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Ecology and Evolution
Estonia
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
64
Citations
19522
World Ranking
1845
National Ranking
6

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Estonia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Estonia Leader Award

Overview

Mari Moora is affiliated with the University of Tartu in Estonia and focuses their research primarily in Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Environmental Science. Their work spans several interconnected subfields such as Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Insect Science, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas including Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies, Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Plant and Animal Studies, and Plant Parasitism and Resistance.

Frequent collaborators in Mari Moora's work include:

  • Martin Zobel
  • Maarja Öpik
  • John Davison
  • Inga Hiiesalu
  • Martti Vasar

Mari Moora has contributed to multiple publications in several prominent scientific venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • New Phytologist
  • Ecology Letters
  • Mycorrhiza
  • Nature
  • Wageningen University and Researchcenter Publications (Wageningen University & Research)

Some selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Mari Moora include:

  • Fine-root traits in the global spectrum of plant form and function, 2021, Nature
  • Temperature and pH define the realised niche space of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, 2021, New Phytologist
  • Structure and function of the soil microbiome underlying N2O emissions from global wetlands, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Deciphering the role of specialist and generalist plant-microbial interactions as drivers of plant-soil feedback, 2022, New Phytologist
  • Plant functional groups associate with distinct arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities, 2020, New Phytologist

Best Publications

  • Alien species in a warmer world: risks and opportunities

    Gian Reto Walther;Alain Roques;Philip E. Hulme;Martin T. Sykes

  • The online database MaarjAM reveals global and ecosystemic distribution patterns in arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (Glomeromycota)

    Maarja Öpik;Alo Vanatoa;Elise Vanatoa;Mari Moora

  • Ecological assembly rules in plant communities--approaches, patterns and prospects.

    Lars Götzenberger;Francesco de Bello;Kari Anne Bråthen;John Davison

  • Rooting theories of plant community ecology in microbial interactions

    James D. Bever;Ian A. Dickie;Evelina Facelli;Jose M. Facelli

  • Global assessment of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus diversity reveals very low endemism

    J. Davison;M. Moora;M. Öpik;A. Adholeya

  • Composition of root-colonizing arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in different ecosystems around the globe

    Maarja Öpik;Mari Moora;Jaan Liira;Martin Zobel

  • Fifty thousand years of Arctic vegetation and megafaunal diet

    Eske Willerslev;John Davison;Mari Moora;Martin Zobel

  • Large-scale parallel 454 sequencing reveals host ecological group specificity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a boreonemoral forest.

    M. Öpik;M. Öpik;M. Metsis;T. J. Daniell;M. Zobel

  • Worldwide evidence of a unimodal relationship between productivity and plant species richness

    Lauchlan H. Fraser;Jason Pither;Anke Jentsch;Marcelo Sternberg

  • Multiple stressors on biotic interactions: how climate change and alien species interact to affect pollination

    Oliver Schweiger;Jacobus C. Biesmeijer;Riccardo Bommarco;Thomas Hickler

  • IS SMALL-SCALE SPECIES RICHNESS LIMITED BY SEED AVAILABILITY OR MICROSITE AVAILABILITY?

    M. Zobel;M. Otsus;J. Liira;M. Moora

  • Global sampling of plant roots expands the described molecular diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi.

    Maarja Öpik;Martin Zobel;Juan J. Cantero;John Davison

  • Species richness of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi: associations with grassland plant richness and biomass

    Inga Hiiesalu;Inga Hiiesalu;Meelis Pärtel;John Davison;Pille Gerhold

  • Fine-root traits in the global spectrum of plant form and function.

    Carlos P. Carmona;C. Guillermo Bueno;Aurele Toussaint;Sabrina Träger;Sabrina Träger

  • Local temperatures inferred from plant communities suggest strong spatial buffering of climate warming across Northern Europe

    Jonathan Lenoir;Bente Jessen Graae;Per Arild Aarrestad;Inger Greve Alsos

  • Structure and function of the soil microbiome underlying N2O emissions from global wetlands

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  • Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities in plant roots are not random assemblages

    John Davison;Maarja Öpik;Tim J. Daniell;Mari Moora

  • Identifying and prioritising services in European terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems

    Paula A. Harrison;Marie Vandewalle;Martin T. Sykes;Pam M. Berry

  • Temperature and pH define the realised niche space of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

    John Davison;Mari Moora;Marina Semchenko;Marina Semchenko;Sakeenah Binte Adenan

  • Divergent arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal communities colonize roots of Pulsatilla spp. in boreal Scots pine forest and grassland soils

    Maarja Öpik;Maarja Öpik;Mari Moora;Jaan Liira;Urmas Kõljalg

  • Species abundance distributions and richness estimations in fungal metagenomics--lessons learned from community ecology.

    Martin Unterseher;Ari Jumpponen;Maarja Öpik;Leho Tedersoo

  • High diversity of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in a boreal herb‐rich coniferous forest

    Maarja Öpik;Maarja Öpik;Mari Moora;Martin Zobel;Ülle Saks

Frequent Co-Authors

Martin Zobel
Martin Zobel University of Tartu
Maarja Öpik
Maarja Öpik University of Tartu
John Davison
John Davison University of Tartu
Martti Vasar
Martti Vasar University of Tartu
Meelis Pärtel
Meelis Pärtel University of Tartu
C. Guillermo Bueno
C. Guillermo Bueno Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
Ingolf Kühn
Ingolf Kühn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Jaan Liira
Jaan Liira University of Tartu
Leho Tedersoo
Leho Tedersoo University of Tartu

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