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Elulookirjeldus (CV)
1.Eesnimi Kristjan
2.Perekonnanimi Zobel
3.Töökoht Tartu Ülikool
4.Ametikoht dotsent
5.Sünniaeg 19.05.1960 (päev.kuu.aasta)
6.Haridus Tartu Ülikool (ökoloogia ja keskkonnakaitse) 1983
Tallinna 7. Keskkool 1978
7.Teenistuskäik 1983 Tartu Riikliku Ülikooli ökosüsteemide laboratooriumi vaneminsener; 1985 Tartu Riikliku Ülikooli bioindikatsiooni labori nooremteadur ja teadur; 1988 Tartu Ülikooli botaanika ja ökoloogia instituudi teadur ja vanemteadur; 1993 Tartu Ülikooli botaanika ja ökoloogia instituudi dotsent.
8.Teaduskraad filosoofiadoktor
9.Teaduskraadi välja
andnud asutus, aasta
Tartu Ülikool, 1992
10.Tunnustused Eesti Vabariigi riiklik teaduspreemia 1997 (kollektiivis M. Zobel, M. Moora, J. Liira, M. Pärtel).
11.Teadusorganisatsiooniline
ja –administratiivne
tegevus
Sihtasutuse Eesti Teadusfond ekspert ökoloogia erialal 1996-2002;
Ajakirja ‘Folia Geobotanica’ toimetuskolleegiumi liige;
Ajakirja ‘Bulletin of the Geobotanical Institute ETH’ toimetuskolleegiumi liige.
Soome Akadeemia Ökoloogiateaduste paneeli ekspert 2005.
12.Juhendamisel kaitstud
väitekirjad

Marina Semchenko, MSc, 2005, juh. Kristjan Zobel. Effects of breeding on the perfomance of oat (Avena spp.) on experimental environmental gradients.. Tartu Ülikool

Lauri Laanisto, MSc, 2004, juh. Kristjan Zobel. Seitsme taimeliigi arhitektuur erinevates valgustingimustes. Tartu Ülikool

Reedik Mägi, MSc, 2003, juh. Kristjan Zobel. Rohu- ja puhmarinde võra struktuur 27 Eesti niidu- ja metsakoosluses. Tartu Ülikool

Liina Eek, PhD, 2002, juh. Kristjan Zobel. The effect of fertilization, mowing and additional illumination on the structure of a species-rich grassland. Tartu Ülikool

Mari Lepik, MSc, 2002, juh. Kristjan Zobel. 31 taimeliigi plastilisus, kasv ja konkurentsivõime valgusgradiendil. Tartu Ülikool

Pille Urbas, MSc, 2001, juh. Kristjan Zobel. Potential and realized plasticity of herbaceous plants in response to manipulated nutrients and light. Tartu Ülikool

Jaan Liira, PhD, 2000, juh. Kristjan Zobel. On the determinants of structure and diversity in herbaceous plant communities. Tartu Ülikool

Liina Eek, MSc, 1997, juh. Kristjan Zobel. The effect of fertilization, additional illumination and mowing on the fine-scale structure of the grassland canopy. Tartu Ülikool

Jaan Liira, MSc, 1996, juh. Kristjan Zobel. The richness-standing biomass relationship in Estonian ground-layer plant communities: scale-independent versus. Tartu Ülikool

13.Teadustöö põhisuunad Rohttaimeliikide morfoloogilise plastilisuse ökoloogiline tähtsus;
Aretuse mõju teraviljade autökoloogilistele nõudlustele, plastilisusele, allomeetriale ja konkurentsivõimele;
Haruldaste ja kaitstavate taimeliikide ökoloogia ja populatsioonide taastamine;
Bioloogilist mitmekesisust ja liikide kooseksisteerimist mõjutavad tegurid;
Tule mõju boreaalsete metsade alustaimestiku koosseisule ja liigirikkusele.
14.Jooksvad grandid Sihtasutus Eesti Teadusfondi uurimistoetus (5535) 'Rohttaimede potentsiaalse ja realiseerunud plastilisuse ökoloogiline tähtsus' (2003-2006)
15.Teaduspublikatsioonid

Kalamees R., Püssa K., Vanha-Majamaa I. & Zobel, K. 2005. The effects of fire and stand age on Pulsatilla patens (L.) Mill. seed establishment in a boreal forest. Canadian Journal of Botany 83:688-693

Lepik, M., Liira, J. & Zobel, K. 2005. High shoot plasticity favours plant coexistence in herbaceous vegetation. Oecologia 145:465-474.

