniliste ühendite emissiooni füsioloogia
14.Jooksvad grandid 1.01.2003-31.12.2007. Funktsionaalsed sõltuvused taimede struktuuri ja füsioloogilise aktiivsuse vahel, sihtfinantseeritav teema 0182468As03 (teema juht)

1.01.2004-31.12.2007 Lehesisese gaaside difusiooni füüsikalised, keemilised ja bioloogilised limitatsioonid metsapuudel (ETF-i grant 5702, grantihoidja)

1.01.2004-31.12. 2008. Ecological and physiological functions of biogenic isoprenoids and their impact on the environment, ISONET (Euroopa komisjon, MC-RTN-CT-2003-504720) (grantihodja)

1.1.2002-31.12.2005. Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia ja Hispaania Teaduste Akadeemia (CSIC) grant koostööks TÜ MRI Taimefüsioloogia Õppetooli ja Centro de Ciencias Medioambientales, Madrid vahel. (TÜ MRI poolne vastutav täitja)

01.01.2003-31.12.2005 Environmental monitoring and decision modelling in European mountain areas (SOKRATES ühisprojekt Innsbrucki Ülikooliga, Austria, TÜ poolne projekti koordinaator)

1.01.2004-31.12.2008. Volatile Organic Compounds in the Biosphere-Atmosphere System (VOCBAS). Euroopa Teadusfoni projekt (Eestipoolne esindaja programmikomitees)

1.01.2005-31.12.2006. Lehtede biomehhanika metsapuude valgusneelamise determinandina (Prantsuse-Eesti teadus- ja tehnoloogiaalase koostööprogrammi G.F. Parrot grant)
15.Teaduspublikatsioonid

Aasamaa, K., Ü. Niinemets, and A. Sõber. 2005. Leaf hydraulic conductance in relation to anatomical and functional traits during Populus tremula leaf ontogeny. Tree Physiology 25:1409–1418.

Al Afas, N., A. Pellis, Ü. Niinemets, and R. Ceulemans. 2005. Growth and production of a short rotation coppice culture of poplar. II. Clonal and year-to-year differences in leaf and petiole characteristics and stand leaf area index. Biomass and Bioenergy 28:536-547.

Beauchamp, J., A. Wisthaler, A. Hansel, E. Kleist, M. Miebach, Ü. Niinemets, U. Schurr, and J. Wildt. 2005. Ozone induced emissions of biogenic VOC from tobacco: relations between ozone uptake and emission of LOX products. Plant, Cell and Environment 28:1334-1343.

Copolovici, L. O., and Ü. Niinemets. 2005. Temperature dependencies of Henry’s law constants and octanol/water partition coefficients for key plant volatile monoterpenoids. Chemosphere:doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.1005.1003.

Copolovici, L. O., I. Filella, J. Llusià, Ü. Niinemets, and J. Peñuelas. 2005. The capacity for thermal protection of photosynthetic electron transport varies for different monoterpenes in Quercus ilex. Plant Physiology 139:485-496.

Hüve, K., I. Bichele, M. Tobias, and Ü. Niinemets. 2005. Heat sensitivity of photosynthetic electron transport varies during the day due to changes in sugars and osmotic potential. Plant, Cell and Environment 28:doi:10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01414.x.

Niinemets, Ü. 2005. Key plant structural and allocation traits depend on relative age in the perennial herb Pimpinella saxifraga. Annals of Botany 96:323-330.

Niinemets, Ü., A. Cescatti, M. Rodeghiero, and T. Tosens. 2005. Leaf internal diffusion conductance limits photosynthesis more strongly in older leaves of Mediterranean evergreen broad-leaved species. Plant, Cell and Environment 28:doi:10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01392.x.

Niinemets, Ü., A. Lukjanova, A. D. Sparrrow, and M. H. Turnbull. 2005. Light-acclimation of cladode photosynthetic potentials in Casuarina glauca: trade-offs between physiological and structural investments. Functional Plant Biology 32:571-582.

Niinemets, Ü., and K. Kull. 2005. Co-limitation of plant primary productivity by nitrogen and phosphorus in a species-rich wooded meadow on calcareous soils. Acta Oecologica 28:doi:10.1016/j.actao.2005.1006.1003.

Niinemets, Ü., and L. Sack. 2005. Structural determinants of leaf light-harvesting capacity and photosynthetic potentials. Pages 385-419 in K. Esser, U. E. Lüttge, W. Beyschlag, and J. Murata, editors. Progress in Botany. Springer Verlag, Berlin.

Niinemets, Ü., and Ü. Tamm. 2005. Species differences in timing of leaf fall and foliage chemistry modify nutrient resorption efficiency in deciduous temperate forest stands. Tree Physiology 25:1001-1014.

Niinemets, Ü., A. Sparrow, and A. Cescatti. 2005. Light capture efficiency decreases with increasing tree age and size in the southern hemisphere gymnosperm Agathis australis. Trees: Structure and Function 19:177-190.

Portsmuth, A., Ü. Niinemets, L. Truus, and M. Pensa. 2005. Biomass allocation and growth rates in Pinus sylvestris are interactively modified by nitrogen and phosphorus availabilities and by tree size and age. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35:doi: 10.1139/X1105-1155.

Wright, I. J., P. B. Reich, J. C. Cornelissen, D. S. Falster, P. K. Groom, K. Hikosaka, W. Lee, C. H. Lusk, Ü. Niinemets, J. Oleksyn, N. Osada, H. Poorter, D. I. Warton, and M. Westoby. 2005. Modulation of leaf economic traits and trait relationships by climate. Global Ecology and Biogeography 14:411-421.

Aasamaa, K., A. Sõber, W. Hartung, and Ü. Niinemets. 2004. Drought acclimation of two deciduous tree species of different layers in a temperate forest canopy. Trees: Structure and Function 18:93-101.

