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Ecology and Evolution
Estonia
2026

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
70
Citations
18775
World Ranking
1362
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Estonia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Ecology and Evolution in Estonia Leader Award
  • 2015 - Member of Academia Europaea

Overview

Ülo Mander is affiliated with the University of Tartu in Estonia and has contributed extensively to the fields of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research focuses significantly on ecology, global and planetary change, plant science, environmental chemistry, and atmospheric science.

The scientist's primary areas of study include peatlands and wetlands ecology, coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, fire effects on ecosystems, soil carbon and nitrogen dynamics, soil and water nutrient dynamics, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, and mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions.

Ülo Mander has published notably in several scientific journals, with frequent contributions to:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Ecological Engineering
  • Biogeochemistry
  • Scientific Reports
  • New Phytologist

Recent publications by Ülo Mander include:

  • "Recent research challenges in constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment: A review," 2021, Ecological Engineering
  • "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
  • "Mapping the field of constructed wetland-microbial fuel cell: A review and bibliometric analysis," 2020, Chemosphere
  • "Global patterns in endemicity and vulnerability of soil fungi," 2022, Global Change Biology

Throughout their career, Ülo Mander has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Mikk Espenberg
  • Kaido Soosaar
  • Jaan Pärn
  • Kuno Kasak
  • Martin Maddison

Ülo Mander was recognized with the membership of Academia Europaea in 2015.

Best Publications

  • Wetlands, carbon, and climate change

    William J. Mitsch;William J. Mitsch;Blanca Bernal;Amanda M. Nahlik;Amanda M. Nahlik;Ülo Mander

  • Filter materials for phosphorus removal from wastewater in treatment wetlands—A review

    Christina Vohla;Margit Kõiv;H. John Bavor;Florent Chazarenc

  • Landscape Metrics and Indices: An Overview of Their Use in Landscape Research

    Evelin Uuemaa;Marc Antrop;Juri Roosaare;Riho Marja

  • Trends in the use of landscape spatial metrics as landscape indicators: A review

    Evelyn Uuemaa;Ülo Mander;Riho Marja

  • Rainwater runoff quantity and quality performance from a greenroof: The effects of short-term events

    Alar Teemusk;Ülo Mander

  • Transitions in European land-management regimes between 1800 and 2010

    Martin Rudbeck Jepsen;Tobias Kuemmerle;Daniel Müller;Daniel Müller;Karlheinz Erb

  • Land-use change to bioenergy production in Europe: implications for the greenhouse gas balance and soil carbon

    Axel Don;Bruce Osborne;Astley Hastings;Ute Skiba

  • Greenhouse gas emission in constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment: A review

    Ülo Mander;Gabriela Dotro;Yoshitaka Ebie;Sirintornthep Towprayoon

  • Efficiency and dimensioning of riparian buffer zones in agricultural catchments

    Ülo Mander;Valdo Kuusemets;Krista Lõhmus;Tõnu Mauring

  • Scale dependence of landscape metrics and their indicatory value for nutrient and organic matter losses from catchments

    Evelyn Uuemaa;Jüri Roosaare;Ülo Mander

  • Recent research challenges in constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment: A review

    Jan Vymazal;Yaqian Zhao;Ülo Mander

  • Emission of N2O, N2, CH4, and CO2 from constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment and from riparian buffer zones

    Sille Teiter;Ülo Mander

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

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  • Greenroof potential to reduce temperature fluctuations of a roof membrane: A case study from Estonia

    Alar Teemusk;Ülo Mander

  • Multifunctional land use: meeting future demands for landscape goods and services

    Ülo Mander;Katharina Helming;Hubert Wiggering

  • Characterization of bacterial communities in soil and sediment of a created riverine wetland complex using high-throughput 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing

    Teele Ligi;Kristjan Oopkaup;Marika Truu;Jens-Konrad Preem

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

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

  • Emission of the Greenhouse Gases Nitrous Oxide and Methane from Constructed Wetlands in Europe

    A K Søvik;J Augustin;K Heikkinen;J T Huttunen

  • Emissions of methane from northern peatlands : a review of management impacts and implications for future management options

    Mohamed Abdalla;Astley Hastings;Jaak Truu;Mikk Espenberg

  • Purification processes, ecological functions, planning and design of riparian buffer zones in agricultural watersheds

    Ülo Mander;Yoshihiko Hayakawa;Valdo Kuusemets

  • Wetland treatment at extremes of pH: A review

    W.M. Mayes;L.C. Batty;P.L. Younger;A.P. Jarvis

Frequent Co-Authors

Krista Lõhmus
Krista Lõhmus University of Tartu
William J. Mitsch
William J. Mitsch Florida Gulf Coast University
Veiko Uri
Veiko Uri Estonian University of Life Sciences
Ivika Ostonen
Ivika Ostonen University of Tartu
Ülo Niinemets
Ülo Niinemets Estonian University of Life Sciences
Jürgen Augustin
Jürgen Augustin Leibniz Association
Annalea Lohila
Annalea Lohila Finnish Meteorological Institute
Kalle Kirsimäe
Kalle Kirsimäe University of Tartu
Mark Rounsevell
Mark Rounsevell University of Edinburgh
Leif Klemedtsson
Leif Klemedtsson University of Gothenburg

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