Semchenko, M. & Zobel, K. 2005. The effect of breeding on allometry and phenotypic plasticity in four varieties of oat (Avena sativa L.). Field Crops Research 93:151-168

Kalamees, R., Püssa, K. & Zobel, K. 2004. The germination of Pulsatilla patens (L.) Mill. – a presumably fire-related species – in a prescribed burning experiment in Evo, Finland. Transactions of the Faculty of Forestry, EAU, 37: 103.

Lepik, M. & Zobel, K. 2004. The above and below-ground space use strategy of plants with different growth form, in a field experiment with manipulated nutrients and light. Folia Geobotanica 39:113-127.

Liira, J., Zobel, K., Mägi, R. & Molenberghs, G. 2002. Vertical structure of herbaceous canopies: the importance of plant growth-form and species-specific traits. Plant Ecology 163:123-134.

Zobel, K. & Eek, L. 2002. Seasonal direct light availability affects mean leaf orientation in a herbaceous multi-species canopy. Plant Biology 4:1-5.

Zobel, M. & Zobel, K. 2002. Studying plant competition: from root biomass to general aims. Journal of Ecology 90:578-580.

Eek, L., & Zobel, K. 2001. Structure and diversity of a species-rich grassland community, treated with additional illumination, fertilization and mowing. Ecography 24:157-164.

Zobel, K. 2001. On the species pool hypothesis and on the quasi-neutral concept of plant community diversity. Folia Geobotanica 36:3-8.

Liira, J. & Zobel, K. 2000. The species richness-biomass relationship in field-layer plant communities: what difference does the incorporation of root biomass data make? Oikos 91: 109-114.

Liira, J. & Zobel, K. 2000. Vertical structure of a species-rich grassland canopy, treated with additional illumination, fertilization and mowing. Plant Ecology 146:185-195.

Pärtel, M., Zobel, M., Liira, J. & Zobel, K. 2000. Species richness limitations in productive and oligotrophic plant communities. Oikos 90:191-193.

Urbas, P. & Zobel, K. 2000. Adaptive and inevitable morphological plasticity of three herbaceous species in a multi-species community: Field experiment with manipulated nutrients and light. Acta Oecologica 21:139-147.

Eek, L. & Zobel, K. 1997. The effect of fertilization and additional illumination on seasonal change of fine-scale community structure in a species-rich grassland. Journal of Vegetation Science 8:225-234.

Zobel, K. & Liira, J. 1997. A scale-independent approach to the richness vs biomass relationship in ground-layer plant communities. Oikos 80:325-332.

Zobel, K., Moora, M. Brown, V.K., Niemelä, P. & Zobel, M. 1997. Secondary succession and herbivory in a subarctic grassland: community structure and diversity. Ecography 20:595-604.

Pärtel, M, Zobel, M., Zobel, K. & van der Maarel, E. 1996. The species pool and its relation to species richness: evidence from Estonian plant communities. Oikos 75: 111-117.

Eesti Suursamblikud (eds. H. Trass & T. Randlane; K. Zobel is one of the authors) 1994. Tartu, 399 lk.

Zobel, K., Zobel, M. & Rosen, E. 1994. An experimental test of diversity maintenance mechanisms, by a species removal experiment in a species-rich wooded meadow. Folia Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica 29:449-457.

Zobel, K., Zobel, M. & Peet, R.K. 1993. Change in pattern diversity during secondary forest succession. Journal of Vegetation Science 4:489-498.

Zobel, K. 1992. Air pollution indicator value of epiphytic macrolichens in the boreal mountainous forests of Khamar-Daban (eastern Siberia). Dissertationes Biologicae Univeritatis Tartuensis 3, 42 p.

Oksanen, J., Läärä, E. & Zobel, K. 1991. Statistical analysis of bioindicator value of epiphytic lichens. Lichenologist 23:167-180.

Zobel, M. & Zobel, K. 1989. Change of field layer organization during secondary forest succession. Studies in Plant Ecology 18:282-284.

Zobel, K. 1988. Studies on the differentiating abitlity of structure characteristics of epiphytic lichen cover. Proceedings of the Academy of Science of the Estonian SSR 37:223-233.

Zobel, K. 1988. The indicator value of a set of lichen species assessed with the help og log-linear models. Lichenologist 20:83-92.

Zobel, K. 1988. Use of epiphytic lichens as bioindicators of atmospheric pollution in the Khamar-Daban Mountains. Acta et Commentationes Universitatis Tartuensis 812: 47-66.

Zobel, K. & Zobel, M. 1988. A new null hypothesis for measuring the degraee of plant community organization. Vegetatio 75:17-25.