Cescatti, A., and Ü. Niinemets. 2004. Sunlight capture. Leaf to landscape. Pages 42-85 in W. K. Smith, T. C. Vogelmann, and C. Chritchley, editors. Photosynthetic adaptation. Chloroplast to landscape. Ecological Studies, 178. Springer Verlag, Berlin.

Eichelmann, H., B. Oja, B. Rasulov, E. Padu, I. Bichele, H. Pettai, E. Vapaavuori, Ü. Niinemets, and A. Laisk. 2004. Development of leaf photosynthetic parameters in Betula pendula Roth. leaves: correlations with Photosystem I density. Plant Biology 6:307-318.

Ellsworth, D. S., Ü. Niinemets, and P. B. Reich. 2004. CO2 processing. Leaf to landscape. Pages 207-227 in W. K. Smith, T. C. Vogelmann, and C. Chritchley, editors. Photosynthetic adaptation. Chloroplast to landscape. Ecological Studies, 178. Springer Verlag, Berlin.

García-Plazaola, J. I., J. M. Becerril, A. Hernández, Ü. Niinemets, and H. Kollist. 2004. Acclimation of antioxidant pools to the light environment in a natural forest canopy. The New Phytologist 163:87-97.

Niinemets, Ü. 2004. Adaptive adjustments to light in foliage and whole-plant characteristics depend on relative age in the perennial herb Leontodon hispidus. The New Phytologist 162:683-696.

Niinemets, Ü. 2004. Costs of production and physiology of emission of volatile leaf isoprenoids. Pages 241-278 in A. Hemantaranjan, editor. Advances in Plant Physiology. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur.

Niinemets, Ü., A. Cescatti, and R. Christian. 2004. Constraints on light interception efficiency due to shoot architecture in broad-leaved Nothofagus species. Tree Physiology 24:617-630.

Niinemets, Ü., and F. Valladares. 2004. Photosynthetic acclimation to simultaneous and interacting environmental stresses along natural light gradients: optimality and constraints. Plant Biology 6:254-268.

Niinemets, Ü., E. Sonninen, and M. Tobias. 2004. Canopy gradients in leaf intercellular CO2 mole fractions revisited: interactions between leaf irradiance and water stress need consideration. Plant, Cell and Environment 27:569-583.

Niinemets, Ü., F. Loreto, and M. Reichstein. 2004d. Physiological and physico-chemical controls on foliar volatile organic compound emissions. Trends in Plant Science 9:180-186.

Niinemets, Ü., F. Valladares, and R. Ceulemans. 2003. Leaf-level phenotypic variability and plasticity of invasive Rhododendron ponticum and non-invasive Ilex aquifolium co-occurring at two contrasting European sites. Plant, Cell and Environment 26:941-956.

Niinemets, Ü., J. D. Tenhunen, and W. Beyschlag. 2004. Spatial and age-dependent modifications of photosynthetic capacity in four Mediterranean oak species. Functional Plant Biology 31:1179-1193.

Niinemets, Ü., N. Al Afas, A. Cescatti, A. Pellis, and R. Ceulemans. 2004. Determinants of clonal differences in light-interception efficiency in dense poplar plantations: petiole length and biomass allocation. Tree Physiology 24:141-154.

Niinemets, Ü., O. Kull, and J. D. Tenhunen. 2004. Within canopy variation in the rate of development of photosynthetic capacity is proportional to integrated quantum flux density in temperate deciduous trees. Plant, Cell and Environment 27:293-313.

Smith, S. D., E. Naumburg, Ü. Niinemets, and M. J. Germino. 2004. Environmental constraints. Leaf to landscape. Pages 262-294 in W. K. Smith, T. C. Vogelmann, and C. Chritchley, editors. Photosynthetic adaptation. Chloroplast to landscape. Ecological Studies, 178. Springer Verlag, Berlin.

Wright, I. J., P. B. Reich, M. Westoby, D. D. Ackerly, Z. Baruch, F. Bongers, J. Cavender-Bares, T. Chapin, J. H. C. Cornelissen, M. Diemer, J. Flexas, E. Garnier, P. K. Groom, J. Gulias, K. Hikosaka, B. B. Lamont, T. Lee, W. Lee, C. Lusk, J. J. Midgley, M. L. Navas, Ü. Niinemets, J. Oleksyn, N. Osada, H. Poorter, P. Poot, L. Prior, V. I. Pyankov, C. Roumet, S. C. Thomas, M. G. Tjoelker, E. Veneklaas, and R. Villar. 2004. The world-wide leaf economics spectrum. Nature 428:821-827.

Fleck, S., Ü. Niinemets, A. Cescatti, and J. D. Tenhunen. 2003. Three-dimensional lamina architecture alters light harvesting efficiency in Fagus: a leaf-scale analysis. Tree Physiology 23:577-589.

Niinemets, Ü., and A. Lukjanova. 2003. Needle longevity, shoot growth and branching frequency in relation to site fertility and within-canopy light conditions in Pinus sylvestris. Annals of Forest Science 60:195-208.

Niinemets, Ü., and A. Lukjanova. 2003. Total foliar area and average leaf age may be more strongly associated with branching frequency than with leaf longevity in temperate conifers. The New Phytologist 158:75-89.

Niinemets, Ü., and K. Kull. 2003. Leaf structure vs. nutrient relationships vary with soil conditions in temperate shrubs and trees. Acta Oecologica 24:209-219.

Niinemets, Ü., and M. Reichstein. 2003. Controls on the emission of plant volatiles through stomata: a sensitivity analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres 108:4211, doi:4210.1029/2002JD002626.

Niinemets, Ü., and M. Reichstein. 2003. Controls on the emission of plant volatiles through stomata: sensitivity or insensitivity of the emission rates to stomatal closure explained. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres 108:4208, doi:4210.1029/2002JD002620.

Niinemets, Ü., H. Kollist, J. I. García-Plazaola, and J. M. Becerril. 2003. Do the capacity and kinetics for modification of xanthophyll cycle pool size depend on growth irradiance in temperate trees? Plant, Cell and Environment 26:1787-1801.

