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Estonia
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
93
Citations
38670
World Ranking
387
National Ranking
2

Martin Zobel publication distribution in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Ecology and Evolution in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Martin Zobel sits on this spectrum.

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37 publications 531+

This scientist: 260 publications — 87th percentile

87% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 531 publications or more.

Martin Zobel D-index placement in Ecology and Evolution in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Ecology and Evolution scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Martin Zobel sits on this spectrum.

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30 D-Index 121+

This scientist: 93 D-Index — 96th percentile

96% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 121 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Estonia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Estonia Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Estonia Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Estonia Leader Award

Overview

Martin Zobel is affiliated with the University of Tartu in Estonia. Their research primarily spans Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Environmental Science, with a focus on Plant Science, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Insect Science.

Their scholarly work extensively covers areas including:

  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
  • Forest Ecology and Biodiversity Studies
  • Plant and animal studies
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Fungal Biology and Applications
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance

Recent notable publications with their corresponding year and venue include:

  • How mycorrhizal associations drive plant population and community biology, 2020, Science
  • Fine-root traits in the global spectrum of plant form and function, 2021, Nature
  • Synchrony matters more than species richness in plant community stability at a global scale, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 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

Zobel frequently publishes in venues such as:

  • New Phytologist
  • Mycorrhiza
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of Vegetation Science
  • Ecology Letters

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Mari Moora
  • Maarja Öpik
  • John Davison
  • Meelis Pärtel
  • Leho Tedersoo

Best Publications

  • Novel ecosystems: theoretical and management aspects of the new ecological world order

    Richard J. Hobbs;Salvatore Arico;James Aronson;Jill S. Baron

  • Alien species in a warmer world: risks and opportunities

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

  • Extinction debt: a challenge for biodiversity conservation.

    Mikko Kuussaari;Riccardo Bommarco;Risto K. Heikkinen;Aveliina Helm

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

    Maarja Öpik;Alo Vanatoa;Elise Vanatoa;Mari Moora

  • The relative of species pools in determining plant species richness: an alternative explanation of species coexistence?

    Martin Zobel

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

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

  • Habitat fragmentation causes immediate and time‐delayed biodiversity loss at different trophic levels

    Jochen Krauss;Riccardo Bommarco;Moisès Guardiola;Risto K. Heikkinen

  • Indicators for biodiversity in agricultural landscapes: a pan‐European study

    R. Billeter;J. Liira;D. Bailey;R.J.F. Bugter

  • Rooting theories of plant community ecology in microbial interactions

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

  • How mycorrhizal associations drive plant population and community biology.

    Leho Tedersoo;Mohammad Bahram;Martin Zobel

  • 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

  • The species pool and its relation to species richness : evidence from Estonian plant communities

    Meelis Partel;Martin Zobel;Kristjan Zobel;Eddy van der Maarel

  • Why do we need permanent plots in the study of long-term vegetation dynamics?

    Jan Bakker;Han Olff;JH Willems;M Zobel

  • Quantifying the Contribution of Organisms to the Provision of Ecosystem Services

    Gary W. Luck;Richard Harrington;Paula A. Harrison;Claire Kremen

  • 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

  • Which is a better predictor of plant traits: temperature or precipitation?

    Angela T. Moles;Sarah E. Perkins;Shawn W. Laffan;Habacuc Flores-Moreno

  • High species richness in an Estonian wooded meadow

    Kalevi Kull;Martin Zobel

Frequent Co-Authors

Mari Moora
Mari Moora University of Tartu
Maarja Öpik
Maarja Öpik University of Tartu
Meelis Pärtel
Meelis Pärtel University of Tartu
John Davison
John Davison University of Tartu
Martti Vasar
Martti Vasar University of Tartu
Jaan Liira
Jaan Liira University of Tartu
Ingolf Kühn
Ingolf Kühn Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
C. Guillermo Bueno
C. Guillermo Bueno Instituto Pirenaico de Ecología
Petr Pyšek
Petr Pyšek Czech Academy of Sciences
Francesco de Bello
Francesco de Bello Spanish National Research Council

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