Zobel, M. & Zobel, K. 1988. The application of log-linear analysis in the investigation of successin in forest communiities in south-eastern Estonia. Botanitsheskii Zhurnal (Moscow) 73:1341-1357 (in Russian).

Zobel, K. 1986. Analysis of the ability of the lichen Hypogymnia physodes to indicate air pollution in mountainous conditions. Folia Cryptogamica Estonica 21:4-7.

viimati muudetud: 10.10.2005

Curriculum Vitae (CV)
1.First Name Kristjan
2.Surname Zobel
3.Institution University of Tartu
4.Position associate professor
5.Date of birth 19.05.1960 (day.month.year)
6.Education University of Tartu (ecology and environmental protection) 1983
Tallinn Secondary Scool No 7 1978
7.Research and
professional experience
1983 senior research technician in the Laboratory of Ecosystems, Tartu State University; 1985 junior researcher and researcher in the Laboratory of Bioindication, Tartu State University; 1988 researcher and senior researcher in the Institute of Botany and Ecology, University of Tartu; 1993 associate professor in the Institute of Botany and Ecology, University of Tartu.
8.Academic degree PhD
9.Dates and sites of
earning the degrees
University of Tartu, 1992
10.Honours/awards Estonian State Award for Science 1997: (with M. Zobel, M. Moora, J. Liira, M. Pärtel).
11.Research-administrative
experience
Member of the Board of Experts for Estonian Science Foundation (ecology) 1997-2002;
Member of the Editorial Board of ‘Folia Geobotanica’;
Member of the Editorial Board of ‘Bulletin of the Geobotanical Institute ETH’ .
Expert and panel member for Finnish Academy 2005.
12.Supervised dissertations

Marina Semchenko, MSc, 2005, superv. Kristjan Zobel. Effects of breeding on the perfomance of oat (Avena spp.) on experimental environmental gradients.. Tartu Ülikool

Lauri Laanisto, MSc, 2004, superv. Kristjan Zobel. Seitsme taimeliigi arhitektuur erinevates valgustingimustes. Tartu Ülikool

Reedik Mägi, MSc, 2003, superv. Kristjan Zobel. Rohu- ja puhmarinde võra struktuur 27 Eesti niidu- ja metsakoosluses. Tartu Ülikool

Liina Eek, PhD, 2002, superv. Kristjan Zobel. The effect of fertilization, mowing and additional illumination on the structure of a species-rich grassland. Tartu Ülikool

Mari Lepik, MSc, 2002, superv. Kristjan Zobel. 31 taimeliigi plastilisus, kasv ja konkurentsivõime valgusgradiendil. Tartu Ülikool

Pille Urbas, MSc, 2001, superv. Kristjan Zobel. Potential and realized plasticity of herbaceous plants in response to manipulated nutrients and light. Tartu Ülikool

Jaan Liira, PhD, 2000, superv. Kristjan Zobel. On the determinants of structure and diversity in herbaceous plant communities. Tartu Ülikool

Liina Eek, MSc, 1997, superv. Kristjan Zobel. The effect of fertilization, additional illumination and mowing on the fine-scale structure of the grassland canopy. Tartu Ülikool

Jaan Liira, MSc, 1996, superv. Kristjan Zobel. The richness-standing biomass relationship in Estonian ground-layer plant communities: scale-independent versus. Tartu Ülikool

13.Current research program The ecological significance of morphological plasticity in herbaceous plants;
The effect of breeding on the autecological requirements, plasticity, allometry and competitive ability in cereal crops;
The ecology of rare and protected plant species with special reference to possible reintroduction and restoration;
The factors that determine species coexistence and biolofical diversity;
The effect of fire on species composistion and species richness of field layer plant communities in boreal forests.
14.Current grant funding Grant From Estonian Science Foundation (no. 5535): ‘The ecological significance of potential and realized morphological plasticity in herbaceous plants’ (2003-2006)
15.List of most important publications

Kalamees R., Püssa K., Vanha-Majamaa I. & Zobel, K. 2005. The effects of fire and stand age on Pulsatilla patens (L.) Mill. seed establishment in a boreal forest. Canadian Journal of Botany 83:688-693

Lepik, M., Liira, J. & Zobel, K. 2005. High shoot plasticity favours plant coexistence in herbaceous vegetation. Oecologia 145:465-474.

Semchenko, M. & Zobel, K. 2005. The effect of breeding on allometry and phenotypic plasticity in four varieties of oat (Avena sativa L.). Field Crops Research 93:151-168

Kalamees, R., Püssa, K. & Zobel, K. 2004. The germination of Pulsatilla patens (L.) Mill. – a presumably fire-related species – in a prescribed burning experiment in Evo, Finland. Transactions of the Faculty of Forestry, EAU, 37: 103.