Aasamaa, K., A. Sõber, W. Hartung, and Ü. Niinemets. 2002. Rate of stomatal opening, shoot hydraulic conductance and photosynthesis characteristics in relation to leaf abscisic acid concentration in six temperate deciduous trees. Tree Physiology 22:267-276.

Niinemets, Ü. 2002. Stomatal conductance alone does not explain the decline in foliar photosynthetic rates with increasing tree age and size in Picea abies and Pinus sylvestris. Tree Physiology 22:515-535.

Niinemets, Ü., A. Cescatti, A. Lukjanova, M. Tobias, and L. Truus. 2002. Modification of light-acclimation of Pinus sylvestris shoot architecture by site fertility. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 111:121-140.

Niinemets, Ü., and M. Reichstein. 2002. A model analysis of the effects of nonspecific monoterpenoid storage in leaf tissues on emission kinetics and composition in Mediterranean sclerophyllous Quercus species. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 16:1110, DOI 1110.1029/2002GB001927.

Niinemets, Ü., and S. Fleck. 2002. Leaf biomechanics and biomass investment in support in relation to long-term irradiance in Fagus. Plant Biology 4:523-534.

Niinemets, Ü., and S. Fleck. 2002. Petiole mechanics, leaf inclination, morphology, and investment in support in relation to light availability in the canopy of Liriodendron tulipifera. Oecologia 132:21-33.

Niinemets, Ü., A. Portsmuth, and L. Truus. 2002. Leaf structure and photosynthetic characteristics, and biomass allocation to foliage in relation to foliar nitrogen content and tree size in three Betula species. Annals of Botany 89:191-204.

Niinemets, Ü., D. S. Ellsworth, A. Lukjanova, and M. Tobias. 2002. Dependence of needle architecture and chemical composition on canopy light availability in three North American Pinus species with contrasting needle length. Tree Physiology 22:747-761.

Niinemets, Ü., G. Seufert, R. Steinbrecher, and J. D. Tenhunen. 2002. A model coupling foliar monoterpene emissions to leaf photosynthetic characteristics in Mediterranean evergreen Quercus species. The New Phytologist 153:257-276.

Niinemets, Ü., K. Hauff, N. Bertin, J. D. Tenhunen, R. Steinbrecher, and G. Seufert. 2002. Monoterpene emissions in relation to foliar photosynthetic and structural variables in Mediterranean evergreen Quercus species. The New Phytologist 153:243-256.

Niinemets, Ü., M. Reichstein, M. Staudt, G. Seufert, and J. D. Tenhunen. 2002. Stomatal constraints may affect emission of oxygenated monoterpenoids from the foliage of Pinus pinea. Plant Physiology 130:1371-1385.

Niinemets, Ü. 2001. Global-scale climatic controls of leaf dry mass per area, density, and thickness in trees and shrubs. Ecology 82:453-469.

Niinemets, Ü., and O. Kull. 2001. Sensitivity to photoinhibition of photosynthetic electron transport in a temperate deciduous forest canopy: Photosystem II centre openness, non-radiative energy dissipation and excess irradiance under field conditions. Tree Physiology 21:899-914.

Niinemets, Ü., D. S. Ellsworth, A. Lukjanova, and M. Tobias. 2001. Site fertility and the morphological and photosynthetic acclimation of Pinus sylvestris needles to light. Tree Physiology 21:1231-1244.

Niinemets, Ü. 1999. Differences in chemical composition relative to functional differentiation between petioles and laminas of Fraxinus excelsior. Tree Physiology 19:39-45.

Niinemets, Ü. 1999. Energy requirement for foliage formation is not constant along canopy light gradients in temperate deciduous trees. The New Phytologist 141:459-470.

Niinemets, Ü. 1999. Research review. Components of leaf dry mass per area - thickness and density - alter leaf photosynthetic capacity in reverse directions in woody plants. The New Phytologist 144:35-47.

Niinemets, Ü., and O. Kull. 1999. Biomass investment in leaf lamina versus lamina support in relation to growth irradiance and leaf size in temperate deciduous trees. Tree Physiology 19:349-358.

Niinemets, Ü., A. Sõber, O. Kull, W. Hartung, and J. D. Tenhunen. 1999. Apparent controls on leaf conductance by soil water availability and via light-acclimation of foliage structural and physiological properties in a mixed deciduous, temperate forest. International Journal of Plant Sciences 160:707-721.

Niinemets, Ü., J. D. Tenhunen, N. R. Canta, M. M. Chaves, T. Faria, J. S. Pereira, and J. F. Reynolds. 1999. Interactive effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on the acclimation potential of foliage photosynthetic properties of cork oak, Quercus suber, to elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Global Change Biology 5:455-470.

Niinemets, Ü., J. D. Tenhunen, P. C. Harley, and R. Steinbrecher. 1999. A model of isoprene emission based on energetic requirements for isoprene synthesis and leaf photosynthetic properties for Liquidambar and Quercus. Plant, Cell and Environment 22:1319-1336.

Niinemets, Ü., O. Kull, and J. D. Tenhunen. 1999b. Variability in leaf morphology and chemical composition as a function of canopy light environment in co-existing trees. International Journal of Plant Sciences 160:837-848.

Niinemets, Ü., V. Oja, and O. Kull. 1999c. Shape of leaf photosynthetic electron transport versus temperature response curve is not constant along canopy light gradients in temperate deciduous trees. Plant, Cell and Environment 22:1497-1514.

Niinemets, Ü., W. Bilger, O. Kull, and J. D. Tenhunen. 1999. Responses of foliar photosynthetic electron transport, pigment stoichiometry, and stomatal conductance to interacting environmental factors in a mixed species forest canopy. Tree Physiology 19:839-852.

Kull, O., and Ü. Niinemets. 1998. Distribution of leaf photosynthetic properties in tree canopies: comparison of species with different shade tolerance. Functional Ecology 12:472-479.

Niinemets, Ü. 1998. Adjustment of foliage structure and function to a canopy light gradient in two co-existing deciduous trees. Variability in leaf inclination angles in relation to petiole morphology. Trees: Structure and Function 12:446-451.

Niinemets, Ü. 1998. Are compound-leaved woody species inherently shade-intolerant? An analysis of species ecological requirements and foliar support costs. Plant Ecology 134:1-11.

Niinemets, Ü. 1998. Growth of young trees of Acer platanoides and Quercus robur along a gap - understory continuum: interrelationships between allometry, biomass partitioning, nitrogen, and shade-tolerance. International Journal of Plant Sciences 159:318-330.

Niinemets, Ü., and O. Kull. 1998. Stoichiometry of foliar carbon constituents varies along light gradients in temperate woody canopies: implications for foliage morphological plasticity. Tree Physiology 18:467-479.

Niinemets, Ü., O. Kull, and J. D. Tenhunen. 1998. An analysis of light effects on foliar morphology, physiology, and light interception in temperate deciduous woody species of contrasting shade tolerance. Tree Physiology 18:681-696.

Niinemets, Ü., W. Bilger, O. Kull, and J. D. Tenhunen. 1998. Acclimation to high irradiance in temperate deciduous trees in the field: changes in xanthophyll cycle pool size and in photosynthetic capacity along a canopy light gradient. Plant, Cell and Environment 21:1205-1218.

Niinemets, Ü. 1997. Acclimation to low irradiance in Picea abies: influences of past and present light climate on foliage structure and function. Tree Physiology 17:723-732.

Niinemets, Ü. 1997. Distribution patterns of foliar carbon and nitrogen as affected by tree dimensions and relative light conditions in the canopy of Picea abies. Trees: Structure and Function 11:144-154.

Niinemets, Ü. 1997. Energy requirement for foliage construction depends on tree size in young Picea abies trees. Trees: Structure and Function 11:420-431.

Niinemets, Ü. 1997. Role of foliar nitrogen in light harvesting and shade tolerance of four temperate deciduous woody species. Functional Ecology 11:518-531.

Niinemets, Ü., and J. D. Tenhunen. 1997. A model separating leaf structural and physiological effects on carbon gain along light gradients for the shade-tolerant species Acer saccharum. Plant, Cell and Environment 20:845-866.

Niinemets, Ü. 1996. Changes in foliage distribution with tree size and relative irradiance: differences between the saplings of Acer platanoides and Quercus robur. Ecological Research 11:269-281.

Niinemets, Ü. 1996. Plant growth-form alters the relationship between foliar morphology and species shade-tolerance ranking in temperate woody taxa. Vegetatio 124:145-153.

Niinemets, Ü. 1995. Distribution of foliar carbon and nitrogen across the canopy of Fagus sylvatica: adaptation to a vertical light gradient. Acta Oecologica 16:525-541.

Niinemets, Ü., and O. Kull. 1995. Effects of light availability and tree size on the architecture of assimilative surface in the canopy of Picea abies: variation in needle morphology. Tree Physiology 15:307-315.

Niinemets, Ü., and O. Kull. 1995. Effects of light availability and tree size on the architecture of assimilative surface in the canopy of Picea abies: variation in shoot structure. Tree Physiology 15:791-798.

Niinemets, Ü., and K. Kull. 1994. Leaf weight per area and leaf size of 85 Estonian woody species in relation to shade tolerance and light availability. Forest Ecology and Management 70:1-10.

Kull, O., and Ü. Niinemets. 1993. Variation in leaf morphometry and nitrogen concentration in Betula pendula Roth., Corylus avellana L. and Lonicera xylosteum L. Tree Physiology 12:311-318.

viimati muudetud: 07.10.2005

Curriculum Vitae (CV)
1.First Name Ülo
2.Surname Niinemets
3.Institution Chair of Plant Physiology, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu
4.Position Senior research fellow
5.Date of birth 19.03.1970 (day.month.year)
6.Education 1996. Doctor Philosophiae (ecophysiology), University of Tartu.
1993. Master of Science (biology-ecophysiology), University of Tartu.
1992. Diploma of biology (ecophysiology, graduated Cum Laude), University of Tartu, Estonia
1988. Tartu Secondary School no 5 (graduated with a silver medal)
7.Research and
professional experience		 2005- Senior Research Fellow, hair of Plant Physiology, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu

2000-2005 Associate Professor of Plant Physiology, Chair of Plant Physiology, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu

2003- Research Fellow at the Centro di Ecologia Alpina, Trento, Italy

2002-2003 Chair, Chair of Plant Physiology, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu (temporal appointment)

2002. Visiting Erskine Fellow, Canterbury University, Christchurch, New Zealand

1998-2000. Head of the Group of Ecophysiology and Senior Research Scientist, Institute of Ecology, Tallinn University of Educational Sciences

1996-1998. Senior Research Scientist, Project Leader, Tartu Branch of Estonian Institute of Ecology.

1991-1998. (at intervals, altogether four years), Guest Scientist, Chair of Plant Ecology, University of Bayreuth, Germany.

1996. Research Scientist, Tartu Branch of Estonian Institute of Ecology.

1992-1996. Junior Research Scientist, Tartu Branch of Estonian Institute of Ecology.

1990. Scientific Co-worker. Kivatsu State Nature Reserve (Karelia, Russia).

1989. Research Assistant, Voore Ecological Station of University of Tartu.

1986-1988. Research Assistant, Department of Ecophysiology of the Institute of Zoology and Botany of the Estonian Academy of Sciences.