Lepik, M. & Zobel, K. 2004. The above and below-ground space use strategy of plants with different growth form, in a field experiment with manipulated nutrients and light. Folia Geobotanica 39:113-127.

Liira, J., Zobel, K., Mägi, R. & Molenberghs, G. 2002. Vertical structure of herbaceous canopies: the importance of plant growth-form and species-specific traits. Plant Ecology 163:123-134.

Zobel, K. & Eek, L. 2002. Seasonal direct light availability affects mean leaf orientation in a herbaceous multi-species canopy. Plant Biology 4:1-5.

Zobel, M. & Zobel, K. 2002. Studying plant competition: from root biomass to general aims. Journal of Ecology 90:578-580.

Eek, L., & Zobel, K. 2001. Structure and diversity of a species-rich grassland community, treated with additional illumination, fertilization and mowing. Ecography 24:157-164.

Zobel, K. 2001. On the species pool hypothesis and on the quasi-neutral concept of plant community diversity. Folia Geobotanica 36:3-8.

Liira, J. & Zobel, K. 2000. The species richness-biomass relationship in field-layer plant communities: what difference does the incorporation of root biomass data make? Oikos 91: 109-114.

Liira, J. & Zobel, K. 2000. Vertical structure of a species-rich grassland canopy, treated with additional illumination, fertilization and mowing. Plant Ecology 146:185-195.

Pärtel, M., Zobel, M., Liira, J. & Zobel, K. 2000. Species richness limitations in productive and oligotrophic plant communities. Oikos 90:191-193.

Urbas, P. & Zobel, K. 2000. Adaptive and inevitable morphological plasticity of three herbaceous species in a multi-species community: Field experiment with manipulated nutrients and light. Acta Oecologica 21:139-147.

Eek, L. & Zobel, K. 1997. The effect of fertilization and additional illumination on seasonal change of fine-scale community structure in a species-rich grassland. Journal of Vegetation Science 8:225-234.

Zobel, K. & Liira, J. 1997. A scale-independent approach to the richness vs biomass relationship in ground-layer plant communities. Oikos 80:325-332.

Zobel, K., Moora, M. Brown, V.K., Niemelä, P. & Zobel, M. 1997. Secondary succession and herbivory in a subarctic grassland: community structure and diversity. Ecography 20:595-604.

Pärtel, M, Zobel, M., Zobel, K. & van der Maarel, E. 1996. The species pool and its relation to species richness: evidence from Estonian plant communities. Oikos 75: 111-117.

Eesti Suursamblikud (eds. H. Trass & T. Randlane; K. Zobel is one of the authors) 1994. Tartu, 399 lk.

Zobel, K., Zobel, M. & Rosen, E. 1994. An experimental test of diversity maintenance mechanisms, by a species removal experiment in a species-rich wooded meadow. Folia Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica 29:449-457.

Zobel, K., Zobel, M. & Peet, R.K. 1993. Change in pattern diversity during secondary forest succession. Journal of Vegetation Science 4:489-498.

Zobel, K. 1992. Air pollution indicator value of epiphytic macrolichens in the boreal mountainous forests of Khamar-Daban (eastern Siberia). Dissertationes Biologicae Univeritatis Tartuensis 3, 42 p.

Oksanen, J., Läärä, E. & Zobel, K. 1991. Statistical analysis of bioindicator value of epiphytic lichens. Lichenologist 23:167-180.

Zobel, M. & Zobel, K. 1989. Change of field layer organization during secondary forest succession. Studies in Plant Ecology 18:282-284.

Zobel, K. 1988. Studies on the differentiating abitlity of structure characteristics of epiphytic lichen cover. Proceedings of the Academy of Science of the Estonian SSR 37:223-233.

Zobel, K. 1988. The indicator value of a set of lichen species assessed with the help og log-linear models. Lichenologist 20:83-92.

Zobel, K. 1988. Use of epiphytic lichens as bioindicators of atmospheric pollution in the Khamar-Daban Mountains. Acta et Commentationes Universitatis Tartuensis 812: 47-66.

Zobel, K. & Zobel, M. 1988. A new null hypothesis for measuring the degraee of plant community organization. Vegetatio 75:17-25.

Zobel, M. & Zobel, K. 1988. The application of log-linear analysis in the investigation of successin in forest communiities in south-eastern Estonia. Botanitsheskii Zhurnal (Moscow) 73:1341-1357 (in Russian).

Zobel, K. 1986. Analysis of the ability of the lichen Hypogymnia physodes to indicate air pollution in mountainous conditions. Folia Cryptogamica Estonica 21:4-7.

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