1985-1989. Member and Chairman of the Botany Section of the School Students Scientific Society of Estonia.
8.Academic degree Doctor Philosophiae
9.Dates and sites of
earning the degrees		 University of Tartu, 1996
10.Honours/awards 1986. Laureate (Botany) of the School Students Scientific Society of Estonia.
1988. Laureate (Zoology) of the School Students Scientific Society of Estonia.
1993. Scholarship by the Student Union of Tartu University for the best Master degree student
1996. Academia Europea Baltic Prize to young scholars
2000. Estonian national science award in biological- and earth sciences
2002. Included in the honour roll of the Canterbury University, New Zealand.
2002. Included in the ISI Essential Science Indicators database (Plant and Animal Science category) that contains 1% of scientists with highest impact factor (www.in-cites.com/newentrants/february_2002.html).
11.Research-administrative
experience		 Member of the Editorial Review Board of Tree Physiology: 1999-
Member of the Editorial Board of Tree Physiology: 2003-
Member of the Editorial Board of European Journal of Forest Research: 2004-
Advisory committee member of Eurasian Journal of Forest Science: 2004-
Reviewer for following CC-Journals: 1. Acta Oecologica, 2. Agriculture, Ecosytems & Environment, 3. Agronomy Research, 4. American Journal of Botany, 5. American Naturalist, 6. Annales des Sciences Forestieres, 7. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research, 8. Annals of Botany, 9. Australian Journal of Botany, 10. Australian Journal of Plant Physiology, 11. Canadian Journal of Forest Research, 12. Ecology, 13. Ecological Research, 14. Ecological Monographs, 15. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 16. European Journal of Forest Science, 17. Forest Ecology & Management, 18. Forest Science, 19. Functional Ecology, 20. Functional Plant Biology, 21. Global Change Biology, 22. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 23. International Journal of Plant Science, 24. Journal of Ecology, 25. Journal of Experimental Botany, 26. The Journal of the Torrey Botanical Society, 27. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 28. Journal of Tropical Forest, Science, 29. The New Phytologist, 30. New Forests, 31. Oecologia, 32. Oikos, 33. Physiologia Plantarum, 34. Plant Biology, 35. Plant, Cell and Environment, 36. Plant Ecology, 37. Plant Physiology, 38. Tree Physiology, 39. Trees: Structure and Function, 40. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 41. Trends in Plant Science

Reviewer of grant applications for the Academy of Finland, Research Council for Environment and Natural Resources: 2000- (2005 Environment panel member)
Reviewer of grant applications for Natural Environment Research Council (UK): 2000-
Externar reviewer of the PhD Thesis of Toon Rijkers (1.12.2000, University of Wageningen, The Netherlands)
12.Supervised dissertations

Angelika Portsmuth, MSc, 2001, superv. Ülo Niinemets. Puittaimede biomassi jaotumine toitainete ja valguse gradientides. TPÜ Ökoloogia Instituut
13.Current research program Emission physiology of volatile organic compounds

Functional relations between plant structure and physiology (morphology and physiology of plant adaptation
14.Current grant funding 2003-2007. Functional relations between plant structure and physiological activity. Grant 0182468As03 from the Estonian Ministry of Education and Science.

2004-2008. Ecological and physiological functions of biogenic isoprenoids and their impact on the environment, Marie Curie RTN ISONET (2 experienced researcher posts)

2004-2008. Mesophyll diffusion conductance as an important driver of leaf photosynthetic characteristics (Estonian Science Foundation).

2002-2005. Joint grant between the Estonian Academy of Sciences and the Spanish Research Council (CSIC) for a collaboration between the Chair of Plant Physiology, University of Tartu and Centro de Ciencias Medioambientales, Madrid.

2005-2006. Leaf lamina and petiole biomechanics as important determinants of light interception in forest trees (Estonian-French collaboration program on science and technology “Parrot”)
15.List of most important publications

Aasamaa, K., Ü. Niinemets, and A. Sõber. 2005. Leaf hydraulic conductance in relation to anatomical and functional traits during Populus tremula leaf ontogeny. Tree Physiology 25:1409–1418.

Al Afas, N., A. Pellis, Ü. Niinemets, and R. Ceulemans. 2005. Growth and production of a short rotation coppice culture of poplar. II. Clonal and year-to-year differences in leaf and petiole characteristics and stand leaf area index. Biomass and Bioenergy 28:536-547.

Beauchamp, J., A. Wisthaler, A. Hansel, E. Kleist, M. Miebach, Ü. Niinemets, U. Schurr, and J. Wildt. 2005. Ozone induced emissions of biogenic VOC from tobacco: relations between ozone uptake and emission of LOX products. Plant, Cell and Environment 28:1334-1343.

Copolovici, L. O., and Ü. Niinemets. 2005. Temperature dependencies of Henry’s law constants and octanol/water partition coefficients for key plant volatile monoterpenoids. Chemosphere:doi:10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.1005.1003.

Copolovici, L. O., I. Filella, J. Llusià, Ü. Niinemets, and J. Peñuelas. 2005. The capacity for thermal protection of photosynthetic electron transport varies for different monoterpenes in Quercus ilex. Plant Physiology 139:485-496.

Hüve, K., I. Bichele, M. Tobias, and Ü. Niinemets. 2005. Heat sensitivity of photosynthetic electron transport varies during the day due to changes in sugars and osmotic potential. Plant, Cell and Environment 28:doi:10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01414.x.

Niinemets, Ü. 2005. Key plant structural and allocation traits depend on relative age in the perennial herb Pimpinella saxifraga. Annals of Botany 96:323-330.

Niinemets, Ü., A. Cescatti, M. Rodeghiero, and T. Tosens. 2005. Leaf internal diffusion conductance limits photosynthesis more strongly in older leaves of Mediterranean evergreen broad-leaved species. Plant, Cell and Environment 28:doi:10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01392.x.

Niinemets, Ü., A. Lukjanova, A. D. Sparrrow, and M. H. Turnbull. 2005. Light-acclimation of cladode photosynthetic potentials in Casuarina glauca: trade-offs between physiological and structural investments. Functional Plant Biology 32:571-582.

Niinemets, Ü., and K. Kull. 2005. Co-limitation of plant primary productivity by nitrogen and phosphorus in a species-rich wooded meadow on calcareous soils. Acta Oecologica 28:doi:10.1016/j.actao.2005.1006.1003.

Niinemets, Ü., and L. Sack. 2005. Structural determinants of leaf light-harvesting capacity and photosynthetic potentials. Pages 385-419 in K. Esser, U. E. Lüttge, W. Beyschlag, and J. Murata, editors. Progress in Botany. Springer Verlag, Berlin.

Niinemets, Ü., and Ü. Tamm. 2005. Species differences in timing of leaf fall and foliage chemistry modify nutrient resorption efficiency in deciduous temperate forest stands. Tree Physiology 25:1001-1014.

Niinemets, Ü., A. Sparrow, and A. Cescatti. 2005. Light capture efficiency decreases with increasing tree age and size in the southern hemisphere gymnosperm Agathis australis. Trees: Structure and Function 19:177-190.

Portsmuth, A., Ü. Niinemets, L. Truus, and M. Pensa. 2005. Biomass allocation and growth rates in Pinus sylvestris are interactively modified by nitrogen and phosphorus availabilities and by tree size and age. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 35:doi: 10.1139/X1105-1155.

Wright, I. J., P. B. Reich, J. C. Cornelissen, D. S. Falster, P. K. Groom, K. Hikosaka, W. Lee, C. H. Lusk, Ü. Niinemets, J. Oleksyn, N. Osada, H. Poorter, D. I. Warton, and M. Westoby. 2005. Modulation of leaf economic traits and trait relationships by climate. Global Ecology and Biogeography 14:411-421.

Aasamaa, K., A. Sõber, W. Hartung, and Ü. Niinemets. 2004. Drought acclimation of two deciduous tree species of different layers in a temperate forest canopy. Trees: Structure and Function 18:93-101.

Cescatti, A., and Ü. Niinemets. 2004. Sunlight capture. Leaf to landscape. Pages 42-85 in W. K. Smith, T. C. Vogelmann, and C. Chritchley, editors. Photosynthetic adaptation. Chloroplast to landscape. Ecological Studies, 178. Springer Verlag, Berlin.

Eichelmann, H., B. Oja, B. Rasulov, E. Padu, I. Bichele, H. Pettai, E. Vapaavuori, Ü. Niinemets, and A. Laisk. 2004. Development of leaf photosynthetic parameters in Betula pendula Roth. leaves: correlations with Photosystem I density. Plant Biology 6:307-318.

Ellsworth, D. S., Ü. Niinemets, and P. B. Reich. 2004. CO2 processing. Leaf to landscape. Pages 207-227 in W. K. Smith, T. C. Vogelmann, and C. Chritchley, editors. Photosynthetic adaptation. Chloroplast to landscape. Ecological Studies, 178. Springer Verlag, Berlin.

García-Plazaola, J. I., J. M. Becerril, A. Hernández, Ü. Niinemets, and H. Kollist. 2004. Acclimation of antioxidant pools to the light environment in a natural forest canopy. The New Phytologist 163:87-97.

Niinemets, Ü. 2004. Adaptive adjustments to light in foliage and whole-plant characteristics depend on relative age in the perennial herb Leontodon hispidus. The New Phytologist 162:683-696.

Niinemets, Ü. 2004. Costs of production and physiology of emission of volatile leaf isoprenoids. Pages 241-278 in A. Hemantaranjan, editor. Advances in Plant Physiology. Scientific Publishers, Jodhpur.

Niinemets, Ü., A. Cescatti, and R. Christian. 2004. Constraints on light interception efficiency due to shoot architecture in broad-leaved Nothofagus species. Tree Physiology 24:617-630.

Niinemets, Ü., and F. Valladares. 2004. Photosynthetic acclimation to simultaneous and interacting environmental stresses along natural light gradients: optimality and constraints. Plant Biology 6:254-268.

Niinemets, Ü., E. Sonninen, and M. Tobias. 2004. Canopy gradients in leaf intercellular CO2 mole fractions revisited: interactions between leaf irradiance and water stress need consideration. Plant, Cell and Environment 27:569-583.

Niinemets, Ü., F. Loreto, and M. Reichstein. 2004d. Physiological and physico-chemical controls on foliar volatile organic compound emissions. Trends in Plant Science 9:180-186.

Niinemets, Ü., F. Valladares, and R. Ceulemans. 2003. Leaf-level phenotypic variability and plasticity of invasive Rhododendron ponticum and non-invasive Ilex aquifolium co-occurring at two contrasting European sites. Plant, Cell and Environment 26:941-956.

Niinemets, Ü., J. D. Tenhunen, and W. Beyschlag. 2004. Spatial and age-dependent modifications of photosynthetic capacity in four Mediterranean oak species. Functional Plant Biology 31:1179-1193.

Niinemets, Ü., N. Al Afas, A. Cescatti, A. Pellis, and R. Ceulemans. 2004. Determinants of clonal differences in light-interception efficiency in dense poplar plantations: petiole length and biomass allocation. Tree Physiology 24:141-154.

Niinemets, Ü., O. Kull, and J. D. Tenhunen. 2004. Within canopy variation in the rate of development of photosynthetic capacity is proportional to integrated quantum flux density in temperate deciduous trees. Plant, Cell and Environment 27:293-313.

Smith, S. D., E. Naumburg, Ü. Niinemets, and M. J. Germino. 2004. Environmental constraints. Leaf to landscape. Pages 262-294 in W. K. Smith, T. C. Vogelmann, and C. Chritchley, editors. Photosynthetic adaptation. Chloroplast to landscape. Ecological Studies, 178. Springer Verlag, Berlin.

Wright, I. J., P. B. Reich, M. Westoby, D. D. Ackerly, Z. Baruch, F. Bongers, J. Cavender-Bares, T. Chapin, J. H. C. Cornelissen, M. Diemer, J. Flexas, E. Garnier, P. K. Groom, J. Gulias, K. Hikosaka, B. B. Lamont, T. Lee, W. Lee, C. Lusk, J. J. Midgley, M. L. Navas, Ü. Niinemets, J. Oleksyn, N. Osada, H. Poorter, P. Poot, L. Prior, V. I. Pyankov, C. Roumet, S. C. Thomas, M. G. Tjoelker, E. Veneklaas, and R. Villar. 2004. The world-wide leaf economics spectrum. Nature 428:821-827.

Fleck, S., Ü. Niinemets, A. Cescatti, and J. D. Tenhunen. 2003. Three-dimensional lamina architecture alters light harvesting efficiency in Fagus: a leaf-scale analysis. Tree Physiology 23:577-589.

Niinemets, Ü., and A. Lukjanova. 2003. Needle longevity, shoot growth and branching frequency in relation to site fertility and within-canopy light conditions in Pinus sylvestris. Annals of Forest Science 60:195-208.

Niinemets, Ü., and A. Lukjanova. 2003. Total foliar area and average leaf age may be more strongly associated with branching frequency than with leaf longevity in temperate conifers. The New Phytologist 158:75-89.

Niinemets, Ü., and K. Kull. 2003. Leaf structure vs. nutrient relationships vary with soil conditions in temperate shrubs and trees. Acta Oecologica 24:209-219.

Niinemets, Ü., and M. Reichstein. 2003. Controls on the emission of plant volatiles through stomata: a sensitivity analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres 108:4211, doi:4210.1029/2002JD002626.

Niinemets, Ü., and M. Reichstein. 2003. Controls on the emission of plant volatiles through stomata: sensitivity or insensitivity of the emission rates to stomatal closure explained. Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres 108:4208, doi:4210.1029/2002JD002620.

Niinemets, Ü., H. Kollist, J. I. García-Plazaola, and J. M. Becerril. 2003. Do the capacity and kinetics for modification of xanthophyll cycle pool size depend on growth irradiance in temperate trees? Plant, Cell and Environment 26:1787-1801.

Aasamaa, K., A. Sõber, W. Hartung, and Ü. Niinemets. 2002. Rate of stomatal opening, shoot hydraulic conductance and photosynthesis characteristics in relation to leaf abscisic acid concentration in six temperate deciduous trees. Tree Physiology 22:267-276.

Niinemets, Ü. 2002. Stomatal conductance alone does not explain the decline in foliar photosynthetic rates with increasing tree age and size in Picea abies and Pinus sylvestris. Tree Physiology 22:515-535.

Niinemets, Ü., A. Cescatti, A. Lukjanova, M. Tobias, and L. Truus. 2002. Modification of light-acclimation of Pinus sylvestris shoot architecture by site fertility. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 111:121-140.

Niinemets, Ü., and M. Reichstein. 2002. A model analysis of the effects of nonspecific monoterpenoid storage in leaf tissues on emission kinetics and composition in Mediterranean sclerophyllous Quercus species. Global Biogeochemical Cycles 16:1110, DOI 1110.1029/2002GB001927.

Niinemets, Ü., and S. Fleck. 2002. Leaf biomechanics and biomass investment in support in relation to long-term irradiance in Fagus. Plant Biology 4:523-534.

Niinemets, Ü., and S. Fleck. 2002. Petiole mechanics, leaf inclination, morphology, and investment in support in relation to light availability in the canopy of Liriodendron tulipifera. Oecologia 132:21-33.

Niinemets, Ü., A. Portsmuth, and L. Truus. 2002. Leaf structure and photosynthetic characteristics, and biomass allocation to foliage in relation to foliar nitrogen content and tree size in three Betula species. Annals of Botany 89:191-204.

Niinemets, Ü., D. S. Ellsworth, A. Lukjanova, and M. Tobias. 2002. Dependence of needle architecture and chemical composition on canopy light availability in three North American Pinus species with contrasting needle length. Tree Physiology 22:747-761.

Niinemets, Ü., G. Seufert, R. Steinbrecher, and J. D. Tenhunen. 2002. A model coupling foliar monoterpene emissions to leaf photosynthetic characteristics in Mediterranean evergreen Quercus species. The New Phytologist 153:257-276.

Niinemets, Ü., K. Hauff, N. Bertin, J. D. Tenhunen, R. Steinbrecher, and G. Seufert. 2002. Monoterpene emissions in relation to foliar photosynthetic and structural variables in Mediterranean evergreen Quercus species. The New Phytologist 153:243-256.

Niinemets, Ü., M. Reichstein, M. Staudt, G. Seufert, and J. D. Tenhunen. 2002. Stomatal constraints may affect emission of oxygenated monoterpenoids from the foliage of Pinus pinea. Plant Physiology 130:1371-1385.

Niinemets, Ü. 2001. Global-scale climatic controls of leaf dry mass per area, density, and thickness in trees and shrubs. Ecology 82:453-469.

Niinemets, Ü., and O. Kull. 2001. Sensitivity to photoinhibition of photosynthetic electron transport in a temperate deciduous forest canopy: Photosystem II centre openness, non-radiative energy dissipation and excess irradiance under field conditions. Tree Physiology 21:899-914.

Niinemets, Ü., D. S. Ellsworth, A. Lukjanova, and M. Tobias. 2001. Site fertility and the morphological and photosynthetic acclimation of Pinus sylvestris needles to light. Tree Physiology 21:1231-1244.

Niinemets, Ü. 1999. Differences in chemical composition relative to functional differentiation between petioles and laminas of Fraxinus excelsior. Tree Physiology 19:39-45.

Niinemets, Ü. 1999. Energy requirement for foliage formation is not constant along canopy light gradients in temperate deciduous trees. The New Phytologist 141:459-470.

Niinemets, Ü. 1999. Research review. Components of leaf dry mass per area - thickness and density - alter leaf photosynthetic capacity in reverse directions in woody plants. The New Phytologist 144:35-47.

Niinemets, Ü., and O. Kull. 1999. Biomass investment in leaf lamina versus lamina support in relation to growth irradiance and leaf size in temperate deciduous trees. Tree Physiology 19:349-358.

Niinemets, Ü., A. Sõber, O. Kull, W. Hartung, and J. D. Tenhunen. 1999. Apparent controls on leaf conductance by soil water availability and via light-acclimation of foliage structural and physiological properties in a mixed deciduous, temperate forest. International Journal of Plant Sciences 160:707-721.

Niinemets, Ü., J. D. Tenhunen, N. R. Canta, M. M. Chaves, T. Faria, J. S. Pereira, and J. F. Reynolds. 1999. Interactive effects of nitrogen and phosphorus on the acclimation potential of foliage photosynthetic properties of cork oak, Quercus suber, to elevated atmospheric CO2 concentrations. Global Change Biology 5:455-470.

Niinemets, Ü., J. D. Tenhunen, P. C. Harley, and R. Steinbrecher. 1999. A model of isoprene emission based on energetic requirements for isoprene synthesis and leaf photosynthetic properties for Liquidambar and Quercus. Plant, Cell and Environment 22:1319-1336.

Niinemets, Ü., O. Kull, and J. D. Tenhunen. 1999b. Variability in leaf morphology and chemical composition as a function of canopy light environment in co-existing trees. International Journal of Plant Sciences 160:837-848.

Niinemets, Ü., V. Oja, and O. Kull. 1999c. Shape of leaf photosynthetic electron transport versus temperature response curve is not constant along canopy light gradients in temperate deciduous trees. Plant, Cell and Environment 22:1497-1514.

Niinemets, Ü., W. Bilger, O. Kull, and J. D. Tenhunen. 1999. Responses of foliar photosynthetic electron transport, pigment stoichiometry, and stomatal conductance to interacting environmental factors in a mixed species forest canopy. Tree Physiology 19:839-852.

Kull, O., and Ü. Niinemets. 1998. Distribution of leaf photosynthetic properties in tree canopies: comparison of species with different shade tolerance. Functional Ecology 12:472-479.

Niinemets, Ü. 1998. Adjustment of foliage structure and function to a canopy light gradient in two co-existing deciduous trees. Variability in leaf inclination angles in relation to petiole morphology. Trees: Structure and Function 12:446-451.

Niinemets, Ü. 1998. Are compound-leaved woody species inherently shade-intolerant? An analysis of species ecological requirements and foliar support costs. Plant Ecology 134:1-11.

Niinemets, Ü. 1998. Growth of young trees of Acer platanoides and Quercus robur along a gap - understory continuum: interrelationships between allometry, biomass partitioning, nitrogen, and shade-tolerance. International Journal of Plant Sciences 159:318-330.

Niinemets, Ü., and O. Kull. 1998. Stoichiometry of foliar carbon constituents varies along light gradients in temperate woody canopies: implications for foliage morphological plasticity. Tree Physiology 18:467-479.

Niinemets, Ü., O. Kull, and J. D. Tenhunen. 1998. An analysis of light effects on foliar morphology, physiology, and light interception in temperate deciduous woody species of contrasting shade tolerance. Tree Physiology 18:681-696.

Niinemets, Ü., W. Bilger, O. Kull, and J. D. Tenhunen. 1998. Acclimation to high irradiance in temperate deciduous trees in the field: changes in xanthophyll cycle pool size and in photosynthetic capacity along a canopy light gradient. Plant, Cell and Environment 21:1205-1218.

Niinemets, Ü. 1997. Acclimation to low irradiance in Picea abies: influences of past and present light climate on foliage structure and function. Tree Physiology 17:723-732.

Niinemets, Ü. 1997. Distribution patterns of foliar carbon and nitrogen as affected by tree dimensions and relative light conditions in the canopy of Picea abies. Trees: Structure and Function 11:144-154.

Niinemets, Ü. 1997. Energy requirement for foliage construction depends on tree size in young Picea abies trees. Trees: Structure and Function 11:420-431.

Niinemets, Ü. 1997. Role of foliar nitrogen in light harvesting and shade tolerance of four temperate deciduous woody species. Functional Ecology 11:518-531.

Niinemets, Ü., and J. D. Tenhunen. 1997. A model separating leaf structural and physiological effects on carbon gain along light gradients for the shade-tolerant species Acer saccharum. Plant, Cell and Environment 20:845-866.

Niinemets, Ü. 1996. Changes in foliage distribution with tree size and relative irradiance: differences between the saplings of Acer platanoides and Quercus robur. Ecological Research 11:269-281.

Niinemets, Ü. 1996. Plant growth-form alters the relationship between foliar morphology and species shade-tolerance ranking in temperate woody taxa. Vegetatio 124:145-153.

Niinemets, Ü. 1995. Distribution of foliar carbon and nitrogen across the canopy of Fagus sylvatica: adaptation to a vertical light gradient. Acta Oecologica 16:525-541.

Niinemets, Ü., and O. Kull. 1995. Effects of light availability and tree size on the architecture of assimilative surface in the canopy of Picea abies: variation in needle morphology. Tree Physiology 15:307-315.

Niinemets, Ü., and O. Kull. 1995. Effects of light availability and tree size on the architecture of assimilative surface in the canopy of Picea abies: variation in shoot structure. Tree Physiology 15:791-798.

Niinemets, Ü., and K. Kull. 1994. Leaf weight per area and leaf size of 85 Estonian woody species in relation to shade tolerance and light availability. Forest Ecology and Management 70:1-10.

Kull, O., and Ü. Niinemets. 1993. Variation in leaf morphometry and nitrogen concentration in Betula pendula Roth., Corylus avellana L. and Lonicera xylosteum L. Tree Physiology 12:311-318.

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